Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

Osgoldcross
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Barkston Ash, Hemsworth and Pontefract
Created from	Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire

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.

Members of Parliament

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

See also

• Osgoldcross Rural District

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"