- Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Oldham Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1832–1950 Number of members two Replaced by Oldham East and Oldham West Created from Lancashire Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 and was abolished for the 1950 general election when it was split into the Oldham East and Oldham West constituencies.
The Oldham constituency was perhaps most notable for being where Winston Churchill began his political career. Although taking two attempts to succeed, in the 1900 general election Churchill was elected as the member of Parliament for Oldham. He held the constituency for the Conservative Party until he defected from them in defence of free trade in 1904. He then represented the Liberal Party as MP for the seat until the 1906 general election.
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Boundaries
Though centred on Oldham (the town), the constituency covered a much broader territory; Shaw and Crompton, Royton, Chadderton and Lees all formed part of this district, though these were each granted individual urban district status at a local government level in 1894.
Members of Parliament
Notes:-
- a Cobbett last contested the seat as a Liberal in 1865. He was a Conservative candidate from 1868.
- b Churchill changed his party allegiance in April 1904.
- c Denniss changed his surname to Bartley-Denniss, when he was knighted in 1922.
Elections
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Oldham[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Frank Fairhurst 31,704 23.9 Labour Leslie Hale 31,327 23.6 Conservative Hamilton William Kerr 26,911 20.3 Liberal National John Samuel Dodd 24,199 18.2 Liberal J. T. Middleton 10,365 7.8 Liberal T. D. F. Powell 8,264 6.2 Majority 4,416 5.4 Turnout 74.6 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour gain from Liberal National Swing Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Oldham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hamilton William Kerr 36,738 Liberal National John Samuel Dodd 34,755 Labour Gordon Lang 34,316 Labour M. B. Farr 29,647 Liberal W. G. Ward 8,534 Majority Turnout Conservative hold Swing Liberal National gain from Conservative Swing General Election 1931: Oldham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Anthony Crossley 50,693 Conservative Hamilton William Kerr 50,395 Labour Gordon Lang 28,629 Labour James Wilson 26,631 Majority Turnout Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Oldham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gordon Lang 34,223 Labour James Wilson 32,727 Conservative Duff Cooper 29,424 Liberal John Samuel Dodd 20,810 Liberal Rev. L. Jenkins 13,528 Majority Turnout Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour gain from Liberal Swing Oldham by-election, 1925[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal William Wiggins 26,325 54.8 Labour William Tout 21,702 45.2 Majority 4,623 9.6 Liberal hold Swing General Election 1924: Oldham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Duff Cooper 37,419 Liberal Edward Grigg 36,761 Labour William Tout 23,623 Labour James Wilson 22,081 Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing General Election 1923: Oldham[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Tout 20,939 Liberal Edward Grigg 20,681 Liberal William Wiggins 17,990 Conservative W. E. Freeman 15,819 Conservative Samuel Smethurst 13,894 Majority Turnout Labour hold Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election 1922: Oldham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Liberal Edward Grigg 24,762 Labour William Tout 24,434 Conservative Samuel Smethurst 23,200 Liberal W. Tudor Davies 9,812 Liberal Mary Emmott 6,186 Majority Turnout National Liberal hold Swing Labour gain from Coalition Conservative Swing Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Oldham[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Edmund Bartley Denniss 26,568 Coalition Liberal Andrew William Barton 26,254 Labour William Cornforth Robinson 15,178 Liberal Walter Rea 9,323 Majority Turnout Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Coalition Liberal hold Swing Oldham by-election, 1911[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edmund Bartley Denniss 12,255 Liberal Arthur Stanley 10,623 Labour William Cornforth Robinson 7,448 Majority 1,632 Turnout Conservative gain from Liberal Swing General Election December 1910: Oldham[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Emmott 17,108 Liberal Andrew William Barton 16,941 Conservative J. Wrigley 13,440 Conservative Edmund Bartley Denniss 13,281 Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election January 1910: Oldham[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Emmott 19,252 Liberal Andrew William Barton 18,840 Conservative J. Hilton 13,462 Conservative P. S. Stott 12,577 Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Liberal hold Swing Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1906: Oldham[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Emmott 17,397 Liberal John Albert Bright 16,672 Conservative Charles Crisp 11,989 Conservative E. L. Hartley 11,391 Majority Turnout Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Liberal hold Swing General Election 1900: Oldham[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Emmott 12,947 Conservative Winston Churchill 12,931 Liberal Walter Runciman 12,709 Conservative Charles Crisp 12,522 Majority Turnout Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1890s
Oldham by-election, 1899 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Emmott 12,976 26.7 Liberal Walter Runciman 12,770 26.2 Conservative Winston Churchill 11,477 23.6 Conservative James Mawdsley 11,449 23.5 Majority 1,410 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Liberal gain from Conservative Swing General Election 1895: Oldham[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Ascroft 13,085 Conservative James Francis Oswald 12,465 Liberal Adam Lee 12,249 Liberal John Tomlinson Hibbert 12,092 Majority Turnout Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Swing General Election 1892: Oldham[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Joshua Milne Cheetham 12,619 Liberal John Tomlinson Hibbert 12,541 Conservative Elliot Lees 12,205 Conservative James Mackenzie Maclean 11,952 Majority Turnout Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Liberal gain from Conservative Swing Elections in the 1880s
General Election 1886: Oldham[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Mackenzie Maclean 11,606 Conservative Elliot Lees 11,484 Liberal John Tomlinson Hibbert 10,921 Liberal Joshua Milne Cheetham 10,891 Majority Turnout Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Conservative hold Swing General Election 1885: Oldham[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John Tomlinson Hibbert 12,259 Conservative James Mackenzie Maclean 11,992 Liberal Edward Stanley 11,847 Conservative S. T. Whitehead 11,491 Majority Turnout Liberal hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Swing References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i15.htm. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d The Constitutional Year Book (1938), p.220
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p211
- ^ The Constitutional Year Book (1933), p.202
- ^ a b The Liberal Year Book (1923), p.261
- ^ Manchester Guardian, 14 November 1911, p.9
- ^ a b c d P. F. Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, pp.435-436
- ^ a b The Liberal Yearbook (1917), p.316
- ^ a b Liberal Year Book (1889), p.217
Sources
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- History of Oldham
- Politics of Oldham
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