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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 20, 2020 17:16:10 GMT
Saddleworth UDC 1959 The Liberals won every ward that was contested, bar one - Springhead Lower - where they didn't field a candidate. DELPH - Lib gain O Sowerbutts, Lib 831 P Kershaw, Lab 457 DOBCROSS - 2 seats - 2 Lib gains G Marsden, Lib 716 E Hobson, Lib 668 *S Buckley, Lab 598 N McConnell, Lab 434 GREENFIELD - Lib gain G Lord, Lib 1068 *G Holtby, Con 990 SPRINGHEAD HIGHER *A Pearson, Con 395 A Wright, Lab 284 SPRINGHEAD LOWER - Lib gain D Dellhide, Lib 747 *C Fitton, Con 614
You've got Springfield Higher with no Liberal candidate here, not Springfield Lower as you state. There's an error somewhere.
Inevitable, isn't it?  I meant Springfield Higher had no Liberal candidate. |
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 22, 2020 20:59:55 GMT
This event on Friday week may be of interest: Yes, that was brought to my attention. I e-mailed Dr David Jeffery about the Old UK Councils forum and he tells me he has bookmarked it; hopefully it might encourage a few more volunteers to come on board with this huge project. Dr David Jeffery has now joined the Old UK Councils forum, which I'm very happy about. |
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 24, 2020 20:17:19 GMT
SKIPTON RDC 1956
It was obvious how exciting these elections must have been here:
BANKNEWTON
*James Allen, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
BRACEWELL
*A White, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
BROGDEN
*Ted Tillotson, Unopposed return
BURNSALL
*William Stockdale, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
CALTON
*Miss J Richardson, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
CONISTON-WITH-KILNSEY
*J Hilton, Unopposed return
CRACOE
*GWK Butcher, Unopposed return
ELSLACK
*Mrs Annie Taylor, Unopposed return
ESHTON
*WH Clarke, Unopposed return
HALTON EAST
*H Kinsley, Unopposed return
HARTLINGTON
*John William Dangett, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
HETTON AND BORDLEY
*F Stanley Scott, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
KILDWICK
*SR Hodgson, Unopposed return
KILNSEY
*J Hunter, Unopposed return
LINTON
GFB Lupton 62
*R Webster 54
RYLSTONE
*Harry Snowden, deemed re-elected after no nominations received
SUTTON - 3 seats
Elected:
*GH Cox 322
K Greswell 280
T Carter 268
Unsuccessful:
*AD Bateman 181
*M McWhinney 161
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Post by DavidJeffery on Oct 25, 2020 10:52:29 GMT
Hello everyone - it's great (and a bit surreal) to see people talking about my work! I've posted this already on the OldUKCouncils forum, but it might be interest to people here as well: My name is David Jeffery, I am a lecturer in British politics at the University of Liverpool. I am interested in studying the political history of Liverpool and the broader Merseyside area. To that end, I have been collecting Merseyside local election results from 1945 - it's not been easy, as I'm sure you'll all appreciate. Anyway, I thought I'd share my dataset so far with you all, in the hope that a) you find it useful, and b) you might have advice for where I can find information to fill in the blanks. The dataset is a work-in-progress, obviously halted by the virus! I still have a few archives and newspapers to trawl through, but I'd appreciate any advice anybody might have - especially around how to find which wards are in each council (especially rural district councils!) and when internal boundary reforms took place. Also, information on electorate sizes. You can find the links to the dataset and the codebook here: www.david-jeffery.com/merseyside-local-election-results-project/. There is an option to comment on any part of the dataset or the codebook, if you have questions or info. The information is also on GitHub, if you'd prefer that: www.github.com/davidjeffery/Merseyside-Local-Election-Results-1945-2020/And, I'm contactable at djeffery[at]liverpool.ac.uk. I'm also looking forward to following the forums! |
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 28, 2020 12:39:28 GMT
Darfield UDC (now part of Barnsley MB)
It appears Labour were given a free run almost every year in the late 1950s and 1960s, but I think the Conservatives missed a trick by not putting up candidates during this period. By 1970 it was too late:
1954
3 seats
L. Key Lab 1771
J. Schofield Lab 1357
B. Goddard Lab 1352
S. Camplejohn Con 1286
1968
3 seats
W. Brookes Lab Unopposed
J. Marsden Lab Unopposed
M. Upperdine Lab Unopposed
1970
3 seats
C. Hirst Lab 1383
B. Goddard Lab 1282
E. Barlow Lab 1226
D. Hancock Con 833
E. Hancock Con 808
D. O'Donnell Con 798
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 31, 2020 18:42:56 GMT
DONCASTER RDC 1953
Hooton Pagnell, described as a farming hamlet by the Bradford Observer, had its first contested election for this district in 50 years when Labour put up a candidate against Independent incumbent Major A.M. Cheyne. However, Cheyne was re-elected with 76% of the vote.
