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{{UK former constituency infobox| {{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1950}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
| Name = Oldham
{{Infobox UK constituency
| Type = Borough
|name = Oldham
| Year = ]
|type = Borough
| Abolition = ]
| members = two |parliament = uk
|year = 1832
}}
|abolished = 1950
|elects_howmany = two
|previous = ]
|next = ] and ]
|}}


'''Oldham''' was a ] centred on the town of ], in the historic county of ] and the modern region of ] ]. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the ] of 1832 and was abolished before the 1950 general election when it was split into the ] and ] consituencies. '''Oldham''' was a ] centred on the town of ], England. It returned two ] (MPs) to the ] of the ]. The constituency was created by the ] and was abolished for the ] when it was split into the ] and ] constituencies.


The Oldham constituency was perhaps most notable for being where ] began his political career. Although taking two attempts to succeed, in the ] Churchill was elected as the member of Parliament for Oldham. He held the constituency for the ] until he defected from them in defence of free trade in 1904. He then represented the ] as MP for the seat until the ]. The Oldham constituency was where ] ]. Although taking two attempts to succeed, in the ] Churchill was elected as the member of Parliament for Oldham. He held the constituency for the ] until he defected from them in defence of ] in 1904. He then represented the ] as MP for the seat until the ].

==Boundaries==
Though centred on Oldham (the town), the constituency covered a much broader territory; ], ], ] and ] all formed part of this district, though these were each granted individual ] status at a ] level in 1894.

'''1885–1918''': The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Oldham as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria |url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog |location=London |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=–198 |date=1885 |chapter=Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 }}</ref>


== Members of Parliament == == Members of Parliament ==
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|title=The Parliaments of England
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| ]<ref>"an ultra-Radical of Cobbettite opinions" - {{cite news |title=Oldham |work=Manchester Times |date=29 July 1837 |page=3}}</ref><ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="churton">{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|pages=90, 134|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ |via=] |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
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| ]<ref name="johnsonfox-npg">{{cite web |title=William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), Religious and political orator, journalist and Liberal politician; MP for Oldham |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personextended?linkid=mp01660&tab=biography |website=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="johnsonfox-viccommons">{{cite web |last1=Rix |first1=Kathryn |title=A rather pale copy of the original: John Morgan Cobbett (1800–1877) |url=https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/a-rather-pale-copy-of-the-original-john-morgan-cobbett-1800-1877/ |website=The Victorian Commons |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=21 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="johnsonfox-rudy">{{cite book |last1=Rudy |first1=Jason R. |title=Electric meters: Victorian physiological poetics |date=2009 |publisher=] |location=] |isbn=978-0-8214-1882-6 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgaw06bCAdUC&pg=PA47 |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="leedstime1847">{{cite news |title=Oldham |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000336/18470807/039/0007 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Leeds Times |date=7 August 1847 |page=7 |via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="dod">{{cite book|author1=Dod, Charles Roger|author2=Dod, Robert Phipps|author-link1=Charles Roger Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15|date=1847|publisher=]|page=169|access-date=27 November 2018 |via = ] |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=k1MNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA169 }}</ref>
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|rowspan="2"| ]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18520702/036/0004 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=London Evening Standard |date=2 July 1852 |pages=3–4 |via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Reasoner, Volumes 2-3 |date=1847 |page=461 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PIhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA461 |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>
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|rowspan="5"| ] |rowspan="6"| ]<sup>a</sup>
|rowspan="4"| ]<ref name="johnsonfox-viccommons"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The Country |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-july-1835/7/ebt-cottlitru |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=The Spectator |date=11 July 1835 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Electioneering Prospects in Lancashire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000366/18520703/002/0002 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury |date=3 July 1852 |page=2 |via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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| ]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rix |first1=Kathryn |title=MP of the Month: the untimely death of James Platt, MP for Oldham (1823–57) |url=https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/mp-of-the-month-the-untimely-death-of-james-platt-mp-for-oldham-1823-57/ |website=The Victorian Commons |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=27 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000079/18570315/004/0002 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |date=15 March 1857 |page=2 |via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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|colspan="6"| ''Multi member constituency abolished - see ] and ]'' |colspan="6"| ''Multi member constituency abolished - see ] and ]''
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Notes:- Notes:-
* <sup>a</sup> J M Cobbett's political affiliations are complicated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of Mr J M Cobbett MP for Oldham|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=15 February 1877}}</ref> He had stood unsuccessfully on an all-Radical 'plague on both your houses' slate with John Fielden in 1847. He was elected in 1852 as the Radical half of an explicit Radical-Tory alliance.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Elections|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=10 July 1852}}</ref> At the 1857 election he was opposed by two Liberals and denied that he had sold out to Palmerston, asserting that the Liberal Chief Whip had no confidence in him.<ref>{{cite news|title=The General Election|work=Morning Post|date=30 March 1857}}</ref> In 1865 he stood unsuccessfully in conjunction with a Conservative,<ref>{{cite news|title=Oldham Election|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=24 June 1865}}</ref> opposed by two Liberals. Nonetheless, from 1852 to 1865 outside Oldham he was generally taken to be a Liberal. From 1872 to his death in 1877 he sat as a Conservative (but one calling for annual Parliaments and manhood suffrage)<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of Mr Cobbett MP|work=Pall Mall Gazette|date=14 February 1877}}</ref>
* <sup>a</sup> Cobbett last contested the seat as a Liberal in 1865. He was a Conservative candidate from 1868.
* <sup>b</sup> Churchill changed his party allegiance in April 1904. * <sup>b</sup> Churchill changed his party allegiance in April 1904.
* <sup>c</sup> Denniss changed his surname to Bartley-Denniss, when he was knighted in 1922. * <sup>c</sup> Denniss changed his surname to Bartley-Denniss, when he was knighted in 1922.


