J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 7, 2017 21:20:28 GMT
There was a more famous later byelection - for every seat on Clay Cross UDC, after the sitting councillors were surcharged and disqualified for defying the Housing Finance Act. The byelection was on Saturday 2 March 1974 - only two days after the general election - but had a turnout of 71.5%. ...and only 29 days before the council was abolished and became part of North-East Derbyshire. |
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 18, 2017 18:22:40 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 3, 2017 17:27:00 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 16, 2017 13:27:20 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 17, 2017 12:11:27 GMT
WEST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL 1946
Addingham
J. Wood (C) 2,746
A. Snowden (Lab) 1,094
Adwick-le-Street
James W. Lane (Lab) unop.
Ardsley
T.B. Ellison (Lab) 2,153
J. Roberts (Ind) 1,751
Aston
*William Cloke (Lab) unop.
Barnoldswick
P. Carradice (Lab) 3,207
Mrs. M. Nutter (L) 2,431
Batley Northern
J. Harkin (Lab) 2,139
*H.N. Gaunt (Ind) 1,532
Batley Southern
*J. Richardson (Lab) 1,148
G.R.C. Fox (Ind) 975
Bentley
Mrs. E.S. Keers (Lab) 3,983
W. Kelleher (Com) 830
Bingley
*H.W. Dawson (Ind) unop.
Birstall
Dr. W.A. Ogilvy (Ind) 1,780
W. Clemence (Lab) 1,397
J. Smith (Ind) 1,274
Bolton-upon-Dearne
*Archibald Fouchard (Lab) unop.
Brierley
William Henry (Lab) unop.
Brighouse
A. Reeve (L) 2,370
*W. Whiteley (Lab) 2,294
Castleford
*Hebden Sissons (Lab) unop.
Cleckheaton
Mrs. M.D. Norris (C) 2,175
P. Fawcett (Lab) 1,786
Conisborough
*Benjamin Roberts (Lab) unop.
Crigglestone
*A. Dwyer (Lab) 2,731
F.B. Howitt (Ind) 1,564
Cudworth
Joseph Siddall (Lab) unop.
Darfield and Thurnscoe
John Potts (Lab) unop.
Darton
*William Hibbert (Lab) unop.
Ecclesfield
*John W. Trickett (Lab) unop.
Elland
Mrs. D. Williams (Lab) 2,482
*H. Horrocks (L) 2,250
Ewecross
*S.J. Farrer (C) 2,213
W.H. Drkae (Lab) 947
Featherstone
*Edward Rowley (Lab) unop.
Garforth
*J.W. Simpson (Lab) 4,703
G.R.H. Smith (C) 1,636
Glasshoughton
*Mark Whittock (Lab) unop.
Goole
T.G. Metcalf (Lab) 2,187
*F.W. Porter (Ind) 2,058
Golcar and Slaithwaite
J.W. Lumb (Lab) 1,644
Mrs. L. Milnes (L) 1,474
Harrogate No. 1
*H. Bolland (C) 2,547
H.H. King (Lab) 1,108
Harrogate No. 2
*C. Jack Simpson (C) 2,810
Major G.B. Handley (RA) 870
L. Thurley (Lab) 621
Hatfield and Stainforth
W.A. Morris (Lab) 2,711
W.J. Edginton (Ind) 1,080
Haworth
E. Ratcliffe (L) 779
Mrs. F. Smith (Lab) 494
Hebden Bridge
J.W. Sutcliffe (Ind) 2,191
*F. Hirst (Lab) 2,099
Heckmondwike
*Lady Houldsworth (L) 1,728
W.S.E. Wicking (Lab) 1,266
Hemsworth
*Alfred Bednall (Lab) unop.
Hipperholme
*H. Womersley (Lab) 2,389
J.W. Sutcliffe (C) 1,861
Holmfirth
H. Beever (Lab) 2,283
M. Barber (Ind) 2,258
Honley
*H.S. Drake (Ind) 1,880
Mrs. Helen Hartley (Lab) 1,386
Horbury
*Charles Baxendale (Lab) unop.
