Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Farnworth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire (until 1974) Greater Manchester (from 1974)
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Worsley, Bolton South East and Eccles[1]

Farnworth was a county constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

From 1885 to 1918 the Farnworth area had been included in the Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth constituency.

The Farnworth constituency included Farnworth, Moses Gate, Kearsley, Stoneclough, Little Lever, Little Hulton, Walkden, and Roe Green.^[2][3][4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Edward Bagley	Conservative
	1922	Thomas Greenall	Labour
	1929	Guy Rowson	Labour
	1931	James Stones	Conservative
	1935	Guy Rowson	Labour
	1938 by-election	George Tomlinson	Labour
	1952 by-election	Ernest Thornton	Labour
	1970	John Roper	Labour Co-operative
	1981		SDP
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Farnworth ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	14,858
	Unionist	Alexander Louis Wynand Koch Worsthorne	11,134
Majority			3,724
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Farnworth ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Guy Rowson	21,857	52.2
	Unionist	Hon. Mary Ada Pickford	10,643	25.4
	Liberal	Ernest Frederick Dyer	9,381	22.4
Majority			11,214	26.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Farnworth^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Guy Rowson	22,040
	Conservative	Edgar Godfrey Unsworth	16,839
	People's Peace	James Monteith Erskine	3,763
Majority			5,201
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnworth by-election, 1938^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Tomlinson	24,298
	National Labour	H F Ryan	16,835
Majority			7,463
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Farnworth ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Tomlinson	28,462	66.14
	Conservative	Fred Howard	14,570	33.86
Majority			13,892	32.28
Turnout				77.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Farnworth ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Tomlinson	25,375	56.60
	Conservative	F. Kay	14,266	31.82
	Liberal	Abraham Lomax	5,189	11.57
Majority			11,109	24.78
Turnout				88.14
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Farnworth ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Tomlinson	26,297	59.22
	Conservative	Jesse Seddon	18,112	40.78
Majority			8,185	18.43
Turnout				86.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnworth by-election, 1952^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	21,834	59.90	+0.68
	Conservative	Donald Henry Moore	14,615	40.10	-0.68
Majority			7,219	19.80	+1.37
Turnout			36,449
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Farnworth ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	24,829	57.66
	Conservative	David Charles Waddington	18,231	42.34
Majority			6,598	15.32
Turnout				81.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Farnworth ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	27,393	58.60
	Conservative	Albert Samuel Royse [15]	19,356	41.40
Majority			8,037	17.19
Turnout				83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Farnworth ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	28,492	62.06
	Conservative	Albert Samuel Royse [15]	17,421	37.94
Majority			11,071	24.11
Turnout				78.79
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Farnworth ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	30,015	66.19
	Conservative	Mark Andrew	15,329	33.81
Majority			14,686	32.39
Turnout				74.78
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Farnworth ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Francis Hodgess Roper	29,392	58.48
	Conservative	Ivan A. Johnston	20,867	41.52
Majority			8,525	16.96
Turnout				72.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Farnworth ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Francis Hodgess Roper	28,068	49.75
	Conservative	Albert Samuel Royse [15]	15,431	27.35
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	12,918	22.90
Majority			12,637	22.40
Turnout				80.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Farnworth ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Francis Hodgess Roper	28,184	53.45
	Conservative	R. H. Shepherd	13,489	25.58
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	11,059	20.97
Majority			14,695	27.87
Turnout				74.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Farnworth ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	John Francis Hodgess Roper	27,965	50.06
	Conservative	S. Windle	19,858	35.55
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	8,043	14.40
Majority			8,107	14.51
Turnout				77.76
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "'Farnworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. Minutes of Proceedings at a Public Inquiry Held at the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester on Monday 14 November 2005, Boundary Commission for England, retrieved 22 June 2011
3. Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Boundary Map of Lancashire Farnworth PDivCon (1918–1948)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
4. Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Boundary Map of Farnworth CCon/BCon (1949–1982)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
5. The Liberal Year Book, 1930
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. "Labour Hold Farnworth". Hull Daily Mail. 28 January 1938. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
8. "Labour Hold Farnworth". Hull Daily Mail. 28 January 1938. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
9. General Election 5 July 1945: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
10. General Election 23 February 1950: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
11. General Election 25 October 1951: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
12. By-election 1952: Farnworth. British Election Ephemera Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
13. General Election 26 May 1955: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
14. General Election 8 October 1959: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
15. Albert Samuel Royse. Links in a Chain. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
16. General Election 15 October 1964: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
17. General Election 31 March 1966: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
18. General Election 18 June 1970: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
19. General Election 28 February 1974: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
20. Margaret Patricia Rothwell. Links in a Chain. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
21. General Election 10 October 1974: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
22. General Election 3 May 1979: Farnworth. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"