==Elections==
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===Elections in the 1830s===
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|title=]: Oldham (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 677
|percentage = 43.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 645
|percentage = 40.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Benjamin Heywood Bright<ref>{{cite news |title=8 December 1832 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18321208/018/0003 |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=Sun |page=3 |via = ] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|votes = 150
|percentage = 9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 101
|percentage = 6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Stephen
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.2
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 495
|percentage = 31.4
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 848
|percentage = 75.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,131
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,029
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
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{{Election box end}}

Cobbett's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change|
|title=]: Oldham (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 394
|percentage = 48.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 381
|percentage = 47.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 34
|percentage = 4.2
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 13
|percentage = 1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 809
|percentage = 78.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,029
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 545
|percentage = 32.4
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 541
|percentage = 32.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Jones
|votes = 315
|percentage = 18.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 279
|percentage = 16.6
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 226
|percentage = 13.4
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 859
|percentage = 62.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,372
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,467
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 726
|percentage = 27.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Peelite
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 696
|percentage = 26.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 624
|percentage = 23.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 612
|percentage = 23.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,329 (est)
|percentage = 78.6 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,691
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30
|percentage = 1.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 84
|percentage = 3.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Peelite
|loser = Radicals (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 957
|percentage = 36.8
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Peelite
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 868
|percentage = 33.4
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 777
|percentage = 29.9
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,301 (est)
|percentage = 68.8 (est)
|change = &minus;9.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,890
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 89
|percentage = 3.4
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = +4.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Peelite
|swing = &minus;11.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

Duncuft's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 895
|percentage = 53.3
|change = &minus;13.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Oldham Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18521203/016/0005 |access-date=14 June 2018 |work=] |date=3 December 1852 |page=5 |via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 783
|percentage = 46.7
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 112
|percentage = 6.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,678
|percentage = 84.8
|change = +16.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,978
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Peelite
|swing = &minus;13.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 949
|percentage = 34.1
|change = &minus;2.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 934
|percentage = 33.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 898
|percentage = 32.3
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 36
|percentage = 1.3
|change = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,391 (est)
|percentage = 66.3 (est)
|change = &minus;2.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,098
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Peelite
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

