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Penistone (UK Parliament Constituency)
Penistone was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Penistone in Yorkshire and surrounding countryside. 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 voting system. History The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries 1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Clayton West, Denby and Cumberworth, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth, Hoyland Swaine, Kirkburton, Penistone, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Stocksbridge, and Thurlstone, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley. 1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Denby Dale, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Kirkburton, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley. 1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, and Stocksbridge, and the Rural Districts of Penistone and Wortley. The area formerly covered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallamshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hallamshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the Hallamshire district of England. The constituency was created in 1885 and abolished in 1918. The seat was a large geographical area which in the west included the moors of the Pennines (Howden Moors, Midhope Moors, Broom Read Moor, Bradfield Moor and Hallam Moor), but came down from the hills in the centre to include better farmland north of Sheffield around Ecclesfield. In the north-east it included part of the South Yorkshire coalfield and some mining villages. In the south, the residents of Sheffield who owned their freeholds could vote in this division. For twenty years the Member of Parliament was the Sheffield cutler and steel manufacturer, Sir Frederick Mappin, who was able to unite the middle-class voters from Sheffield with the hill-farmers and the miners to vote for him as a Liberal. When he retired the local Liberal association selected a miner, John Wadsworth, who was President of the Yorkshire Miners A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Penistone By-election
The 1921 Penistone by-election was a by-election held on 5 March 1921 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Penistone (UK Parliament constituency), Penistone in Yorkshire. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold, Sydney Arnold, due to ill-health. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. Electoral history The result at the last General Election in 1918 was; Candidates *Upon the announcement of the resignation of Arnold, the local Liberals immediately adopted 47-year-old William Pringle (Liberal politician), William Pringle as their candidate to defend the seat. Pringle was the member for Lanarkshire North West (UK Parliament constituency), Lanarkshire North West from January 1910 to 1918. In 1918 his Lanarkshire seat was abolished and he unsuccessfully contested G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |