Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Dewsbury is a constituency[n 1] created in 1868. This seat is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament since 2019 by Mark Eastwood of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Dewsbury | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 81,912 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Dewsbury and Mirfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1868 |
Member of Parliament | Mark Eastwood (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
History
- Summary of results
Dewsbury's seat dates back to 1868 and the electorate has usually given the winning MP marginal majorities which means it is a marginal seat. Labour MPs served the seat from 1935 until 1983 and again from 1987. In 2010 it was gained by Simon Reevell, a Conservative.
- Other parties results
One of the five other parties' candidates standing in 2015 kept their deposit, by winning more than 5% of the vote in 2015, UKIP's Thackray, who emulated the national swing of +9.5% by an entry candidature, polling 12.4% of the vote.
- Turnout
Turnout since 1918 has ranged between 87.9% of the vote in 1950, to 58.8% in 2001.
Boundaries
1868–1885: The townships of Dewsbury, Batley, and Soothill.[2]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Dewsbury.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Dewsbury, the Municipal Borough of Ossett, and the Urban Districts of Heckmondwike and Mirfield.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Dewsbury, the Municipal Borough of Ossett, and the Urban District of Mirfield.
1983–1997: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, Mirfield, and Thornhill.
1997–2010: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Heckmondwike, Mirfield, and Thornhill.
2010–present: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, and Mirfield.
The constituency covers the towns of Dewsbury and Mirfield, and the surrounding areas.
In the 2010 redistribution, the constituency lost the Labour-leaning ward of Heckmondwike, but gained the Conservative-leaning wards of Denby Dale and Kirkburton.
Constituency profile
The seat has a substantial Muslim population and few rural parts, with Dewsbury itself strongly Labour, and the remaining wards mostly Conservative. The seat has close to national average income and several developments have desirable views as the upland town cuts into the Pennines. Relatively few people rely upon social housing.[3] In the light of increasing concern over Muslim extremism, the Labour Party candidate Shahid Malik enjoyed a fairly large public media profile after his victory in 2005, with various TV appearances and interviews, strongly denouncing believers in and adherents of such views; however, this has also been a strong area for the British National Party, who obtained their highest vote in Britain (13.1%) in the 2005 general election, much of it taken at the Labour Party's expense. They have also had a substantial vote at local level, when in 2006 for the first time in the UK the BNP polled more votes than any other party standing. However, at the 2010 general election, the BNP's popularity in Dewsbury fell (despite a substantial nationwide rise in support for the party compared to five years previously) and they gained a mere 6% of the vote.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Sir John Simon | Liberal | |
1888 by-election | Mark Oldroyd | Liberal | |
1902 by-election | Walter Runciman | Liberal | |
1918 | Emil Pickering | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Benjamin Riley | Labour | |
1923 | Edmund Harvey | Liberal | |
1924 | Benjamin Riley | Labour | |
1931 | Walter Rea | Liberal | |
1935 | Benjamin Riley | Labour | |
1945 | Will Paling | Labour | |
1959 | David Ginsburg | Labour | |
1981 | Social Democrat | ||
1983 | John Whitfield | Conservative | |
1987 | Ann Taylor | Labour | |
2005 | Shahid Malik | Labour | |
2010 | Simon Reevell | Conservative | |
2015 | Paula Sherriff | Labour | |
2019 | Mark Eastwood | Conservative |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Eastwood | 26,179 | 46.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 24,618 | 43.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rossington | 2,406 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Brexit Party | Philip James | 1,874 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Cope | 1,060 | 1.9 | ![]() | |
Monster Raving Loony | Sir Archibald Earl Eaton Stanton | 252 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,561 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,389 | 69.4 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 28,814 | 51.0 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Beth Prescott | 25,493 | 45.1 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ednan Hussain | 1,214 | 2.1 | -1.4 | |
Green | Simon Cope | 1,024 | 1.8 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 3,321 | 5.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,545 | 69.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 22,406 | 41.8 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Simon Reevell | 20,955 | 39.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Thackray | 6,649 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ednan Hussain | 1,924 | 3.6 | −13.4 | |
Green | Adrian Cruden | 1,366 | 2.5 | +1.0 | |
Yorkshire First | Richard Carter | 236 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Christian Peoples Alliance | Steve Hakes | 94 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,451 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,630 | 67.2 | −1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Reevell | 18,898 | 35.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Shahid Malik | 17,372 | 32.2 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hutchinson | 9,150 | 16.9 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Khizar Iqbal | 3,813 | 7.1 | N/A | |
BNP | Roger Roberts | 3,265 | 6.0 | −7.1 | |
Green | Adrian Cruden | 849 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
English Democrat | Michael Felse | 661 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,526 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,008 | 68.5 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shahid Malik | 15,807 | 41.0 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Sayeeda Warsi | 11,192 | 29.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 5,624 | 14.6 | +2.6 | |
BNP | David Exley | 5,066 | 13.1 | +8.6 | |
Green | Brenda Smithson | 593 | 1.5 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Alan Girvan | 313 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,615 | 12.0 | −8.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,595 | 62.0 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 18,524 | 50.5 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Cole | 11,075 | 30.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Cuthbertson | 4,382 | 12.0 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Russell Smith | 1,632 | 4.5 | −0.7 | |
Green | Brenda Smithson | 560 | 1.5 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | David Peace | 478 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,449 | 20.3 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,651 | 58.8 | -11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
- Swing in 1997 is based on notional figures as the seat had been redrawn prior to the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 21,286 | 49.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Paul McCormick | 12,963 | 30.1 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 4,422 | 10.3 | +0.4 | |
BNP | Frances Taylor | 2,232 | 5.2 | +4.1 | |
Referendum | Wendy Golf | 1,019 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | David Daniel | 770 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Green | Ian McCourtie | 383 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,323 | 19.3 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,975 | 70.0 | -10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 25,596 | 43.8 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | John Whitfield | 24,962 | 42.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Meadowcroft | 6,570 | 11.3 | N/A | |
BNP | Jane Birdwood | 660 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Green | Neil Denby | 471 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Janet Marsden | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 634 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 58,402 | 80.2 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 23,668 | 42.4 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | John Whitfield | 23,223 | 41.6 | +2.3 | |
SDP | Alan Mills | 8,907 | 16.0 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 445 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,798 | 78.8 | +7.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Whitfield | 20,297 | 39.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Denis Ripley | 18,211 | 35.3 | −11.4 | |
SDP | David Ginsburg | 13,065 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,086 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,573 | 70.8 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 22,829 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Galley | 18,448 | 37.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Neil Philip Derbyshire | 7,580 | 15.5 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 4,381 | 9.0 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,857 | 77.1 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 20,378 | 45.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Marguerite Elizabeth Liversidge Wood | 13,477 | 30.1 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 10,991 | 24.5 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 6,901 | 15.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,846 | 72.9 | -8.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 21,186 | 42.5 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Ivor James Humphrey | 15,774 | 31.6 | −7.0 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 12,889 | 25.9 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 5,412 | 10.9 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,859 | 81.8 | +7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 22,015 | 48.7 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | John M. Stanfield | 17,468 | 38.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 5,688 | 12.6 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 4,547 | 10.1 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,171 | 74.5 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 23,027 | 53.6 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Donald H Haynes | 12,361 | 28.8 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 7,593 | 17.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 10,666 | 24.8 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,981 | 77.9 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 21,284 | 48.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Barbara M Garden | 15,046 | 34.2 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 7,679 | 17.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 6,238 | 14.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,009 | 79.5 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 20,870 | 46.0 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 17,201 | 37.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | John M McLusky | 7,321 | 16.1 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 3,669 | 7.1 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,392 | 82.7 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 23,286 | 52.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Shaw | 15,869 | 35.5 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | Joseph Snowden | 5,516 | 12.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 7,417 | 16.6 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,671 | 80.8 | -5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 28,650 | 53.3 | -0.4 | |
Conservative and National Liberal | James Ramsden | 19,562 | 36.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Snowden | 5,584 | 10.4 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 9,088 | 16.9 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,796 | 85.8 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 29,341 | 53.6 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | James Ramsden | 18,076 | 33.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Granville Slack | 7,323 | 13.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 11,265 | 20.6 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,740 | 87.9 | +7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 16,330 | 56.3 | +9.1 | |
Liberal National | Ernest Eric Ritchie Kilner | 8,674 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Mercer Banks | 4,023 | 13.9 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 7,656 | 26.4 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,027 | 80.3 | -0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was due 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:
- Labour: Benjamin Riley
- Liberal: Ronald Walker
- Liberal National:Richard Soper[27]
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 14,066 | 47.21 | +10.89 | |
National Labour | John Fennell | 8,798 | 29.53 | N/A | |
Liberal | Walter Rea | 6,933 | 23.27 | -40.41 | |
Majority | 5,268 | 17.68 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,797 | 80.81 | -3.42 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Rea | 19,463 | 63.68 | +29.68 | |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 11,101 | 36.32 | -9.88 | |
Majority | 8,362 | 27.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,564 | 84.23 | -1.88 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 14,420 | 46.2 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Ronald Walker | 10,607 | 34.0 | +6.2 | |
Unionist | JWW Shuttleworth | 6,175 | 19.8 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 3,813 | 12.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,250 | 86.1 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 9,941 | 41.1 | -3.2 | |
Unionist | Frederick Walter Skelsey | 7,516 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 6,723 | 27.8 | -27.8 | |
Majority | 2,425 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,677 | 84.3 | +13.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 11,179 | 55.6 | +21.5 | |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 8,923 | 44.4 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 2,256 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,102 | 70.7 | -13.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 8,821 | 37.3 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 8,065 | 34.1 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | Osbert Peake | 6,744 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 756 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,630 | 83.9 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Emil Pickering | 7,853 | 42.3 | +5.9 |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 5,596 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,130 | 27.6 | −36.0 | |
Majority | 2,257 | 12.2 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,579 | 67.3 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 27,592 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 7,061 | 63.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Overend Simpson | 4,033 | 36.4 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 3,028 | 27.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,094 | 77.1 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,389 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 7,882 | 62.4 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | B. Dent | 4,747 | 37.6 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 3,315 | 24.8 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 12,629 | 87.8 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,594 | 46.1 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | W. B. Boyd-Carpenter | 4,078 | 33.7 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Ben Turner | 2,446 | 20.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,516 | 12.4 | −18.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,118 | 86.2 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 14,056 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 6,764 | 54.7 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | W. B. Boyd-Carpenter | 2,959 | 24.0 | −15.2 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Ben Turner | 2,629 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,805 | 30.7 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,352 | 88.5 | +13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,951 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,660 | 48.1 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Joe Haley | 4,512 | 38.3 | −0.9 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Harry Quelch | 1,597 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,148 | 9.8 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,769 | 87.3 | +12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 6,045 | 60.8 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Forbes St John Morrow | 3,897 | 39.2 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,148 | 21.6 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,942 | 74.8 | −10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,296 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 5,379 | 52.0 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Cautley | 3,875 | 37.5 | −1.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Edward Hartley | 1,080 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,504 | 14.5 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 10,334 | 84.9 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,167 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 5,759 | 61.1 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Cautley | 3,670 | 38.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 2,089 | 22.2 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,429 | 80.1 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,768 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 6,071 | 60.5 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | H. O. Arnold-Forster | 3,969 | 39.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 2,102 | 21.0 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,040 | 85.3 | +16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,767 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 |
- Caused by Simon's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 5,118 | 65.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Joseph Samuel Colefax[34] | 2,759 | 35.0 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 30.0 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,877 | 68.9 | −16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 6,124 | 62.6 | +20.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Fox[35] | 3,664 | 37.4 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 2,460 | 25.2 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,788 | 85.6 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,599 | 42.6 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | William Hoyle[37] | 3,254 | 38.6 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Austin[38] | 1,586 | 18.8 | +18.4 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.1 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,439 | 84.7 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,960 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,706 | 52.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | John Charles Cox[39] | 3,272 | 46.7 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | William Henry Colbeck[40] | 26 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 434 | 6.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,004 | 79.6 | −9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,803 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,392 | 53.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Handel Cossham | 2,923 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 469 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,315 | 89.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,072 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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