Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

Osgoldcross
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one
Replaced by Barkston Ash, Hemsworth and Pontefract
Created from Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire

Osgoldcross was a parliamentary constituency in the Osgoldcross Rural District of 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.

History

The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir John Ramsden, Bt Independent Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 Sir John Austin, Bt Liberal
1899 Independent Liberal
1906 Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Osgoldcross[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John William Ramsden 5,153 62.8 n/a
Conservative R Hardy 3,063 37.2 n/a
Majority 2,100 25.6 n/a
Turnout 79.5 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
John Austin
General Election 1886: Osgoldcross [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Austin 4,008 57.1 -5.7
Liberal Unionist Sir John William Ramsden 3,010 42.9 n/a
Majority 998 14.2 -11.4
Turnout 68.0
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Osgoldcross [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Austin 5,160 61.1 +4.0
Conservative CB Dobson 3,284 38.9 -4.0
Majority 1,876 22.2 +8.0
Turnout 66.9 -1.1
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
General Election 1895: Osgoldcross [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Austin 5,119 55.8 -5.3
Conservative John Harling 4,054 44.2 +5.3
Majority 1,065 11.6 -10.6
Turnout 70.1
Liberal hold Swing -5.3
Charles Roberts
Osgoldcross by-election, 1899[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Sir John Austin 5,818 66.8
Liberal Charles Henry Roberts 2,893 33.2
Majority 2,925 33.6
Turnout 62.2
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Osgoldcross [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Sir John Austin 5,609 65.0 -1.8
Liberal Vickerman Henzell Rutherford 3,025 35.0 +1.8
Majority 2,584 30.0 -3.6
Turnout 58.8 -3.4
Independent Liberal hold Swing -1.8
Joseph Rickett
General Election 1906: Osgoldcross[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Rickett 8,482 66.1
Conservative Granville Charles Hastings Wheler 4,358 33.9 n/a
Majority 4,124 32.1
Turnout 12,840
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Osgoldcross [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett 9,517 66.3
Conservative Gerald de la Pryme Hargreaves 4,840 33.7
Majority 4,677 32.6
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Osgoldcross[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett 8,518 66.2 -0.1
Conservative Malcolm Campbell-Johnston 4,347 33.8 +0.1
Majority 4,171 32.4 -0.2
Turnout 70.4
Liberal hold Swing -0.1

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
  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)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ The miners and British politics 1906-1914
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