Platt's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = ]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 1,039
|percentage = 35.1
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 966
|percentage = 32.6
|change = &minus;1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 955
|percentage = 32.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 0.3
|change = &minus;1.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,480 (est)
|percentage = 68.8 (est)
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,151
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
Fox's resignation caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 1,104
|percentage = 28.1
|change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 1,075
|percentage = 27.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 899
|percentage = 22.9
|change = &minus;9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 846
|percentage = 21.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 176
|percentage = 4.5
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,962 (est)
|percentage = 85.9 (est)
|change = +17.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,285
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 6,140
|percentage = 25.1
|change = &minus;3.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 6,122
|percentage = 25.0
|change = &minus;2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 6,116
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 6,084
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6
|percentage = 0.0
|change = &minus;4.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,231 (est)
|percentage = 90.9 (est)
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 13,454
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;2.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;2.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
Platt's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=]<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 7,278
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 6,984
|percentage = 49.0
|change = &minus;1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 294
|percentage = 2.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,262
|percentage = 88.8
|change = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 16,063
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 8,582
|percentage = 25.3
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 8,541
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 8,397
|percentage =24.8
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 8,360
|percentage = 24.7
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 222
|percentage = 1.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 144
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,940 (est)
|percentage = 91.3 (est)
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 18,560
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

Cobbett's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=]<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 9,542
|percentage = 51.9
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Evans Lees<ref>{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4470495/4470498/34/lees%20oldham%20hibbert|access-date=26 January 2018|work=]|date=26 February 1877|page=3}}</ref>
|votes = 8,831
|percentage = 48.1
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 711
|percentage = 3.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 18,373
|percentage = 90.7
|change = -0.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,249
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 10,630
|percentage = 27.5
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 10,409
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 8,982
|percentage = 23.3
|change = &minus;2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Smith Taylor-Whitehead<ref name="whitehead">{{cite news|title=The Conservative Candidates for Oldham|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18821122/052/0008|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=22 November 1882|page=8|via = ]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 8,593
|percentage = 22.3
|change = &minus;2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,037
|percentage = 5.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,427
|percentage = 3.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,307 (est)
|percentage = 91.6 (est)
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 21,084
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib89" /><ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,259
|percentage = 25.7
|change = &minus;1.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 11,992
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 11,847
|percentage = 24.9
|change = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Smith Taylor-Whitehead<ref name="whitehead"/>
|votes = 11,491
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,016
|percentage = 93.8
|change = +2.2 (est)
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 25,600
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 768
|percentage = 1.5
|change = &minus;2.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 145
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
]
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib89">''Liberal Year Book'' (1889), p.217</ref><ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 11,606
|percentage = 25.8
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 11,484
|percentage = 25.6
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 10,921
|percentage = 24.3
|change = &minus;1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 10,891
|percentage = 24.3
|change = &minus;0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 563
|percentage = 1.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,608
|percentage = 88.3
|change = &minus;5.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 25,600
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1890s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib17" /><ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,619
|percentage = 25.6
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,541
|percentage = 25.4
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 12,205
|percentage = 24.7
|change = &minus;0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 11,952
|percentage = 24.2
|change = &minus;1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 677
|percentage = 1.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 336
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,857 (est)
|percentage = 89.0
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,929
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
]
]
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib17">''The Liberal Yearbook'' (1917), p.316</ref><ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 13,085
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,465
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Lee
|votes = 12,249
|percentage = 24.6
|change = &minus;1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 12,092
|percentage = 24.2
|change = &minus;1.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 993
|percentage = 2.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 216
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,185 (est)
|percentage = 87.5
|change = &minus;1.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 28,783
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

Ascroft’s death and Oswald's resignation caused a by-election.

]
]
<section begin="By-election 1899" />{{Election box begin |
|title=]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|votes = 12,976
|percentage = 26.7
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,770
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 11,477
|percentage = 23.6
|change = &minus;2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 11,449
|percentage = 23.5
|change = &minus;1.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,527
|percentage = 3.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,293
|percentage = 2.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,546 (est)
|percentage = 86.2
|change = &minus;1.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 28,476
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.8
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="By-election 1899" />

