Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Batley and Morley
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Morley
Replaced by	Batley and Spen and Morley and Leeds South

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then replaced by the seats of Batley and Spen & Morley and Leeds South.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Batley, Morley, and Ossett.

1950–1983: The Boroughs of Batley and Morley.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Gerald France	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Ben Turner	Labour
	1924	Walter Forrest	Liberal
	1929	Sir Ben Turner	Labour
	1931	Wilfrid Wills	Conservative
	1935	Willie Brooke	Labour
	1939 by-election	Hubert Beaumont	Labour
	1949 by-election	Sir Alfred Broughton	Labour
	1979	Ken Woolmer	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Gerald France	13,519	52.9
	Labour	Ben Turner	12,051	47.1
Majority			1,468	5.8
Turnout			25,570	66.9
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

J.A. Compston

General election 1922: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Turner	15,005	46.1	−1.0
	Liberal	John Albert Compston	9,443	29.1	−23.8
	Unionist	John Potter	8,054	24.8	N/A
Majority			5,562	17.0	+11.2
Turnout			33,002	85.2	+18.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1923: Batley and Morley ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Turner	14,964	52.6	+6.5
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	13,480	47.4	+18.3
Majority			1,484	5.2	−11.8
Turnout			28,444	73.8	−11.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.9

Walter Forrest

General election 1924: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	16,369	50.6	+3.2
	Labour	Ben Turner	15,966	49.4	−3.2
Majority			403	1.2	N/A
Turnout			32,335	83.3	+9.5
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1929: Batley and Morley ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Turner	24,621	58.3	+8.9
	Liberal	Walter Forrest	17,641	41.7	−8.9
Majority			6,980	16.6	N/A
Turnout			42,262	84.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfrid Wills	26,378	61.2	New
	Labour	Ben Turner	16,700	38.8	−19.5
Majority			9,678	22.4	N/A
Turnout			43,078	85.9	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Brooke	21,182	53.6	+14.8
	Conservative	Wilfrid Wills	18,354	46.4	−14.8
Majority			2,828	7.2	N/A
Turnout			39,536	79.3	−6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1939 Batley and Morley by-election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hubert Beaumont	20,020	55.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Wilfrid Wills	16,124	44.6	−1.8
Majority			3,896	10.8	+3.6
Turnout			36,144	72.6	−6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

• Liberal Party candidate Ernest Dalton withdrew

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Batley and Morley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hubert Beaumont	22,682	58.1	+4.5
	Conservative	G W Hirst	11,090	28.4	−18.0
	Liberal	Ashley Mitchell	5,256	13.5	New
Majority			11,592	29.7	+22.5
Turnout			39,028	80.9	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1949 Batley and Morley by-election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	24,514	59.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Arthur Maxwell Ramsden	16,828	40.7	+12.3
Majority			7,686	18.6	−11.1
Turnout			41,342
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Batley and Morley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	29,776	59.95	+1.83
	Conservative	Winefriede Carmen Glynne Bremner	19,891	40.05	+11.63
Majority			9,885	19.90	−9.80
Turnout			49,667	87.03	+6.15
Registered electors			57,066
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.90

General election 1951: Batley and Morley^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	29,326	59.68	−0.27
	Conservative	Reginald Northam	19,811	40.32	+0.27
Majority			9,515	19.36	−0.54
Turnout			49,137	85.53	−1.50
Registered electors			57,453
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.27

General election 1955: Batley and Morley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	27,178	60.20	+0.52
	Conservative	Harry Watson	17,970	39.80	−0.52
Majority			9,208	20.40	+1.04
Turnout			45,148	79.89	−5.64
Registered electors			56,513
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.52

General election 1959: Batley and Morley^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	26,781	58.35	−1.85
	Conservative	Barbara M Garden	19,115	41.65	+1.85
Majority			7,666	16.70	−3.70
Turnout			45,896	81.91	+2.02
Registered electors			56,031
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.85

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Batley and Morley^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	23,362	52.61	−5.74
	Conservative	Peter JD Marshall	13,477	30.35	−11.30
	Liberal	Ivan Harvey Lester	7,564	17.03	New
Majority			9,885	22.26	+5.56
Turnout			44,403	78.68	−3.23
Registered electors			56,436
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.78

General election 1966: Batley and Morley^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	24,086	56.16	+3.55
	Conservative	Peter JD Marshall	12,435	28.99	−1.36
	Liberal	EA Berry	6,366	14.84	−2.19
Majority			11,651	27.17	+4.91
Turnout			42,887	78.68	−3.36
Registered electors			56,936
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.46

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Batley and Morley^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	23,024	50.4	−5.8
	Conservative	Donald Thompson	15,753	34.53	+5.5
	Liberal	Peter Wrigley	6,893	15.09	+0.25
Majority			7,271	15.92	−11.25
Turnout			45,670	72.39
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Batley and Morley^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	21,495	44.60	−5.81
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	14,404	29.89	−4.60
	Liberal	Peter Wrigley	11,470	23.80	+8.71
	Independent Democratic Alliance	Gerald Jarratt	828	1.72	New
Majority			7,091	14.71	−1.21
Turnout			48,197	78.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Batley and Morley^[9][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Broughton	21,179	49.21	+4.61
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	12,931	30.05	+0.16
	Liberal	Ivan Harvey Lester	8,928	20.74	−3.05
Majority			8,248	19.16
Turnout			43,038	69.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Batley and Morley^[9][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Woolmer	22,984	49.04	−0.17
	Conservative	George Neill Alexander Crone	17,632	37.62	+7.58
	Liberal	Christopher Julian Cawood	4,943	10.55	−10.20
	Independent Labour	Douglas Parkin	848	1.81	New
	Ecology	Clive Lord	460	0.98	New
Majority			5,352	11.42
Turnout			46,867	74.54
	Labour hold		Swing