Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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.
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
General Election 1979: Oldham East[2] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | ||||
General Election October 1974: Oldham East[3] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | ||||
General Election February 1974: Oldham East[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | ||||
General Election 1970: Oldham East[5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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
General Election 1966: Oldham East[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | ||||
General Election 1964: Oldham East[7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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
General Election 1959: Oldham East[8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Mapp | 19,329 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 17,499 | 40.2 | ||
Liberal | D. Wrigley | 6,660 | 15.3 | ||
Majority | 1,830 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 79.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Oldham East[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
General Election 1951: Oldham East[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 24,621 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | J. A. Joyce | 22,564 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 2,057 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 83.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Oldham East[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1970. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1966. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1964. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1959. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1955. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1951. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1950. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.