===Elections in the 1900s===
]
<section begin="General Election 1900" />{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lancs" /><ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,947
|percentage = 25.3
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,931
|percentage = 25.3
|change = &minus;0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 12,709
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Charles Birch Crisp
|votes = 12,522
|percentage = 24.5
|change = &minus;0.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,109
|percentage = 87.9
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 29,253
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 425
|percentage = 0.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 222
|percentage = 0.4
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1900" />
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lancs" /><ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 17,397
|percentage = 30.3
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 16,672
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Charles Birch Crisp
|votes = 11,989
|percentage = 20.9
|change = &minus;3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = E. L. Hartley
|votes = 11,391
|percentage = 19.8
|change = &minus;5.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 57,449
|percentage = 89.3
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 32,387
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,683
|percentage = 8.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1910s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lancs" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 19,252
|percentage = 30.0
|change = &minus;0.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 18,840
|percentage = 29.4
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Hilton
|votes = 13,462
|percentage = 21.0
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 12,577
|percentage = 19.6
|change = &minus;0.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,378
|percentage = 8.4
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 64,131
|percentage = 91.8
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 35,315
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lancs">P. F. Clarke, ''Lancashire and the New Liberalism'', pp.&nbsp;435–436</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 17,108
|percentage = 28.1
|change = &minus;1.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 16,941
|percentage = 27.9
|change = &minus;1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Edward Wrigley
|votes = 13,440
|percentage = 22.1
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 13,281
|percentage = 21.9
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,501
|percentage = 5.8
|change = &minus;2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 60,770
|percentage = 86.8
|change = &minus;5.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 35,315
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;1.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box begin |
|title=]<ref>'']'', 14 November 1911, p.9</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 12,255
|percentage = 40.4
|change = &minus;3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 10,623
|percentage = 35.0
|change = &minus;21.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 7,448
|percentage = 24.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,632
|percentage = 5.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,326
|percentage = 85.1
|change = &minus;1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 35,626
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
'''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''': W. H. Sumnervell
*'''Unionist''': John Radcliffe Platt, ]
*'''Labour''': ]

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{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib23" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 26,568
|percentage = 34.3
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 26,254
|percentage = 34.0
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 15,178
|percentage = 19.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 9,323
|percentage = 12.1
|change = &minus;16.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 77,323
|percentage = 54.2
|change = &minus;32.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 71,378
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,245
|percentage = 22.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +14.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,076
|percentage = 14.4
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}

===Elections in the 1920s===
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{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="lib23">''The Liberal Year Book'' (1923), p.261</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 24,762
|percentage = 28.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 24,434
|percentage = 27.7
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Smethurst
|votes = 23,200
|percentage = 26.2
|change = &minus;8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Tudor Davies
|votes = 9,812
|percentage = 11.1
|change = &minus;22.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 6,186
|percentage = 7.0
|change = &minus;5.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 88,394
|percentage = 62.6
|change = +8.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,950
|percentage = 16.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +8.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,234
|percentage = 1.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham (2 seats) <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 20,939
|percentage = 23.4
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 20,681
|percentage = 23.2
|change = -4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 17,990
|percentage = 20.1
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = W.E. Freeman
|votes = 15,819
|percentage = 17.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Smethurst
|votes = 13,894
|percentage = 15.6
|change = -10.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,949
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,862
|percentage = 5.5
|change = -11.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 89,323
|percentage = 76.3
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="const" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 37,419
|percentage = 31.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 36,761
|percentage = 30.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 23,623
|percentage = 19.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 22,081
|percentage = 18.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,796
|percentage = 11.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 119,884
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=]<ref>], ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949''; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p211</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 26,325
|percentage = 54.8
|change = +24.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 21,702
|percentage = 45.2
|change = +25.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,623
|percentage = 9.6
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,027
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="const" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 34,223
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 32,727
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 29,424
|percentage = 22.5
|change = -8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 20,810
|percentage = 15.9
|change = -14.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George James Jenkins
|votes = 13,528
|percentage = 10.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,413
|percentage = 10.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,303
|percentage = 2.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 130,712
|percentage = 81.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1930s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="const" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 50,693
|percentage = 32.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 50,395
|percentage = 32.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 28,629
|percentage = 18.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 26,361
|percentage = 16.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,766
|percentage = 14.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24,034
|percentage = 15.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 156,348
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref name="const">''The Constitutional Year Book'' (1938), p.220</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 36,738
|percentage = 25.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 34,755
|percentage = 24.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 34,316
|percentage = 23.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 29,647
|percentage = 20.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Gretton Ward
|votes = 8,534
|percentage = 5.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,983
|percentage = 1.68
|change = -12.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 143,990
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
'''General Election 1939–40'''

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
*'''Conservative''': ]
*'''Liberal National''': ]
*'''Labour''': ], D A Mainds<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>
*'''Liberal''': James Taylor Middleton<ref>The Liberal Magazine, 1939</ref>

===Elections in the 1940s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Oldham<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i15.htm|title=Politics Resources|work=Election 1945|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095736/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i15.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 31,704
|percentage = 23.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}]
|votes = 31,327
|percentage = 23.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 26,911
|percentage = 20.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 24,199
|percentage = 18.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Taylor Middleton
|votes = 10,365
|percentage = 7.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Donald Farrell Powell
|votes = 8,264
|percentage = 6.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,505
|percentage = 5.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,416
|percentage = 3.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 132,770
|percentage = 74.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972'', compiled and edited by ] (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1950

Oldham
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1950
Seatstwo
Created fromLancashire
Replaced byOldham East and Oldham West

Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 and was abolished for the 1950 general election when it was split into the Oldham East and Oldham West constituencies.

The Oldham constituency was where Winston Churchill began his political career. Although taking two attempts to succeed, in the 1900 general election Churchill was elected as the member of Parliament for Oldham. He held the constituency for the Conservative Party until he defected from them in defence of free trade in 1904. He then represented the Liberal Party as MP for the seat until the 1906 general election.

Boundaries

Though centred on Oldham (the town), the constituency covered a much broader territory; Shaw and Crompton, Royton, Chadderton and Lees all formed part of this district, though these were each granted individual urban district status at a local government level in 1894.

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Oldham as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.

Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 John Fielden Radical William Cobbett Radical
1835 by-election John Frederick Lees Conservative
1837 William Augustus Johnson Radical
1847 William Johnson Fox Radical John Duncuft Peelite
1852 John Morgan Cobbett Radical
1852 by-election William Johnson Fox Radical
1857 James Platt Radical
1857 by-election William Johnson Fox Radical
1859 Liberal Liberal
1862 by-election J. T. Hibbert Liberal
1865 John Platt Liberal
1872 by-election John Morgan Cobbett Conservative
1874 Frederick Spinks Conservative
1877 by-election J. T. Hibbert Liberal
1880 Hon. Edward Stanley Liberal
1885 James Mackenzie Maclean Conservative
1886 Elliott Lees Conservative
1892 Joshua Milne Cheetham Liberal J. T. Hibbert Liberal
1895 Robert Ascroft Conservative James Francis Oswald Conservative
1899 by-election Rt Hon. Alfred Emmott Liberal Walter Runciman Liberal
1900 Winston Churchill Conservative
1904 Liberal
1906 John Albert Bright Liberal
1910 (Jan) Sir William Barton Liberal
1911 by-election Edmund Bartley-Denniss Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative Coalition Liberal
1922 Sir Edward Grigg National Liberal William John Tout Labour
1923 Liberal
1924 Duff Cooper Conservative
1925 by-election William Wiggins Liberal
1929 Rev. Gordon Lang Labour James Wilson Labour
1931 Anthony Crossley Conservative Hamilton Kerr Conservative
1935 John Dodd National Liberal
1945 Frank Fairhurst Labour Leslie Hale Labour
1950 Multi member constituency abolished - see Oldham East and Oldham West

Notes:-

  • J M Cobbett's political affiliations are complicated. He had stood unsuccessfully on an all-Radical 'plague on both your houses' slate with John Fielden in 1847. He was elected in 1852 as the Radical half of an explicit Radical-Tory alliance. At the 1857 election he was opposed by two Liberals and denied that he had sold out to Palmerston, asserting that the Liberal Chief Whip had no confidence in him. In 1865 he stood unsuccessfully in conjunction with a Conservative, opposed by two Liberals. Nonetheless, from 1852 to 1865 outside Oldham he was generally taken to be a Liberal. From 1872 to his death in 1877 he sat as a Conservative (but one calling for annual Parliaments and manhood suffrage)
  • Churchill changed his party allegiance in April 1904.
  • Denniss changed his surname to Bartley-Denniss, when he was knighted in 1922.

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Oldham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Radical Green tickYJohn Fielden 677 43.0
Radical Green tickYWilliam Cobbett 645 40.9
Whig Benjamin Heywood Bright 150 9.5
Tory William Burge 101 6.4
Whig George Stephen 3 0.2
Majority 495 31.4
Turnout 848 75.0
Registered electors 1,131
Radical win (new seat)
Radical win (new seat)
General election 1835: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes %
Radical Green tickYJohn Fielden Unopposed
Radical Green tickYWilliam Cobbett Unopposed
Registered electors 1,029
Radical hold
Radical hold

Cobbett's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 July 1835: Oldham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Green tickYJohn Frederick Lees 394 48.7
Radical John Morgan Cobbett 381 47.1
Radical Feargus O'Connor 34 4.2
Majority 13 1.6
Turnout 809 78.6
Registered electors 1,029
Conservative gain from Radical
General election 1837: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes %
Radical Green tickYWilliam Augustus Johnson 545 32.4
Radical Green tickYJohn Fielden 541 32.2
Conservative Joseph Jones 315 18.8
Conservative John Frederick Lees 279 16.6
Majority 226 13.4
Turnout 859 62.6
Registered electors 1,372
Radical hold
Radical hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Green tickYJohn Fielden Unopposed
Radical Green tickYWilliam Augustus Johnson Unopposed
Registered electors 1,467
Radical hold
Radical hold
General election 1847: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Green tickYWilliam Johnson Fox 726 27.3 N/A
Peelite Green tickYJohn Duncuft 696 26.2 New
Radical John Morgan Cobbett 624 23.5 N/A
Radical John Fielden 612 23.0 N/A
Turnout 1,329 (est) 78.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,691
Majority 30 1.1 N/A
Radical hold Swing N/A
Majority 84 3.2 N/A
Peelite gain from Radical Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Green tickYJohn Morgan Cobbett 957 36.8 +13.3
Peelite Green tickYJohn Duncuft 868 33.4 +7.2
Radical William Johnson Fox 777 29.9 +2.6
Turnout 1,301 (est) 68.8 (est) −9.8
Registered electors 1,890
Majority 89 3.4 +2.3
Radical hold Swing +4.9
Majority 91 3.5 +0.3
Peelite hold Swing −11.6

Duncuft's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 3 December 1852: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Green tickYWilliam Johnson Fox 895 53.3 −13.4
Conservative James Heald 783 46.7 +13.3
Majority 112 6.6 N/A
Turnout 1,678 84.8 +16.0
Registered electors 1,978
Radical gain from Peelite Swing −13.3
General election 1857: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Green tickYJohn Morgan Cobbett 949 34.1 −2.7
Radical Green tickYJames Platt 934 33.6 N/A
Radical William Johnson Fox 898 32.3 +2.4
Majority 36 1.3 −2.1
Turnout 1,391 (est) 66.3 (est) −2.5
Registered electors 2,098
Radical hold Swing N/A
Radical gain from Peelite Swing N/A

Platt's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 19 October 1857: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Johnson Fox Unopposed
Radical hold
General election 1859: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYWilliam Johnson Fox 1,039 35.1 +2.8
Liberal Green tickYJohn Morgan Cobbett 966 32.6 −1.5
Liberal J. T. Hibbert 955 32.3 N/A
Majority 11 0.3 −1.0
Turnout 1,480 (est) 68.8 (est) +2.5
Registered electors 2,151
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

Fox's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 May 1862: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 1,104 28.1 −4.2
Liberal Green tickYJohn Platt 1,075 27.4 N/A
Liberal John Morgan Cobbett 899 22.9 −9.7
Conservative Frederick Spinks 846 21.6 New
Majority 176 4.5 +4.2
Turnout 1,962 (est) 85.9 (est) +17.1
Registered electors 2,285
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1868: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 6,140 25.1 −3.0
Liberal Green tickYJohn Platt 6,122 25.0 −2.4
Conservative John Morgan Cobbett 6,116 25.0 +2.1
Conservative Frederick Spinks 6,084 24.9 +3.3
Majority 6 0.0 −4.5
Turnout 12,231 (est) 90.9 (est) +5.0
Registered electors 13,454
Liberal hold Swing −2.9
Liberal hold Swing −2.6

Elections in the 1870s

Platt's death caused a by-election.

1872 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYJohn Morgan Cobbett 7,278 51.0 +1.1
Liberal Edward Stanley 6,984 49.0 −1.1
Majority 294 2.0 N/A
Turnout 14,262 88.8 −2.1
Registered electors 16,063
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.1
General election 1874: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYFrederick Spinks 8,582 25.3 +0.4
Conservative Green tickYJohn Morgan Cobbett 8,541 25.2 +0.2
Liberal J. T. Hibbert 8,397 24.8 −0.3
Liberal Edward Stanley 8,360 24.7 −0.3
Majority 222 1.6 N/A
Majority 144 0.4 N/A
Turnout 16,940 (est) 91.3 (est) +0.4
Registered electors 18,560
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.3

Cobbett's death caused a by-election.

