Spen Valley Parliamentary Division
The Spen Valley Parliamentary Division was a constituency which existed between 1885 and 1948. It returned a single Member of Parliament.
Under the Representation of the People Act of 1918, the boundaries of the constituency were altered so that it comprised the urban districts of Birkenshaw, Birstall, Drighlington, Gildersome, Heckmondwike, Hunsworth, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Mirfield, Spenborough, and Whitley Upper.
The constituency was abolished in 1948 and the area was reallocated to the constituencies of Batley & Morley, Brighouse & Spenborough, Colne Valley, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield East.
Elections
Date | Elected M.P. | Party | |
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1885 General Election | Joseph Woodhead (1824-1913) | Liberal | |
1886 General Election | Joseph Woodhead (1824-1913) | Liberal | |
1892 General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1895 General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1900 General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1906 General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1910 January General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1910 December General Election | Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1850-1919) | Liberal | |
1918 General Election | Thomas Whittaker (1850-1919) | Coalition Liberal | |
1919 Spen Valley By-Election | Tom Myers (1872-1949) | Labour | |
1922 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal | |
1923 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal | |
1924 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal | |
1929 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal | |
1931 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal National | |
1935 General Election | John Allsebrook Simon (1873-1954) | Liberal National | |
1940 Spen Valley By-Election | William Edward Woolley (1901-1989) | Liberal National | |
1945 General Election | Granville Maynard Sharp (1906-1997) | Labour |