Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Otley
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Keighley, Pudsey and Otley, Shipley and Skipton

Otley was a parliamentary constituency between 1885 and 1918 centred on the town of Otley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire and now in 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 in six new single-member constituencies. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Pudsey & Otley constituency.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of-

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Sir Andrew Fairbairn Liberal
1886 John Barran Liberal
1895 Marmaduke Wyvill Conservative
1900 Hastings Duncan Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Frederick Fison Frederick Fison.jpg
Frederick Fison
General election 1885: Otley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Fairbairn 5,050 58.1
Conservative Frederick Fison 3,64341.9
Majority1,40716.2
Turnout 8,69388.0
Registered electors 9,883
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Otley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Barran 4,245 55.8 2.3
Liberal Unionist Andrew Fairbairn 3,36144.2+2.3
Majority88411.64.6
Turnout 7,60677.011.0
Registered electors 9,883
Liberal hold Swing 2.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Otley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Barran 4,713 53.9 1.9
Conservative Marmaduke Wyvill 4,02346.1+1.9
Majority6907.83.8
Turnout 8,73675.61.4
Registered electors 11,557
Liberal hold Swing 1.9
M.D. Wyvill Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill.jpg
M.D. Wyvill
General election 1895: Otley [2] [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marmaduke Wyvill 4,670 50.3 +4.2
Liberal John Barran 4,62249.74.2
Majority480.6N/A
Turnout 9,29284.2+8.6
Registered electors 11,038
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1900s

Hastings Duncan 1904 Hastings Duncan MP (cropped and adjusted).jpg
Hastings Duncan
General election 1900: Otley [2] [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Duncan 5,327 52.9 +3.2
Conservative Marmaduke Wyvill 4,74747.13.2
Majority5805.8N/A
Turnout 10,07483.01.2
Registered electors 12,138
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.2
General election 1906: Otley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Duncan 6,307 57.5 +4.6
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson4,65842.54.6
Majority1,64915.0+9.2
Turnout 10,96586.5+3.5
Registered electors 12,670
Liberal hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Otley [2] [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Duncan 6,911 58.0 +0.5
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson5,01042.00.5
Majority1,90116.0+1.0
Turnout 11,92189.0+2.5
Registered electors 13,397
Liberal hold Swing +0.5
General election December 1910: Otley [2] [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Duncan 6,151 55.7 2.3
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson4,89244.3+2.3
Majority1,25982.44.6
Turnout 11,14382.46.6
Registered electors 13,397
Liberal hold Swing 2.3

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;

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References

  1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  4. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916