Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency)
Leeds North | |
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FormerBorough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire (nowWest Yorkshire) |
1885–1955 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leeds |
Replaced by | Leeds North East |
Leeds Northwas aborough constituencyin the city ofLeeds,West Yorkshire,which returned oneMember of Parliament(MP) to theHouse of Commonsof theParliament of the United Kingdom,elected by thefirst past the postvoting system.
Boundaries[edit]
1885–1918:The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Headingley and North West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, North, and North East.
1918–1950:Parts of the County Borough of Leeds wards of Brunswick, Headingley, North, and North West.
1950–1951:The County Borough of Leeds wards of North, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.
1951–1955:The County Borough of Leeds wards of Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.[1]
History[edit]
The constituency was created in 1885 by theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885,and was first used in thegeneral electionof that year.Leedshad previously been represented by two MPs (1832–1868) and three MPs (1868–1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies:Leeds Central,Leeds East,Leeds North,Leeds SouthandLeeds West.The constituencies ofMorley,OtleyandPudseywere also created in 1885.
The constituency was abolished in 1955. After the1955 general electionLeeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955),Leeds North East(created 1918),Leeds North West(created 1950), Leeds South, andLeeds South East(created 1918). There were also constituencies ofBatley and Morley(created 1918) andPudsey(created 1885, replaced by Pudsey and Otley 1918–1950).
Members of Parliament[edit]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William Jackson | Conservative | |
1902 | Rowland Barran | Liberal | |
1918 | Alexander Farquharson | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Hugh Myddleton Butler | Unionist | |
1923 | Sir Gervase Beckett | Unionist | |
1929 | Osbert Peake | Unionist | |
1955 | constituency abolished |
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | 4,494 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Rucker | 4,237 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 257 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,731 | 86.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,128 | ||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | 4,301 | 53.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Albert Osliff Rutson | 3,682 | 46.1 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 619 | 7.8 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,983 | 78.8 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,128 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
- Caused by Jackson's appointment asChief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | 5,790 | 54.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Leuty | 4,776 | 45.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,014 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,566 | 85.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,294 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | 5,992 | 57.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Stanhope Baines | 4,484 | 42.8 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,508 | 14.4 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,476 | 77.2 | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,563 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jackson | 7,512 | 60.1 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | James Cullen Hamilton | 4,995 | 39.9 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 2,517 | 20.2 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,507 | 71.9 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 17,387 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +2.9 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rowland Barran | 7,539 | 52.6 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Arthur Tredgold Lawson | 6,781 | 47.4 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 758 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,320 | 75.0 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 19,094 | ||||
LiberalgainfromConservative | Swing | +12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rowland Barran | 9,593 | 57.4 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | John Birchall | 7,109 | 42.6 | −17.5 | |
Majority | 2,484 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,702 | 78.8 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 21,196 | ||||
LiberalgainfromConservative | Swing | +17.5 |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rowland Barran | 10,775 | 54.0 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | John Birchall | 9,164 | 46.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,611 | 8.0 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,939 | 86.8 | +8.0 | ||
Liberalhold | Swing |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Sir_Rowland_Hirst_Barran.jpg/120px-Sir_Rowland_Hirst_Barran.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rowland Barran | 9,324 | 50.7 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | John Birchall | 9,056 | 49.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 268 | 1.4 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,380 | 80.0 | −6.8 | ||
Liberalhold | Swing | -3.3 |
General Election 1914–15
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal:Rowland Barran
- Unionist:John Birchall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Alexander Farquharson | 13,863 | 74.7 | +24.0 |
Labour | George Hartley Thompson | 3,423 | 18.4 | New | |
National | Harold Frazer Wyatt[13] | 1,282 | 6.9 | −42.4 | |
Majority | 10,440 | 56.3 | +54.9 | ||
Turnout | 18,568 | 49.0 | −31.0 | ||
Registered electors | 37,904 | ||||
Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Hugh Myddleton Butler | 13,771 | 51.4 | +44.5 | |
Liberal | Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson | 7,230 | 26.9 | −47.8 | |
Labour | David Stewart | 5,836 | 21.7 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,541 | 24.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,837 | 71.8 | +22.8 | ||
Registered electors | 37,383 | ||||
UnionistgainfromLiberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervase Beckett | 14,066 | 54.0 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson | 6,624 | 25.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | David Stewart | 5,384 | 20.6 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 7,442 | 28.6 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,074 | 67.1 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 38,873 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervase Beckett | 18,502 | 70.0 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Sam Crowther Moore | 7,920 | 30.0 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 10,582 | 40.0 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,422 | 67.1 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 39,373 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Osbert Peake | 19,661 | 48.2 | −21.8 | |
Labour | Thomas McCall | 11,180 | 27.4 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 9,944 | 24.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,481 | 20.8 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,785 | 73.6 | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 55,429 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | −9.6 |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Osbert Peake | 34,964 | 78.8 | +30.6 | |
Labour | L John Edwards | 9,427 | 21.2 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 25,537 | 57.6 | +36.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,391 | 74.0 | +0.4 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Osbert Peake | 30,636 | 69.0 | −9.8 | |
Labour | L John Edwards | 13,792 | 31.0 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 16,844 | 38.0 | −19.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,428 | 66.8 | −7.2 | ||
Conservativehold | 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:Osbert Peake
- Labour:Ronald Hodgson[20]
- Liberal:Howard B Tanner[21]
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Osbert Peake | 22,848 | 42.0 | −27.0 | |
Labour | Ronald Hodgson | 22,720 | 41.8 | +10.8 | |
Liberal | John Hutchison MacCallum Scott | 8,824 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 128 | 0.2 | −37.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,392 | 72.0 | +5.2 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Osbert Peake | 27,766 | 58.8 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Robert J Hurst | 15,018 | 31.8 | −10.0 | |
Liberal | Winifred Underhill | 4,446 | 9.4 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 12,748 | 27.0 | +26.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,230 | 84.2 | +12.2 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Osbert Peake | 30,290 | 63.7 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Philip Taylor | 17,249 | 36.3 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 13,041 | 27.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,539 | 81.7 | −2.5 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ^"The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320".Statutory Instruments 1951.Vol. II. London:Her Majesty's Stationery Office.1952. pp. 410–412.
- ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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- ^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^The Liberal Magazine, 1939
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)