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Post by swanarcadian on May 30, 2018 20:11:00 GMT
Existed 1915-1955. Succeeded by Spenborough MB.
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 29, 2020 16:45:58 GMT
1954
Composition: Lab 15, Ind 10, Con 3, Con & Nat Lib 2
Last elections before Spenborough was changed into a municipal borough.
BIRKENSHAW
*Harold Siddle, Ind 975
Stanley Watson Fretwell, Lab 596
CLECKHEATON EAST
*John Godfrey Kent, Lab 649
Miss Sylvia Hirst, Con 493
CLECKHEATON WEST
*Miss Alice Blackburn, Lab 943
Jack Pearson, Con 740
GOMERSAL - Ind gain from Lab
Frank Edward Wilde, Ind 1020
Jack Dewhirst, Lab 682
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
*Dennis Page, Lab 1164
Arthur Ronald Etherington, Ind 694
MILLBRIDGE - Lab gain from Ind
Mrs Ivy Sharpe, Lab 604
*John Smith, Ind 575
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*Harry de Lacy Taylor, Con, Unopposed return
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*Douglas Naylor, Ind 833
Ernest Hemingway, Lab 614
SCHOLES
Mrs Ellen Whiteley, Con & Nat Lib 715
David Ernest Whiteley, Lab 543
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - Ind gain from Con
James Edwin Sladdin, Ind 726
John McCarthy, Lab 543
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Post by swanarcadian on Oct 31, 2020 16:28:52 GMT
1953
Composition: Lab 15, Ind 9, Con 4, Con & Nat Lib 2
BIRKENSHAW
Harold Oxnard, Ind 1021
Stanley W Fretwell, Lab 648
CLECKHEATON EAST
*Robert Stocks, Lab 665
Sylvia Hirst, Con 514
CLECKHEATON WEST - Lab gain from Con
John E Brown, Lab 900
*Jack Pearson, Con 799
GOMERSAL
*H Robinson, Lab 975
Alice Sharpe, Ind 763
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
*A Jones, Lab 1290
Mrs Joan Brown, Con 749
MILLBRIDGE - Ind gain from Lab
Frederick AC Schofield, Ind 678
Granville Holroyd, Lab 646
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*Alfred William Smith, Con 985
Miss Barbara Lister, Lab 700
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*George Blackburn, Ind, Unopposed return
SCHOLES - Con & Nat Lib gain from Ind
Brian Farrow, Con & Nat Lib 780
D Whiteley, Lab 503
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - Lab gain from Ind
Mrs Annis Holroyd, Lab 765
Geoffrey TC Bottomley, Con 714
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 7, 2020 22:33:31 GMT
1952
BIRKENSHAW
*WE Tetley, Ind 1116
SW Fretwell, Lab 662
CLECKHEATON EAST - 3 seats - 2 Lab gains from Con
P Fawcett, Lab 838
JG Kent, Lab 820
R Stocks, Lab 763
GM Sharp, Ind 744
*A Harrison, Con 608
Mrs Agnes Brown, Con 560
CLECKHEATON WEST - Lab gain from Ind
F Kirkman, Lab 1026
*AR Kirkland, Ind 908
GOMERSAL - 2 seats -1 Lab gain from Ind
W Stillingfleet, Ind 865
FJ Wilson, Lab 862
*F Gransfield, Ind 845
Mrs A Holroyd, Lab 762
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD - Lab gain from Ind
R Lea, Lab 1376
E Lawford, Ind 824
MILLBRIDGE
*TW Shaw, Lab 806
H Spivey, Ind 562
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*H Wray, Con & Nat Lib 923
KG Holt, Lab 632
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE - Lab gain from Ind
J Greenald, Lab 863
R Sewell, Ind 851
SCHOLES - 2 seats
Unopposed returns:
*SR Ellis, Ind
GH Sykes, Con
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
*AR Stockhill, Lab 981
W Waterhouse, Con 671
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 11, 2020 21:17:55 GMT
1951
Composition: Ind 12, Con 9, Lab 8
BIRKENSHAW
*Harold Siddle, Ind 705
EW Humphrey, Lab 574
CLECKHEATON EAST
*E Cockroft, Con 673
P Fawcett, Lab 625
CLECKHEATON WEST - Lab gain from Ind
Alice Blackburn, Lab 733
*AR Crossland, Ind 728
GOMERSAL
*JV Shorrock, Ind 840
FJ Wilson, Lab 518
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
*Dennis Page, Lab 1186
CH Barr, Ind 1005
MILLBRIDGE
*John Smith, Ind 606
