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Another
General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
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431:
295:
1355:, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
1306:"Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England"
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proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.
16:
Parliamentary constituency in the United
Kingdom, 1885–1918
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Parliamentary constituencies in West
Yorkshire (historic)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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61:
50:
30:
139:2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
149:The constituency was created when the two-member
1353:British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918
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409:
273:
27:
165:, when it was partly replaced by the new
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341:Joseph John Dunnington-Jefferson
151:Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
74:Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
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155:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
153:constituency was divided by the
128:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1200:General election December 1910
1:
1030:General election January 1910
254:constituency abolished: see
161:. It was abolished for the
21:Electoral district of Morley
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1098:John Stobart Charlesworth
108:parliamentary constituency
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1265:General Election 1914–15
116:West Riding of Yorkshire
19:Not to be confused with
110:centred on the town of
1389:Morley, West Yorkshire
1024:Elections in the 1910s
875:William Boyd Carpenter
802:Elections in the 1900s
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477:Elections in the 1890s
449:Charles Milnes Gaskell
313:Charles Milnes Gaskell
270:Elections in the 1880s
199:Charles Milnes Gaskell
959:General election 1906
808:General election 1900
652:General election 1895
491:General election 1892
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412:General election 1886
276:General election 1885
173:Members of Parliament
163:1918 general election
159:1885 general election
120:Member of Parliament
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256:Batley & Morley
132:first past the post
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1094:Conservative
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870:Conservative
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719:William Carr
714:Conservative
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555:Conservative
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122:(MP) to the
103:
102:
70:Created from
38:constituency
25:
793:−3.1
743:−6.2
705:−3.1
404:(new seat)
96:Spen Valley
80:Replaced by
1368:Categories
1292:References
1210:Candidate
1202:: Morley
1040:Candidate
1032:: Morley
969:Candidate
961:: Morley
818:Candidate
810:: Morley
662:Candidate
654:: Morley
501:Candidate
493:: Morley
422:Candidate
414:: Morley
286:Candidate
278:: Morley
1244:Unopposed
1139:Majority
1003:Unopposed
890:Majority
734:Majority
577:Majority
456:Unopposed
354:Majority
265:Elections
180:Election
157:for the
134:system.
92:Rothwell
88:Dewsbury
42:for the
1315:15 June
1276:Liberal
1254:Liberal
1230:Liberal
1176:Liberal
1160:13,612
1156:Turnout
1060:Liberal
1013:Liberal
989:Liberal
937:Liberal
925:14,049
909:10,316
905:Turnout
838:Liberal
781:Liberal
769:13,300
753:10,000
749:Turnout
682:Liberal
628:Liberal
616:13,343
594:Turnout
521:Liberal
466:Liberal
442:Liberal
399:Liberal
387:11,467
368:Turnout
306:Liberal
242:Liberal
223:Liberal
204:Liberal
145:History
126:of the
114:in the
36:Former
1285:Labour
1213:Votes
1207:Party
1142:4,631
1126:2,191
1117:Labour
1101:3,395
1073:8,026
1043:Votes
1037:Party
972:Votes
966:Party
893:2,540
879:3,888
851:6,428
821:Votes
815:Party
737:1,668
723:4,166
695:5,834
665:Votes
659:Party
598:9,474
580:2,162
564:3,656
534:5,818
504:Votes
498:Party
425:Votes
419:Party
372:9,861
357:3,507
344:3,177
319:6,684
289:Votes
283:Party
186:Party
183:Member
112:Morley
106:was a
104:Morley
31:Morley
1184:Swing
1163:86.0
1145:34.1
1129:16.1
1104:24.9
1078:59.0
949:+4.0
945:Swing
915:−1.8
912:73.4
899:+8.0
896:24.6
885:−4.0
882:37.7
861:+4.0
856:62.3
789:Swing
759:+4.2
756:75.2
740:16.6
729:+3.1
726:41.7
700:58.3
636:Swing
601:71.0
583:22.8
567:38.6
539:61.4
375:86.0
360:35.6
347:32.2
324:67.8
62:Seats
1317:2023
1257:hold
1179:hold
1016:hold
940:hold
784:hold
631:hold
469:hold
249:1918
213:1892
194:1885
137:The
94:and
56:1918
52:1885
1189:N/A
1167:N/A
1149:N/A
1133:New
1108:New
1084:N/A
641:N/A
605:N/A
587:N/A
571:New
545:N/A
402:win
65:one
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