Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Holmfirth | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Colne Valley and Penistone |
Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.
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History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Henry Wilson | Liberal | |
1912 | Sydney Arnold | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Joseph Wilson | 6,339 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Robert Geoffrey Ellis | 3,043 | 27.6 | ||
Labour | William Pickles | 1,643 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 3,296 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 86.2 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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Sydney Arnold
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sydney Arnold | 4,749 | 42.0 | -15.5 | |
Unionist | Robert Geoffrey Ellis | 3,379 | 29.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | William Lunn | 3,195 | 28.2 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 12.2 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 86.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.8 |
A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
- Liberal:Sydney Arnold
- Labour:William Lunn
References
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- Holmfirth
- Politics of Kirklees