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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		8,731/10,128	86.21
William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	4,494	51.47
Arthur William Rucker	Liberal Party	4,237	48.53
Majority		257	2.94

2 July 1886		7,983/10,128	78.82
William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	4,301	53.88
Albert Osliff Rutson	Liberal Party	3,682	46.12
Majority		619	7.75

9 November 1891 Appointment of Rt Hon William Jackson as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

23 November 1891
Rt Hon William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1892		10,566/12,294	85.94
Rt Hon William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	5,790	54.80
Thomas Richmond Leuty	Liberal Party	4,776	45.20
Majority		1,014	9.60

17 July 1895		10,476/13,563	77.24
Rt Hon William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	5,992	57.20
Herbert Stanhope Baines	Liberal Party	4,484	42.80
Majority		1,508	14.39

4 October 1900		12,507/17,387	71.93
Rt Hon William Lawies Jackson	Conservative Party	7,512	60.06
James Cullen Hamilton	Liberal Party	4,995	39.94
Majority		2,517	20.12

17 July 1902 Elevation of Rt Hon William Jackson to the Peerage - Baron Allerton.

29 July 1902		14,320/19,094	75.00
Rowland Hirst Barran	Liberal Party	7,539	52.65
Sir Arthur Tredgold Lawson, Bt	Conservative Party	6,781	47.35
Majority		758	5.29

15 January 1906		16,702/21,196	78.80
Rowland Hirst Barran	Liberal Party	9,593	57.44
John Dearman Birchall	Conservative Party	7,109	42.56
Majority		2,484	14.87

17 January 1910		19,939/22,965	86.82
Rowland Hirst Barran	Liberal Party	10,775	54.04
John Dearman Birchall	Conservative Party	9,164	45.96
Majority		1,611	8.08

5 December 1910		18,380/22,965	80.03
Rowland Hirst Barran	Liberal Party	9,324	50.73
John Dearman Birchall	Conservative Party	9,056	49.27
Majority		268	1.46

14 December 1918		18,568/37,904	48.99
Dr Alexander Charles Farquharson	Liberal Party - Coalition	13,863	74.66
George Hartley Thompson	Labour Party	3,423	18.43
Harold Fraser Wyatt	National Party	1,282	6.90
Majority		10,440	56.23

15 November 1922		26,837/37,383	71.79
Hugh Myddleton Butler	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,771	51.31
Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson	Liberal Party	7,230	26.94
David Stewart	Labour Party	5,836	21.75
Majority		6,541	24.37

6 December 1923		26,074/38,873	67.07
Hon Sir William Gervase Beckett, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,066	53.95
Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson	Liberal Party	6,624	25.40
David Stewart	Labour Party	5,384	20.65
Majority		7,442	28.54

29 October 1924		26,422/39,373	67.11
Hon Sir William Gervase Beckett, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,502	70.02
Sam Crowther Moore	Labour Party	7,920	29.98
Majority		10,582	40.05

30 May 1929		40,785/55,429	73.58
Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,661	48.21
Thomas McCall	Labour Party	11,180	27.41
Thomas Edmund Harvey	Liberal Party	9,944	24.38
Majority		8,481	20.79

27 October 1931		44,391/59,948	74.05
Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,964	78.76
Lewis John Edwards	Labour Party	9,427	21.24
Majority		25,537	57.53

14 November 1935		44,428/66,551	66.76
Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,636	68.96
Lewis John Edwards	Labour Party	13,792	31.04
Majority		16,844	37.91

5 July 1945		54,392/75,625	71.92
Rt Hon Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,848	42.01
Ronald Hodgson	Labour Party	22,720	41.77
John Hutchison MacCallum Scott	Liberal Party	8,824	16.22
Majority		128	0.24

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		47,230/56,075	84.23
Rt Hon Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,766	58.79
Robert Jack Hurst	Labour Party	15,018	31.80
Winifred Frances Underhill	Liberal Party	4,446	9.41
Majority		12,748	26.99

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		47,539/58,219	81.66
Rt Hon Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,290	63.72
Philip Taylor	Labour Party	17,249	36.28
Majority		13,041	27.43