ADWICK-ON-DEARNE - Ind gain from Lab
Mrs RM Lees, Ind 48
*W Vickers, Lab 43
BRODSWORTH - 2 seats
*J Yorke, Lab 605
*GA Carby, Lab 541
T Gordon, Ind 319
RS Wilson, Ind 294
W Telford, Comm 86
BURGHWALLIS
*CA Pegg, Lab 68
ET Robinson, Ind 55
HOOTON PAGNELL
*Major AM Cheyne, Ind 124
NG Walters, Lab 40
NORTON - 2 seats - 1 Lab gain from Ind
*N Bowling, Ind 308
A Barfield, Lab 277
DR Prothero, Lab 276
*E Moore, Ind 255
C Scrafton, Ind Lab 249
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Post by andrewteale on Oct 31, 2020 20:23:42 GMT
I went to Hooton Pagnell once. It doesn't look as if it's changed since 1953.
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 8, 2020 16:56:17 GMT
SETTLE RDC 1952 Austwick ward had its first contested election in over half a century after Cllr Mr W.K. Mattinson stood down after 31 years' service. Bryan Braithwate-Exley, a former Yorkshire and England Rugby Union footballer, stood and defeated a farmer by 77 votes to 75. Braithwaite-Exley went on to become a chairman for the council, among many other things. Seems an interesting character: this is an obituary: www.northcravenheritage.org.uk/NCHTJ2010/2010/Exley.htmlARNCLIFFE WE Greenwood, Unopposed return AUSTWICK Bryan Braithwaite-Exley, 77 E Atkinson 75 AYRTON *W Sharpe, Unopposed return BENTHAM - 5 seats Elected: SE Mason 428 *P Harvey 362 GW Shepherd 327 *G Harrison 305 *J Proctor 296 Unsuccessful: *WF Mudd 292 BURTON-IN-LONSDALE *J Kershaw, Unopposed return CHAPEL-LE-DALE *J Metcalfe, Unopposed return CLAPHAM *A Tennant, Unopposed return GIGGLESWICK - 2 seats Unopposed returns: *C Cresswell *RA Hogg HALTON GILL *W Mason, Unopposed return HALTON WEST *JEE Yorke, Unopposed return HELLIFIELD - 2 seats *GW Hoggarth 316 *H Lambert 272 RP Swindlehurst 230 HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE *W Pollard, Unopposed return INGLETON - 4 seats Elected: *A Camm 240 D Gill 239 JW Lambert 213 *J Howarth 183 Unsuccessful: *T Edwards 110 KIRKBY MALHAM *JE Johnson, Unopposed return LANGCLIFFE *WG Brown, Unopposed return LAWKLAND *F Booth, Unopposed return LONG PRESTON *J Clark, Unopposed return MALHAM MOOR JW Coates, Unopposed return RATHMELL *FJ Cornthwaite, Unopposed return SETTLE ward - 5 seats Unopposed returns: *J Cowgill *WA Hyslop *W Knowles AC Seggar *G Spencer STAINFORTH *JR Forster, Unopposed return THORNTON-IN-LONSDALE *E Lockwood, Unopposed return WIGGLESWORTH Rev J Savage 61 *J Bentham 22 |
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 24, 2020 18:50:51 GMT
HORNSEA UDC 1949 I haven't found very much at all in the way of election results for this particular district, and from what I can gather it appears to have been fought on non political lines throughout its whole existence. I did find a list of nominees for the 1949 elections. "Loss adjuster", taken literally, is an amusing occupation for an election candidate which perhaps could be used in the US at the present time.  I think I would have plumped for the wine and spirit merchant based on occupations alone, how about anyone else? 6 candidates for 4 seats (nominations only): *G Chipperfield, retired schoolmaster John F Cliff, wine and spirit merchant *J Hardaker, company director TS Holyman, advertising manager H Milner, retired farmer G Wood, loss adjuster |
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 24, 2020 12:30:42 GMT
SADDLEWORTH UDC 1946
Mixed fortunes for the Liberals - they lost two seats in Springhead Lower but gained one each in Delph and Dobcross.
