Electoral Registers: 'M' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'M' place names. The dates given in the second column show which Division a place was part of at different times.
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Key: * = where the West Riding Division registers were compiled in addition to the North and South Divisions registers (this was during the period 1862-1865). In these instances a place should appear in both the West Riding series and either the North or the South Division registers.
| Place | Dates | Division | Polling District/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Road (Sheffield) | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Darnall |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - | |
| Malham & Malham Moor | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1862-1869 | North | Settle * | |
| 1870-1873 | North | Long Preston | |
| 1874-1885 | North | Kirby-in-Malhamdale | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Malin Bridge | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Hillsborough |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Maltby | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1873 | South | Tickhill | |
| 1874-1915[?] | Doncaster | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Manchester Road | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Manningham | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Bradford |
| 1862-1869 | North | Bradford * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Manningham | |
| 1886-1915 | Shipley | - | |
| 1965-1970 | Bradford | - | |
| 1971-1979 | Bradford West | Heaton and Toller wards | |
| Manor | 1970-1983 | Ripon | Otley |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | - | |
| Manor (Sheffield) | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2 |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Manor Park | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Manor |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Mapplewell | 1965-1973 | Barnsley | - |
| Markingfield/Markenfield Hall | 1885 | East | Bishop Monkton |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | Bishop Monkton | |
| Markington-with-Wallerthwaite | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Ripon |
| 1862-1868 | North | Ripon * | |
| 1869 | East | Ripon | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Bishop Monkton | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | see also Ingerthorpe | |
| Marlcliffe | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Hillsborough |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Marr | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1869 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Bolton-upon-Dearne | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Don Valley | - | |
| Marsden (Almondbury) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1870 | South | Slaithwaite | |
| 1885 | South | Marsden | |
| 1886-1985 | Colne Valley | Marsden, 1938 west ward of Colne Valley | |
| Marsden Road | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Crosland Moor |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| Marsh | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Marton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1862-1869 | North | Skipton * | |
| 1870-1884 | North | Gargrave | |
| 1885 | North | Earby | |
| 1886-1920 | Skipton | - | |
| Marton Both (East and West) | 1920-1974 | Skipton | - |
| Marton-with-Grafton | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Boroughbridge | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Boroughbridge * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Boroughbridge | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Masb[o]rough | pre 1965 | - | see Rotherham |
| 1965-1973 | Rotherham | wards of Ferham, Holmes and Millsmoor | |
| Meadowhall | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Brightside. For 1967 see Jenkin |
| Meadowhead | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Woodseats |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, 1966 ward of Beauchief | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | - | |
| Meanwood (NW) | 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 2, for 1969 see Headingley (NW) and Kirkstall (NW) |
| Meersbrook | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Heeley. 1967 ward of Owlerton |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Meltham | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Netherton | |
| 1886-1985 | Colne Valley | - | |
| Melton (Brampton Bierlow) | 1924-1948 | Wentworth | Wath-upon-Dearne, see also West Melton |
| Melton (High) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1869 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Bolton-upon-Dearne | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Don Valley | Barmbrough, for 1949 see High Melton | |
| Menston | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Guiseley | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Shipley | 1938 ward of Ilkley | |
| 1949-1983 | Ripon | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Shipley | - | |
| Menwith-with-Darley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pateley Bridge |
| 1862-1868 | North | Pateley Bridge * | |
| 1869-1873 | East | Pateley Bridge | |
| 1874-1885 | East | Dacre | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | Dacre | |
| Methley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wakefield * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe | |
| 1885 | South | Methley | |
| 1886-1983 | Normanton | Methley, 1938 ward of Rothwell | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Mexborough | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wath-upon-Dearne | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wath-upon-Dearne * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Swinton | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | Mexborough | |
| 1918-1948 | Don Valley | from 1938 part only | |
| 1938-1948 | Rother Valley | part only | |
| 1949-1974 | Dearne Valley | - | |
| Meynell Road | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Southey Green. 1967 ward of Owlerton |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Micklefield | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Aberford | |
| 1886-1983 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Micklethwaite | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1856-1863 | West Riding | Wetherby | |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Tadcaster | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Tadcaster * | |
| 1869 | East | Tadcaster | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Wetherby | |
| 1886-1937 | Barkston Ash | for 1938 see Wetherby | |
| Mickletown | 1920-1983 | Normanton | 1938 ward of Rothwell |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | see also Methley (above) | |
| Mickley | 1950-1974 | Ripon | Azerley |
| Middlestown | 1920-1948 | Rothwell | Shitlington/Sitlington |
| 1965-to date | Wakefield | from 2002 Wakefield Constituency | |
| Middlethorpe Without | 1920-1948 | Barkston Ash | 1938 Knavesmire ward of York |
| Middleton/Myddleton (near Otley) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Ilkley | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | 1927-1937 ward of Ilkley | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Middleton (near Robin Hood) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wakefield * | |
| 1870-1874 | South | Lofthouse-with-Carlton | |
| 1875-1885 | South | Rothwell | |
| 1886-1915 | Morley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Rothwell | Hunslet, 1927 ward of Leeds | |
| Middleton (S) | 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 1 |
