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North West · Former constituency (1918–1945)

Oldham

Every general election in Oldham since 1918 (until 1945).

1945 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour31,51547.5%
Conservative13,45620.3%
National Liberal12,10018.2%
Liberal9,31514.0%

Turnout 76.3% of 89,005 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181922192319241929193119351945Labour, 1918: 24.3%Labour, 1922: 40.6%Labour, 1923: 35.4%Labour, 1924: 37.2%Labour, 1929: 48.7%Labour, 1931: 35.5%Labour, 1935: 44.4%Labour, 1945: 47.5%Conservative, 1918: 32.4%Conservative, 1922: 21.8%Conservative, 1923: 28.2%Conservative, 1924: 32.1%Conservative, 1929: 33.1%Conservative, 1931: 64.5%Conservative, 1935: 25.4%Conservative, 1945: 20.3%Liberal, 1918: 12.0%Liberal, 1922: 14.8%Liberal, 1923: 36.4%Liberal, 1924: 30.7%Liberal, 1929: 18.2%Liberal, 1935: 6.8%Liberal, 1945: 14.0%National Liberal, 1922: 22.8%National Liberal, 1935: 23.5%National Liberal, 1945: 18.2%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 31.3%
Vote share in Oldham at each general election Lab Con Lib Nat Lib Co Lib

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
19452-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLab——76.3%
19352-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLab——79.2%
19312-member seat: not split by party in the sourceCon——82.3%
19292-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLab——81.2%
19242-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLab——86.7%
19232-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLib——76.3%
19222-member seat: not split by party in the sourceLab——78.8%
19182-member seat: not split by party in the sourceCon——59.5%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

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