Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)

Middleton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one

Middleton was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 George Salis-Schwabe Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 Thomas Fielden Conservative
1892 Charles Henry Hopwood Liberal
1895 Thomas Fielden Conservative
1897 by-election James Duckworth Liberal
1900 Edward Brocklehurst Fielden Conservative
1906 William Ryland Dent Adkins Liberal
1918 Constituency abolished

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The Sessional Division of Middleton (except so much of the Parish of Spotland as is included in Division No. 10 as herein described, or in the Municipal Borough of Bacup), the Municipal Borough of Rochdale, and the Parishes of Alkrington and Tonge, and in the Sessional Division of Bury so much of the Parish of Hopwood as is not included in the Municipal Borough of Heywood." [1]

Elections

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Elections in the 1900s

Ryland Adkins
General Election January 1906: Middleton[2]

Electorate 14,314

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ryland Dent Adkins 7,018 56.1 +
Conservative Cyril CH Potter 5,485 43.9 -
Majority 1,533 12.2
Turnout 87.3
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Middleton[3]

Electorate 15,391

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ryland Dent Adkins 7,669 55.0 -1.1
Conservative Patrick Rose-Innes 6,266 45.0 +1.1
Majority 1,403 10.0 -2.2
Turnout 90.5 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.1
General Election December 1910: Middleton[4]

Electorate 15,391

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ryland Dent Adkins 7,071 52.9 -2.1
Liberal Unionist William Alfred Samuel Hewins 6,284 47.1 +2.1
Majority 787 5.8 -4.2
Turnout 86.8 -3.7
Liberal hold Swing -2.1

Adkins was appointed Recorder of Nottingham and required to seek re-election.

Middleton by-election, 1911[5]

Electorate 15,447

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins 6,863 51.5 -1.4
Liberal Unionist William Alfred Samuel Hewins 6,452 48.5 +1.4
Majority 411 3.0 -2.8
Turnout 86.2 -0.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.4

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule.
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)