R Lea, Lab 554
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*Harry de Lacy Taylor, Con 1009
KG Holt, Lab 566
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*Douglas Naylor, Ind 870
Dorothy Greenald, Lab 718
SCHOLES
*WB Schofield, Ind 803
G Phillip, Lab 463
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
*Emma L Hartley, Con 765
Annis Holroyd, Lab 484
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 14, 2020 12:20:26 GMT
1950
Composition: Con 11, Ind 11, Lab 7, Lib 1
BIRKENSHAW
*WH Cooper, Ind, Unopposed return
CLECKHEATON EAST - Lab gain
DE Riding, Lab 740
N Burnhill, Con 660
CLECKHEATON WEST
*Jack Pearson, Con 816
HC Pearson, Lab 619
GOMERSAL - Lab gain from Ind
H Robinson, Lab 771
*Willie Stillingfleet, Ind 740
JT Burns 252
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD - Lab gain from Ind
A Jones, Lab 1101
*Herbert Pearson, Ind 975
MILLBRIDGE
AS Thornton, Lab 652
H Spivey, Lib 606
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*Alfred William Smith, Con 1066
A McNab, Lab 484
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*George Blackburn, Ind 1065
J Greenwood, Lab 688
SCHOLES - Ind gain
P Sugden, Ind 987
P Fawcett, Lab 472
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
*Herbert Edgar Wilcock, Con 819
Mrs A Holroyd, Lab 702
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 15, 2020 12:03:39 GMT
1949
Named as Spen Valley in press report
Composition: Con 12, Ind 12, Lab 4, Ind 2
BIRKENSHAW
*WE Tetley, Ind 981
F Thorpe, Lab 531
CLECKHEATON EAST - Con gain from Lab
A Harrison, Con 705
R Woosey, Lab 511
CLECKHEATON WEST - 2 seats
*WH Pullan, Con 930
AR Crossland, Con 891
HC Pearson, Lab 534
T Thornber, Lab 467
GOMERSAL
F Dransfield, Ind 815
H Robinson, Lab 793
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD - Ind gain from Lab
T Senior, Ind 1018
W Akers, Lab 804
MILLBRIDGE
TW Shaw, Lab 731
H Spivey, Ind 589
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*H Wray, Con 965
A McNab, Lab 580
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*AD Heaton, Ind, Unopposed return
SCHOLES
SR Ellis, Ind, Unopposed return
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
*AR Stockshill, Lab 767
W Waterhouse, Con 755
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Post by swanarcadian on Nov 28, 2020 15:41:43 GMT
1948
BIRKENSHAW
*Harold Siddle, Ind 753
E Robinson, Lab 313
CLECKHEATON EAST
*E Cockroft, Con 743
H Barstow, Lab 611
CLECKHEATON WEST
*AA Bayley, Con 916
T Harrison, Lab 558
GOMERSAL
*JV Shorrock, Ind 1028
JW Temperton, Comm 57
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
Dennis Page, Lab 947
L Jackson, Ind 761
MILLBRIDGE - Lib gain from Lab
John Smith, Lib 684
*Thomas William Shaw, Lab 623
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH - 2 seats - 2 Con gains
Harry de Lacy Taylor, Con 1050
H Wray, Con 1045
W Smith, Lab 599
F Whiting, Lab 547
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
Douglas Naylor, Ind 889
H Lockwood, Lab 616
SCHOLES - Ind gain from Lab
WB Schofield, Ind 745
*P Fawcett, Lab 548
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - Con gain from non political
Emma L Hartley, Con 781
Annie Holroyd, Lab 576
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 5, 2020 9:01:45 GMT
1947
BIRKENSHAW
*WH Cooper, Ind 815
Ephraim Robinson, Lab 394
CLECKHEATON EAST - 2 seats
Jack Halstead, Lib 680
Edward Cockroft, Con 674
Fred Balmforth, Lab 623
Thomas Harrison, Lab 572
CLECKHEATON WEST - Con gain from Ind
Jack Pearson, Con 809
Walter Burton, Lab 670
GOMERSAL
*Willie Stillingfleet, Ind 796
Stanley E Wicking, Lab 460
HECKMONDWIKE - 4 seats
Elected:
*Fred Townsend, Ind 1821
*Fred Hughes, Ind 1625
Albert Taylor, Ind 1488
Joseph Sykes, Ind 1463
Unsuccessful:
*Charles Frederick Raynes, Ind 1422
Joseph William Gosterley, Lab 929
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
Herbert Pearson, Ind 789
Dennis Page, Lab 694
MILLBRIDGE - Lab gain from Ind
Tom Kerswill, Lab 532
Mrs AE Sands, Lib 390
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH - Con gain from Ind
Alfred William Smith, Con 1009
Harry Moore, Lab 622
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*George Blackburn, Ind 1089
Harry Lockwood, Lab 601
SCHOLES - Con gain from Lab
David Durrans Firth, Con 756
Harold Rotheray, Lab 503
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - Con gain from Lab
Herbert Edgar Wilcock, Con 821
*Harry Barstow, Lab 639
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 19, 2020 16:19:43 GMT
1946
BIRKENSHAW - 2 seats - 1 Ind gain
*WE Tetley, Ind 903
Harold Siddle, Ind 761 - elected for 2 years
JW Gardener, Lab 475
CLECKHEATON EAST
DE Riding, Lab 668
HW Hemsworth, Con 521
JW Templeton, Comm 112
CLECKHEATON WEST - 2 seats
*WH Pullan, Con 859
AA Bayley, Con 783
W Burton, Lab 726
T Harrison, Lab 604
GOMERSAL - 3 seats
Elected:
FE Wilde, Ind 1301
*JV Shorrock, Ind 910
Willie Stillingfleet, Ind 885 - elected for 1 year
Unsuccessful:
SE Wicking 618
E Swallow 515
WP Denton, Lab 473
A Webster, Lab 406
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD - 2 seats - 2 Lab gains
L Mallinson, Lab 924
Marion Noden, Lab 826
JEP Furness, Ind 744
*F Firth, Ind 681
MILLBRIDGE - 2 seats
*A Stott, Lab 549
Annie E Sands, Lib 317
Details for other candidates to be located
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH - Lab gain from Ind
JW Wainwright, Lab 728
*Ann Sucksmith, Ind 684
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE - 2 seats
*AD Heaton, Ind 800
*E Crossland, Ind 776
A Milton, Lab 762
T Kerswell, Lab 721
SCHOLES - 2 seats
Unopposed returns:
SR Ellis
P Fawcett
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - 2 seats - 2 Lab gains
AR Stockhill, Lab 815
Annis Holroyd, Lab 771
Sydney Walker, Con 748
S Stead, Lab 640
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Post by swanarcadian on Jan 1, 2021 16:58:50 GMT
1939
BIRKENSHAW
Harold Hirst, director of limited company 741
*Frederick Powell, gentleman 536
CLECKHEATON EAST
*George William Hayes, retired tailor and costumier 537
Jack Senior, poster writer 432
CLECKHEATON WEST
Clifford Child, rag merchant 569
*Fred A Brown, chartered secretary 566
GOMERSAL
*Ralph Whitehead, gentleman 400
Fred Hodgson, railway shopman 259
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD
Joseph Pinder, solicitor 683
*Fred Arthur Aldridge, mechanic 585
MILLBRIDGE
*Thomas William Shaw, miner 614 - stood as Labour candidate in 1948
Robert Crowther, grocer 481
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*George Thomas Ellison, colliery manager, Unopposed return
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*George Blackburn, woollen manufacturer, Unopposed return
SCHOLES
Mrs. Mary Maud Waddington, Unopposed return
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
Harry Barstow, spinning overlooker, Unopposed return
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Post by swanarcadian on Jan 17, 2021 12:20:25 GMT
1938
BIRKENSHAW
*Geoffrey Booth Bates, Ind 505
Harold Hirst, Lab 490
CLECKHEATON EAST
Leonard Mallard, Lab 422
Percy Neave Hartley, Ind 313
CLECKHEATON WEST
*Francis Theodore Sobey, Ind, Unopposed return
GOMERSAL
*James Donald Tetlow, Ind, Unopposed return
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSTEAD
Benjamin Bentley, Ind 803
Percy Furness, Lab 453
MILLBRIDGE
*Edric Crowther, Ind, Unopposed return
OAKENSHAW AND HUNSWORTH
*John Robert Burdon Abbott, Ind, Unopposed return
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE
*Mrs Laura Whiteley, Ind 559
Willie Connor, Lab 446
SCHOLES
*James William Fenton, Lab 457
Fred Marston, Ind 301
