Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

Osgoldcross was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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in the Osgoldcross Rural District

Osgoldcross Rural District

Osgoldcross Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was created in 1938, from 19 remaining parishes of the disbanded Pontefract Rural District after three-quarters of its population had been transferred to surrounding authorities - specifically to...

of West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MP) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire

Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency covering part of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.- History :The constituency was created...

was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

for the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

. It was abolished for the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

provided that the constituency should consist of

the municipal borough of Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...

,
the wapentake of Osgoldcross
Osgoldcross (wapentake)
Osgoldcross was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It included the parishes of Adlingfleet, Badsworth, Burghwallis, Campsall, Castleford, Darrington, Kellington, South Kirkby, Owston, Pontefract, Whitgift, Womersley, Ferry Fryston and parts of Featherstone, Snaith and...

,
the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Upper Barkston Ash
Barkston Ash
Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. Until recently it was officially called Barkston. A local legend has it that the ash tree which stands in the centre of the village and gives it its name also marks the exact centre of Yorkshire, and that...

of Brotherton
Brotherton
Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 672. The village is on the border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire . Brotherton was on the A1 road two miles north of Knottingley, before...

, Fairburn, Ledsham
Ledsham, West Yorkshire
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and Ledston
Ledston
Ledston is a village and civil parish north of Castleford and east of Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough...

e, and
the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Skyrack
Skyrack
Skyrack was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into upper and lower divisions and centred on Leeds. The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included...

of Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The village itself is north of Castleford and lies in the WF10 Castleford postcode area...

and Kippax
Kippax
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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir John Ramsden, Bt Sir John Ramsden, 5th Baronet Sir John Ramsden, 5th Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.The fifth Baronet was elected as a Member of Parliament for Hythe in 1857 and served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1857 to 1858. He resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 9 February 1859...	Independent Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*...	Sir John Austin, Bt Sir John Austin, 1st Baronet Sir John Austin, 1st Baronet was a Liberal Party politician in England.At the 1886 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire, defeating the sitting MP Sir John Ramsden, Bt...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1899 Osgoldcross by-election, 1899 The Osgoldcross by-election, 1899 was a parliamentary by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire held on 5 July 1899.-Vacancy:...		Independent Liberal
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett Joseph Compton-Rickett Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett was a Liberal Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament for Scarborough from 1895 to 1906, for Osgoldcross from 1906 to 1918, and for the Pontefract constituency that largely replaced it from 1918 until his death the following year...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...		constituency abolished

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