Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, maps and figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Political practices and the social structure
- 2 The diversity of working-class politics
- 3 The local bases of practical politics
- 4 Labour market structure in Preston, 1880–1940
- 5 Urban structure and associational practices
- 6 The emergence of independent Labour politics, 1880–1914
- 7 The transformation of the Labour party, 1914–40
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- A Employment change in Preston, 1891–1951
- B The 1881 Census Enumerators' returns for Preston
- C Parliamentary election results in Preston, 1880–1946
- D Local election results in Preston, 1900–38
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
C - Parliamentary election results in Preston, 1880–1946
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, maps and figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Political practices and the social structure
- 2 The diversity of working-class politics
- 3 The local bases of practical politics
- 4 Labour market structure in Preston, 1880–1940
- 5 Urban structure and associational practices
- 6 The emergence of independent Labour politics, 1880–1914
- 7 The transformation of the Labour party, 1914–40
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- A Employment change in Preston, 1891–1951
- B The 1881 Census Enumerators' returns for Preston
- C Parliamentary election results in Preston, 1880–1946
- D Local election results in Preston, 1900–38
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
It is extremely difficult to compare election results in Preston with the ‘national’ pattern, since Preston was (until 1950) a two-seat borough where voters had two votes. When there was only one candidate in opposition to the Tories examination of the share of the vote gives a misleading impression since Tory supporters were likely to have used both their votes but the opposition electors only one. Similarly, during the key period of its growth, until 1931, Labour stood only one candidate and it is impossible to use Labour's share of the vote as an indication of its popular support. Here I give the bare figures, and only in the text is there some attempt to evaluate their significance.
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- The Dynamics of Working-class PoliticsThe Labour Movement in Preston, 1880–1940, pp. 212 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988