Morley (UK Parliament constituency)
# Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.

## History

The constituency was created when the two-member Southern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Batley and Morley constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1885 | Charles Milnes Gaskell | Liberal |
| | 1892 | Alfred Hutton | Liberal |
| | 1910 (January) | Gerald France | Liberal |
| 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished: see Batley & Morley | constituency abolished: see Batley & Morley |

## Elections

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Charles Milnes Gaskell | 6,684 | 67.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Joseph John Dunnington-Jefferson | 3,177 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,507 | 35.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,861 | 86.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,467 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |

General election 1886: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Charles Milnes Gaskell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 5,818 | 61.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Carr | 3,656 | 38.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,162 | 22.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,474 | 71.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,343 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1895: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 5,834 | 58.3 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | William Carr | 4,166 | 41.7 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,668 | 16.6 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,000 | 75.2 | +4.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,300 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −3.1 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Alfred Hutton | 6,428 | 62.3 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | William Boyd Carpenter | 3,888 | 37.7 | -4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,540 | 24.6 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,316 | 73.4 | -1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,049 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 | |

General election 1906: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Alfred Hutton | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Gerald France | 8,026 | 59.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Stobart Charlesworth | 3,395 | 24.9 | New |
| | Labour | Herbert Smith | 2,191 | 16.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,631 | 34.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,612 | 86.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election December 1910: Morley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Gerald France | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

* Liberal: Gerald France
* Labour:
