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Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Batley and Morley, Dewsbury, Rothwell and Spen Valley

Created from
  
Southern West Riding of Yorkshire

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

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History

The constituency was created when the two-member Southern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Batley and Morley constituency.

Elections in the 1910s

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: Gerald Ashburner France
  • Labour:
  • References

    Morley (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia