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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Charles Henry Hopwood]] |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Thomas Fielden (politician)|Thomas Fielden]] |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Thomas Fielden (politician)|Thomas Fielden]] |
|candidate = [[Thomas Fielden (politician)|Thomas Fielden]] |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Charles Henry Hopwood]] |
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|votes = 5,061 |
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|percentage = 46.1 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = William Mitchell |
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|votes =5,664 |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1906|General Election January 1906]]: Middleton<ref>British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)</ref> |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Cyril CH Potter |
|candidate = [[Cyril Potter|Cyril CH Potter]] |
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|votes = 5,485 |
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=== Elections in the 1910s === |
=== Elections in the 1910s === |
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[[File:Ryland_Adkins.jpg|thumb|120px|Ryland Adkins]] |
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|candidate = Patrick Rose-Innes |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, December 1910|General Election December 1910]]: Middleton<ref>British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)</ref> |
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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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; |
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*'''Liberal''': [[Ryland Adkins|Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins]] |
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*'''Unionist''': [[Bernard Stephen Townroe]]<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 11 Mar 1914</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 07:29, 12 May 2015
Middleton | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | South East Lancashire |
Replaced by | Middleton and Prestwich |
Middleton was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | George Salis-Schwabe | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1886 | Thomas Fielden | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1892 | Charles Henry Hopwood | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1895 | Thomas Fielden | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1897 b-e | James Duckworth | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | Edward Fielden | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1906 | Ryland Adkins | Liberal |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Boundaries
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The Sessional Division of Middleton (except so much of the Parish of Spotland as is included in Division No. 10 as herein described, or in the Municipal Borough of Bacup), the Municipal Borough of Rochdale, and the Parishes of Alkrington and Tonge, and in the Sessional Division of Bury so much of the Parish of Hopwood as is not included in the Municipal Borough of Heywood." [1]
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Salis-Schwabe | 5,882 | 54.6 | n/a | |
Conservative | Thomas Fielden | 4,885 | 45.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 997 | 9.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 91.6 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Thomas_Fielden_MP.jpg/120px-Thomas_Fielden_MP.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Fielden | 5,126 | 51.6 | ||
Liberal | Charles Henry Hopwood | 4,808 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 318 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 84.6 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Henry Hopwood | 5,389 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Fielden | 5,273 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 116 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 89.2 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Fielden | 5,926 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal | Charles Henry Hopwood | 5,061 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 865 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 88.3 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/James_Duckworth.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Duckworth | 5,964 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | William Mitchell | 5,664 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 300 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 89.8 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Brocklehurst Fielden | 6,147 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | James Duckworth | 6,011 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 88.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Cyril_Potter.jpg/120px-Cyril_Potter.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Ryland Dent Adkins | 7,018 | 56.1 | + | |
Conservative | Cyril CH Potter | 5,485 | 43.9 | − | |
Majority | 1,533 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 87.3 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | + |
Elections in the 1910s
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Ryland_Adkins.jpg/120px-Ryland_Adkins.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Ryland Dent Adkins | 7,669 | 55.0 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Patrick Rose-Innes | 6,266 | 45.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,403 | 10.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 90.5 | +3.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_Hewins.jpg/120px-William_Hewins.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Ryland Dent Adkins | 7,071 | 52.9 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Alfred Samuel Hewins | 6,284 | 47.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 787 | 5.8 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 86.8 | −3.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Adkins was appointed Recorder of Nottingham and required to seek re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins | 6,863 | 51.5 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Alfred Samuel Hewins | 6,452 | 48.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 411 | 3.0 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 86.2 | −0.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 |
General Election 1914/15:
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins
- Unionist: Bernard Stephen Townroe[12]
References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 11 Mar 1914