Mossley (UK Parliament constituency)
Mossley | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne |
Created from | Gorton Prestwich |
Mossley was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament.
It was created at the 1918 general election as a county division of Lancashire, taking areas formerly in the Gorton and Prestwich constituencies. The area consisted of small towns which were increasingly suburban to Manchester, such as Droylsden and Failsworth (now part of Oldham borough), together with some towns then further out such as Denton, and stretching out to the edge of Saddleworth Moor to take in Mossley.
This created a mixed area which declined in social status during its existence as Manchester expanded to the east and its industrial area expanded. The electorate also increased over time, and in a boundary change in 1950 the seat was divided with the areas adjacent to Manchester forming the new Droylsden constituency while the remainder including Mossley itself formed part of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency was defined as including the Rural District of Limehurst, the Municipal Borough of Mossley, and the Urban Districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth and Lees.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1918)
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Austin Hopkinson | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Independent | ||
1929 | Herbert Gibson | Labour | |
1931 | Austin Hopkinson | National Independent | |
1945 | George Woods | Labour Co-op | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
1910s election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Liberal | Austin Hopkinson | 16,158 | 75.6 | ||
Co-operative Party | William Henry Brown | 5,227 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 10,931 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,385 | 52.8 |
1920s election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 15,953 | 58.4 | -17.2 | |
Liberal | Miles Ewart Mitchell | 11,376 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 4,577 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 27,329 | 67.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 11,426 | 50.8 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | George Jennison | 11,051 | 49.2 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 375 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 22,477 | 54.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 15,435 | 49.2 | -1.6 | |
Labour | T.W. Mercer | 10,769 | 34.3 | ||
Liberal | George Jennison | 5,162 | 16.5 | -32.7 | |
Majority | 4,666 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 31,366 | 75.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Mellor Gibson | 19,296 | 46.0 | +11.7 | |
Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 14,267 | 33.9 | -15.3 | |
Liberal | Harold Housley | 8,467 | 20.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 5,029 | 12.1 | 27.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,030 | 76.8 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +13.5 |
1930s election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent National | Austin Hopkinson | 17,017 | 36.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Herbert Gibson | 15,587 | 33.5 | -12.5 | |
Conservative | Ernest Barlow | 13,873 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 1,430 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 46,477 | 84.2 | |||
Independent National gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 24,569 | 52.3 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Herbert Gibson | 22,399 | 47.7 | +14.2 | |
Majority | 2,170 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,968 | 75.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
1940s election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rev. George S Woods | 27,435 | 47.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Capt. G.E. Rush | 18,452 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal | Marjorie Wainwright Jalland | 7,128 | 12.4 | n/a | |
Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 4,671 | 8.1 | -44.2 | |
Majority | 8,983 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 54,669 | 76.2 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig F.W.S.
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- Politics of Tameside