Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Rothwell
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Created from Barkston Ash and Dewsbury

Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rothwell area of 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 by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 William Lunn Labour
1942 by-election Thomas Brooks Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1923: Rothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour William Lunn 15,115 66.0
Liberal B.P. Wilson 7,788 34.0
Majority 7,327 32.0
Turnout 22,903
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1929: Rothwell [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour William Lunn 27,320 61.7
Unionist James Wilder Harrison 8,799 19.9 n/a
Liberal Herbert Holdsworth 8,141 18.4
Majority 18,521 41.8
Turnout 44,260
Labour hold Swing n/a
General Election 1931: Rothwell [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour William Lunn 24,897 52.9
Conservative Clifford Harrison Stringer 22,198 47.1
Majority 2,699 5.7
Turnout 47,095 79.9
Labour hold Swing n/a
General Election 1935: Rothwell [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour William Lunn 31,472 64.5
Conservative Mrs Gwendoline Beaumont 17,352 35.5
Majority 14,120 28.9
Turnout 48,824 75.4
Labour 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Rothwell by-election, 1942
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Judson Brooks unopposed n/a n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
General Election 1945: Rothwell[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Judson Brooks 43,829 74.0
Conservative Sir Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington 15,370 26.0
Majority 28,459 48.0
Turnout 59,199 75.4
Labour hold Swing n/a

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post 1 Aug 1939
  5. ↑ Election Results - 1945 section 16 Politics Resources


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