Pudsey_and_Otley
Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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.
| Pudsey and Otley | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Barkston Ash, Otley, Pudsey and Ripon |
| Replaced by | Pudsey and Ripon |
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.
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.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Arthur Barrand | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Frederick Fawkes | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Francis Watson | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Granville Gibson | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Arthur Barrand | 13,860 | 75.2 | |
| Labour | George Ripley Carter | 4,583 | 24.8 | ||
| Majority | 9,277 | 50.4 | |||
| Turnout | 18,443 | 58.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,487 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Frederick Fawkes | 12,396 | 46.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Arthur Barrand | 8,439 | 31.7 | −43.5 | |
| Labour | Percy Myers | 5,818 | 21.8 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 3,957 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,653 | 82.0 | +23.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 32,506 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Francis Watson | 11,537 | 43.7 | −2.8 | |
| Liberal | Tudor Walters | 9,330 | 35.4 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Percy Myers | 5,499 | 20.9 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 2,207 | 8.3 | −6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 26,366 | 79.1 | −2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,316 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Francis Watson | 14,090 | 51.0 | +7.3 | |
| Labour | Percy Myers | 7,001 | 25.3 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Woodhead | 6,545 | 23.7 | −11.7 | |
| Majority | 7,089 | 25.7 | +17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 27,636 | 80.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,334 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Granville Gibson | 16,729 | 41.0 | −10.0 | |
| Labour | A W Brown | 12,336 | 30.3 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal | Hubert Houldsworth | 11,685 | 28.7 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 4,393 | 10.7 | −15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 40,750 | 81.8 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,796 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −7.5 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Granville Gibson | 31,701 | 76.0 | +35.0 | |
| Labour | William Pickles | 10,013 | 24.0 | -6.3 | |
| Majority | 21,688 | 52.0 | +41.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,714 | 79.9 | -1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Granville Gibson | 22,107 | 51.7 | -24.3 | |
| Liberal | John Smuts | 10,682 | 25.0 | New | |
| Labour | Lucy Cox | 9,977 | 23.3 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 11,425 | 26.7 | -25.3 | ||
| Turnout | 42,766 | 76.0 | -3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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;
- Conservative: Granville Gibson
- Liberal: John Smuts[3]
- Labour: M. H. Wigglesworth, replaced by H. N. Penlington[4][5]
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | 22,755 | 43.4 | -8.3 | |
| Labour | Denis Healey | 21,104 | 40.2 | +16.9 | |
| Liberal | Terence Clarke | 8,592 | 16.4 | -8.6 | |
| Majority | 1,651 | 3.2 | -23.5 | ||
| Turnout | 52,451 | 78.8 | +2.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 3 January 1919
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 May 1938
- Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939