Horsforth
*H. Sutcliffe (Ind) 3,961
R. Hodgson (Lab) 2,081
Hoyland
*Albert E. Wilkinson (Lab)
Ilkley
Mrs. Ryder-Runton (C) 4,182
Mrs. F.S. Hampshire (Lab) 2,044
Keighley East
G.S. Mason (Lab) 868
H. Driver (C) 412
Keighley West
F.J. Coates (Lab) 2,380
*A.W. Tack (C) 2,265
Kirkburton
T.W. Spivey (Lab) 2,901
*P.S. Wood (Ind) 2,552
Kiveton Park
*Albert Barber (Lab) unop.
Knaresborough
*E. Alton (C) 3,479
P. Broadbelt (Lab) 1,015
Knottingley
G. East (Lab) 2,798
C.A. Metcalfe (Ind) 2,296
Linthwaite
*Mrs. Jessie Smith (Lab) unop.
Liversedge
T.W. Shaw (Lab) 2,093
*J.S. Heaton (C) 2,024
Mexborough
*G.M. Hanson (Lab) 1,232
D.A. Crumhack (Ind) 632
Maltby
*J.H. Townend (Lab) 3,634
Mrs. A.E. Pickering (Ind) 1,099
Mirfield
H.W. Wills (Ind) 2,596
S. Fretwell (Lab) 1,352
Morley
H. Hardy (Ind) 2,810
F. Pearson (Lab) 1,352
Normanton
*Benjamin Bacon (Lab) unop.
Oakworth
E. Rollisson (L) 1,878
H. Gresswell (Lab) 1,113
Ossett
W.M. Hyman (Lab) 2,263
W. Arnold (Ind) 2,156
Otley
Col. C. Banks (C) 2,976
H.J. Bambridge (Lab) 2,736
Ouseburn
*Major Whately Thompson (C) unop.
Pateley Bridge
Capt. T.H. Ives (C) 2,313
R.J. Hall (Lab) 1,033
Penistone
F. Winterbottom (Anti-Soc) 2,202
A. Wilson (Lab) 1,616
Pontefract
G. Wright (Lab) 3,148
*J.R. Bullock (Prog) 2,828
Pudsey and Farsley
P. Davey (Ind) 3,424
N.P.W. Ward (Lab) 2,718
Queensbury
A. Harrison (L) 1,310
L. Ashworth (Lab) 1,043
Rawmarsh
*Frederick Jackson (Lab) unop.
Ripon City
T.F. Spence (Ind) 1,522
C.T. Wade (Ind) 1,127
Rothwell
Alderman W.H. Turner (Lab) 3,956
E. Horner (Ind) 1,337
G. Simpson (Ind) 167
Saddleworth
Elizabeth E. Smith (C) 2,354
Amos Wood (Lab) 2,279
Selby
*Harold A. Middlebrook (C) unop.
Settle
*F.J. Cornthwaite (C) 2,515
Mrs. L.M. Bland (Lab)
Shipley East and Baildon
T. Wilcock (Lab) 2,514
A. Blewitt (Ind) 1,301
Mrs. R.W. Bateson (Housewives and Business People's candidate) 984
*A. Craven (L) 952
Shipley West
*N. Carter (C) 3,611
J. Lancaster (Lab) 2,250
Skipton
*A. Townsend (L) 2,907
Mabel Lloyd Jones (Lab) 2,485
South Kirkby
Alderman Absalom Flavell (Lab) unop.
Sowerby
*E. Butterworth (L) 1,584
W. Whiteside (Lab) 942
Sowerby Bridge
*K. Broadley (L) 1,014
Mrs. E.M. Whiteley (Lab) 907
Stanley
*W. Auty (Lab) unop.
Stocksbridge
Mrs. Helen Green (C) 1,960
P. Gibson (Lab) 1,879
Swinton
*M. Creighton (Lab) 2,293
E.J. Griffith (Ind) 669
Tadcaster
H.A. Longden (C) 3,371
William Tomlinson (Lab) 2,622
Thorne
George H. Nicholson (Lab) unop.
Tickhill
*Robert Edwin Hughes (Lab) unop.
