Rothwell | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Normanton and Wakefield |
Created from | Barkston Ash and Dewsbury |
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.
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.
The Urban Districts of Ardsley East and West, Emley, Flockton, Horbury, Rothwell, and Stanley; and the Rural Districts of Hunslet, and Wakefield. [1]
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1918 | William Lunn | Labour | Died May 1942 | |
1942 by-election | Thomas Brooks | Labour | ||
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 9,998 | 46.4 | ||
C | Unionist | Henry Christopher Bruce Wilson | 6,621 | 30.8 | |
Liberal | John Athur Yonge | 4,909 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | 3,377 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,528 | 63.5 | |||
Registered electors | 33,899 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 17,831 | 62.8 | +16.4 | |
Unionist | Albert Braithwaite | 10,580 | 37.2 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 7,251 | 25.6 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,411 | 78.4 | +14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 36,227 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 15,115 | 66.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Benjamin Pickersgill Wilson | 7,788 | 34.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,327 | 32.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,903 | 60.9 | −17.5 | ||
Registered electors | 37,611 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 16,540 | 61.8 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Benjamin Pickersgill Wilson | 10,240 | 38.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 6,300 | 23.6 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,780 | 69.3 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 38,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 27,320 | 61.7 | −0.1 | |
Unionist | James Wilder Harrison | 8,799 | 19.9 | New | |
Liberal | Herbert Holdsworth | 8,141 | 18.4 | −19.8 | |
Majority | 18,521 | 41.8 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,260 | 79.2 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 55,869 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 24,897 | 52.9 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Clifford Harrison Stringer | 22,198 | 47.1 | +27.2 | |
Majority | 2,699 | 5.8 | −36.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,095 | 79.9 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,974 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −18.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Lunn | 31,472 | 64.5 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Gwendoline Beaumont | 17,352 | 35.5 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 14,120 | 29.0 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,824 | 75.4 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 64,730 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Brooks | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Brooks | 43,829 | 74.0 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Sir Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 13th Baronet | 15,370 | 26.0 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 28,459 | 48.0 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,199 | 75.3 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 78,588 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
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