Droylsden | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1955 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Manchester Gorton, Manchester Openshaw and Ashton-under-Lyne |
Created from | Mossley |
Droylsden was a parliamentary constituency in the historic county of Lancashire in the North West of England. 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.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1955 general election. Before 1950 the area had formed part of the Mossley constituency.
The former MP for Mossley, the Rev. G.S. Woods, was elected as a Labour Co-operative member in the first election for this constituency in 1950. He sat in Parliament until he died, shortly before the 1951 election. A new Labour MP, W.R. Williams, was elected in 1951 and represented the seat for the rest of its existence.
The constituency was formed by combining four Urban Districts, situated to the north east of Manchester. They were Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, and Failsworth.
In 1955 the constituency was abolished. Audenshaw and Denton became part of Manchester Gorton constituency. Failsworth was attached to the division of Manchester Openshaw. Droylsden became part of the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, which in the 1955 redistribution extended west to the borders of Manchester.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | George Savile Woods a | Labour Co-operative | |
1951 | William Williams | Labour | |
1955 | constituency abolished |
Note:-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Woods | 25,238 | 48.7 | ||
Conservative | Eric Johnson | 21,102 | 40.7 | ||
Liberal | Herbert Kevin-Armitage | 5,483 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 4,136 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 51,823 | 87.7 | |||
Registered electors | 59,077 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Williams | 26,829 | 51.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | William Howard | 24,959 | 48.2 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 1,870 | 3.6 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,788 | 86.6 | -1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 59,772 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
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