Oldham, UK Parliamentary general election
At the most recent election (5 July 1945), Frank Fairhurst (The Labour Party) and Charles Leslie Hale (The Labour Party) won Oldham, with a majority of 4,416 votes.
At the Local Elections 1975 (1 May 1975), 6 seats on Oldham were filled: Conservative Party 5 and The Labour Party 1. Conservative Party won a majority of the seats contested.
- Area type
- constituency
- Within
- UK Parliamentary general election
- Elections recorded
- 8
- Wards / divisions
- 11
| Election | Date | Seats won by party |
|---|---|---|
| Local Elections 1976 | 6 May 1976 | Conservative Party 2 |
| Local Elections 1975 | 1 May 1975 | Conservative Party 5, The Labour Party 1 |
| Local Elections 10 May 1973 (metropolitan and Welsh districts) | 10 May 1973 | The Labour Party 6, Conservative Party 2, Independent 1 |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Fairhurst | The Labour Party | 31,704 | 23.9% | Yes |
| Charles Leslie Hale | The Labour Party | 31,327 | 23.6% | Yes |
| Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative Party | 26,911 | 20.3% | No |
| John Samuel Dodd | Liberal National | 24,199 | 18.2% | No |
| James Taylor Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 10,365 | 7.8% | No |
| Thomas Donald Farrell Powell | Liberal Democrats | 8,264 | 6.2% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative Party | 36,738 | 25.5% | Yes |
| John Samuel Dodd | Liberal National | 34,755 | 24.1% | Yes |
| Gordon Lang | The Labour Party | 34,316 | 23.8% | No |
| Matthew Burrow Farr | The Labour Party | 29,647 | 20.6% | No |
| William Gretton Ward | Liberal Democrats | 8,534 | 5.9% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Crommelin Crossley | Conservative Party | 50,693 | 32.4% | Yes |
| Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative Party | 50,395 | 32.2% | Yes |
| Gordon Lang | The Labour Party | 28,629 | 18.3% | No |
| J. Wilson | The Labour Party | 26,631 | 17% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Lang | The Labour Party | 34,223 | 26.2% | Yes |
| J. Wilson | The Labour Party | 32,727 | 25% | Yes |
| Alfred Duff Cooper | Unionist | 29,424 | 22.5% | No |
| John Dodd | Liberal Democrats | 20,810 | 15.9% | No |
| George James Jenkins | Liberal Democrats | 13,528 | 10.3% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Duff Cooper | Unionist | 37,419 | 31.2% | Yes |
| Edward William Macleay Grigg | Liberal Democrats | 36,761 | 30.7% | Yes |
| William John Tout | The Labour Party | 23,623 | 19.7% | No |
| J. Wilson | The Labour Party | 22,081 | 18.4% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William John Tout | The Labour Party | 20,939 | 23.4% | Yes |
| Edward William Macleay Grigg | Liberal Democrats | 20,681 | 23.2% | Yes |
| William Martin Wiggins | Liberal Democrats | 17,990 | 20.1% | No |
| William Edwin Freeman | Unionist | 15,819 | 17.7% | No |
| Samuel Smethurst | Unionist | 13,894 | 15.6% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward William Macleay Grigg | National Liberal | 24,762 | 28% | Yes |
| William John Tout | The Labour Party | 24,434 | 27.6% | Yes |
| Samuel Smethurst | Unionist | 23,200 | 26.2% | No |
| Wayne Davies | Liberal Democrats | 9,812 | 11.1% | No |
| Mary Gertrude Emmott | Liberal Democrats | 6,186 | 7% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Robert Bartley-Denniss | Unionist with Coalition Coupon | 26,568 | 34.4% | Yes |
| Andrew William Barton | Liberal with Coalition Coupon | 26,254 | 34% | Yes |
| William Cornforth Robinson | The Labour Party | 15,178 | 19.6% | No |
| Walter Russell Rea | Liberal Democrats | 9,323 | 12.1% | No |