Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Morley in the West Riding of 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.
| Morley | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Replaced by | Batley and Morley, Dewsbury, Rothwell and Spen Valley |
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.[1]
History
The constituency was created when the two-member Southern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Batley and Morley constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Charles Milnes Gaskell | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Alfred Hutton | Liberal | |
| 1910 (January) | Gerald France | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Batley & Morley | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Milnes Gaskell | 6,684 | 67.8 | ||
| Conservative | Joseph John Dunnington-Jefferson | 3,177 | 32.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,507 | 35.6 | |||
| Turnout | 9,861 | 86.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,467 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Milnes Gaskell | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 5,818 | 61.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Carr | 3,656 | 38.6 | New | |
| Majority | 2,162 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,474 | 71.0 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,343 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 5,834 | 58.3 | −3.1 | |
| Conservative | William Carr | 4,166 | 41.7 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,668 | 16.6 | −6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 10,000 | 75.2 | +4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,300 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 6,428 | 62.3 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | William Boyd Carpenter | 3,888 | 37.7 | -4.0 | |
| Majority | 2,540 | 24.6 | +8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 10,316 | 73.4 | -1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,049 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Hutton | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gerald France | 8,026 | 59.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Stobart Charlesworth | 3,395 | 24.9 | New | |
| Labour | Herbert Smith | 2,191 | 16.1 | New | |
| Majority | 4,631 | 34.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,612 | 86.0 | N/A | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gerald France | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Gerald France
- Labour:
References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)