Pudsey and Otley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created fromBarkston Ash, Otley, Pudsey and Ripon
Replaced byPudsey and Ripon

Pudsey and Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pudsey and Otley in 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 for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous Pudsey and Otley constituencies. It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by a new Pudsey constituency while Otley became part of Ripon.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, the Urban Districts of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Calverley, Farsley, Horsforth, Ilkley, Otley, and Rawdon, and part of the Rural District of Wharfedale.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Arthur Barrand Coalition Liberal
1922 Frederick Fawkes Conservative
1923 Francis Watson Conservative
1929 Granville Gibson Conservative
1945 Malcolm Stoddart-Scott Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: Pudsey and Otley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Arthur Barrand 13,860 75.2
Labour George Ripley Carter 4,583 24.8
Majority 9,277 50.4
Turnout 18,443 58.6
Registered electors 31,487
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederick Fawkes 12,396 46.5 N/A
Liberal Arthur Barrand 8,439 31.7 −43.5
Labour Percy Myers 5,818 21.8 −3.0
Majority 3,957 14.8 N/A
Turnout 26,653 82.0 +23.4
Registered electors 32,506
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Francis Watson 11,537 43.7 −2.8
Liberal Tudor Walters 9,330 35.4 +3.7
Labour Percy Myers 5,499 20.9 −0.9
Majority 2,207 8.3 −6.5
Turnout 26,366 79.1 −2.9
Registered electors 33,316
Unionist hold Swing −3.3
General election 1924: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Francis Watson 14,090 51.0 +7.3
Labour Percy Myers 7,001 25.3 +4.4
Liberal Ernest Woodhead 6,545 23.7 −11.7
Majority 7,089 25.7 +17.4
Turnout 27,636 80.5 +1.4
Registered electors 34,334
Unionist hold Swing +1.5
General election 1929: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Granville Gibson 16,729 41.0 −10.0
Labour A W Brown 12,336 30.3 +5.0
Liberal Hubert Houldsworth 11,685 28.7 +5.0
Majority 4,393 10.7 −15.0
Turnout 40,750 81.8 +1.3
Registered electors 49,796
Unionist hold Swing −7.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Granville Gibson 31,701 76.0 +35.0
Labour William Pickles 10,013 24.0 -6.3
Majority 21,688 52.0 +41.3
Turnout 41,714 79.9 -1.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 14 November 1935: Pudsey and Otley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Granville Gibson 22,107 51.7 -24.3
Liberal John Smuts 10,682 25.0 New
Labour Lucy Cox 9,977 23.3 -0.7
Majority 11,425 26.7 -25.3
Turnout 42,766 76.0 -3.9
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 5 July 1945: Pudsey and Otley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 22,755 43.4 -8.3
Labour Denis Healey 21,104 40.2 +16.9
Liberal Terence Clarke 8,592 16.4 -8.6
Majority 1,651 3.2 -23.5
Turnout 52,451 78.8 +2.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 3 January 1919
  2. ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ^ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 May 1938
  4. ^ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times, 6 April 1939
  5. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  6. ^ "Politics Science Resources".
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