Droylsden (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1955 general election. Before 1950 the area had formed part of the Mossley constituency.

The former MP for Mossley, the Rev. G.S. Woods, was elected as a Labour Co-operative member in the first election for this constituency in 1950. He sat in Parliament until he died, shortly before the 1951 election. A new Labour MP, W.R. Williams, was elected in 1951 and represented the seat for the rest of its existence.

The constituency was formed by combining four Urban Districts, situated to the north east of Manchester. They were Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, and Failsworth.

In 1955 the constituency was abolished. Audenshaw and Denton became part of Manchester Gorton constituency. Failsworth was attached to the division of Manchester Openshaw. Droylsden became part of the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, which in the 1955 redistribution extended west to the borders of Manchester.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|Election	Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1950 | George Savile Woods a | Labour Co-operative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1951 | William Williams | Labour
colspan="2" align="center"|1955 |colspan="2"| constituency abolished

Note:-

• ^a Seat vacant at dissolution, following the death of Woods on 9 July 1951.

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: Droylsden

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = George Woods

|votes = 25,238

|percentage = 48.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Eric Johnson

|votes = 21,102

|percentage = 40.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Herbert Kevin-Armitage

|votes = 5,483

|percentage = 10.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,136

|percentage = 8.0

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,823

|percentage = 87.7

|change =

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{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 59,077

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Co-operative

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

• Seat vacant on dissolution - death

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Droylsden

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Williams

|votes = 26,829

|percentage = 51.8

|change = +3.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Howard

|votes = 24,959

|percentage = 48.2

|change = +7.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,870

|percentage = 3.6

|change = -4.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,788

|percentage = 86.6

|change = -1.1

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{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 59,772

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.3

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{{Election box end}}

• Swing from Labour to Conservative
• ''Constituency abolished (1955)

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955

Category:Politics of Tameside

Category:Droylsden