Sowerby | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Calder Valley and Halifax[1] |
Sowerby (/ˈsoʊərbi, ˈsaʊərbi/)[2] was a county constituency centred on the village of SowerbyinCalderdale, West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Calder Valley constituency.
1885–1918:
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Todmorden, the Urban Districts of Barkisland, Hebden Bridge, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Mytholmroyd, Rishworth, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, and Soyland, the Rural District of Todmorden, and the civil parish of Norland in the Rural District of Halifax.
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Todmorden, the Urban Districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden, and Sowerby Bridge, and the Rural District of Hepton.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Crossley | 6,427 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Milner | 2,960 | 31.5 | ||
Majority | 3,467 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,387 | 82.6 | |||
Registered electors | 11,364 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Crossley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | 5,754 | 63.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Henry Tipping Crook[5] | 3,324 | 36.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,430 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,078 | 75.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,963 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | 5,328 | 58.7 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | John Bailey* | 3,753 | 41.3 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1,575 | 17.4 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,081 | 77.7 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,686 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.7 |
*Some sources describe Bailey as a Liberal Unionist.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | 5,528 | 57.6 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | 4,067 | 42.4 | +1.1 | ||
Majority | 1,461 | 15.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,595 | 80.0 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,998 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sharp Higham | 6,049 | 60.9 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | William Simpson-Hinchliffe | 3,877 | 39.1 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 2,172 | 21.8 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,926 | 80.6 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,311 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sharp Higham | 6,482 | 61.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | William Simpson-Hinchliffe | 4,034 | 38.4 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 2,448 | 23.2 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,516 | 84.2 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 12,492 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sharp Higham | 6,811 | 58.8 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | William Simpson-Hinchliffe | 4,781 | 41.2 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 2,030 | 17.6 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,592 | 90.5 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,805 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sharp Higham | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Unionist | Robert Hewitt Barker* | 8,287 | 37.0 | New | |
Labour | John William Ogden | 7,306 | 32.7 | New | |
Liberal | John Sharp Higham | 6,778 | 30.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 981 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,371 | 65.2 | N/A | ||
Ind. Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Simpson-Hinchliffe | 11,710 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arnold Williams | 8,144 | 27.7 | -2.5 | |
Labour | John William Ogden | 7,496 | 25.5 | -7.2 | |
National Liberal | Frank Roebuck | 2,023 | 6.9 | -23.3 | |
Majority | 3,566 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,373 | 83.9 | +18.7 | ||
Unionist gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Williams | 11,350 | 39.6 | +11.9 | |
Unionist | William Simpson-Hinchliffe | 9,932 | 34.6 | -5.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Dawson | 7,389 | 25.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,418 | 5.0 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,671 | 81.0 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Geoffrey Shaw | 11,181 | 37.8 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Arnold Williams | 9,480 | 32.1 | -7.5 | |
Labour | Arthur Dawson | 8,881 | 30.1 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 1,701 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,542 | 83.2 | +2.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John Tout | 14,223 | 37.2 | +7.1 | |
Unionist | Arthur Colegate | 12,057 | 31.6 | -6.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas George Graham | 11,890 | 31.2 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,170 | 83.4 | +0.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm McCorquodale | 25,511 | 68.27 | ||
Labour | William John Tout | 11,857 | 31.73 | ||
Majority | 13,654 | 36.54 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,368 | 81.05 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm McCorquodale | 18,707 | 53.9 | -14.4 | |
Labour | William John Tout | 16,035 | 46.2 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 2,672 | 7.7 | -28.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,742 | 75.9 | -5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Belcher | 17,710 | 50.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Malcolm McCorquodale | 10,777 | 30.9 | -23.0 | |
Liberal | Douglas Eugene Moore | 6,373 | 18.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,933 | 19.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,860 | 82.0 | +6.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 18,606 | 53.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 16,454 | 47.0 | +16.1 | |
Majority | 2,152 | 6.0 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,060 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 22,846 | 45.4 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 19,181 | 38.1 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Adrian Liddell Hart | 8,306 | 16.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,665 | 7.3 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,333 | 88.3 | +6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 22,766 | 46.1 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 21,118 | 42.7 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John G Walker | 5,573 | 11.3 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 1,648 | 3.4 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,457 | 86.9 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 20,092 | 45.2 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson | 17,309 | 38.9 | -3.8 | |
Liberal | John G Walker | 7,046 | 15.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 2,783 | 6.3 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,447 | 81.4 | -5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 18,949 | 43.5 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Kenyon McKim | 16,993 | 39.0 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | John G Walker | 7,654 | 17.6 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 4.5 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,596 | 83.0 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 21,582 | 54.2 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Kenyon McKim | 18,220 | 45.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 3,362 | 8.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,802 | 79.5 | -3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 21,591 | 56.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | William G Burman | 16,361 | 43.1 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 5,230 | 13.8 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,952 | 77.7 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Houghton | 16,583 | 43.8 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | William G Burman | 16,114 | 42.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | David Shutt | 5,137 | 13.6 | New | |
Majority | 469 | 1.2 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,834 | 75.6 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Max Madden | 14,492 | 36.1 | -7.7 | |
Conservative | Donald Thompson | 14,377 | 35.8 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | David Shutt | 11,254 | 28.1 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 115 | 0.3 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,123 | 83.0 | +7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Max Madden | 14,971 | 38.8 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Donald Thompson | 14,325 | 37.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | David Shutt | 9,136 | 23.7 | -4.4 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 157 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 646 | 1.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,589 | 80.7 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Thompson | 16,797 | 42.2 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Max Madden | 15,617 | 39.3 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | David Shutt | 7,369 | 18.5 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 1,180 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,783 | 80.7 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |