Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Oldham East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Oldham Central and Royton |
Created from | Oldham |
See also: current constituency Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-east of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created at the 1950 general election, succeeding the former two-seat Oldham constituency, and was abolished at the 1983 general election.
Contents
Boundaries
The County Borough of Oldham wards of Clarksfield, Mumps, St James, St Mary's, St Paul's, St Peter's, and Waterhead, and the Urban District of Lees.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1950 | Frank Fairhurst | Labour | |
1951 | Sir Ian Horobin | Conservative | |
1959 | Charles Mapp | Labour | |
1970 | James Lamond | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 18,248 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | R. Walker | 13,616 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal | Chris Hilyer | 4,149 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | 4,632 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 68.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 19,054 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Leith McGrandle | 10,917 | 30.2 | ||
Liberal | Chris Hilyer | 6,142 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 8,137 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 71.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 18,548 | 48.2 | ||
Conservative | Leith McGrandle | 12,246 | 31.8 | ||
Liberal | Chris Hilyer | 7,667 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,302 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 76.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 17,020 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | H. P. Holland | 16,260 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 760 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 65.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Mapp | 18,431 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | P. M. Beard | 12,796 | 35.1 | ||
Liberal | D. E. Mann | 5,262 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | 5,635 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 72.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Mapp | 18,112 | 45.4 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Nutting | 14,181 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal | M. E. Burton | 7,574 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 3,931 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 76.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Mapp | 19,329 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 17,499 | 40.2 | ||
Liberal | Dennis I. Wrigley | 6,660 | 15.3 | ||
Majority | 1,830 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 79.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 19,185 | 44.1 | ||
Labour | Charles Mapp | 18,805 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal | Roy Francis Leslie | 5,506 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 380 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 77.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 24,621 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | James Avery Joyce | 22,564 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 2,057 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 83.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Fairhurst | 21,510 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | W. H. L. Richmond | 21,117 | 44.2 | ||
Liberal | Miss Winifred Carrodus Kirkman | 5,206 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 393 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 84.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
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Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with one unnamed parameter
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Oldham Borough