1885–1918: The Borough of Oswestry, the Sessional Divisions of Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Oswestry, and Pimhill (except Myddle), and the parish of Fitz.
1918–1949: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, Wem, and Whitchurch.
1950–1966: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Wem.
1966–1967: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Oswestry, and Wem.
1967–1974: The Rural Districts of Market Drayton, North Shropshire and Oswestry.
1974–1983: The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry.
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
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Oswestry was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983 when it was renamed North Shropshire It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post method of election OswestryFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsOswestry in Shropshire 1918 501885 1983SeatsoneCreated fromNorth ShropshireReplaced byNorth Shropshire Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1880s 3 2 Elections in the 1890s 3 3 Elections in the 1900s 3 4 Elections in the 1910s 3 5 Elections in the 1920s 3 6 Elections in the 1930s 3 7 Elections in the 1940s 3 8 Elections in the 1950s 3 9 Elections in the 1960s 3 10 Elections in the 1970s 4 References 5 See alsoBoundaries edit1885 1918 The Borough of Oswestry the Sessional Divisions of Chirbury Condover Ford Oswestry and Pimhill except Myddle and the parish of Fitz 1918 1949 The Borough of Oswestry the Urban Districts of Ellesmere Market Drayton Wem and Whitchurch and the Rural Districts of Drayton Ellesmere Oswestry Wem and Whitchurch 1950 1966 The Borough of Oswestry the Urban Districts of Ellesmere Market Drayton Wem and Whitchurch and the Rural Districts of Drayton Ellesmere Oswestry and Wem 1966 1967 The Borough of Oswestry the Urban Districts of Ellesmere Wem and Whitchurch and the Rural Districts of Ellesmere Market Drayton Oswestry and Wem 1967 1974 The Rural Districts of Market Drayton North Shropshire and Oswestry 1974 1983 The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry Members of Parliament editElection Member Party 1885 Stanley Leighton Conservative 1901 by election George Ormsby Gore Conservative 1904 Allan Heywood Bright Liberal 1906 William Bridgeman Conservative 1929 Bertie Leighton Conservative 1945 Oliver Poole Conservative 1950 David Ormsby Gore Conservative 1961 John Biffen Conservative 1983 Constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1880s edit nbsp Jephson General election 1885 Oswestry 1 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton 4 753 55 8 Liberal Henry Lorenzo Jephson 3 772 44 2 Majority 981 11 6 Turnout 8 525 84 5 Registered electors 10 083 Conservative win new seat nbsp Leighton General election 1886 Oswestry 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton Unopposed Conservative hold Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Oswestry 1 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton Unopposed Conservative hold General election 1895 Oswestry 1 4 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton 4 605 56 1 N A Liberal Owen Thomas 3 598 43 9 New Majority 1 007 12 2 N A Turnout 8 203 82 4 N A Registered electors 9 958 Conservative hold Swing N A Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Oswestry 3 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton Unopposed Conservative hold 1901 Oswestry by election 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Ormsby Gore 4 518 56 8 N A Liberal Allan Bright 3 430 43 2 New Majority 1 088 13 6 N A Turnout 7 948 79 5 N A Registered electors 9 998 Conservative hold Swing N A 1904 Oswestry by election 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Allan Bright 4 542 52 2 N A Conservative William Bridgeman 4 157 47 8 N A Majority 385 4 4 N A Turnout 8 699 86 3 N A Registered electors 10 075 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N A General election 1906 Oswestry 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Bridgeman 5 011 52 6 N A Liberal Allan Bright 4 508 47 4 N A Majority 503 5 2 N A Turnout 9 519 90 7 N A Registered electors 10 490 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Oswestry 5 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Bridgeman 5 003 53 3 0 7 Liberal Edward Powell 4 379 46 7 0 7 Majority 624 6 6 1 4 Turnout 9 382 92 4 1 7 Registered electors 10 151 Conservative hold Swing 0 7 General election December 1910 Oswestry 5 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Bridgeman 4 867 54 1 0 8 Liberal Edward Powell 4 121 45 9 0 8 Majority 746 8 2 1 6 Turnout 8 988 88 5 3 9 Registered electors 10 151 Conservative hold Swing 0 8 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 July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Unionist William Bridgeman Liberal General election 1918 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist William Bridgeman 12 276 59 2 5 1 Labour Thomas Morris 8 467 40 8 New Majority 3 809 18 4 10 2 Turnout 20 743 64 9 23 6 Unionist hold Swing C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Bridgeman 