Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
Pudsey and Otley |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons |
1918–1950 |
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Seats | one |
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Created from | Barkston Ash, Otley, Pudsey and Ripon |
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Replaced by | Pudsey and Ripon |
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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.
History
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.
Boundaries
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.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Pudsey and Otley[2] 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 | | |
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;
Elections in the 1940s
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 3 January 1919
- ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 May 1938
- ^ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times, 6 April 1939
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
Current | - Leeds Central and Headingley
- Leeds East
- Leeds North East
- Leeds North West
- Leeds South
- Leeds West and Pudsey
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Wetherby and Easingwold
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Historic | - Leeds (1832–1885)
- Pudsey (1885-2024)
- Leeds Central (1885-1955, and 1983-2024)
- Leeds North (1885–1955)
- Leeds South (1885–1983)
- Leeds West (1885–2024)
- Pudsey and Otley (1918–1950)
- Batley and Morley (1918–1983)
- Leeds South East (1918–1983)
- Morley and Leeds South (1983–1997)
- Elmet (1983–2010)
- Morley and Rothwell (1997–2010)
- Elmet and Rothwell (2010-2024)
- Morley and Outwood (2010-2024)
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