Todmorden North
Mrs. E. Tatham (L) 2,021
P. Sowden (Lab) 1,614
Todmorden South
*Dr. J. de Ville Mather (L) unop.
Wath-upon-Dearne
*Horace Cutts (Lab) unop.
Wetherby
*Major G.H. Hudson (C) 4,107
Lieut-Colonel Boyle (Lab) 1,483
Whitwood
*Ezra Taylor (Lab) unop.
Wombwell
Thomas A. Newsome (Lab) unop.
Worsbrough
*Fred Page (Lab) unop.
Yeadon
I.F. Harvey (C) 2,046
T. Swain (Lab) 1,979
A. Simpson (L) 765
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 17, 2017 20:15:20 GMT
WEST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL 1937
Addingham
H. Riddiough (C) unop.
Adwick-le-Street
A.R. Bailey (Lab) unop.
Ardsley
*Mrs. Martha Heald (Lab) unop.
Aston
W.T. Blewitt (Lab) unop.
Barnoldswick
A. Townsend (L) 2,514
F. Glasier-Foster (Lab) 2,297
Batley North
N. Goodall (Mod) unop.
Batley South
J. Richardson (Lab) unop.
Bentley
G.A. Ringrose (Lab) unop.
Bingley
H.M. Dawson (Mod) unop.
Birstall
*Rev. F. Archer (C) 1,622
P. Higgins (Lab) 887
Bolton-on-Dearne
A. Fouchard (Lab) unop.
Brierley
A.S. Madeley (Lab) unop.
Brighouse
A. Baldwin (Lab) 1,734
C.W. Hodgson (C) 1,685
Castleford
*T.J. Brooks (Lab)
Cleckheaton
R.M. Grylls (Ind) unop.
Conisborough
*B. Roberts (Lab) 2,390
T. Morgan (Ind) 936
Crigglestone
*A. Dwyer (Lab) 2,148
H. Inman (Mod) 1,853
Cudworth
H.E. Holmes (Lab) unop.
Darfield and Thurnscoe
*T.H. Foulstone (Lab) 1,997
M.L. Nokes (Ind) 640
Darton
*W. Hibbert (Lab) 1,686 ? 1,685 ?
H. Charlesworth (Ind) 1,067
Ecclesfield
J.W. Trickett (Lab) unop.
Elland
H. Horrocks (Lab) unop.
Ewecross
S.J. Farrer (Mod) unop.
Featherstone
B. Bradley (Lab) unop.
Garforth
J.W. Simpson (Lab) unop.
Glass Houghton
*M. Whittock (Lab) 2,177
Mrs. Charlotte Wainwright (Ind) 691
Golcar
*T.G. Fielding (Ind) unop.
Goole
F.W. Porter (Ind) 2,416
W.R. Moncaster (Lab) 1,781
Harrogate No. 1
*W.H. Brocklehurst (C) unop.
Harrogate No. 2
*Colonel R.B. Armistead (C) unop.
Hatfield and Stainforth
W.T. Paling (Lab) unop.
Haworth
E.P. Inglis (Mod) unop.
Hebden Bridge
*F. Hirst (Lab) 1,955
J.W. Sutcliffe (Ind) 1,787
Heckmondwike
A.H. Redfearn (Mod) unop.
Hemsworth
J. Davies (Lab) unop.
Hipperholme
*H. Womersley (Lab) 1,975
C.V. Wright (C) 1,410
Holmfirth
M. Barber (Mod) unop.
Honley
*S. Drake (Ind) 1,991
R. Hartley (Lab) 1,279
Horbury
Rev. G.M. Shaw (Lab) 2,241
Major F. Mellor (Mod) 1,344
Horsforth
B. Pickard (Mod) unop.
Hoyland
*T. Tomlinson (Lab) 2,482
R.E. Horrox (Ind) 2,210
Ilkley
A. Fletcher (Mod) unop.
Keighley East
M.P. Cryer (C) unop.
Keighley West
*A.W. Tack (Ind) 2,158
T. Snowden (Lab) 1,613
Kirkburton
T.G. Holden (L) 2,234
T.G. Spivey (Lab) 1,653
Kiveton Park
A. Barber (Lab) unop.
Knaresborough
*H. Eddy (Mod) unop.
