Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then replaced by the seats of Batley and Spen & Morley and Leeds South.
Boundaries 1918–1950: The Boroughs of Batley, Morley, and Ossett.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Batley and Morley.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 Gerald France Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal1922 Ben Turner Labour1924 Walter Forrest Liberal1929 Sir Ben Turner Labour1931 Wilfrid Wills Conservative1935 Willie Brooke Labour1939 by-election Hubert Beaumont Labour1949 by-election Sir Alfred Broughton Labour1979 Ken Woolmer Labour1983 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Liberal Party candidate Ernest Dalton withdrew
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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