Royton was, from 1918 to 1950, a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on Royton in North West England. 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.
Royton | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middleton |
Replaced by | Heywood and Royton |
History edit
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries edit
The Urban Districts of Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Norden, Royton, Wardle, and Whitworth.
Members of Parliament edit
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Wilfrid Sugden | Coalition Conservative | |
1923 | William Gorman | Liberal | |
1924 | Arthur Vernon Davies | Conservative | |
1931 | Harold Sutcliffe | ||
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results edit
Elections in the 1910s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Wilfrid Hart Sugden | 12,434 | 57.1 | N/A |
Labour | James Crinion | 4,875 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hugh Fullerton | 4,451 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,559 | 34.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,760 | 61.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 35,239 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden | 12,388 | 42.1 | −15.0 | |
Liberal | William Gorman | 11,295 | 38.3 | +17.8 | |
Labour | John B Battle | 5,776 | 19.6 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 1,093 | 3.8 | −30.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,459 | 83.4 | +22.7 | ||
Registered electors | 35,318 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −16.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Gorman | 14,836 | 49.6 | +11.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden | 12,320 | 41.2 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Rev. James Barton Turner | 2,740 | 9.2 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 2,516 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,896 | 82.9 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 36,041 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Vernon Davies | 13,859 | 44.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | William Gorman | 11,433 | 36.4 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Albert E. Wood | 6,156 | 19.6 | +10.4 | |
Majority | 2,426 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,448 | 86.3 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,449 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Vernon Davies | 15,051 | 38.4 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Harold Derbyshire | 13,347 | 34.1 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Albert E. Wood | 10,763 | 27.5 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 1,704 | 4.3 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,161 | 82.9 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 47,266 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Elections in the 1930s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 21,044 | 51.2 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | Ronald Fitz-John Walker | 14,142 | 34.4 | +0.3 | |
Labour | G Illingworth | 5,913 | 14.4 | -13.1 | |
Majority | 6,902 | 16.8 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,099 | 85.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 20,510 | 52.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Ronald Fitz-John Walker | 9,910 | 25.2 | -9.2 | |
Labour | Leonard Oakes | 8,845 | 22.5 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 10,600 | 27.0 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,264 | 81.7 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
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: Harold Sutcliffe
- Liberal: Mayne Knight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 15,388 | 41.9 | -10.3 | |
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 13,753 | 37.4 | +14.9 | |
Liberal | A Mayne Knight | 7,618 | 20.7 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 1,635 | 4.5 | -25.2 | ||
Turnout | 81.1 | -0.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.6 |
References edit
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.