Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

Holmfirth
Holmfirth
Former constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by	Colne Valley and Penistone

Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	Henry Wilson	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1912	Sydney Arnold	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Holmfirth ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	6,208	n/a
	Conservative	Hon. Heneage Legge	3,164	n/a
Majority			3,044	n/a
Turnout				n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Holmfirth ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	5,322
	Liberal Unionist	W Armitage	2,780
Majority			2,542
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Holmfirth ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	5,640
	Conservative	H Thomas	3,317
Majority			2,323
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Holmfirth ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	5,011
	Conservative	George Edward Raine	3,459
Majority			1,542
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Holmfirth ^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	4,505
	Conservative	Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley	3,738
Majority			767
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Holmfirth ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	6,850
	Conservative	SG Jebb	2,677
Majority			4,173
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Holmfirth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	6,339	57.5
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Geoffrey Ellis	3,043	27.6
	Labour	William Pickles	1,643	14.9
Majority			3,296	29.9
Turnout				86.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Holmfirth ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Wilson	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Holmfirth by-election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Arnold	4,749	42.0	−15.5
	Unionist	Robert Geoffrey Ellis	3,379	29.8	+2.2
	Labour	William Lunn	3,195	28.2	+13.3
Majority			1,370	12.2	−17.7
Turnout				86.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.8

General Election 1914/15:

A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Liberal:Sydney Arnold
Labour:William Lunn

References

^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)

[1] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[2] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[3] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[4] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[5] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[6] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[7] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[8] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[9] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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