Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckrose was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, comprising the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by one Member of Parliament, and was created for the 1885 general election.

Yorkshire, East Riding, Buckrose Division
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyEast Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Replaced byBridlington and Beverley
Created fromEast Riding of Yorkshire

Buckrose was abolished for the 1950 general election, when boundary changes reduced the East Riding's number of county constituencies from three to two, the eastern part of the constituency and most of the voters being included in the new Bridlington constituency and the remainder in the Beverley constituency.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Bainton Beacon, Buckrose, and Dickering.

1918–1950: The Borough of Bridlington, the Urban Districts of Filey, Great Driffield, and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington, Driffield, Norton, and Sherburn.

The constituency consisted of the northern third of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The largest town in the seat was Bridlington, but it also included Filey, Driffield, and Norton, as well as numerous villages, and the rural element was predominant. At the time of the 1921 census, almost two-fifths (38%) of the occupied male population were engaged in agriculture.

Name

Buckrose took its name from the wapentake of Buckrose, one of the medieval sub-divisions of the East Riding which, however, had long ceased to have much administrative significance by 1885, and had covered only part of the area of the constituency and a minority of its population. (The constituency also included the whole of the former wapentake of Dickering, which included Bridlington and Filey, and part of the wapentake of Harthill which included Driffield.) The name seems to have been chosen primarily to avoid offending any local sensibilities, and with little regard for comprehensibility (a criticism also levelled at many of the other new constituency names created under the 1885 Reform Act).

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1885 Christopher Sykes Conservative
1886 William Alexander McArthur[1] Liberal
1886 Christopher Sykes Conservative
1892 Sir Angus Holden Liberal
1900 Sir Luke White Liberal
1918 Algernon Moreing Coalition Liberal
1922 Guy Gaunt [2] Conservative
1926 by-election Sir Albert Braithwaite Conservative
1945 George Wadsworth Liberal
1950 constituency abolished: see Bridlington and Beverley

Elections

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1885: Buckrose[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Christopher Sykes 4,081 51.9 N/A
Liberal John James Cousins 3,785 48.1 N/A
Majority 296 3.8 N/A
Turnout 7,866 86.3 N/A
Registered electors 9,113
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Christopher Sykes 3,735 50.1 -1.8
Liberal William Alexander McArthur 3,724 49.9 +1.8
Majority 11 0.2 -3.6
Turnout 7,459 81.9 −4.4
Registered electors 9,113
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
  • At the General Election of 1886, McArthur was declared the victor over Sykes by a single vote, 3,742 to 3,741, and took his seat, but "on scrutiny" the seat was eventually awarded to his opponent, Sykes, by a majority of 11 votes.

Elections in the 1890s
Fison
General election 1892: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Angus Holden 4,294 54.1 +4.2
Conservative Frederick Fison 3,642 45.9 -4.2
Majority 652 8.2 N/A
Turnout 7,936 87.8 +5.9
Registered electors 9,035
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.2
Holden
General election 1895: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Angus Holden 4,076 50.6 -3.5
Conservative Thomas Goff 3,986 49.4 +3.5
Majority 90 1.2 -7.0
Turnout 8,062 86.8 -1.0
Registered electors 9,284
Liberal hold Swing -3.5

Elections in the 1900s
White
General election 1900: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke White 4,083 50.6 +0.0
Liberal Unionist Ernest Meysey-Thompson 3,992 49.4 −0.0
Majority 91 1.2 +0.0
Turnout 8,075 83.7 −3.1
Registered electors 9,652
Liberal hold Swing +0.0
General election 1906: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke White 5,236 59.0 +8.4
Conservative Reginald Bethune 3,634 41.0 −8.4
Majority 1,602 18.0 +16.8
Turnout 8,870 87.4 +3.7
Registered electors 10,151
Liberal hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1910s
Sykes
General election January 1910: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke White 4,957 51.1 -7.9
Conservative Mark Sykes 4,739 48.9 +7.9
Majority 218 2.2 -15.8
Turnout 91.0 +3.6
Liberal hold Swing -7.9
General election December 1910: Buckrose[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke White 4,867 51.2 +0.1
Conservative Mark Sykes 4,635 48.8 -0.1
Majority 232 2.4 +0.2
Turnout 89.2 -1.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Coalition Liberal Algernon Moreing 9,310 60.9 n/a
Independent Labour George Henry Dawson 3,176 20.8 n/a
Liberal Austin Taylor 2,792 18.3 -32.9
Majority 6,134 40.1 n/a
Turnout 56.0 -33.2
Coalition Liberal gain from Liberal
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
Fenby
General election 1922: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Guy Gaunt 12,012 51.3 n/a
Liberal Thomas Fenby 11,411 48.7 +30.4
Majority 601 2.6 n/a
Turnout 82.5 +26.5
Unionist gain from National Liberal
General election 1923: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Guy Gaunt 12,336 50.4 -0.9
Liberal Thomas Fenby 12,122 49.6 +0.9
Majority 214 0.8 -1.8
Turnout 84.1 +1.6
Unionist hold Swing -0.9
General election 1924: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Guy Gaunt 13,966 56.0 +5.6
Liberal Harry Briggs 10,962 44.0 -5.6
Majority 3,004 12.0 +11.2
Turnout 82.9 -1.2
Unionist hold Swing +5.6
1926 Buckrose by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Albert Braithwaite 12,098 48.7 -7.3
Liberal Harry Verney 10,537 42.5 -1.5
Labour Herbert Cecil Laycock 2,191 8.8 n/a
Majority 1,552 6.2 -5.8
Turnout 81.7 -1.2
Unionist hold Swing -2.9
General election 1929: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Albert Braithwaite 15,625 50.0 +1.3
Liberal Sidney Streatfield Leigh Lamert 13,825 44.4 +1.9
Labour Harold H Vickers 1,766 5.6 -3.2
Majority 1,800 5.6 -0.6
Turnout 80.4 -1.3
Unionist hold Swing -0.3

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Albert Braithwaite Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1935: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Albert Braithwaite 18,090 55.1 n/a
Liberal Thomas Macleod 14,763 44.9 n/a
Majority 3,327 10.2 n/a
Turnout 32,853 78.4 n/a
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1940s

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;

General election 1945: Buckrose[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Wadsworth 15,934 51.5 +6.6
Conservative Albert Braithwaite 14,985 48.5 -6.6
Majority 949 3.1 13.2
Turnout 71.9 -6.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +6.6

Notes
  1. At the General Election of 1886, McArthur was declared the victor over Sykes by a single vote, 3,742 to 3,741, and took his seat, but "on scrutiny" the seat was eventually awarded to his opponent, Sykes, by a majority of 11 votes
  2. Resigned his seat
  3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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