Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

Holmfirth
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Colne Valley and Penistone
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire

Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.

Members of Parliament

Henry Wilson

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1885	Henry Wilson	Liberal	Resigned 1912
	1912 by-election	Sydney Arnold	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Holmfirth [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	6,339	57.5
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Geoffrey Ellis	3,043	27.6
	Labour	William Pickles	1,643	14.9
Majority			3,296	29.9
Turnout				86.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sydney Arnold

Holmfirth by-election, 1912 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Arnold	4,749	42.0	-15.5
	Unionist	Robert Geoffrey Ellis	3,379	29.8	+2.2
	Labour	William Lunn	3,195	28.2	+13.3
Majority			1,370	12.2	-17.7
Turnout				86.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.8

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

1. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
2. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)