12 837 50 2 9 0 Liberal Russell Sidebottom 6 660 26 0 New Labour Thomas Morris 6 105 23 8 17 0 Majority 6 177 24 2 5 8 Turnout 25 602 80 2 15 3 Unionist hold Swing General election 1923 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Bridgeman 11 528 46 6 3 6 Liberal Russell Sidebottom 9 713 39 3 13 3 Labour Sidney Ronald Campion 3 477 14 1 9 7 Majority 1 815 7 3 16 9 Turnout 24 718 75 8 4 4 Unionist hold Swing 8 5 General election 1924 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Bridgeman 14 316 55 1 8 5 Liberal Russell Sidebottom 6 143 23 7 15 6 Labour Thomas Morris 5 503 21 2 7 1 Majority 8 173 31 4 24 1 Turnout 25 962 78 9 3 1 Unionist hold Swing 12 0 General election 1929 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Bertie Leighton 15 554 47 0 8 1 Liberal John Share Jones 10 565 32 0 8 3 Labour H S Evans 6 944 21 0 0 2 Majority 4 989 15 0 16 4 Turnout 33 053 78 8 0 1 Unionist hold Swing 8 2 Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bertie Leighton 23 740 74 0 27 0 Labour William Elim Warder 8 343 26 0 5 0 Majority 15 397 48 0 33 0 Turnout 32 083 74 7 4 1 Conservative hold Swing General election 1935 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bertie Leighton Unopposed N A N A Conservative hold Elections in the 1940s edit General Election 1939 40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected Conservative Bertie Leighton Liberal General election 1945 Oswestry 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Oliver Poole 19 082 54 7 N A Labour Gilbert Boyd Carpenter 10 777 30 9 New Liberal Leslie Corbet Burcher 5 049 14 5 New Majority 8 305 23 8 N A Turnout 34 908 71 7 N A Conservative hold Swing N A Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Ormsby Gore 23 562 61 81 Labour Arthur George Wait 14 556 38 19 Majority 9 006 23 62 Turnout 38 118 78 27 Conservative hold Swing General election 1951 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Ormsby Gore 23 843 62 23 Labour Arthur George Wait 14 471 37 77 Majority 9 372 24 46 Turnout 38 314 76 89 Conservative hold Swing General election 1955 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Ormsby Gore 22 859 64 77 Labour Mark E Boggin 12 434 35 23 Majority 10 425 29 54 Turnout 35 293 70 17 Conservative hold Swing General election 1959 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Ormsby Gore 21 055 55 9 8 9 Labour Glyn Thomas 10 531 28 0 7 2 Liberal David G Rees 6 068 16 1 New Majority 10 524 27 9 1 6 Turnout 37 654 74 2 4 0 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1960s edit 1961 Oswestry by election 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 12 428 40 8 15 1 Liberal John Buchanan 8 647 28 4 12 3 Labour Brian Walden 8 519 28 0 0 0 Patriotic Front John E Dayton 839 2 8 New Majority 3 781 12 4 15 5 Turnout 30 433 60 8 13 4 Conservative hold Swing 13 7 General election 1964 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 18 154 47 4 8 5 Labour George J Costley 11 407 29 8 1 8 Liberal Thomas Rowland Crowther 8 745 22 8 6 7 Majority 6 747 17 6 10 3 Turnout 38 709 Conservative hold Swing 2 4 General election 1966 Oswestry 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 17 727 48 24 Labour George J Costley 13 011 35 41 Liberal Thomas R Crowther 6 010 16 35 Majority 4 716 12 83 Turnout 36 748 73 35 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Oswestry 8 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 20 361 50 7 2 5 Labour Neil Turner 10 801 26 9 8 5 Liberal Edward Paul Cadbury 8 963 22 3 6 0 Majority 9 560 23 8 11 0 Turnout 40 125 72 0 1 3 Conservative hold Swing 5 5 General election February 1974 Oswestry Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 20 438 46 93 Liberal David J Evans 13 428 30 83 Labour J Bishton 9 685 22 24 Majority 7 010 16 10 Turnout 43 551 77 91 Conservative hold Swing General election October 1974 Oswestry Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 19 165 47 28 Labour J Bishton 10 751 26 52 Liberal David J Evans 10 623 26 20 Majority 8 414 20 76 Turnout 40 539 71 84 Conservative hold Swing General election 1979 Oswestry Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 23 551 54 64 Labour Peter Ernest Sandland Nielsen 10 150 23 55 Liberal David J Evans 9 405 21 82 Majority 13 401 31 09 Turnout 43 106 73 90 Conservative hold SwingReferences edit a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book 1907 Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1886 a b c d e f g h i j Craig FWS ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press ISBN 9781349022984 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1901 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 F W S Craig a b c d e f g F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 1973 British parliamentary election results 1950 1973 by FWS Craig Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with O See also editParliamentary constituencies in Shropshire Historical constituencies List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oswestry UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1213732632, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
