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. A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...
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. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. ... The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ...
The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... The 1886 UK general election took place from July 1-27, 1886. ... The UK general election of 1906 was from 12th January – 8th February 1906. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ...
Election results
See also
Osgoldcross Rural District
References
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