Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

Pudsey and Otley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Created from Barkston Ash, Otley, Pudsey and Ripon

Pudsey and Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pudsey and 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous Pudsey and Otley constituencies. It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by a new Pudsey constituency while Otley became part of Ripon.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, the Urban Districts of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Calverley, Farsley, Horsforth, Ilkley, Otley, and Rawdon, and part of the Rural District of Wharfedale.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Arthur Rhys Barrand Coalition Liberal
1922 Frederick Hawksworth Fawkes Conservative
1923 Francis Watson Conservative
1929 Granville Gibson Conservative
1945 Malcolm Stoddart-Scott Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

United Kingdom general election, 1918: Pudsey and Otley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 13,860 n/a
Labour George Ripley Carter 4,583 n/a
Majority 9,277 n/a
Turnout 18,443 n/a
Liberal win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederick Hawksworth Fawkes 12,396 n/a
National Liberal Arthur Rhys Barrand 8,439
Labour Percy Myers 5,818
Majority
Turnout
Unionist gain from National Liberal Swing
General Election 1923: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Francis Watson 11,537
Liberal Rt Hon. Sir John Tudor Walters 9,330
Labour Percy Myers 5,499
Majority 2,207
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1924: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Francis Watson 14,090 51.0
Labour Percy Myers 7,001 25.3
Liberal Ernest Woodhead 6,545 23.7
Majority 7,089 25.7
Turnout 27,636
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Charles Granville Gibson 16,729 41.1 -9.9
Labour A W Brown 12,336 30.3 +5.0
Liberal Hubert Stanley Houldsworth 11,685 28.7 5.0
Majority 4,393 10.8 -14.9
Turnout 40,750
Unionist hold Swing -7.5

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Granville Gibson 31,701 76.0
Labour William Pickles 10,013 24.0
Majority 21,688 52.0
Turnout 41,714 79.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 14 November 1935: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Granville Gibson 22,107 51.7 -24.3
Liberal John Christopher Smuts 10,682 25.0 n/a
Labour Lucy Annie Cox 9,997 23.3 -0.7
Majority 11,425 26.7 -25.3
Turnout 42,766 76.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 5 July 1945: Pudsey and Otley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 22,755 43.4 -8.3
Labour Denis Winston Healey 21,104 40.2 +15.2
Liberal Terence Hugh Clarke 5,592 16.4 -8.6
Majority 1,651 3.2 -23.5
Turnout 52,451 78.8 +2.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 3 January 1919
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 May 1938
  4. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  5. ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i16.htm
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