Rothwell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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.
| Rothwell | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Barkston Ash and Dewsbury |
| Replaced by | Normanton and Wakefield |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | William Lunn | Labour | Died May 1942 | |
| 1942 by-election | Thomas Brooks | Labour | ||
| 1950 | constituency abolished | |||
Election in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Labour: William Lunn
- Conservative: H.J. White[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Brooks | Unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
- Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 524. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- Yorkshire Evening Post 1 Aug 1939
- Election Results - 1945 section 16 Politics Resources
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