Knottingley
*A.J. Page (Ind) 2,510
F.T. Hawkins (Lab) 2,314
Linthwaite and Marsden
Mrs. Jessie Smith (Lab) 1,639
*J.H. Crossley (Mod) 1,559
Liversedge
*J.H. Collier (Ind) 1,842
Taylor Earnshaw (Lab) 738
Maltby
*J.H. Townend (Lab) ?
C.E. Gilbert (Ind) ?
Mexborough
*J. Walton (Lab) ?
J.H. White (Ind) ?
Mirfield
*J.S. Binks (Mod) 1,330
B. Simpson (Lab) 869
Normanton
A. Corfield (Lab) unop.
Oakworth
*W. Clough (L) 1,604
A. Snowden (Lab) 1,225
Ossett
*W.M. Hyman (Lab) unop.
Otley
R.T.A. Renton (Mod) unop.
Ouseburn
Lt.-Col. H. Rhodes (Mod) unop.
Pateley Bridge
*M. Rayner (Ind) 2,084
Rev. G.H. Elliott (Ind) 852
R.J. Hall (Lab) 272
Penistone
Dr. A.G. Wilson (L) 2,255
R. Dyson (Lab) 1,119
Pontefract
W. Barber (Lab) unop.
Pudsey and Farsley
O.W. Appleyard (Mod) unop.
Queensbury
R. Lightowler (Lab) unop.
Rawmarsh
F. Jackson (Lab) unop.
Ripon
*T.F. Spence (Mod) 1,559
Mrs. Muriel G. Garner (Ind) 1,019
E. Hartley (Lab) 194
Rothwell
*A. Blackburn (Lab) unop.
Saddleworth and Springhead
*A. Campinot (C) 1,531
I. Charlesworth (Ind Lab) 411
Selby
H.A. Middlebrook (Mod) 2,442
T. Moakes (Lab) 971
Settle
F.J. Cornthwaite (Mod) unop.
Shipley East and Baildon
*W. Hill (L) 1,897
J.L. Calvert (Lab) 1,450
Shipley West
*V. Waddilove (Mod) unop.
Skipton
A. Wilson (Mod) unop.
South Kirkby
A. Flavell (Lab) unop.
Sowerby
J. Wilkinson (L) unop.
Sowerby Bridge
K. Broadley (Ind) 1,245
E. Lumb (Lab) 937
Stanley
W. Auty (Lab) unop.
Stocksbridge
*Mrs. E. Wragg (C) 2,269
F. Park (Lab) 1,391
Swinton
G.E. Palmer (Lab) unop.
Tadcaster
*Col. E. York (Mod)
F. Park (Lab)
Thorne
*A. Machen (Lab) 2,423
J. Brooke (Ind) 1,890
Tickhill
W.E. Jones (Lab) unop.
Todmorden North
E. Crabtree (L) unop.
Todmorden South
J. de Ville Mather (L) unop.
Wath-on-Dearne
*J. Cutts (Lab)
R.B. Wade (Ind)
Wetherby
*J.T. Allan (Mod) unop.