1877 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 9,542 51.9 +2.4
Conservative Thomas Evans Lees 8,831 48.1 −2.4
Majority 711 3.8 N/A
Turnout 18,373 90.7 −0.6
Registered electors 20,249
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 10,630 27.5 +2.7
Liberal Green tickYEdward Stanley 10,409 27.0 +2.3
Conservative Frederick Spinks 8,982 23.3 −2.0
Conservative Smith Taylor-Whitehead 8,593 22.3 −2.9
Majority 2,037 5.2 N/A
Majority 1,427 3.7 N/A
Turnout 19,307 (est) 91.6 (est) +0.3
Registered electors 21,084
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.6
General election 1885: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 12,259 25.7 −1.8
Conservative Green tickYJames Mackenzie Maclean 11,992 25.2 +1.9
Liberal Edward Stanley 11,847 24.9 −2.1
Conservative Smith Taylor-Whitehead 11,491 24.9 +1.9
Turnout 24,016 93.8 +2.2 (est)
Registered electors 25,600
Majority 768 1.5 −2.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.9
Majority 145 0.3 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.0
Elliot Lees
General election 1886: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYJames Mackenzie Maclean 11,606 25.8 +0.6
Conservative Green tickYElliot Lees 11,484 25.6 +1.4
Liberal J. T. Hibbert 10,921 24.3 −1.4
Liberal Joshua Cheetham 10,891 24.3 −0.6
Majority 563 1.3 N/A
Turnout 22,608 88.3 −5.5
Registered electors 25,600
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYJoshua Cheetham 12,619 25.6 +1.3
Liberal Green tickYJ. T. Hibbert 12,541 25.4 +1.1
Conservative Elliot Lees 12,205 24.7 −0.8
Conservative James Mackenzie Maclean 11,952 24.2 −1.6
Majority 677 1.4 N/A
Majority 336 0.7 N/A
Turnout 24,857 (est) 89.0 +0.7
Registered electors 27,929
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.4
Robert Ascroft
James Oswald
General election 1895: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYRobert Ascroft 13,085 26.2 +1.5
Conservative Green tickYJames Oswald 12,465 25.0 +0.8
Liberal Adam Lee 12,249 24.6 −1.0
Liberal J. T. Hibbert 12,092 24.2 −1.2
Majority 993 2.0 N/A
Majority 216 0.4 N/A
Turnout 25,185 (est) 87.5 −1.5
Registered electors 28,783
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.0

Ascroft’s death and Oswald's resignation caused a by-election.

Walter Runciman
James Mawdsley
1899 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 12,976 26.7 +2.1
Liberal Green tickYWalter Runciman 12,770 26.2 +2.0
Conservative Winston Churchill 11,477 23.6 −2.6
Conservative James Mawdsley 11,449 23.5 −1.5
Majority 1,527 3.2 N/A
Majority 1,293 2.6 N/A
Turnout 24,546 (est) 86.2 −1.3
Registered electors 28,476
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1900s

Alfred Emmott
General election 1900: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 12,947 25.3 +0.7
Conservative Green tickYWinston Churchill 12,931 25.3 −0.9
Liberal Walter Runciman 12,709 24.9 +0.7
Conservative Charles Birch Crisp 12,522 24.5 −0.5
Turnout 51,109 87.9 +0.4
Registered electors 29,253
Majority 425 0.8 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.6
Majority 222 0.4 0.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.8
General election 1906: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 17,397 30.3 +5.0
Liberal Green tickYJohn Bright 16,672 29.0 +4.1
Conservative Charles Birch Crisp 11,989 20.9 −3.6
Conservative E. L. Hartley 11,391 19.8 −5.5
Turnout 57,449 89.3 +1.4
Registered electors 32,387
Majority 4,683 8.1 N/A
Liberal hold Swing +4.3
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 19,252 30.0 −0.3
Liberal Green tickYWilliam Barton 18,840 29.4 +0.4
Conservative Joseph Hilton 13,462 21.0 +0.1
Conservative Sidney Stott 12,577 19.6 −0.2
Majority 5,378 8.4 +0.3
Turnout 64,131 91.8 +2.5
Registered electors 35,315
Liberal hold Swing −0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
General election December 1910: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 17,108 28.1 −1.9
Liberal Green tickYWilliam Barton 16,941 27.9 −1.5
Conservative Arthur Edward Wrigley 13,440 22.1 +1.1
Conservative Edmund Bartley-Denniss 13,281 21.9 +2.3
Majority 3,501 5.8 −2.6
Turnout 60,770 86.8 −5.0
Registered electors 35,315
Liberal hold Swing −1.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.3
1911 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYEdmund Bartley-Denniss 12,255 40.4 −3.6
Liberal Arthur Stanley 10,623 35.0 −21.0
Labour William C. Robinson 7,448 24.6 New
Majority 1,632 5.4 N/A
Turnout 30,326 85.1 −1.7
Registered electors 35,626
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.7

