Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

Batley and Morley
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Batley and Spen and Morley and Leeds South
Created from	Morley

Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then replaced by the seats of Batley and Spen & Morley and Leeds South.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Batley, Morley, and Ossett.

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Batley and Morley.

General Election 14 December 1918 Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gerald Ashburner France	13,519	52.9	n/a
	Labour	Benjamin Turner	12,051	47.1	n/a
Majority			1,468	5.8	n/a
Turnout				66.9	n/a
	Liberal win

J.A. Compston

General Election 15 November 1922: Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Benjamin Turner	15,005	46.1
	Liberal	John Albert Compston	9,943	29.1
	Unionist	John Potter	8,054	24.8
Majority			5,562	17.0
Turnout				85.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: Batley and Morley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Benjamin Turner	14,964	52.6	+6.5
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	13,480	47.4	+18.3
Majority			1,484	5.2	-11.8
Turnout			28,444	73.8	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9

Walter Forrest

General Election 29 October 1924: Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	16,369	50.6	+3.2
	Labour	Benjamin Turner	15,966	49.4	-3.2
Majority			403	1.2
Turnout			32,335	83.3	+
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 30 May 1929: Batley and Morley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sir Benjamin Turner	24,621	58.3	+8.9
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	17,641	41.7	-8.9
Majority			6,980	16.6	17.8
Turnout				84.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.9

General Election 27 October 1931: Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wilfrid Dewhurst Wills	26,378	61.2
	Labour	Sir Benjamin Turner	16,700	38.8
Majority			9,678	22.4
Turnout				85.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 14 November 1935: Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Willie Brooke	21,182	53.6
	Conservative	Wilfrid Dewhurst Wills	18,354	46.4
Majority			2,828	7.2
Turnout				79.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1945: Batley and Morley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hubert Beaumont	22,682	58.1
	Conservative	G W Hirst	11,090	28.4
	Liberal	Ashley Mitchell	5,256	13.5
Majority			11,592	29.7
Turnout			39,028	80.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Batley and Morley by-election, 1949^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	24,514	59.3
	Conservative	Arthur Maxwell Ramsden	16,828	40.7
Majority			7,686	18.6
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Batley and Morley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	29,776	59.95	+1.83
	Conservative	Mrs. W.C.G. Bremner	19,891	40.05	+11.63
Majority			9,885	19.90	-9.80
Turnout			49,667	87.03	+6.15
Registered electors			57,066
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.90

General Election 1951: Batley and Morley^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	29,326	59.68	-0.27
	Conservative	Reginald Northam	19,811	40.32	+0.27
Majority			9,515	19.36	-0.54
Turnout			49,137	85.53	-1.50
Registered electors			57,453
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.27

General Election 1955: Batley and Morley^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	27,178	60.20	+0.52
	Conservative	Harry Watson	17,970	39.80	-0.52
Majority			9,208	20.40	+1.04
Turnout			45,148	79.89	-5.64
Registered electors			56,513
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.52

General Election 1959: Batley and Morley^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	26,781	58.35	-1.85
	Conservative	Mrs Barbara M Garden	19,115	41.65	+1.85
Majority			7,666	16.70	-3.70
Turnout			45,896	81.91	+2.02
Registered electors			56,031
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.85

General Election 1964: Batley and Morley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	23,362	52.61	-5.74
	Conservative	Peter JD Marshall	13,477	30.35	-11.3
	Liberal	Ivan H Lester	7,564	17.03	N/A
Majority			9,885	16.70	+5.56
Turnout			44,403	78.68	-3.23
Registered electors			56,436
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.78

General Election 1966: Batley and Morley^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	24,086	56.16	+3.55
	Conservative	Peter JD Marshall	12,435	28.99	-1.36
	Liberal	EA Berry	6,366	14.84	-2.19
Majority			11,651	16.70	+10.47
Turnout			42,887	78.68	-3.36
Registered electors			56,936
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.46

General Election 1970: Batley and Morley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	23,024	50.41
	Conservative	Donald Thompson	15,753	34.49
	Liberal	Peter Wrigley	6,893	15.09
Majority			7,271	15.92
Turnout				72.39

General Election, February 1974: Batley and Morley^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	21,495	44.60
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	14,404	29.89
	Liberal	Peter Wrigley	11,470	23.80
	Independent Democratic Alliance	Gerald Jarratt	828	1.72
Majority			7,091	14.71
Turnout			48,197	78.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Batley and Morley^[15]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton	21,179	49.21	+4.61
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	12,931	30.05	+0.16
	Liberal	Ivan Harvey Lester	8,928	20.74	-3.05
Majority			8,248	19.16
Turnout			43,038	69.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Batley and Morley^[15]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth John Woolmer	22,984	49.04	-0.17
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	17,632	37.62	+7.58
	Liberal	Christopher Julian Cawood	4,943	10.55	-10.20
	Independent Labour	Douglas Parkin	848	1.81	N/A
	Ecology	Clive Richard Lord	460	0.98	N/A
Majority			5,352	11.42
Turnout			46,867	74.54
	Labour hold		Swing

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig
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