Prestwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Prestwich was a constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
| Prestwich | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | South East Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Middleton and Prestwich |
The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of Salford and Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and townships:[1]
- Blackley
- Chadderton
- Crompton
- Crumpsall
- Droylsden
- Failsworth
- Great Heaton
- Little Heaton
- Moston
- Prestwich
- Royton
- And the part of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne not included in the municipal borough.
The electorate also consisted of the freeholders of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham who were entitled to vote in the county.
The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies:[2]
- Blackley, Crumpsall, and Moston (which had been added to the City of Manchester in 1890) became the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester Blackley.
- Chadderton, Great Heaton, Little Heaton and Prestwich became part of Middleton and Prestwich Division
- Droylsden and Failsworth were included in Mossley Division
- Crompton and Royton, along with five other urban districts, formed Royton Division.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Abel Buckley | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Robert Mowbray | Conservative | |
| 1895 | Frederick Cawley | Liberal | |
| 1918 (January) | Oswald Cawley | Liberal | |
| 1918 (October) | Austin Hopkinson | Liberal | |
| 1918 (December) | constituency abolished | ||
| Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Abel Buckley | 5,414 | 53.6 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Mowbray | 4,686 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 728 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 10,100 | 90.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,156 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Mowbray | 4,843 | 50.7 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | Abel Buckley | 4,704 | 49.3 | -4.3 | |
| Majority | 139 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,547 | 85.6 | -4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,156 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Mowbray | 5,718 | 50.7 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal | William Agnew | 5,563 | 49.3 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 155 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 11,281 | 87.9 | +2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,827 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Cawley | 6,039 | 50.4 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Mowbray | 5,938 | 49.6 | -1.1 | |
| Majority | 101 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,977 | 86.7 | -1.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,812 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Cawley | 7,127 | 52.7 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Sir Henry Houldsworth, 2nd Baronet | 6,406 | 47.3 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 721 | 5.4 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 13,533 | 86.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,732 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Cawley | 10,187 | 62.8 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | W T Hedges | 6,024 | 37.2 | -10.1 | |
| Majority | 4,163 | 25.6 | +20.2 | ||
| Turnout | 16,211 | 84.1 | -1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,267 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +10.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Cawley | 11,564 | 58.6 | -4.2 | |
| Conservative | Cyril Potter | 8,180 | 41.4 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 3,384 | 17.2 | -8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 19,744 | 89.2 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,123 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Cawley | 10,355 | 59.0 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Frederick Brocklehurst | 7,189 | 41.0 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 3,166 | 18.0 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 17,544 | 79.3 | -9.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,123 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Frederick Cawley
- Unionist: Frederick Brocklehurst
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Oswald Cawley | 8,520 | 75.1 | +16.1 | |
| Co-operative Party | Henry May | 2,832 | 24.9 | New | |
| Majority | 5,688 | 50.2 | +32.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,352 | 42.8 | -36.5 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Austin Hopkinson | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
- Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large: Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (1885 c.23)
- Ninth Schedule - Part II, Parliamentary Counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 c.64)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig