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Post by swanarcadian on May 27, 2018 12:10:07 GMT
Succeeded by Castleford MB in 1955.
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 28, 2020 17:39:12 GMT
1954 - the last elections before this became a municipal borough.
It doesn't get any safer for Labour than this:
Composition: Lab 30
AIREDALE A Hanson, Lab, Unopposed return
CARLTON *A Poulter, Lab, Unopposed return
FRYSTON *W Limbert, Lab, Unopposed return
GLASS HOUGHTON *H Martin, Lab, Unopposed return
HALF ACRES *A Pickersgill, Lab, Unopposed return
RED HILL *WD Cartwright, Lab, Unopposed return
SMAWTHORNE *JR Howard, Lab, Unopposed return
WHELDALE-LOCK LANE *A James, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD Bertha M Ward, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD MERE PH Roberts, Lab, Unopposed return
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 31, 2020 20:27:43 GMT
1953
All unopposed returns.
CARLTON *Harry Astbury, Lab
FRYSTON *George East, Lab
GLASS HOUGHTON *Mark Whittock, Lab
HALF ACRES Walter Clarkson, Lab
RED HILL *Mrs Hilda Parker, Lab
SMAWTHORNE *Thomas H Ashman, Lab
WHELDALE *Alfred Ball, Lab
WHITWOOD *John Beedle, Lab
WHITWOOD MERE *James Arthur Walsh, Lab
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 8, 2020 20:50:34 GMT
1952
All unopposed returns:
AIREDALE J Budby, Lab
CARLTON *Mrs Ada Dodsworth, Lab
FRYSTON W Harrison, Lab
GLASS HOUGHTON *J Smart, Lab
HALF ACRES *Jesse Dowding, Lab
RED HILL JF Tumelty, Lab
SMAWTHORNE - 2 seats TH Ashman, Lab *C Dews, Lab
WHELDALE-LOCK LANE - 2 seats A Ball, Lab *KW Land, Lab
WHITWOOD *Ezra Taylor, Lab
WHITWOOD MERE *T Walsh, Lab
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 10, 2020 21:59:31 GMT
1951
Composition: Lab 30
AIREDALE H Harrison, Lab 1109 LM Saunders, Ind 449
CARLTON *A Poulter, Lab, Unopposed return
FRYSTON *W Limbert, Lab, Unopposed return
GLASSHOUGHTON *H Martin, Lab, Unopposed return
HALF ACRES A Pickersgill, Lab, Unopposed return
RED HILL *WD Cartwright, Lab 922 CA Hartley, Con 649
SMAWTHORNE *JR Howard, Lab, Unopposed return
WHELDALE-LOCK LANE A James, Lab 908 J Backhouse, Ind 407
WHITWOOD *D Holmes, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD MERE *PH Roberts, Lab, Unopposed return
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 14, 2020 11:29:00 GMT
1950
Composition: Lab 30
AIREDALE WG Hill, Lab 1057 LM Saunders, Ind 479 N Atkinson, Comm 53
CARLTON Harry Astbury, Lab, Unopposed return
FRYSTON *George East, Lab, Unopposed return
GLASS HOUGHTON *M Whitlock, Lab, Unopposed return
HALF ACRES F Clarkson, Lab, Unopposed return
LOCK LANE *T Hutchinson, Lab, Unopposed return
RED HILL *NH Pudney, Lab 1029 FH Hartley, Ind 706
SMAWTHORNE *S Schofield, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD *John Beedle, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD MERE - 2 seats Unopposed returns: *T Walsh James Arthur Walsh
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 15, 2020 14:00:54 GMT
1949
Composition: Lab 30
AIREDALE *J Budby, Lab 1265 JW Thompson, Ind 346
CARLTON *Mrs Ada Dodsworth, Lab 1047 Clifford Pudney, Ind 296
FRYSTON *CL Close, Lab 1490 LM Saunders, Con 323
GLASS HOUGHTON J Smart, Lab 1351 L Brook, Ind 269
HALF ACRES *Jesse Dowding, Lab 1233 DW Deveney, Ind 343
REDHILL *RC Yates, Lab 970 WC Collins, Ind 810
SMAWTHORNE C Dews, Lab 1112 CH Bentley, Ind 563
WHELDALE-LOCK LANE KW Land, Lab 1352 J Morris, Ind 133 N Atkinson, Comm 33
WHITWOOD *Ezra Taylor, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD MERE *Vernon Fielding, Lab 1220 FL Hartley, Ind 576
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 15, 2020 21:26:01 GMT
1947 & 1948
Details to be located
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 15, 2020 21:38:51 GMT
1946
AIREDALE *Albert Tovey, Lab, Unopposed return
CARLTON - 3 seats - 1 Lab gain from Ind *Mrs Ada Dodsworth, Lab 579 Alfred Poulter, Lab 548 *Hebden Sissons, Lab 529 *Archie Cresswell, Ind 198
FRYSTON - 2 seats Unopposed return: *EL Close, Lab William Limbert, Lab
GLASS HOUGHTON *OJ Carter, Lab, Unopposed return
HALF ACRES *Jesse Dowding, Lab, Unopposed return
REDHILL - Lab gain from Ind RC Yates, Lab 853 *William Cook Collins, Ind 490
SMAWTHORNE - 2 seats Unopposed return: *JR Howard, Lab Sidney Schofield, Lab
WHELDALE-LOCK-LANE Arthur Donnelly, Lab, Unopposed return
WHITWOOD - 2 seats - 1 Lab gain from Ind *Ezra Taylor, Lab 1607 David Holmes, Lab 1544 *Harry Robshaw, Ind 410
WHITWOOD MERE - Lab gain from Con Vernon Fielding, Lab 1060 *Herbert Lawrence Hartley, Con 580
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 29, 2020 9:27:16 GMT
1939
For the first time, the Labour incumbents seeking re-election were opposed by the Castleford Ratepayers' Association, which had been formed since the 1938 elections and stood as Independents.
