Electoral Registers: 'R' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'R' 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgill | pre 1949 | - | see Fountains Earth and Stonebeck Up & Down |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | Stonebeck Down | |
| Ranmoor | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Broomhill. For 1968 see also Tapton |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Rashcliffe | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Rastrick | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Halifax |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Brighouse | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Brighouse * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Rastrick | |
| 1886-1915 | Elland | - | |
| 1980-1983 | Brig & Spen | see also Brighouse for the Woodhouse ward 1965-1979 | |
| Rathmell | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1862-1885 | North | Settle * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Ravenfield | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Wickersley | |
| 1886-1915 | Rotherham | Thrybergh | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Ravensthorpe | 1886-1915 | Morley | see also Mirfield |
| 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - | |
| Rawcliffe | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1862-1868 | South | Snaith * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Snaith & Cowick | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Rawcliffe | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Rawcliffe Bridge | 1920-1948 | Pontefract | - |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Rawden/Rawdon | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Yeadon | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | 1938 ward of Aireborough | |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | 1984-1985 part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | part only | |
| Rawmarsh | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Rawmarsh | |
| 1886-1915 | Rotherham | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Rawthorpe | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Dalton |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Redhill | 1920-1948 | Normanton | Castleford, from 1939 part only |
| 1938-1948 | Pontefract | part only | |
| 1965-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Redscope | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Reedness | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Goole | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Goole * | |
| 1869 | East | Goole | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Whitgift | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Reinwood | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Lindley |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Ribston Great with Walshford | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wetherby | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Wetherby * | |
| 1869 | East | Wetherby | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Kirk Hammerton | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Ribston Little | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wetherby | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Wetherby * | |
| 1869-1884 | East | Wetherby | |
| 1885 | East | Spofforth | |
| 1886-1948 | Barkston Ash | Spofforth. For 1949 see Little Ribston | |
| Richmond | 1964-1965 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Handsworth |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Attercliffe | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | 1971 ward of Handsworth | |
| Richmond Hill (E) | 1969 | Leeds | Book 2 |
| 1970 | Leeds East | part only, see also Osmondthorpe (E) | |
| 1970-1983 | Leeds SE | for 1980 see also Burmantofts and Harehills | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Richmond Hill (SE) | 1965-1969 | Leeds | Book 2, 1965-1968 see also East Hunslet (SE) and Osmondthorpe (E) |
| 1970-1983 | Leeds SE | see also Burmantofts (SE), City (SE) and for 1980 Harehills | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Rigton | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Bilton-with-Harrogate | |
| 1862 | North | Otley * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Bilton-with-Harrogate * | |
| 1869 | East | Bilton-with-Harrgate | |
| 1870-1884 | East | Harewood | |
| 1885 | East | Pool | |
| 1886-1915 | Ripon | Pannal | |
| 1918-1948 | Barkston Ash | 1949 ward of North Rigton | |
| Rilston | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1862-1869 | North | Skipton * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Gargrave | |
| 1886-1915 | Skipton | Rilston | |
| Rimington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Gisburn |
| 1862-1885 | North | Gisburn * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Ringinglow | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Ecclesall. For 1968 see also Bents Green |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Ripley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Ripley | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Ripon | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Ripon |
| 1862-1868 | North | Ripon * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Ripon | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Ripponden | 1862-1885 | North | Ripponden |
| 1886-1983 | Sowerby | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Rishworth | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Halifax |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sowerby | |
| 1862 | North | Halifax * | |
| 1863-1869 | North | Sowerby * | |
| 1870-1873 | North | Soyland | |
| 1874-1885 | North | Ripponden | |
| 1886-1983 | Sowerby | Ripponden/Rishworth | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Rivelin Glen | 1965-1968 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Hillsborough. 1967 ward of Hallam |
| 1969-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Roberttown | 1920-1948 | Spen Valley | Roberttown and Norristhorpe ward of Liversedge |
| 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Roberttown and Norristhorpe ward of Spen | |
| 1984-1985 | Batley & Spen | - | |
| Robin Hood | 1965-1983 | Normanton | Carlton |
| Robin Hood & Rothwell Haigh | pre 1949 | - | see Lofthouse |
| 1949[?]-1983 | Normanton | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Rockingham | 1973 | Rotherham | see also Greasbrough and Wingfield |
| Roebuck | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Crookes |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Netherthorpe | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Rodley | 1920-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | Calverley |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - | |
| Roecliffe | 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 | - | |
| Rollestone | 1968-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Heeley |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | Carrfield | |
| Roman Terrace | 1920-1948 | Rother Valley | Swinton, 1938 ward of Mexborough. 1947-1948 part only. |
| 1947-1948 | Don Valley | part only | |
| 1949-1974 | Dearne Valley | - | |
| Rombalds ward | 1980-1983 | Ripon | - |
| Rosehill | 1949-1974 | Rother Valley | Rawmarsh and Upper Haugh wards |
| Rossington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1869 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Bawtry | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | Cantley | |
| 1918-1974 | Don Valley | - | |
| Rotherham | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham. Note: Rotherham Borough registers are held at Rotherham Archives and Local Studies |
| 1862-1885 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1886-1915 | Rotherham | - | |
| 1936-1948 | Rother Valley | part only | |
| 1936-1948 | Wentworth | part only | |
| 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - | |
| Rother View | 1969-1973 | Rotherham | see also Westgate (Rotherham) |
| Rothwell with Rothwell Haigh & Royds Green | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1874 | South | Lofthouse * | |
| 1875-1885 | South | Rothwell | |
| 1886-1915 | Normanton | Rothwell | |
| 1918-1948 | Rothwell | from 1920 part only | |
| 1920-1948 | Normanton | part only | |
| 1949-1985 | Normanton | part only | |
| Roughwood | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Roundel | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Attercliffe |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - | |
| Roundhay | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Leeds |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Leeds | |
| 1886-1915 | Barkston Ash | Roundhay | |
| Roundhay (NE) | 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 2 |
| 1969 | Leeds | Book 1, see also Burmantofts (NE) and Gipton (NE) | |
| 1970-1985 | Leeds NE | 1980 see also Whinmoor | |
| Roundhill | 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency |
| Roundwood | 1982-1983 | Dewsbury | Ossett |
| 1984-to date | Wakefield | parts in Normanton and Wakefield Constituencies | |
| Royds | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Burngreave |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Royds Hall | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Paddock |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Royston | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1862-1869 | South | Barnsley * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Brierley | |
| 1885 | South | Royston | |
| 1886-1915 | Barnsley | Royston | |
| 1918-1954 | Hemsworth | 1939 see also Darton | |
| 1965-1982 | Wakefield | Cudworth | |
| Rufford | 1937-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | part only, ward of Aireborough |
| 1937-1948 | Shipley | part only | |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | 1984-1985 part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | part only | |
| Rufforth | 1920-1974 | Barkston Ash | - |
| Ruskin | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Heeley |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | - | |
| Ryburn ward | 1980-1983 | Sowerby | - |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Ryecroft | 1949-1974 | Rother Valley | Rawmarsh |
| Ryhill | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wakefield * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Brierley | |
| 1885 | South | Royston | |
| 1886-1915 | Barnsley | South Heindley | |
| 1918-2003 | Hemsworth | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Hemsworth Constituency | |
| Rylstone | 1920-1974 | Skipton | - |
| Ryther-cum-Ossendike | 1840-1847 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1848-1865 | West Riding | Selby | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Selby * | |
| 1869 | East | Selby | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Cawood | |
| 1886-1974 | Barkston Ash | - |
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