Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency 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
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Arthur Barrand	Coalition Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Frederick Fawkes	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Francis Watson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Granville Gibson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Malcolm Stoddart-Scott	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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Elections in the 1920s

1918 general election: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Ripley Carter	4,583	24.8
Majority			9,277	50.4
Turnout			18,443	58.6
Registered electors			31,487
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General election 1922: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Barrand	8,439	31.7
		Percy Myers	5,818	21.8
Majority			3,957	14.8
Turnout			26,653	82.0
Registered electors			32,506
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General election 1923: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tudor Walters	9,330	35.4
		Percy Myers	5,499	20.9
Majority			2,207	8.3
Turnout			26,366	79.1
Registered electors			33,316
	hold		Swing	−3.3

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General election 1924: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Myers	7,001	25.3
		Ernest Woodhead	6,545	23.7
Majority			7,089	25.7
Turnout			27,636	80.5
Registered electors			34,334
	hold		Swing	+1.5

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General election 1929: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A W Brown	12,336	30.3
		Hubert Houldsworth	11,685	28.7
Majority			4,393	10.7
Turnout			40,750	81.8
Registered electors			49,796
	hold		Swing	−7.5

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Pickles	10,013	24.0
Majority			21,688	52.0
Turnout			41,714	79.9
	hold		Swing

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General election 14 November 1935: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Smuts	10,682	25.0
		Lucy Cox	9,977	23.3
Majority			11,425	26.7
Turnout			42,766	76.0
	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;

• Conservative: Granville Gibson
• Liberal: John Smuts
• Labour: M. H. Wigglesworth, replaced by H. N. Penlington

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 5 July 1945: Pudsey and Otley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Denis Healey	21,104	40.2
		Terence Clarke	8,592	16.4
Majority			1,651	3.2
Turnout			52,451	78.8
	hold		Swing