Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pudsey and Otley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Barkston Ash, Otley, Pudsey and Ripon
Replaced by Pudsey and Ripon

Pudsey and Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pudsey and Otley 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 for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous Pudsey and Otley constituencies. It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by a new Pudsey constituency while Otley became part of Ripon.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, the Urban Districts of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Calverley, Farsley, Horsforth, Ilkley, Otley, and Rawdon, and part of the Rural District of Wharfedale.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Arthur Barrand Coalition Liberal
1922 Frederick Fawkes Conservative
1923 Francis Watson Conservative
1929 Granville Gibson Conservative
1945 Malcolm Stoddart-Scott Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: Pudsey and Otley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Arthur Barrand 13,86075.2
Labour George Ripley Carter4,58324.8
Majority9,27750.4
Turnout 18,44358.6
Registered electors 31,487
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frederick Fawkes 12,396 46.5 N/A
Liberal Arthur Barrand 8,43931.7−43.5
Labour Percy Myers 5,81821.8−3.0
Majority3,95714.8N/A
Turnout 26,65382.0+23.4
Registered electors 32,506
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Francis Watson 11,537 43.7 −2.8
Liberal Tudor Walters 9,33035.4+3.7
Labour Percy Myers 5,49920.9−0.9
Majority2,2078.3−6.5
Turnout 26,36679.1−2.9
Registered electors 33,316
Unionist hold Swing −3.3
General election 1924: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Francis Watson 14,090 51.0 +7.3
Labour Percy Myers 7,00125.3+4.4
Liberal Ernest Woodhead 6,54523.7−11.7
Majority7,08925.7+17.4
Turnout 27,63680.5+1.4
Registered electors 34,334
Unionist hold Swing +1.5
General election 1929: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Granville Gibson 16,729 41.0 −10.0
Labour A W Brown12,33630.3+5.0
Liberal Hubert Houldsworth 11,68528.7+5.0
Majority4,39310.7−15.0
Turnout 40,75081.8+1.3
Registered electors 49,796
Unionist hold Swing −7.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Granville Gibson 31,701 76.0 +35.0
Labour William Pickles 10,01324.0-6.3
Majority21,68852.0+41.3
Turnout 41,71479.9-1.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 14 November 1935: Pudsey and Otley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Granville Gibson 22,107 51.7 -24.3
Liberal John Smuts 10,68225.0New
Labour Lucy Cox 9,97723.3-0.7
Majority11,42526.7-25.3
Turnout 42,76676.0-3.9
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 5 July 1945: Pudsey and Otley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 22,755 43.4 -8.3
Labour Denis Healey 21,10440.2+16.9
Liberal Terence Clarke 8,59216.4-8.6
Majority1,6513.2-23.5
Turnout 52,45178.8+2.8
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 3 January 1919
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 May 1938
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times , 6 April 1939
  5. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  6. ↑ "Politics Science Resources".
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