DELPH - 2 seats - 1 Lib gain from Con
A Holland, Lib 876
J Whitehead, Lab 784
*JE Gartside, Lib 732
RS Ainscough 543
DOBCROSS - 2 seats - 1 Lib gain from Lab
Isabella (Ella) Thorn, Lib 701
*W Whitehead, Lib 644
P Castle, Lab 495
TA Richardson, Lab 409
GREENFIELD - 3 seats
*F Rhodes, Con 1055
*J Hood, Con 1026
JW Mallandain, Con 1020
G Nicholson, Ind 793
F Schofield, Lab 591
L Dawson, Lab 380
G Stell, Lab 340
SPRINGHEAD LOWER - 3 seats - 2 Con gains from Lib
A Green, Con 762
W Kenworthy, Con 718
J Davis, Con 682
J Broadbent, Lib 659
*W Gartside, Lib 566
L Timperley, Lib 528
UPPERMILL - 2 seats
*F Carey, Lab 498
Eileen Bradbury, Con 447
F Dewhurst, Con 400
Marjorie Love, Lab 389
F Tomlinson, Ind 100
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 28, 2020 21:33:40 GMT
I have now extracted all the data I can going back to 1946 for all the West Riding of Yorkshire urban and rural district election results insofar as the British Newspaper Archive covers them, with a lot of help from others. We'll hopefully be gradually able to fill in remaining gaps as time goes by. 1946 was a significant year, as it was the first postwar batch of UDC/RDC elections, therefore there were many more vacancies than usual to fill, and it marked the beginning of party politics in a number of districts, with the Labour Party in particular fielding more candidates than before. oldukcouncils.freeforums.net/board/29/yorkshireoldukcouncils.freeforums.net/board/30/yorkshireNext, onto 1939... |
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Post by David Ashforth on Dec 28, 2020 22:55:42 GMT
I have now extracted all the data I can going back to 1946 for all the West Riding of Yorkshire urban and rural district election results insofar as the British Newspaper Archive covers them, with a lot of help from others. We'll hopefully be gradually able to fill in remaining gaps as time goes by. 1946 was a significant year, as it was the first postwar batch of UDC/RDC elections, therefore there were many more vacancies than usual to fill, and it marked the beginning of party politics in a number of districts, with the Labour Party in particular fielding more candidates than before. oldukcouncils.freeforums.net/board/29/yorkshireoldukcouncils.freeforums.net/board/30/yorkshireNext, onto 1939...I am pleased to report that the Second World War did not stop the elections in October 1939 to the Tickhill Drainage District (Doncaster) or the Armthorpe Drainage District (Doncaster). Although the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on Saturday 4 November shows that they were uncontested elections. |
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I meant Springfield Higher had no Liberal candidate.
I think I would have plumped for the wine and spirit merchant based on occupations alone, how about anyone else?