Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Oldham East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Oldham Central and Royton
Created from	Oldham

See also: current constituency Oldham East and Saddleworth

Oldham East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-east of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created at the 1950 general election, succeeding the former two-seat Oldham constituency, and was abolished at the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Frank Fairhurst	Labour
	1951	Sir Ian Horobin	Conservative
	1959	Charles Mapp	Labour
	1970	James Lamond	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Lamond	18,248	50.7
	Conservative	R. Walker	13,616	37.8
	Liberal	Chris Hilyer	4,149	11.5
Majority			4,632	12.9
Turnout				68.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Lamond	19,054	52.8
	Conservative	Leith McGrandle	10,917	30.2
	Liberal	Chris Hilyer	6,142	17.0
Majority			8,137	22.5
Turnout				71.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Lamond	18,548	48.2
	Conservative	Leith McGrandle	12,246	31.8
	Liberal	Chris Hilyer	7,667	19.9	N/A
Majority			6,302	16.4
Turnout				76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Lamond	17,020	51.1
	Conservative	H. P. Holland	16,260	48.9
Majority			760	2.2
Turnout				65.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Mapp	18,431	50.5
	Conservative	P. M. Beard	12,796	35.1
	Liberal	D. E. Mann	5,262	14.4
Majority			5,635	15.4
Turnout				72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Mapp	18,112	45.4
	Conservative	A. Nutting	14,181	35.6
	Liberal	M. E. Burton	7,574	19.0
Majority			3,931	9.9
Turnout				76.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Mapp	19,329	44.4
	Conservative	Ian Horobin	17,499	40.2
	Liberal	D. Wrigley	6,660	15.3
Majority			1,830	4.2
Turnout				79.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1955: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Horobin	19,185	44.1
	Labour	Charles Mapp	18,805	43.2
	Liberal	R. Leslie	5,506	12.7	N/A
Majority			380	0.9
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Horobin	24,621	52.2
	Labour	J. A. Joyce	22,564	47.8
Majority			2,057	4.4
Turnout				83.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1950: Oldham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Fairhurst	21,510	45.0
	Conservative	W. H. L. Richmond	21,117	44.2
	Liberal	W. Kirkman	5,206	10.9
Majority			393	0.9
Turnout				84.1
	Labour hold		Swing