Mossley (UK Parliament constituency)
Mossley | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne |
Created from | Gorton Prestwich |
Mossley was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament.
It was created at the 1918 general election as a county division of Lancashire, taking areas formerly in the Gorton and Prestwich constituencies. The area consisted of small towns which were increasingly suburban to Manchester, such as Droylsden and Failsworth (now part of Oldham borough), together with some towns then further out such as Denton, and stretching out to the edge of Saddleworth Moor to take in Mossley.
This created a mixed area which declined in social status during its existence as Manchester expanded to the east and its industrial area expanded. The electorate also increased over time, and in a boundary change in 1950 the seat was divided with the areas adjacent to Manchester forming the new Droylsden constituency while the remainder including Mossley itself formed part of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Boundaries[]
The Borough of Mossley, the Rural District of Limehurst, and the Urban Districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, and Lees.
Members of Parliament[]
- Constituency created (1918)
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Austin Hopkinson | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Independent | ||
1929 | Herbert Gibson | Labour | |
1931 | Austin Hopkinson | National Independent | |
1945 | George Woods | Labour Co-op | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
1910s election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | National Liberal | 16,158 | 75.6 | ||
Co-operative Party | William Brown | 5,227 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 10,931 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,385 | 52.8 | |||
National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
- Hopkinson was not a member of any political party but was adopted by both the local Conservative and Liberal Associations, received the Coalition Coupon and saw himself as a Liberal. However, he said this did not bind him to support the coalition government or to vote with it, and that he had accepted the coupon for the good of the country.
1920s election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 15,953 | 58.4 | -17.2 | |
Liberal | Miles Ewart Mitchell | 11,376 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,577 | 16.8 | -34.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,329 | 67.5 | +14.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 11,426 | 50.8 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | George Jennison | 11,051 | 49.2 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 375 | 1.6 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,477 | 54.5 | -13.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 15,435 | 49.2 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Mercer | 10,769 | 34.3 | New | |
Liberal | George Jennison | 5,162 | 16.5 | -32.7 | |
Majority | 4,666 | 14.9 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 31,366 | 75.3 | +20.8 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Gibson | 19,296 | 46.0 | +11.7 | |
Independent | Austin Hopkinson | 14,267 | 33.9 | -15.3 | |
Liberal | Harold Housley | 8,467 | 20.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 5,029 | 12.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,030 | 76.8 | +1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +13.5 |
1930s election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Austin Hopkinson | 17,017 | 36.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Herbert Gibson | 15,587 | 33.5 | -12.5 | |
Conservative | Ernest Barlow | 13,873 | 29.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,430 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,477 | 84.2 | +7.4 | ||
National gain from Labour | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Austin Hopkinson | 24,569 | 52.3 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Herbert Gibson | 22,399 | 47.7 | +14.2 | |
Majority | 2,170 | 4.6 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,968 | 75.3 | -8.9 | ||
National hold | Swing | +0.7 |
1940s election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Woods | 27,435 | 47.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | G.E. Rush | 18,452 | 32.0 | New | |
Liberal | Marjorie Jalland | 7,128 | 12.4 | New | |
National | Austin Hopkinson | 4,671 | 8.1 | -44.2 | |
Majority | 8,983 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,669 | 76.2 | +0.9 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +22.0 |
References[]
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- Politics of Tameside