Whitwood
E. Taylor (Lab) unop.
Wombwell
C. Callaghan (Mod)
*J.W. Mellor (Lab)
Worsborough and Dodworth
G. Brough (Lab) 2,722
*Mrs. H. Beverley (Ind) 1,669
Yeadon
W.H. Brocksbank (Mod) 1,269
R. Hodgson (Lab) 1,005
Sadly polling results from three divisions not available
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 8, 2017 17:17:35 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Feb 17, 2018 21:41:41 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 20, 2018 23:55:40 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 2, 2018 10:52:24 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 29, 2018 11:14:54 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 10, 2018 12:39:27 GMT
Meltham UDC 1946-1972:- www.dropbox.com/sh/bao6z1nkwg7g341/AABXeeQu4KlOUc1mb-Q2-v-ha?dl=0A small UDC located between Colne Valley and Holmfirth. (it formed part of a WRCC division containing Marsden and Linthwaite). Unwarded and probably unique (for the area) because there were contested elections every year. (The contestation level in both the Calder & Colne Valleys for the 'Little Elections' was disappointing). |
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Post by johnloony on Apr 10, 2018 18:21:36 GMT
Meltham UDC 1946-1972:- www.dropbox.com/sh/bao6z1nkwg7g341/AABXeeQu4KlOUc1mb-Q2-v-ha?dl=0A small UDC located between Colne Valley and Holmfirth. (it formed part of a WRCC division containing Marsden and Linthwaite). Unwarded and probably unique (for the area) because there were contested elections every year. (The contestation level in both the Calder & Colne Valleys for the 'Little Elections' was disappointing). Oh crumbs! The very first link (1946) has one of the elected councillors as "Miss Hilda Beatrice Haigh" who was re-elected in 1949, and defeated in 1952. One of my cousins is a Hilda Haigh, and another Hilda Haigh was a distant cousin from two generations ago. The Hilda Haigh in those results looks too old to be either of those, but it is possible she might be another distant relative. Edit: P.S. I have been informed by a relative that the abovementioned Hilda Haigh was indeed aunt of my distant relative. |
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ColinJ
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Living in the Past
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Post by ColinJ on Apr 10, 2018 22:33:15 GMT
Meltham UDC 1946-1972:- www.dropbox.com/sh/bao6z1nkwg7g341/AABXeeQu4KlOUc1mb-Q2-v-ha?dl=0A small UDC located between Colne Valley and Holmfirth. (it formed part of a WRCC division containing Marsden and Linthwaite). Unwarded and probably unique (for the area) because there were contested elections every year. (The contestation level in both the Calder & Colne Valleys for the 'Little Elections' was disappointing). Thanks for posting these. My first wife, Ann Swaine (1955-2000), was a Melthamer. Interesting that certain Labour candidates clearly had a personal following here, sometimes polling twice the number of votes as their party running mates. I think I am right in remembering that this sort of thing was sometimes carried on into the Holme Valley North ward at Kirklees, where I think a Mr Lyons was comfortably elected one year, only for Labour to fall back dramatically the next when someone else was the candidate, and the decline was not due to national swing. Hopefully you can expand on this.... We were both members of the Conservative Club, in our opinion the nicest place in the village to buy an inexpensive pint. Ann had been banned (!) from the Liberal Club some years before we met...... |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 12, 2018 11:54:04 GMT
Elland UDC from 1937 (the pre-war amalgamation) to 1974:- www.dropbox.com/s/93wjc5r6i3ul19l/Elland%20UDC%201937%20to%201974.pdf?dl=0Too many uncontested returns especially from the mid-1950s. All parties struggled to find suitable candidates. The council size (27) was probably too many but that's a long story. A handful of former councillors survive. Our former County Alderman is thankfully still with us. The final election date clashed with the FA Cup (Leeds beat Arsenal!!!). There was a fear that folk wouldn't turn out to vote:-    |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 13, 2018 13:21:40 GMT
Colne Valley UDC 1946-72:- www.dropbox.com/sh/hgsiuey25wh1r5i/AAD6J2YPKLF8-IRcz5RABKZba?dl=0The quality of the ink and reels could be better. A 25 member council. Four wards represented by six councillors so two up for election every year. The fifth ward (North/Scammonden - once its own UDC) was represented by one councillor elected every three years. A fair chunk of Scammonden is now under water. |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 16, 2018 18:17:20 GMT
60 years ago:-  |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 25, 2018 7:06:32 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 26, 2018 19:44:24 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 30, 2018 18:14:48 GMT
Timetable of local elections in 1972:-
Tuesday 2nd May - Scotland
Thursday 4th May - England & Wales County Boroughs and Boroughs plus 74 UDCs
Friday 5th May - 8 UDCs
Saturday 6th May - 165 UDCs
Monday 8th May - 70 UDCs
Tuesday 9th May - 72 UDCs
Wednesday 10th May - 21 UDCs
(Unclear how many RDCs polled in 1972. 112 UDCs didn't poll in 1972 - not their 'all up' year).
The rolling totals in the national press rarely tallied.
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