| 1969 | Leeds | Book 2, see also East Hunslet (S) | |
| 1970-1983 | Leeds South | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Middleton Park | 1927-1948 | Rothwell | Leeds |
| Middlewood | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Owlerton. 1967 ward of Hillsborough |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Middop (near Barnsley) | - | - | see Midhope [below] |
| Middop (Gisburn) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Gisburn/Settle |
| 1862-1885 | North | Gisburn * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Midgley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Hebden Bridge |
| 1862-1868 | North | Hebden Bridge * | |
| 1869-1885 | North | Midgley | |
| 1886-1983 | Sowerby | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Midhope | 1874 | South | Bolsterstone |
| 1875-1885 | South | Stocksbridge | |
| 1886-1915 | Hallamshire | Stocksbridge | |
| Milby | 1870-1885 | East | Boroughbridge. See also Humberton-cum-Milby |
| 1886 | Ripon | - | |
| Millbank | 1920-1948 | Sowerby | Sowerby and Soyland wards |
| Millbridge | 1920-1948 | Spen Valley | Liversedge |
| 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Spenborough | |
| Mill Hill | 1920-1948 | Pontefract | Pontefract |
| Millhouse | 1920-1974 | Penistone | Thurlstone and to 1927 Langsett. 1939 ward of Penistone |
| Millhouses | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Ecclesall. 1967 ward of Beauchief |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | - | |
| Mill Moor | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Milnsbridge | 1938-1948 | Colne Valley | part only |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Colne Valley | - | |
| Milton | 1969-1973 | Rotherham | see also Effingham |
| Milton (Sheffield) | 1965-1967 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Manor. 1967 ward of Sharrow. For 1968 see Hanover |
| Minskip | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Boroughbridge | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Boroughbridge * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Boroughbridge | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | 1936 ward of Boroughbridge | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Mirfield | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Dewsbury | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Dewsbury * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Mirfield | |
| 1886-1915 | Morley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Spen Valley | - | |
| 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | 1982-1983 part only | |
| 1982-1983 | Brig & Spen | part only | |
| Mitton | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Gisburn |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Slaidburn | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Slaidburn * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Waddington | |
| 1886-1960 | Skipton | For 1961 see Great Mitton | |
| Mixenden | 1965-1985 | Halifax | - |
| Moldgreen | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Monk Bretton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1862-1885 | South | Barnsley * | |
| 1886-1915 | Barnsley | Monk Bretton. Note: registers 1915-1963 are available at Barnsley Archives & Local Studies | |
| 1965-1973 | Barnsley | - | |
| Monk Fryston | 1840-1847 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1848-1865 | West Riding | Selby | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Selby * | |
| 1869 | East | Selby | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1886-1915 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | 1939-1948 part only | |
| 1939-1948 | Barkston Ash | part only | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Monkhill | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1983-2003 | Pont & Cas | see also Tanshelf | |
| Montfort | 1965-1967 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Burngreave |
| Moor ward | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | 1967 see Castle and Sharrow |
| Moorend | 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Oakenshaw & Hunsworth ward of Spenborough |
| 1984-1985 | Batley & Spen | - | |
| Moorends | 1928-1948 | Don Valley | Thorne |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Moorlands | 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - |
| Moor Monkton | 1920-1974 | Barkston Ash | - |
| Moor Oaks | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Crookes. 1967 ward of Broomhill |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Moorsyde | 1965-1968 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Walkley |
| 1969-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Moorthorpe | 1920-2003 | Hemsworth | South Kirkby |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Hemsworth Constituency | |
| Moortown | 1938-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | part only |
| Moortown (NW) | 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 2 |
| 1969 | Leeds | Book 1, see also Chapel Allerton (NW) and Talbot (NW) | |
| 1970-1983 | Leeds NW | 1980 see also Otley and Wharfedale | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NE | - | |
| Moorwood | 1874-1885 | South | Stannington |
| 1886-1915 | Hallamshire | - | |
| Morley | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Birstall |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Dewsbury | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Dewsbury * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Morley | |
| 1886-1915 | Morley | Note: registers 1918-1939, 1945-1960 and 1962-1974 are available at Batley Library | |
| 1938-1948 | Spen Valley | part only | |
| 1965-1983 | Batley & Morley | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Morton (East & West) | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Keighley |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Bingley | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Bingley * | |
| 1869-1873 | East | Bingley | |
| 1874-1885 | East | Morton East & West | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Keighley | 1939 ward of Keighley | |
| Morton Banks | 1920-1948 | Keighley | 1939 ward of Keighley |
| Mortonley | - | - | see High Green and Mortonley |
| Mosborough | 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - |
| Moss | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1868 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Askern | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Moss | |
| 1918-1974 | Don Valley | - | |
| Mossley | 1886-1915 | Colne Valley | Mossley (Quickmere) |
| Mount Pleasant (Little Smeaton) | 1938-1948 | Pontefract | Hook, part only |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Mount Pleasant (Lockwood) | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Lockwood |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Mount Tabor | pre 1965 | - | see Warley/Wainstall |
| 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Southey Green | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Mount Zion | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Cathedral |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Netherthorpe | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Myers Grove | 1968-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Hillsborough |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | Woodland View | |
| Myson Chair | 1982-1983 | Goole | Pontefract |
| 1984-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| Mytholmroyd | 1862-1885 | North | Hebden Bridge/Sowerby |
| 1886 | Sowerby | Hebden Bridge | |
| 1887-1974 | Sowerby | Mytholmroyd/Cragg, 1938 ward of Hebden Royd. See also Caldene, Scout Road and White Lee 1963. |
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