Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Farnworth
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lancashire (until 1974) Greater Manchester (from 1974)
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Ince, Leigh, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth and Westhoughton
Replaced by	Worsley, Bolton South East and Eccles[1]

Boundaries

Farnworth in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–1983

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]

The constituency disappeared in the 1983 redistribution; Farnworth itself and the surrounding wards within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton were placed in the new Bolton South East constituency where it has remained since, while Walkden, Worsley and surroundings in the City of Salford became part of the new Worsley (1983–2010), later Worsley and Eccles South (2010–present) constituency.

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 1910s

General election 1918: Farnworth^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Bagley	10,237	42.9
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	9,740	40.8
	Liberal	Thomas Flitcroft	3,893	16.3
Majority			497	2.1
Turnout			23,870	69.9
Registered electors			34,132
	Unionist win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Farnworth^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	13,391	45.6	+4.8
	Unionist	Edward Bagley	10,037	34.8	−9.1
	Liberal	Edward Rudd	5,927	20.2	+3.9
Majority			3,354	10.8	N/A
Turnout			29,355	84.8	+14.9
Registered electors			34,606
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+6.8

General election 1923: Farnworth ^[7][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	14,858	57.2	+11.6
	Unionist	Alexander Worsthorne	11,134	42.8	+8.0
Majority			3,724	14.4	+3.6
Turnout			25,992	73.5	−11.3
Registered electors			35,351
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

General election 1924: Farnworth^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	15,327	47.5	−9.7
	Unionist	Alexander Worsthorne	12,521	38.7	−4.1
	Liberal	J Charles Martin	4,467	13.8	N/A
Majority			2,806	8.8	−5.6
Turnout			32,315	89.6	+16.1
Registered electors			36,058
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

General election 1929: Farnworth ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Rowson	21,857	52.2	+4.7
	Unionist	Mary Pickford	10,643	25.4	−13.3
	Liberal	Ernest Frederick Dyer	9,381	22.4	+8.6
Majority			11,214	26.8	+18.0
Turnout			41,881	87.5	−2.1
Registered electors			47,841
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Farnworth ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stones	22,460	53.5	+28.1
	Labour	Guy Rowson	19,553	46.5	−5.7
Majority			2,907	7.0	N/A
Turnout			42,013	84.8	−2.7
Registered electors			49,550
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.9

General election 1935: Farnworth^[5][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Rowson	22,040	51.7	+5.2
	Conservative	Edgar Godfrey Unsworth	16,839	39.5	−14.0
	People's Peace	James Monteith Erskine	3,763	8.8	N/A
Majority			5,201	12.2	N/A
Turnout			42,642	82.4	−2.4
Registered electors			51,739
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.6

1938 Farnworth by-election^[5][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Tomlinson	24,298	59.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Herbert F. Ryan	16,835	40.9	+1.4
Majority			7,463	18.2	+6.0
Turnout			41,133	77.9	−4.5
Registered electors			52,784
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Farnworth ^[5][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Tomlinson	28,462	66.1	+14.4
	Conservative	Fred Howard	14,570	33.9	−5.6
Majority			13,892	32.2	+20.0
Turnout			43,032	77.5	−4.9
Registered electors			55,549
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.0

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	New
Majority			11,109	24.78
Turnout			44,830	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	18.44
Turnout			44,409	86.75
	Labour hold		Swing

1952 Farnworth by-election^[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	+1.36
Turnout			36,449
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Farnworth ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Thornton	24,829	57.66
	Conservative	David Waddington	18,231	42.34
Majority			6,598	15.32
Turnout			43,060	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	17.20
Turnout			46,749	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	24.12
Turnout			45,913	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	32.38
Turnout			45,344	74.78
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Farnworth ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Roper	29,392	58.48
	Conservative	Ivan A. Johnston	20,867	41.52
Majority			8,525	16.96
Turnout			50,259	72.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Farnworth ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Roper	28,068	49.75
	Conservative	Albert Samuel Royse [15]	15,431	27.35
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	12,918	22.90	New
Majority			12,637	22.40
Turnout			56,417	80.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Farnworth ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Roper	28,184	53.5
	Conservative	R. H. Shepherd	13,489	25.6
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	11,059	21.0
Majority			14,695	27.9
Turnout			52,732	74.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Farnworth ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Roper	27,965	50.1	−3.4
	Conservative	Stanley Windle	19,858	35.6	+10.0
	Liberal	Margaret Patricia Rothwell [20]	8,043	14.4	−6.6
Majority			8,107	14.5
Turnout			55,866	77.8	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.7