Royton (UK Parliament constituency)

Royton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members One

Royton was, from 1918 to 1950, a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on Royton in North West England. 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, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Royton, Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Norden, Wardle, and Whitworth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Wilfrid Sugden Coalition Conservative
1923 William Gorman Liberal
1924 Arthur Vernon Davies Conservative
1931 Harold Sutcliffe Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 12,434 n/a
Labour James Crinion 4,875 n/a
Liberal Hugh Fullerton 4,451 n/a
Majority n/a
Turnout n/a
Unionist win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden 12,388
Liberal William Gorman 11,295
Labour John B Battle 5,776
Majority 1,093
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Gorman 14,836
Unionist Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden 12,354
Labour Rev. James Barton Turner 2,740
Majority 2,516
Turnout
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1924: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Vernon Davies 13,859 44.1
Liberal William Gorman 11,433 36.4
Labour Albert Ernest Wood 6,156 19.6
Majority 2,426 7.7
Turnout 31,448
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1929: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Vernon Davies 15,051 38.4 -5.7
Liberal Harold Derbyshire 13,347 34.1 -2.3
Labour Albert Ernest Wood 10,763 27.5 +7.9
Majority 1,704 4.3 -3.4
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing -1.7

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Sutcliffe 21,044 51.2 +12.8
Liberal Ronald Fitz-John Walker 14,142 34.4 +0.3
Labour G Illingworth 5,913 14.4 -13.1
Majority 6,902 16.8 +12.5
Turnout 41,099 85.9
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
General Election 1935: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Sutcliffe 20,510 52.2 +1.0
Liberal Ronald Fitz-John Walker 9,910 25.2 -9.2
Labour Leonard Oakes 8,845 22.5 +8.2
Majority 10,600 27.0 +10.2
Turnout 39,264 81.7 -4.2
Conservative hold Swing +5.1

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;

General Election 1945: Royton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Sutcliffe 15,388 41.9 -10.3
Labour Hervey Rhodes 13,753 37.4 +14.9
Liberal A Mayne Knight 7,618 20.7 -4.5
Majority 1,635 4.5 -25.2
Turnout 81.1 -0.6
Conservative hold Swing -12.6

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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