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Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
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Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire (historic)
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
72: 62: 54: 43: 23: 1679: 1656:British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 8: 1739: 1737: 1714:"The Licensed Victuallers and the Election" 1649: 1647: 1645: 1643: 1641: 1639: 1637: 1635: 1633: 1387: 1313: 1137: 983: 832: 678: 529: 375: 237: 20: 1379: 229: 206: 154: 1609: 1533: 1515: 1395: 1322: 1276: 1260: 1146: 1095: 1079: 992: 946: 930: 841: 790: 774: 687: 641: 625: 538: 487: 471: 384: 347: 332: 246: 7: 127:The constituency was created by the 14: 67:Southern West Riding of Yorkshire 1473: 1448: 1413: 1340: 1220: 1197: 1164: 1043: 1010: 892: 859: 738: 705: 589: 556: 435: 402: 296: 264: 129:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 113:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1316:General election December 1910 1: 1140:General election January 1910 902:Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley 1719:Huddersfield Daily Chronicle 1658:. London: Macmillan Press. 1627:The Liberal Year Book, 1907 1812: 1390:1912 Holmfirth by-election 93:parliamentary constituency 1722:. 25 June 1892. p. 4 1700:British Newspaper Archive 1681:"Yesterday's Nominations" 1549: 1499: 1407: 1404: 1401: 1398: 1368: 1357: 1334: 1331: 1328: 1325: 1292: 1246: 1158: 1155: 1152: 1149: 1111: 1065: 1004: 1001: 998: 995: 962: 916: 853: 850: 847: 844: 806: 760: 699: 696: 693: 690: 657: 611: 550: 547: 544: 541: 503: 457: 396: 393: 390: 387: 363: 319: 258: 255: 252: 249: 211: 157: 28: 1690:. 7 July 1886. p. 3 1654:Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). 1574:General Election 1914–15 135:, and abolished for the 101:West Riding of Yorkshire 1687:London Evening Standard 95:centred on the town of 1385: 1134:Elections in the 1910s 829:Elections in the 1900s 526:Elections in the 1890s 235: 226:Elections in the 1880s 213:constituency abolished 1383: 986:General election 1906 835:General election 1900 681:General election 1895 532:General election 1892 378:General election 1886 240:General election 1885 233: 151:Members of Parliament 137:1918 general election 133:1885 general election 1796:Politics of Kirklees 747:George Edward Raine 105:Member of Parliament 1535:Registered electors 1392: 1319: 1278:Registered electors 1143: 1097:Registered electors 989: 948:Registered electors 838: 792:Registered electors 684: 643:Registered electors 535: 489:Registered electors 381: 349:Registered electors 243: 117:first past the post 103:. 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1374: 1371: 1366: 1365: 1362: 1361: 1355: 1354: 1350: 1348: 1347: 1343: 1341: 1321: 1318:: Holmfirth 1317: 1308: 1305: 1303: 1300: 1298: 1295: 1290: 1289: 1286: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1275: 1271: 1268: 1265: 1263: 1259: 1255: 1252: 1249: 1245: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1231: 1228: 1226: 1223: 1221: 1216: 1213: 1210: 1208: 1205: 1203: 1200: 1198: 1194: 1191: 1189: 1186: 1184: 1181: 1179: 1178: 1174: 1172: 1171: 1167: 1165: 1145: 1142:: Holmfirth 1141: 1133: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1109: 1108: 1105: 1103: 1100: 1098: 1094: 1090: 1087: 1084: 1082: 1078: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1064: 1060: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1049: 1046: 1044: 1040: 1037: 1035: 1032: 1030: 1027: 1025: 1024: 1020: 1018: 1017: 1013: 1011: 991: 988:: Holmfirth 987: 978: 975: 973: 970: 968: 965: 960: 959: 956: 954: 951: 949: 945: 941: 938: 935: 933: 929: 925: 922: 919: 915: 911: 908: 905: 903: 900: 898: 895: 893: 889: 886: 884: 881: 879: 876: 874: 873: 869: 867: 866: 862: 860: 840: 837:: Holmfirth 836: 828: 822: 819: 817: 814: 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Retrieved 1717: 1708: 1698:– via 1692:. Retrieved 1685: 1674: 1655: 1598:William Lunn 1593: 1584: 1578: 1573: 1572: 