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN
*Walter Dove, Ind 440
Geoffrey Moore, Lab 368
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Post by swanarcadian on Apr 2, 2021 16:48:06 GMT
1937
BIRKENSHAW - 3 seats
Elected:
WE Tetley, dyeware and chemical merchant 763
Frederick Powell, gentleman 675
Geoffrey Booth Bates, worsted spinner 585
Unsuccessful:
Harold Hirst, director 559
John Gill, company director 301
CLECKHEATON EAST - 3 seats
Elected:
GM Sharp, outfitter 760
George William Hayes, retired tailor 725
HS Ellison, chemical manufacturer 619
Unsuccessful:
Mrs. Margaret Sharp 554
Edwin Brook, labourer 423
CLECKHEATON WEST - 3 seats
Elected:
JJ Brooke, gentleman 909
Fred A Brown, chartered secretary 900
Francis Theodore Sobey, worsted spinner 742
Unsuccessful:
Willie Oliver, technical chemist 535
HIGHTOWN AND HARTSHEAD - 3 seats
Elected:
Frank Firth, farmer 791
Fred Arthur Aldridge, mechanic 608
TW Howarth, farmer 573
Unsuccessful:
GE Hutchinson, solicitor 562
PN Hartley, provision merchant 534
P Furness, commission agent 524
ROBERTTOWN AND NORRISTHORPE - 3 seats
Elected:
E Crossland, gentleman 788
George Blackburn, woollen manufacturer 778
Mrs. Laura Whiteley 729
Unsuccessful:
George Beacock, unemployed brush-hand painter 213
SCHOLES - 3 seats
Elected:
SR Ellis, chemist 625
Mrs. Mary Maud Waddington 530
James William Fenton, mason's labourer 422
Unsuccessful:
F Marston, farmer 401
H Roberts, dyer's labourer 367
SPEN AND LITTLETOWN - 3 seats
Elected:
F Saxton, worsted spinner 762
H Thornton, insurance representative 612
Walter Dove, engineer 446
Unsuccessful:
L Mallard, tool grinder 414
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Post by rightleaning on Apr 29, 2023 8:40:45 GMT
SPENBOROUGH MB - 1972
Birkenshaw
P. Mallpass Con 1166
Ms. M. Hepworth Lab 614
Cleckheaton East
G. worth Lab 636
B. Oram Con 354
Cleckheaton West
J. Marshall Lab 913
Ms. M. Bentley Con 501
Gomersal
E. Bell Lab 909
S. Thornton Con 861
Hightown & Hartshead
Ms. D. Harrison Lab 1160
R. Brown Con 905
Millbridge
D. Housecroft Lab 408
J. Tracey Con 227
C. Beaumont Lib 100
Oakenshaw & Hunsworth
L. Kershaw Con 980
H. Pindred Lab 493
Roberttown & Norristhorpe
Ms. M. Edgar Con 918
J. Walker Lab 507
Scholes
Ms. M. Harwood Con 786
L. Rayer Lab 582
D. Alcock Lib 208
Spen & Littletown
Ms. I. Oates Lab 781
D. Durrans Lib 631
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Post by rightleaning on Apr 29, 2023 8:41:53 GMT
SPENBOROUGH MB - 1971
Birkenshaw
K. Ellis Con 949
Ms. M. Hepworth Lab 624
Cleckheaton East
J. Hey Lab 743
B. Oram Con 346
Ms. M. Beaumont Lib 55
Cleckheaton West
Ms. G. Kell Lab 1055
D. Brown Con 672
Gomersal
J. Dewhirst Lab 1187
T. Pyrah Con 742
Hightown & Hartshead
H. Leaper Lab 1410
R. Dobson Con 965
Millbridge
S. Harrison Lab 477
E. Ackroyd Con 297
C. Beaumont Lib 87
Oakenshaw & Hunsworth
P. Wolfenden Con 849
T. Paine Lab 637
Roberttown & Norristhorpe
T. Hardy Con 940
G. Morrell Lab 606
Scholes
L. Smith Lib 1086
R. Schofield Con 535
Spen & Littletown
H. Fox Lab 878
J. Senior Con 451
H. Hemmingway Lib 327
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Post by rightleaning on Apr 29, 2023 8:42:50 GMT
SPENBOROUGH MB - 1970
Birkenshaw
P. Hall Con 1078
Ms. M. Hepworth Lab 470
Cleckheaton East
D. Chesterman Lab 596
B. Oram Con 426
Cleckheaton West
G. Dobson Lab 836
R. Schofield Con 704
Gomersal
D. Barker Con 922
T. Paine Lab 754
Hightown & Hartshead
J. Brooke Con 1149
H. Leaper Lab 949
Millbridge
F. Allatt Lab 527
R. Lea Con 284
Oakenshaw & Hunsworth
K. Sowden Con 967
R. Clayton Lab 394
Roberttown & Norristhorpe
R. Sewell Con 1068
O. Morrell Lab 368
Scholes
M. Cooke Con 598
L. Smith Lib 583
R. Watson Lab 349
Spen & Littletown
E. Dyas Lab 767
Ms. M. Edgar Con 584
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