Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Prestwich
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created from South East Lancashire
Replaced by Middleton and Prestwich

Prestwich was a constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.

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Boundaries

The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of Salford and Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and townships: [1]

The electorate also consisted of the freeholders of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham who were entitled to vote in the county.

Abolition

The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies: [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Abel Buckley Liberal
1886 Robert Mowbray Conservative
1895 Frederick Cawley Liberal
1918 (January) Oswald Cawley Liberal
1918 (October) Austin Hopkinson Liberal
1918 (December) constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Abel Buckley 5,414 53.6
Conservative Robert Mowbray 4,68646.4
Majority7287.2
Turnout 10,10090.5
Registered electors 11,156
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mowbray 4,843 50.7 +4.3
Liberal Abel Buckley 4,70449.3−4.3
Majority1391.4N/A
Turnout 9,54785.6−4.9
Registered electors 11,156
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1890s

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Agnew
General election 1892: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mowbray 5,718 50.7 0.0
Liberal William Agnew 5,56349.30.0
Majority1551.40.0
Turnout 11,28187.9+2.1
Registered electors 12,827
Conservative hold Swing 0.0
Cawley 1895 Frederick Cawley.jpg
Cawley
General election 1895: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 6,039 50.4 +1.1
Conservative Robert Mowbray 5,93849.6−1.1
Majority1010.8N/A
Turnout 11,97786.7−1.2
Registered electors 13,812
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 7,127 52.7 +2.3
Conservative Sir Henry Houldsworth, 2nd Baronet6,40647.3−2.3
Majority7215.4+4.6
Turnout 13,53386.0−0.7
Registered electors 15,732
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
Cawley Frederick Cawley.jpg
Cawley
General election 1906: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 10,187 62.8 +10.1
Conservative W T Hedges6,02437.2−10.1
Majority4,16325.6+20.2
Turnout 16,21184.1−1.9
Registered electors 19,267
Liberal hold Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1910s

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Potter
General election January 1910: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 11,564 58.6 −4.2
Conservative Cyril Potter 8,18041.4+4.2
Majority3,38417.2−8.4
Turnout 19,74489.2+5.1
Registered electors 22,123
Liberal hold Swing -4.2
Cawley 1918 Frederick Cawley.jpg
Cawley
General election December 1910: Prestwich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 10,355 59.0 +0.4
Conservative Frederick Brocklehurst 7,18941.0−0.4
Majority3,16618.0+0.8
Turnout 17,54479.3−9.9
Registered electors 22,123
Liberal hold Swing +0.4

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Cawley Oswald Cawley 1.jpg
Cawley
January 1918 Prestwich by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Oswald Cawley 8,520 75.1 +16.1
Co-operative Party Henry May 2,83224.9New
Majority5,68850.2+32.2
Turnout 11,35242.8−36.5
Liberal hold Swing
October 1918 Prestwich by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Austin Hopkinson Unopposed
Liberal hold

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References

  1. ↑ Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large: Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (1885 c.23)
  2. ↑ Ninth Schedule - Part II, Parliamentary Counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 c.64)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
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