Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Prestwich was a 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.

Prestwich
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromSouth East Lancashire
Replaced byMiddleton and Prestwich

Boundaries

The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of Salford and Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and townships:[1]

The electorate also consisted of the freeholders of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham who were entitled to vote in the county.

Abolition

The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies:[2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1885 Abel Buckley Liberal
1886 Robert Mowbray Conservative
1895 Frederick Cawley Liberal
1918 (January) Oswald Cawley Liberal
1918 (October) Austin Hopkinson Liberal
1918 (December) constituency abolished

Elections
Decades:

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1885: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Abel Buckley 5,414 53.6
Conservative Robert Mowbray 4,686 46.4
Majority 728 7.2
Turnout 10,100 90.5
Registered electors 11,156
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Mowbray 4,843 50.7 +4.3
Liberal Abel Buckley 4,704 49.3 -4.3
Majority 139 1.4 N/A
Turnout 9,547 85.6 -4.9
Registered electors 11,156
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1890s
Agnew
General election 1892: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Mowbray 5,718 50.7 0.0
Liberal William Agnew 5,563 49.3 0.0
Majority 155 1.4 0.0
Turnout 11,281 87.9 +2.1
Registered electors 12,827
Conservative hold Swing 0.0
Cawley
General election 1895: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 6,039 50.4 +1.1
Conservative Robert Mowbray 5,938 49.6 -1.1
Majority 101 0.8 N/A
Turnout 11,977 86.7 -1.2
Registered electors 13,812
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 7,127 52.7 +2.3
Conservative Sir Henry Houldsworth, 2nd Baronet 6,406 47.3 -2.3
Majority 721 5.4 +4.6
Turnout 13,533 86.0 -0.7
Registered electors 15,732
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
Cawley
General election 1906: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 10,187 62.8 +10.1
Conservative W T Hedges 6,024 37.2 -10.1
Majority 4,163 25.6 +20.2
Turnout 16,211 84.1 -1.9
Registered electors 19,267
Liberal hold Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1910s
Potter
General election January 1910: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 11,564 58.6 -4.2
Conservative Cyril Potter 8,180 41.4 +4.2
Majority 3,384 17.2 -8.4
Turnout 19,744 89.2 +5.1
Registered electors 22,123
Liberal hold Swing -4.2
Cawley
General election December 1910: Prestwich[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Cawley 10,355 59.0 +0.4
Conservative Frederick Brocklehurst 7,189 41.0 -0.4
Majority 3,166 18.0 +0.8
Turnout 17,544 79.3 -9.9
Registered electors 22,123
Liberal hold Swing +0.4

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;

Cawley
January 1918 Prestwich by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Oswald Cawley 8,520 75.1 +16.1
Co-operative Party Henry May 2,832 24.9 New
Majority 5,688 50.2 +32.2
Turnout 11,352 42.8 -36.5
Liberal hold Swing
October 1918 Prestwich by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Austin Hopkinson Unopposed
Liberal hold

See also

References
  1. Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large: Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (1885 c.23)
  2. Ninth Schedule - Part II, Parliamentary Counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 c.64)
  3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
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