Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of

• the municipal borough of Pontefract,
• the wapentake of Osgoldcross,
• the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Upper Barkston Ash of Brotherton, Fairburn, Ledsham and Ledstone, and
• the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Skyrack of Allerton Bywater and Kippax.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: OsgoldcrossBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ramsden

|votes = 5,153

|percentage = 62.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Hardy{{cite news|title=The Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18851130/016/0003|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=30 November 1885|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes =3,053

|percentage = 37.2

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,100

|percentage = 25.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,206

|percentage = 79.5

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,322

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

File:Sir_John_Austin.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Osgoldcross British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Austin

|votes = 4,008

|percentage = 57.1

|change = -5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ramsden

|votes =3,010

|percentage = 42.9

|change = +5.7

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 998

|percentage = 14.2

|change = -11.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,018

|percentage = 68.0

|change = −11.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,322

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −5.7

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Osgoldcross British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Austin

|votes = 5,160

|percentage = 61.1

|change = +4.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Brook Dobson{{cite web|title=Administrative papers rel to the candidate of Charles Brook Dobson in the Osgoldcross division|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13756050|website=The National Archives|access-date=12 November 2017}}

|votes =3,284

|percentage = 38.9

|change = -4.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,876

|percentage = 22.2

|change = +8.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,444

|percentage = 66.9

|change = -1.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,615

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Osgoldcross British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Austin

|votes = 5,119

|percentage = 55.8

|change = -5.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Harling

|votes =4,054

|percentage = 44.2

|change = +5.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,065

|percentage = 11.6

|change = -10.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,173

|percentage = 70.1

|change = +3.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,083

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -5.3

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{{Election box end}}

Austin left the Liberal Party and sought re-election as an independent candidate.

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{{Election box begin | title=1899 Osgoldcross by-electionBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = John Austin

|votes = 5,818

|percentage = 66.8

|change = +11.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Henry Roberts

|votes =2,893

|percentage = 33.2

|change = −22.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,925

|percentage = 33.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,711

|percentage = 62.2

|change = −7.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,009

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Liberal

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

File:Vickerman_Rutherford.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Osgoldcross British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = John Austin

|votes = 5,609

|percentage = 65.0

|change = +9.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Vickerman Rutherford

|votes =3,025

|percentage = 35.0

|change = −20.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,584

|percentage = 30.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,634

|percentage = 58.8

|change = −11.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,689

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Liberal

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

File:1911_Joseph_Compton-Rickett.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: OsgoldcrossBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett

|votes = 8,482

|percentage = 66.1

|change = +31.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Granville Wheler

|votes =4,358

|percentage = 33.9

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,124

|percentage = 32.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,840

|percentage = 75.8

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 16,935

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Independent Liberal

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Osgoldcross British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett

|votes = 9,517

|percentage = 66.3

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Gerald Hargreaves

|votes =4,840

|percentage = 33.7

|change = −0.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,677

|percentage = 32.6

|change = +0.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 14,357

|percentage = 78.5

|change = +2.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 18,286

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.2

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: OsgoldcrossBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Compton-Rickett

|votes = 8,518

|percentage = 66.2

|change = -0.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm Campbell-Johnston

|votes =4,347

|percentage = 33.8

|change = +0.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,171

|percentage = 32.4

|change = -0.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,865

|percentage = 70.4

|change = −8.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 18,286

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

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;

• Liberal: Joseph Compton-Rickett
• Unionist:
• Labour: John PottsThe miners and British politics 1906-1914

• Osgoldcross Rural District

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