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;

William Barton
General election 1918: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Green tickYEdmund Bartley-Denniss 26,568 34.3 +12.4
C Liberal Green tickYWilliam Barton 26,254 34.0 +6.1
Labour William C. Robinson 15,178 19.6 N/A
Liberal Walter Rea 9,323 12.1 −16.0
Turnout 77,323 54.2 −32.6
Registered electors 71,378
Majority 17,245 22.2 N/A
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +14.2
Majority 11,076 14.4 +8.6
Liberal hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Edward Grigg
General election 1922: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Green tickYEdward Grigg 24,762 28.0 N/A
Labour Green tickYWilliam Tout 24,434 27.7 +8.1
Unionist Samuel Smethurst 23,200 26.2 −8.1
Liberal William Tudor Davies 9,812 11.1 −22.9
Liberal Mary Emmott 6,186 7.0 −5.1
Turnout 88,394 62.6 +8.4
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority 14,950 16.7 N/A
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.1
Majority 1,234 1.5 N/A
General election 1923: Oldham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYWilliam Tout 20,939 23.4 −4.3
Liberal Green tickYEdward Grigg 20,681 23.2 −4.8
Liberal William Wiggins 17,990 20.1 +9.0
Unionist W.E. Freeman 15,819 17.7 N/A
Unionist Samuel Smethurst 13,894 15.6 −10.6
Majority 2,949 3.3 +1.8
Majority 4,862 5.5 −11.2
Turnout 89,323 76.3 +13.7
Labour hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1924: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Green tickYDuff Cooper 37,419 31.2
Liberal Green tickYEdward Grigg 36,761 30.7
Labour William Tout 23,623 19.7
Labour James Wilson 22,081 18.4
Majority 13,796 11.5 N/A
Turnout 119,884
Liberal hold Swing
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
1925 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYWilliam Wiggins 26,325 54.8 +24.1
Labour William Tout 21,702 45.2 +25.5
Majority 4,623 9.6 −1.4
Turnout 48,027
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1929: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYGordon Lang 34,223 26.2 +6.5
Labour Green tickYJames Wilson 32,727 25.0 +6.6
Unionist Duff Cooper 29,424 22.5 −8.7
Liberal John Dodd 20,810 15.9 −14.8
Liberal George James Jenkins 13,528 10.4 N/A
Majority 13,413 10.3 N/A
Majority 3,303 2.5 N/A
Turnout 130,712 81.2
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYAnthony Crossley 50,693 32.5
Conservative Green tickYHamilton Kerr 50,395 32.3
Labour Gordon Lang 28,629 18.3
Labour James Wilson 26,361 16.9
Majority 21,766 14.2 N/A
Majority 24,034 15.4 N/A
Turnout 156,348
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYHamilton Kerr 36,738 25.51
National Liberal Green tickYJohn Dodd 34,755 24.13
Labour Gordon Lang 34,316 23.83
Labour Matthew Burrow Farr 29,647 20.58
Liberal William Gretton Ward 8,534 5.92
Majority 1,983 1.68 −12.5
Turnout 143,990
Conservative hold Swing
National Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYFrank Fairhurst 31,704 23.9
Labour Green tickYLeslie Hale 31,327 23.6
Conservative Hamilton Kerr 26,911 20.3
National Liberal John Dodd 24,199 18.2
Liberal James Taylor Middleton 10,365 7.8
Liberal Thomas Donald Farrell Powell 8,264 6.2
Majority 7,505 5.7 N/A
Majority 4,416 3.3 N/A
Turnout 132,770 74.6
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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