Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rothwell
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Barkston Ash and Dewsbury
Replaced by Normanton and Wakefield

Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rothwell area 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 by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Ardsley East and West, Emley, Flockton, Horbury, Rothwell, and Stanley; and the Rural Districts of Hunslet, and Wakefield. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 William Lunn Labour Died May 1942
1942 by-election Thomas Brooks Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Rothwell [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 9,998 46.4
C Unionist Henry Christopher Bruce Wilson6,62130.8
Liberal John Athur Yonge4,90922.8
Majority3,37715.6
Turnout 21,52863.5
Registered electors 33,899
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 17,831 62.8 +16.4
Unionist Albert Braithwaite 10,58037.2+6.4
Majority7,25125.6+10.0
Turnout 28,41178.4+14.9
Registered electors 36,227
Labour hold Swing +5.0
General election 1923: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 15,115 66.0 +3.2
Liberal Benjamin Pickersgill Wilson7,78834.0New
Majority7,32732.0+6.4
Turnout 22,90360.9−17.5
Registered electors 37,611
Labour hold Swing
General election 1924: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 16,540 61.8 −4.2
Liberal Benjamin Pickersgill Wilson10,24038.2+4.2
Majority6,30023.6−8.4
Turnout 26,78069.3+8.4
Registered electors 38,635
Labour hold Swing −4.2
General election 1929: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 27,320 61.7 −0.1
Unionist James Wilder Harrison8,79919.9New
Liberal Herbert Holdsworth 8,14118.4−19.8
Majority18,52141.8+18.2
Turnout 44,26079.2+9.9
Registered electors 55,869
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 24,897 52.9 −8.8
Conservative Clifford Harrison Stringer22,19847.1+27.2
Majority2,6995.8−36.0
Turnout 47,09579.9+0.7
Registered electors 58,974
Labour hold Swing −18.0
General election 1935: Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Lunn 31,472 64.5 +11.6
Conservative Gwendoline Beaumont17,35235.5−11.6
Majority14,12029.0+23.2
Turnout 48,82475.4−4.5
Registered electors 64,730
Labour hold Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

1942 Rothwell by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Brooks Unopposed
Labour hold
General election 1945: Rothwell [2] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Brooks 43,829 74.0 +9.5
Conservative Sir Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 13th Baronet15,37026.0−9.5
Majority28,45948.0+19.0
Turnout 59,19975.3−0.1
Registered electors 78,588
Labour hold Swing +9.5

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References

  1. ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0-900178-09-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  524. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  4. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post 1 Aug 1939
  5. ↑ Election Results - 1945 section 16 Politics Resources


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