Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Rothwell
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Created from	Barkston Ash and Dewsbury

Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rothwell area of West 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.

History

The constituency was by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	William Lunn	Labour
	1942 by-election	Thomas Brooks	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1929: Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Lunn	27,320	61.7
	Unionist	James Wilder Harrison	8,799	19.9	n/a
	Liberal	Herbert Holdsworth	8,141	18.4
Majority			18,521	41.8
Turnout			44,260
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1945: Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Brooks	43,829	74.0
	Conservative	A Pilkington	15,370	26.0

Rothwell by-election, 7 August 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Brooks	(unopposed)
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)