Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pudsey and Otley County constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Pudsey and Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pudsey and Otley in West Yorkshire. 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous Pudsey and Otley constituencies. It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by a new Pudsey constituency.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Arthur Rhys Barrand	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Frederick Hawksworth Fawkes	Conservative
	1923	Sir Francis Watson	Conservative
	1929	Sir Charles Granville Gibson	Conservative
	1945	Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished: see Pudsey

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.