Osgoldcross (UK Parliament constituency)

Osgoldcross was a parliamentary constituency in the Osgoldcross Rural District of West 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.

History
The constituency was created when the two-member Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of
 * the municipal borough of Pontefract,
 * the wapentake of Osgoldcross,
 * the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Upper Barkston Ash of Brotherton, Fairburn, Ledsham and Ledstone, and
 * the Parishes in the Sessional Division of Skyrack of Allerton Bywater and Kippax.

Elections in the 1890s
Austin left the Liberal Party and sought re-election as an independent candidate.



Elections in the 1900s




Elections in the 1910s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Liberal: Joseph Compton-Rickett
 * Unionist:
 * Labour: John Potts