Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

Otley (UK Parliament constituency)
Otley
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)1918 (1918)
Number of members one
Replaced by Keighley, Pudsey and Otley, Shipley and Skipton
Created from Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire

Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Otley in 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 when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election in six new single-member constituencies. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Pudsey & Otley constituency.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of-

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Andrew Fairbairn
1886 Sir John Barran
1895 Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill Conservative
1900 Sir James Hastings Duncan Liberal
1918 constituency abolished: see Pudsey & Otley

Election results

Elections in the 1910's

United Kingdom general election, December 1910: Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hastings Duncan 6,151 Unknown
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson 4,892 Unknown
Majority 1259
Turnout 11,143
Liberal hold Swing
United Kingdom general election, January 1910: Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hastings Duncan 6,911 Unknown
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson 5,010 Unknown
Majority 1,901
Turnout 11,921
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900's

United Kingdom general election, 1906: Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hastings Duncan 6,307 Unknown
Conservative William Whittaker Thompson 4,658 Unknown
Majority 1,649
Turnout 10,965
Liberal hold Swing
General Election Wednesday 10 October 1900: Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hastings Duncan 5,327 52.87 Unknown
Conservative Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill 4,747 47.12 Unknown
Majority 580 5.76
Turnout 11,397 78.21
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885



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