1424:: 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
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The Urban
Districts of Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Norden, Royton, Wardle, and Whitworth.
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Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
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Parliamentary constituencies in
Greater Manchester (historic)
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Parliamentary constituency in the United
Kingdom, 1918–1950
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1639:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
436:candidate endorsed by the coalition government
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131:, and abolished for the
1325:Ronald Fitz-John Walker
1178:Ronald Fitz-John Walker
671:Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden
486:Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden
1417:Elections in the 1940s
1115:Elections in the 1930s
446:Elections in the 1920s
255:Elections in the 1910s
242:constituency abolished
178:Coalition Conservative
1446:General election 1945
1268:General election 1935
1121:General election 1931
952:General election 1929
782:General election 1924
614:General election 1923
452:General election 1922
261:General election 1918
147:Members of Parliament
133:1950 general election
129:1918 general election
986:Arthur Vernon Davies
816:Arthur Vernon Davies
211:Arthur Vernon Davies
105:Member of Parliament
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1106:−1.7
1072:−3.4
1056:−3.3
1019:−2.3
996:−5.6
734:−0.5
681:−0.9
540:−2.8
425:(new seat)
73:Replaced by
1618:Categories
1592:References
1456:Candidate
1278:Candidate
1131:Candidate
962:Candidate
792:Candidate
624:Candidate
462:Candidate
434:indicates
271:Candidate
139:Boundaries
1539:Majority
1448:: Royton
1363:Majority
1270:: Royton
1214:Majority
1123:: Royton
1047:Majority
954:: Royton
877:Majority
784:: Royton
707:Majority
616:: Royton
545:Majority
454:: Royton
369:Majority
263:: Royton
67:Middleton
1094:Unionist
981:Unionist
926:Unionist
811:Unionist
763:Unionist
666:Unionist
592:Unionist
481:Unionist
420:Unionist
297:Unionist
154:Election
119:system.
35:for the
1554:Turnout
1521:Liberal
1507:13,753
1484:15,388
1438:Liberal
1382:39,264
1378:Turnout
1366:10,600
1320:Liberal
1306:20,510
1233:41,099
1229:Turnout
1182:14,142
1173:Liberal
1159:21,044
1082:47,266
1066:39,161
1062:Turnout
1036:10,763
1013:13,347
1004:Liberal
990:15,051
933:Liberal
914:36,449
898:31,448
894:Turnout
843:11,433
834:Liberal
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756:Liberal
744:36,041
728:29,896
724:Turnout
675:12,320
652:14,836
643:Liberal
580:35,318
564:29,459
560:Turnout
513:11,295
504:Liberal
490:12,388
408:35,239
390:21,760
386:Turnout
347:Liberal
306:12,434
197:Liberal
123:History
111:of the
91:of the
29:Former
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1583:-12.6
1548:−25.2
1542:1,635
1528:7,618
1513:+14.9
1498:Labour
1490:−10.3
1459:Votes
1453:Party
1372:+10.2
1352:8,845
1343:Labour
1329:9,910
1281:Votes
1275:Party
1223:+12.5
1217:6,902
1209:−13.1
1203:5,913
1196:Labour
1165:+12.8
1134:Votes
1128:Party
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1027:Labour
965:Votes
959:Party
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872:+10.4
866:6,156
857:Labour
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789:Party
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696:2,740
689:Labour
658:+11.3
627:Votes
621:Party
570:+22.7
548:1,093
534:5,776
527:Labour
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465:Votes
459:Party
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356:4,451
331:4,875
322:Labour
274:Votes
268:Party
160:Party
157:Member
97:Royton
85:Royton
24:Royton
1579:Swing
1563:−0.6
1560:81.1
1534:−4.5
1531:20.7
1510:37.4
1487:41.9
1408:+5.1
1404:Swing
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1385:81.7
1369:27.0
1358:+8.2
1355:22.5
1335:−9.2
1332:25.2
1312:+1.0
1309:52.2
1258:+6.2
1254:Swing
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1220:16.8
1206:14.4
1188:+0.3
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1162:51.2
1102:Swing
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1042:+7.9
1039:27.5
1016:34.1
993:38.4
942:+8.0
938:Swing
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846:36.4
826:+2.8
823:44.1
772:+6.1
768:Swing
761:from
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537:19.6
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493:42.1
393:61.7
375:34.7
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334:22.4
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379:N/A
363:N/A
338:N/A
313:N/A
99:in
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