Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

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Osgoldcross
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Barkston Ash, Hemsworth and Pontefract

Osgoldcross was a parliamentary constituency in the Osgoldcross Rural District of West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir John Ramsden, Bt Independent Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 Sir John Austin, Bt Liberal
1899 Independent Liberal
1906 Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Osgoldcross [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Ramsden 5,153 62.8
Conservative Reginald Hardy [3] 3,05337.2
Majority2,10025.6
Turnout 8,20679.5
Registered electors 10,322
Liberal win (new seat)
John Austin Sir John Austin.jpg
John Austin
General election 1886: Osgoldcross [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Austin 4,008 57.1 −5.7
Liberal Unionist John Ramsden 3,01042.9+5.7
Majority99814.2−11.4
Turnout 7,01868.011.5
Registered electors 10,322
Liberal hold Swing 5.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Osgoldcross [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Austin 5,160 61.1 +4.0
Conservative Charles Brook Dobson [6] 3,28438.9−4.0
Majority1,87622.2+8.0
Turnout 8,44466.9−1.1
Registered electors 12,615
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
General election 1895: Osgoldcross [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Austin 5,119 55.8 −5.3
Conservative John Harling4,05444.2+5.3
Majority1,06511.6−10.6
Turnout 9,17370.1+3.2
Registered electors 13,083
Liberal hold Swing -5.3

Austin left the Liberal Party and sought re-election as an independent candidate.

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Charles Roberts
1899 Osgoldcross by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal John Austin 5,818 66.8 +11.0
Liberal Charles Henry Roberts 2,89333.222.6
Majority2,92533.6N/A
Turnout 8,71162.27.9
Registered electors 14,009
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Rutherford Vickerman Rutherford.jpg
Rutherford
General election 1900: Osgoldcross [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal John Austin 5,609 65.0 +9.2
Liberal Vickerman Rutherford 3,02535.020.8
Majority2,58430.0N/A
Turnout 8,63458.811.3
Registered electors 14,689
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing
Joseph Rickett 1911 Joseph Compton-Rickett.jpg
Joseph Rickett
General election 1906: Osgoldcross [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Compton-Rickett 8,482 66.1 +31.1
Conservative Granville Wheler 4,35833.9New
Majority4,12432.2N/A
Turnout 12,84075.8+17.0
Registered electors 16,935
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Osgoldcross [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Compton-Rickett 9,517 66.3 +0.2
Conservative Gerald Hargreaves4,84033.70.2
Majority4,67732.6+0.4
Turnout 14,35778.5+2.7
Registered electors 18,286
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
General election December 1910: Osgoldcross [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Compton-Rickett 8,518 66.2 −0.1
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 4,34733.8+0.1
Majority4,17132.4−0.2
Turnout 12,86570.48.1
Registered electors 18,286
Liberal hold Swing -0.1

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

References

  1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. "The Elections" . Edinburgh Evening News . 30 November 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 6 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. "Administrative papers rel to the candidate of Charles Brook Dobson in the Osgoldcross division". The National Archives . Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  12. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  13. The miners and British politics 1906-1914