Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Rothwell
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Created from	Barkston Ash and Dewsbury

Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rothwell area 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.

The constituency was by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

General Election 1939/40:

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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