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词条 Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)
释义

  1. History

  2. Boundaries

  3. Members of Parliament

  4. Elections

      Elections in the 1880s    Elections in the 1890s    Elections in the 1900s    Elections in the 1910s  

  5. See also

  6. References

{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Osgoldcross
|type = County
|parliament = uk
|image=
|caption=Osgoldcross in Yorkshire, 1885-1918
|year = 1885
|abolished = 1918
|elects_howmany = one
|previous = Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire
|next = Barkston Ash, Hemsworth and Pontefract
|}}

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

  • the municipal borough of Pontefract,
  • the wapentake of Osgoldcross,
  • the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Upper Barkston Ash of Brotherton, Fairburn, Ledsham and Ledstone, and
  • the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Skyrack of Allerton Bywater and Kippax.[1]
{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1885: Osgoldcross[2]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Ramsden
|votes = 5,153
|percentage = 62.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Hardy[3]
|votes =3,053
|percentage = 37.2
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,100
|percentage = 25.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,206
|percentage = 79.5
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,322
}}{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1886: Osgoldcross [4]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Austin
|votes = 4,008
|percentage = 57.1
|change = -5.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = John Ramsden
|votes =3,010
|percentage = 42.9
|change = +5.7
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 998
|percentage = 14.2
|change = -11.4
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,018
|percentage = 68.0
|change = −11.5
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,322
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −5.7
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1890s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1892: Osgoldcross [5]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Austin
|votes = 5,160
|percentage = 61.1
|change = +4.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Brook Dobson[6]
|votes =3,284
|percentage = 38.9
|change = -4.0
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,876
|percentage = 22.2
|change = +8.0
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,444
|percentage = 66.9
|change = -1.1
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 12,615
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.0
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1895: Osgoldcross [7]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Austin
|votes = 5,119
|percentage = 55.8
|change = -5.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Harling
|votes =4,054
|percentage = 44.2
|change = +5.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,065
|percentage = 11.6
|change = -10.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,173
|percentage = 70.1
|change = +3.2
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 13,083
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = -5.3
}}{{Election box end}}

Austin left the Liberal Party and sought re-election as an independent candidate.

{{Election box begin | title=Osgoldcross by-election, 1899[8]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = John Austin
|votes = 5,818
|percentage = 66.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Henry Roberts
|votes =2,893
|percentage = 33.2
|change = −22.6
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,925
|percentage = 33.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,711
|percentage = 62.2
|change = −7.9
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,009
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Liberal
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1900s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1900: Osgoldcross [9]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = John Austin
|votes = 5,609
|percentage = 65.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Vickerman Rutherford
|votes =3,025
|percentage = 35.0
|change = −20.8
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,584
|percentage = 30.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,634
|percentage = 58.8
|change = −11.3
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,689
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Liberal
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1906: Osgoldcross[10]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett
|votes = 8,482
|percentage = 66.1
|change = +31.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Granville Wheler
|votes =4,358
|percentage = 33.9
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,124
|percentage = 32.2
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,840
|percentage = 75.8
|change = +17.0
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 16,935
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Independent Liberal
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1910s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election January 1910: Osgoldcross [11]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett
|votes = 9,517
|percentage = 66.3
|change = +0.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerald Hargreaves
|votes =4,840
|percentage = 33.7
|change = −0.2
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,677
|percentage = 32.6
|change = +0.4
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,357
|percentage = 78.5
|change = +2.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 18,286
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.2
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election December 1910: Osgoldcross[12]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett
|votes = 8,518
|percentage = 66.2
|change = -0.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm Campbell-Johnston
|votes =4,347
|percentage = 33.8
|change = +0.1
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,171
|percentage = 32.4
|change = -0.2
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,865
|percentage = 70.4
|change = −8.1
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 18,286
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = -0.1
}}{{Election box end}}

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;

  • Liberal: Joseph Compton-Rickett
  • Unionist:
  • Labour: John Potts[13]

See also

  • Osgoldcross Rural District

References

1. ^Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
2. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. ^{{cite news|title=The Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18851130/016/0003|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=30 November 1885|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
4. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
5. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. ^{{cite web|title=Administrative papers rel to the candidate of Charles Brook Dobson in the Osgoldcross division|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13756050|website=The National Archives|accessdate=12 November 2017}}
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. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
12. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
13. ^The miners and British politics 1906-1914
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