Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)
Holmfirth | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Colne Valley and Penistone |
Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of 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.
History
[edit]The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Henry Wilson | Liberal | |
1912 | Sydney Arnold | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 6,208 | 66.2 | ||
Conservative | Heneage Legge | 3,164 | 33.8 | ||
Majority | 3,044 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,372 | 87.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,770 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 5,322 | 65.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Walter Armitage[3] | 2,780 | 34.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,542 | 31.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,102 | 75.2 | −11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,770 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 5,640 | 63.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Harold Thomas[4] | 3,317 | 37.0 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 2,323 | 26.0 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,957 | 73.4 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,197 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 5,001 | 59.1 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | George Edward Raine | 3,459 | 40.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,542 | 18.2 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,460 | 76.2 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,103 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 4,505 | 54.7 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley | 3,738 | 45.3 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 767 | 9.4 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,243 | 73.4 | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,223 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 6,850 | 71.9 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | SG Jebb | 2,677 | 28.1 | −17.2 | |
Majority | 4,173 | 43.8 | +34.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,527 | 78.0 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,219 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +17.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | 6,339 | 57.5 | −14.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Ellis | 3,043 | 27.6 | −0.5 | |
Labour | William Pickles | 1,643 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,296 | 29.9 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,025 | 86.2 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 12,788 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wilson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Arnold | 4,749 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Unionist | Robert Ellis | 3,379 | 29.8 | New | |
Labour | William Lunn | 3,195 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,370 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,323 | 86.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,035 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
General Election 1914–15:
A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
- Liberal:Sydney Arnold
- Labour:William Lunn
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "Yesterday's Nominations". London Evening Standard. 7 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Licensed Victuallers and the Election". Huddersfield Daily Chronicle. 25 June 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916