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Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

Created from
  
Southern West Riding of Yorkshire

Replaced by
  
Southern West Riding of Yorkshire, Colne Valley, Penistone

Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

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.

  • Liberal:Sydney Arnold
  • Labour:William Lunn
  • References

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