1563: 1553: 1527: 1509: 1493: 1483:William Lunn 1468: 1458:Robert Ellis 1442: 1441: 1436: 1431: 1424: 1417: 1372: 1359: 1358: 1353:Henry Wilson 1351: 1344: 1296: 1256:−13.9 1240: 1207:Robert Ellis 1193:−14.4 1192: 1187: 1182: 1177:Henry Wilson 1175: 1168: 1115: 1061:−17.2 1048:Conservative 1038: 1033: 1028: 1023:Henry Wilson 1021: 1014: 966: 897:Conservative 887: 882: 877: 872:Henry Wilson 870: 863: 810: 743:Conservative 733: 728: 723: 718:Henry Wilson 716: 709: 661: 594:Conservative 584: 579: 574: 569:Henry Wilson 567: 560: 507: 483:−11.8 430: 425: 420: 415:Henry Wilson 413: 406: 367: 301:Conservative 292: 287: 282: 277:Henry Wilson 275: 268: 234:Henry Wilson 212: 177:Henry Wilson 146: 126: 88: 87: 77:Colne Valley 63:Created from 31:constituency 18: 1726:22 November 1694:29 November 1306:−7.0 1217:−0.5 976:−4.4 942:−2.8 926:−8.8 888:−4.4 820:−3.9 770:−7.8 734:−3.9 671:−2.7 637:−1.8 621:−5.4 585:−2.7 517:−0.5 467:−1.0 431:−0.5 370:(new seat) 73:Replaced by 1770:Categories 1604:References 1399:Candidate 1326:Candidate 1150:Candidate 996:Candidate 845:Candidate 691:Candidate 542:Candidate 388:Candidate 250:Candidate 143:Boundaries 1791:Holmfirth 1500:Majority 1360:Unopposed 1247:Majority 1066:Majority 917:Majority 761:Majority 612:Majority 458:Majority 320:Majority 221:Elections 97:Holmfirth 89:Holmfirth 81:Penistone 24:Holmfirth 1453:Unionist 1052:SG Jebb 158:Election 131:for the 119:system. 35:for the 1585:Liberal 1551:Liberal 1539:13,035 1521:11,323 1517:Turnout 1419:Liberal 1370:Liberal 1346:Liberal 1294:Liberal 1282:12,788 1266:11,025 1262:Turnout 1170:Liberal 1113:Liberal 1101:12,219 1081:Turnout 1016:Liberal 964:Liberal 952:11,223 932:Turnout 865:Liberal 808:Liberal 796:11,103 776:Turnout 711:Liberal 659:Liberal 647:12,197 627:Turnout 562:Liberal 505:Liberal 493:10,770 473:Turnout 408:Liberal 365:Liberal 353:10,770 334:Turnout 270:Liberal 201:Liberal 182:Liberal 123:History 111:of the 99:in the 29:Former 1662:  1594:Labour 1503:1,370 1487:3,195 1478:Labour 1462:3,379 1432:4,749 1402:Votes 1396:Party 1329:Votes 1323:Party 1250:3,296 1234:1,643 1225:Labour 1211:3,043 1183:6,339 1153:Votes 1147:Party 1125:+17.2 1085:9,527 1075:+34.4 1069:4,173 1055:2,677 1039:+17.2 1029:6,850 999:Votes 993:Party 936:8,243 906:3,738 878:4,505 848:Votes 842:Party 780:8,460 764:1,542 750:3,459 724:5,001 694:Votes 688:Party 631:8,957 615:2,323 601:3,317 575:5,640 545:Votes 539:Party 477:8,102 461:2,542 447:2,780 421:5,322 391:Votes 385:Party 338:9,372 323:3,044 310:3,164 283:6,208 253:Votes 247:Party 164:Party 161:Member 91:was a 1559:Swing 1524:86.9 1506:12.2 1490:28.2 1465:29.8 1437:42.0 1302:Swing 1272:+8.2 1269:86.2 1253:29.9 1237:14.9 1214:27.6 1188:57.5 1121:Swing 1091:+4.6 1088:78.0 1072:43.8 1058:28.1 1034:71.9 972:Swing 939:73.4 912:+4.4 909:45.3 883:54.7 816:Swing 786:+2.8 783:76.2 767:18.2 756:+3.9 753:40.9 729:59.1 667:Swing 634:73.4 618:26.0 607:+2.7 604:37.0 580:63.0 513:Swing 480:75.2 464:31.4 453:+0.5 450:34.3 426:65.7 341:87.0 326:32.4 313:33.8 288:66.2 55:Seats 1728:2017 1696:2017 1660:ISBN 1554:hold 1373:hold 1297:hold 1116:hold 967:hold 923:9.4 920:767 811:hold 662:hold 508:hold 208:1918 191:1912 172:1885 79:and 49:1918 45:1885 1564:N/A 1528:N/A 1510:N/A 1494:New 1469:New 1443:N/A 1241:New 368:win 58:one 1772:: 1736:^ 1716:. 1684:. 1632:^ 1612:^ 1576:: 1409:±% 1405:% 1336:±% 1332:% 1160:±% 1156:% 1006:±% 1002:% 855:±% 851:% 701:±% 697:% 552:±% 548:% 398:±% 394:% 260:±% 256:% 139:. 1730:. 1702:. 1668:. 1596:: 1587:: 47:–

Index

constituency
House of Commons
1885
1918
Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Colne Valley
Penistone
parliamentary constituency
Holmfirth
West Riding of Yorkshire
Member of Parliament
House of Commons
Parliament of the United Kingdom
first past the post
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
1885 general election
1918 general election
1885
Henry Wilson
Liberal
1912
Sydney Arnold
Liberal
1918

General election 1885
Liberal
Henry Wilson
Conservative
Heneage Legge

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