Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Prestwich
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one
Replaced by Middleton and Prestwich

Prestwich was a 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.

Boundaries

The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of Salford and Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and townships:[1]

The electorate also consisted of the freeholders of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham who were entitled to vote in the county.

Abolition

The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies:[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Abel Buckley Liberal
1886 Robert Mowbray Conservative
1895 Frederick Cawley Liberal
1918 (January) Oswald Cawley Liberal
1918 (October) Austin Hopkinson Liberal
1918 (December) constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Abel Buckley 5,414 53.6 n/a
Conservative Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray 4,686 46.4 n/a
Majority 728 7.2 n/a
Turnout 90.5 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Prestwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray 4,843 50.7 +4.3
Liberal Abel Buckley 4,704 49.3 -4.3
Majority 139 1.4 8.6
Turnout 85.6 -
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Prestwich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray 5,718 50.7 -0.0
Liberal W. Agnew 5,563 49.3 +0.0
Majority 155 1.4 0.0
Turnout 87.9 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.0
Frederick Cawley
General Election 1895: Prestwich[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Cawley 6,039 50.4 +1.1
Conservative Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray 5,938 49.6 -1.1
Majority 101 0.8 2.2
Turnout 86.7
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Prestwich[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Cawley 7,127 52.7 +2.3
Conservative Henry Hamilton Houldsworth 6,406 47.3 -2.3
Majority 721 5.4 +4.6
Turnout 86.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
Cawley
General Election 1906: Prestwich[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Cawley 10,187 62.8 +10.1
Conservative W T Hedges 6,024 37.2 -10.1
Majority 4,163 25.6 +20.2
Turnout 84.1
Liberal hold Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1910s

Potter
General Election January 1910: Prestwich[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Frederick Cawley 11,564 58.6
Conservative Cyril Charlie Hamilton Potter 8,180 41.4
Majority 3,384 17.2
Turnout 89.2
Liberal hold Swing
Cawley
General Election December 1910: Prestwich[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Frederick Cawley 10,355 59.0 +0.4
Conservative Frederick Brocklehurst 7,189 41.0 -0.4
Majority 3,166 18.0 +0.8
Turnout 79.3 -9.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.4

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;

Cawley
Prestwich by-election, January 1918
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Oswald Cawley 8,520 75.1
Co-operative Party Henry John May 2,832 24.9 n/a
Majority 5,688 50.2
Turnout 42.8
Liberal hold Swing
Prestwich by-election, October 1918
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Austin Hopkinson Unopposed N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large: Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (1885 c.23)
  2. ↑ Ninth Schedule - Part II, Parliamentary Counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 c.64)
  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)
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