Penistone (UK Parliament constituency)
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Penistone | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Barnsley West & Penistone and Sheffield Hillsborough |
Created from | Hallamshire and Holmfirth |
Penistone was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Penistone in Yorkshire and surrounding countryside. 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 voting system.
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History
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The area formerly covered by this constituency was then placed mostly in the Barnsley West and Penistone constituency and partly in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency.
Following a later boundary review, the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency which came into force in 2010 General Election rounghly covered a similar area to the old Penistone constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sydney Arnold | Liberal | |
1921 by-election | William Gillis | Labour | |
1922 | William Pringle | Liberal | |
1924 | Rennie Smith | Labour | |
1931 | Clifford Glossop | Conservative | |
1935 | Henry McGhee | Labour | |
1959 by-election | John Mendelson | Labour | |
1978 by-election | Allen McKay | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Barnsley West and Penistone |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allen McKay | 28,010 | 49.1 | ||
Conservative | Ian James Dobkin | 18,309 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal | David Chadwick | 10,772 | 18.9 | ||
Majority | 9,701 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Allen McKay | 19,424 | 45.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian James Dobkin | 14,053 | 32.9 | ||
Liberal | David Chadwick | 9,241 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | 5,371 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 42,718 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 27,146 | 54.2 | ||
Conservative | G. C. W. Harris | 12,011 | 24.0 | ||
Liberal | David Chadwick | 10,900 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 15,135 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 74.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 27,797 | 49.7 | ||
Conservative | A. D. Wilkinson | 14,084 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal | David Chadwick | 13,140 | 23.5 | ||
Campaign for Social Democracy | M. Eaden | 867 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 13,713 | 24.5 | |||
Turnout | 84.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 31,615 | 58.7 | ||
Conservative | Alan Pickup | 14,897 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal | Derick Mirfin | 7,347 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 16,718 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 73.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 31,419 | 62.3 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Askew | 11,817 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Swinden | 7,191 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 19,602 | 38.9 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 29,784 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Askew | 13,095 | 25.6 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Swinden | 8,372 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 16,689 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 81.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 31,117 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | John Bedford Deby | 19,809 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 11,308 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 83.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Jakob Mendelson | 25,315 | 64.1 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | John Bedford Deby | 14,196 | 35.9 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 11,119 | 28.1 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,511 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry George McGhee | 29,432 | 62.3 | ||
Conservative | Laurence B. Fulton | 17,796 | 37.7 | ||
Majority | 11,636 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry George McGhee | 36,169 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | Denton Hinchcliffe | 20,145 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | 16,024 | 28.5 | |||
Turnout | 85.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry George McGhee | 34,979 | 62.0 | ||
Conservative | Denton Hinchcliffe | 16,128 | 28.6 | ||
Liberal | Anthony F Smith | 5,316 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 18,851 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 87.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry George McGhee | 40,180 | 65.8 | ||
Conservative | R. G. Davies | 20,869 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | 19,311 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry George McGhee | 23,869 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Clifford William Hudson Glossop | 20,783 | 46.5 | ||
Majority | 3,086 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford William Hudson Glossop | 19,556 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Rennie Smith | 14,584 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Neville | 6,821 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 4,972 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 81.9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rennie Smith | 17,286 | 45.2 | +6.7 | |
Unionist | Francis George Bibbings | 10,640 | 27.9 | -10.6 | |
Liberal | Ashley Mitchell | 10,277 | 26.9 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 6,646 | 17.3 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,203 | 81.6 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rennie Smith | 10,997 | 38.5 | ||
Conservative | Charles Hodgkinson | 9,718 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal | William Mather Rutherford Pringle | 7,799 | 27.4 | ||
Majority | 1,279 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 28,514 | 80.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Mather Rutherford Pringle | 9,164 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Rennie Smith | 8,329 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Charles Hodgkinson | 7,369 | 29.6 | ||
Majority | 835 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 24,862 | 71.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
File:William Pringle card.jpg
William Pringle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Mather Rutherford Pringle | 8,924 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | William Gillis | 8,382 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Charles Hodgkinson | 7,600 | 30.5 | ||
Majority | 542 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 24,906 | 73.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Gillis | 8,560 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | William Mather Rutherford Pringle | 7,984 | 33.7 | ||
Coalition Liberal | Sir James Peace Hinchcliffe | 7,123 | 30.1 | ||
Majority | 576 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 23,667 | 71.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
File:Sydney Arnold.jpg
Sydney Arnold
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sydney Arnold | 7,338 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | Maj. Phillip Gatty Smith | 6,744 | 36.2 | ||
Independent Labour | Frederick William Southern | 4,556 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 594 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 58.4 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sources
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