AIREDALE *Sydney James Lowe, Lab 445 E Williams 274
CARLTON - Ind gain from Lab Percy Dodd, Ind 385 *Hebden Sissons, Lab 368
FRYSTON - 2 seats *George East, Lab 559 - elected for 2 years according to press report, probably should have said 3 years G Goodair, Lab 506 - elected for 2 years JA Firth, Ind 364 A Batty, Ind 271
RED HILL *Walter Day Cartwright, Lab 616 CA Hartley, Ind 599
SMAWTHORNE Percy Beedel, Lab 428 A Cresswell, Ind 423
WHELDALE - LOCK LANE JW Malkin, Lab 893 Mrs Gladys Atkinson Waring, Ind 257 (Amy Howell, Lab, withdrew her nomination)
WHITWOOD - Ind gain from Lab Harold Brock, Ind 865 *Mrs Hilda Parker, Lab 741
WHITWOOD MERE *Fred Hurdus, Ind 566 Samuel Lambeth, Lab 442
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Post by swanarcadian on Mar 27, 2021 12:13:06 GMT
1938
Composition: Lab 26, Ind 2, Con 1, no desciption 1
New boundaries. Three elected for each ward, for three, two and one years, according to votes recorded.
AIREDALE Elected: *Horace Woodall, Lab 608 *Albert Tovey, Lab 604 *Sydney James Lowe, Lab 409 Unsuccessful: George Gittins, Ind 331 *Alfred Batty, Ind 253
CARLTON Elected: *Joseph Dodd, Lab 806 Mrs Ada Dodsworth, Lab 707 *Hebden Sissons, Lab 661 Unsuccessful: *Harry Robshaw, Ind 503 *Tom Lynam, Ind 439
FRYSTON Elected: *John Kirby, Lab 572 Tom Stephenson, Lab 540 George East, Lab 526 Unsuccessful: *Oscar Fisher, Ind 430 *James Albert Firth, Ind 353
GLASS HOUGHTON Elected: *Mark Whittock, Lab 733 *Joseph Whittaker, Lab 730 *Thomas Ollerton, Lab 680 Unsuccessful: Fred Robinson, Ind 326 John Wright, Ind 282 Wilfred Armitage, Ind 262
HALF ACRES Unopposed returns: Jesse Dowding, Lab *Walter Grainger, Lab Arthur Pickersgill, Lab
SMAWTHORNE Elected: *Thomas Judson Brooks, Lab 742 *Cyrus Anson, Lab 650 *Clifford Ward, Lab 646 Unsuccessful: *Augustine Gallagher, Ind 489
WHELDALE AND LOCK LANE Elected: *William Clamp, Lab 716 *Adam James, Lab 661 *Willie Dando, Lab 649 Unsuccessful: Arthur Atkinson, Ind 368 - captain of the Castleford Rugby League Football Club *Sampel Price, unofficial Lab 261
WHITWOOD (Nominations only, a candidate might have withdrawn) John Harrison Holland, Ind Hilda Parker, Lab - elected for 1 year Thomas Stewart, Lab Ezra Taylor, Lab
WHITWOOD MERE Elected: *Mark Bairstow, Lab 873 *Herbert Lawrence Hartley, Con 723 *Fred Hurdus 707 Unsuccessful: *Samuel Lambeth, Lab 604 *Major Andrew Thornton, Lab 584
WHITWOOD RED HILL Elected: John William Wright, Ind 794 William Cook Collins, Ind 677 *Walter Day Cartwright, Lab 642 Unsuccessful: Herbert Hattan, Ind 596 *Archie Grace, Lab 578 *Henry Thomas Smith, Lab 547
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Post by swanarcadian on Apr 26, 2021 20:12:15 GMT
1937
CARLTON *Tom Lynam, Ind, Unopposed return
HALF ACRES *Walter Grainger, Lab, Unopposed return
HIGHTOWN *Clifford Ward, Lab, Unopposed return
RED HILL Archie Grace, Lab 478 Walter Scott Humphry, Ind 217 Sampson Barratt, Comm 51
WELBECK *Augustine Gallagher, Ind, Unopposed return
WHELDALE *John William Malkin, Lab, Unopposed return
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