Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)
Oswestry | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Oswestry in Shropshire, 1918-50 | |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | North Shropshire |
Replaced by | North Shropshire |
Oswestry was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983, when it was renamed North Shropshire. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The Borough of Oswestry, the Sessional Divisions of Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Oswestry, and Pimhill (except Myddle), and the parish of Fitz.
1918–1949: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, Wem, and Whitchurch.
1950–1966: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Wem.
1966–1967: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Oswestry, and Wem.
1967–1974: The Rural Districts of Market Drayton, North Shropshire and Oswestry.
1974–1983: The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Stanley Leighton | Conservative | |
1901 by-election | George Ormsby-Gore | Conservative | |
1904 | Allan Heywood Bright | Liberal | |
1906 | William Bridgeman | Conservative | |
1929 | Bertie Leighton | Conservative | |
1945 | Oliver Poole | Conservative | |
1950 | David Ormsby-Gore | Conservative | |
1961 | John Biffen | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Leighton | 4,753 | 55.8 | ||
Liberal | Henry Lorenzo Jephson | 3,772 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | 981 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,525 | 84.5 | |||
Registered electors | 10,083 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Leighton | 4,605 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Owen Thomas | 3,598 | 43.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,007 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,203 | 82.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,958 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Ormsby-Gore | 4,518 | 56.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 3,430 | 43.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,088 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,948 | 79.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,998 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Allan Bright | 4,542 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Bridgeman | 4,157 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 385 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,699 | 86.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,075 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bridgeman | 5,011 | 52.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 4,508 | 47.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 503 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,519 | 90.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,490 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bridgeman | 5,003 | 53.3 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Powell | 4,379 | 46.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 624 | 6.6 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,382 | 92.4 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,151 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bridgeman | 4,867 | 54.1 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Edward Powell | 4,121 | 45.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 746 | 8.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,988 | 88.5 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,151 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
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;
- Unionist: William Bridgeman
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Bridgeman | 12,276 | 59.2 | +5.1 |
Labour | Thomas Morris | 8,467 | 40.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,809 | 18.4 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,743 | 64.9 | −23.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bridgeman | 12,837 | 50.2 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | Russell Sidebottom | 6,660 | 26.0 | New | |
Labour | Thomas Morris | 6,105 | 23.8 | −17.0 | |
Majority | 6,177 | 24.2 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,602 | 80.2 | +15.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bridgeman | 11,528 | 46.6 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Russell Sidebottom | 9,713 | 39.3 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Sidney Ronald Campion | 3,477 | 14.1 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 1,815 | 7.3 | −16.9 | ||
Turnout | 24,718 | 75.8 | −4.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bridgeman | 14,316 | 55.1 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Russell Sidebottom | 6,143 | 23.7 | −15.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Morris | 5,503 | 21.2 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 8,173 | 31.4 | +24.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,962 | 78.9 | +3.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertie Leighton | 15,554 | 47.0 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | John Share Jones | 10,565 | 32.0 | +8.3 | |
Labour | H S Evans | 6,944 | 21.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 4,989 | 15.0 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,053 | 78.8 | −0.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bertie Leighton | 23,740 | 74.0 | +27.0 | |
Labour | William Elim Warder | 8,343 | 26.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 15,397 | 48.0 | +33.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,083 | 74.7 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bertie Leighton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- Conservative: Bertie Leighton
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Poole | 19,082 | 54.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Gilbert Boyd-Carpenter | 10,777 | 30.9 | New | |
Liberal | Leslie Corbet Burcher | 5,049 | 14.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,305 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,908 | 71.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ormsby-Gore | 23,562 | 61.81 | ||
Labour | Arthur George Wait | 14,556 | 38.19 | ||
Majority | 9,006 | 23.62 | |||
Turnout | 38,118 | 78.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ormsby-Gore | 23,843 | 62.23 | ||
Labour | Arthur George Wait | 14,471 | 37.77 | ||
Majority | 9,372 | 24.46 | |||
Turnout | 38,314 | 76.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ormsby-Gore | 22,859 | 64.77 | ||
Labour | Mark E Boggin | 12,434 | 35.23 | ||
Majority | 10,425 | 29.54 | |||
Turnout | 35,293 | 70.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ormsby-Gore | 21,055 | 55.9 | −8.9 | |
Labour | Glyn Thomas | 10,531 | 28.0 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | David G. Rees | 6,068 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 10,524 | 27.9 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,654 | 74.2 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 12,428 | 40.8 | −15.1 | |
Liberal | John Buchanan | 8,647 | 28.4 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Brian Walden | 8,519 | 28.0 | 0.0 | |
Patriotic Front | John E. Dayton | 839 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,781 | 12.4 | −15.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,433 | 60.8 | −13.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 18,154 | 47.4 | −8.5 | |
Labour | George J. Costley | 11,407 | 29.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Rowland Crowther | 8,745 | 22.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 6,747 | 17.6 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,709 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 17,727 | 48.24 | ||
Labour | George J. Costley | 13,011 | 35.41 | ||
Liberal | Thomas R. Crowther | 6,010 | 16.35 | ||
Majority | 4,716 | 12.83 | |||
Turnout | 36,748 | 73.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 20,361 | 50.7 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Neil Turner | 10,801 | 26.9 | −8.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Paul Cadbury | 8,963 | 22.3 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 9,560 | 23.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,125 | 72.0 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 20,438 | 46.93 | ||
Liberal | David J Evans | 13,428 | 30.83 | ||
Labour | J Bishton | 9,685 | 22.24 | ||
Majority | 7,010 | 16.10 | |||
Turnout | 43,551 | 77.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 19,165 | 47.28 | ||
Labour | J Bishton | 10,751 | 26.52 | ||
Liberal | David J Evans | 10,623 | 26.20 | ||
Majority | 8,414 | 20.76 | |||
Turnout | 40,539 | 71.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Biffen | 23,551 | 54.64 | ||
Labour | Peter Ernest Sandland-Nielsen | 10,150 | 23.55 | ||
Liberal | David J Evans | 9,405 | 21.82 | ||
Majority | 13,401 | 31.09 | |||
Turnout | 43,106 | 73.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig