Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Heywood and Radcliffe, Farnworth |
Created from | South East Lancashire |
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Radcliffe and Farnworth in Lancashire. 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.
This area had previously been represented as part of South East Lancashire division. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was created for the 1885 general election and was abolished for the 1918 general election.
The South East Lancashire, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth Division was defined in the 1885 legislation as consisting of the parishes of Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Hulton and Pilkington (including Whitefield and Unsworth) and the parish of Radcliffe except the area in the Municipal Borough of Bury. [1] [2]
At the next redistribution of seats in 1918, the constituency was split between two new seats: Farnworth (which included Little Hulton and Kearsley) and Heywood and Radcliffe (which took in Unsworth and Whitefield). [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Robert Leake | Liberal | |
1895 | John James Mellor | Conservative | |
1900 | Theodore Taylor | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Radcliffe & Farnworth |
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Leake | 5,092 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | William Hulton | 4,579 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 513 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,671 | 92.7 | |||
Registered electors | 10,433 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Leake | 4,695 | 50.7 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | Frederick Milner | 4,559 | 49.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 136 | 1.4 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,254 | 88.7 | -4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,433 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Leake | 4,999 | 50.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | John James Mellor | 4,904 | 49.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 95 | 1.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,903 | 92.7 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,686 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John James Mellor | 5,523 | 52.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | George Pollard | 4,923 | 47.1 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 600 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,446 | 92.8 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,259 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Theodore Taylor | 5,497 | 50.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | J.C. Cross | 5,437 | 49.7 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 60 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,834 | 89.3 | -3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,244 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Theodore Taylor | 6,719 | 56.8 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | S. Musgrave | 5,117 | 43.2 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 1,602 | 13.6 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,836 | 90.0 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,151 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Theodore Taylor | 7,367 | 55.8 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Edward White | 5,827 | 44.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,540 | 11.6 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 13,194 | 93.9 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 14,046 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Theodore Taylor | 6,721 | 53.1 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Bagley | 5,937 | 46.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 784 | 6.2 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,658 | 90.1 | -3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 14,046 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
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;
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