Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Hastings and Rye constituency.
Hastings | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1366–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Hastings and Rye |
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Hastings.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Hastings, the Municipal Borough of Rye, and part of the Rural District of Battle.
1955–1983:
Members of Parliament
MPs 1366–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1386 | John Clyvessend | Edward Martham [1] |
1378 | John Salerne | |
1382 (May) | John Salerne | |
1383 (Feb) | John Salerne | |
1383 (Oct) | John Salerne | |
1388 (Feb) | John Clyvessend | Edward Martham [1] |
1388 (Sep) | Richard Bannok | John Scott [1] |
1390 (Jan) | John Clyvessend | Richard Wybard [1] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | John Clyvessend | Richard Bannok [1] |
1393 | John Scott | John Sharp [1] |
1394 | ||
1395 | Edward Martham | John Hokere [1] |
1397 (Jan) | John Clyvessend | John Hokere [1] |
1397 (Sep) | ||
1399 | Edward Martham | Henry Mordant [1] |
1401 | ||
1402 | John Sharp | Robert Burgrove [1] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Henry Mordant | John Bexle [1] |
1407 | Robert Burgrove | Thomas Wybard [1] |
1410 | Edward Martham | John Harry [1] |
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Henry Mordant | Richard Huntingdon [1] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | Jihn Sharp | Thomas Julyan [1] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | John Lyvett | Richard Huntingdon [1] |
1419 | Simon Lymbergh | John Martham [1] |
1420 | Simon Lymbergh | William Courthope [1] |
1421 (May) | John Parker | William Courthope [1] |
1421 (Dec) | Richard Huntingdon | William Courthope [1] |
1510 | No names known[2] | |
1512 | Robert Hall | Henry Benever [2] |
1515 | ? | |
1523 | Edmund Jacklin alias Bocher | Edmund Franke [2] |
1529 | Richard Calveley | Thomas Shoyswell [2] |
by 1534 | John Durrant | John Taylor [2] |
1536 | ?John Durrant | ?John Taylor [2] |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | John Franke | Richard Bishop [2] |
1545 | ? | |
1547 | Sir William Stafford | John Isted [2] |
1553 (Mar) | John Isted | ? |
1553 (Oct) | Thomas Rhodes | John Peyton [2] |
1554 (Apr) | John Franke | John Isted [2] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Rhodes | John Peyton [2] |
1555 | Thomas Rhodes | Roger Manwood [2] |
1558 | Thomas Brett | Henry Tennant [2] |
1559 | John Franke | James Hobson[3] |
1562/3 | Sir William Damsell[4] | Richard Lyffe [3] |
1571 | Richard Lyffe | James Bryan [3] |
1572 | Richard Lyffe | Thomas Lake [3] |
1584 | Thomas Lake | Thomas Phillips[3] |
1586 | Thomas Lake | Thomas Phillips[3] |
1588/9 | Richard Lyffe | John Parker [3] |
1593 | Richard Lyffe | Henry Apsley [3] |
1597 | Richard Lyffe | Edmund Pelham [3] |
1601 | Sir Thomas Shirley | Richard Lyffe [3] |
1604–1611 | Richard Lyffe died and replaced by James Lasher | Sir George Carew ennobled and replaced 1605 by Sir Edward Hales[5] |
1614 | Sir Edward Hales | James Lasher |
1621 | Samuel Moore | James Lasher |
1624 | Nicholas Eversfield | Samuel Moore |
1625 | Nicholas Eversfield | Sackville Crowe |
1626 | Sir Dudley Carleton replaced by Sir Thomas Parker | Nicholas Eversfield |
1628 | John Ashburnham | Nicholas Eversfield |
MPs 1640–1885
MPs 1885–1983
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Thomas Brassey | Liberal | |
1886 | Wilson Noble | Conservative | |
1895 | William Lucas-Shadwell | Conservative | |
1900 | Freeman Freeman-Thomas | Liberal | |
1906 | Harvey du Cros | Conservative | |
1908 by-election | Sir Arthur du Cros | Conservative | |
1918 | Laurance Lyon | Coalition Conservative | |
1921 by-election | Lord Eustace Percy | Coalition Conservative | |
1937 by-election | Maurice Hely-Hutchinson | Conservative | |
1945 | Sir Neill Cooper-Key | Conservative | |
1970 | Kenneth Warren | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Hastings and Rye |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Fane | 17 | 4.1 | ||
Tory | Joseph Planta | 17 | 4.1 | ||
Whig | John Ashley Warre | 174 | 41.5 | ||
Whig | Robert Otway-Cave | 157 | 37.5 | ||
Whig | William Taddy | 54 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | −157 | −37.5 | |||
Turnout | c. 210 | c. 840.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 25 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
The votes for Warre, Cave and Taddy were rejected by the mayor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ashley Warre | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Frederick North | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 25 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick North | 356 | 44.1 | ||
Whig | John Ashley Warre | 239 | 29.6 | ||
Radical | Howard Elphinstone | 212 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 27 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 472 | 82.2 | |||
Registered electors | 574 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick North | 374 | 38.1 | −35.6 | |
Radical | Howard Elphinstone | 291 | 29.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Joseph Planta | 159 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Musgrave Brisco | 157 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 558 | 82.9 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 673 | ||||
Majority | 83 | 8.5 | +5.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −19.5 | |||
Majority | 132 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +19.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Planta | 401 | 36.6 | +20.4 | |
Radical | Robert Hollond | 382 | 34.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Musgrave Brisco | 312 | 28.5 | +12.5 | |
Turnout | 776 | 84.0 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 924 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Majority | 70 | 6.4 | −7.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Hollond | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Joseph Planta | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 952 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Planta resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Musgrave Brisco | 513 | 74.7 | N/A | |
Radical | Robert Ross Rowan Moore | 174 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 339 | 49.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 687 | 79.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 860 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Hollond | 423 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Musgrave Brisco | 407 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Whig | John Ashley Warre | 387 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 348 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | William Downing Bruce[22] | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 783 (est) | 86.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 909 | ||||
Majority | 16 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 20 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 501 | 27.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Musgrave Brisco | 487 | 26.3 | +0.3 | |
Whig | John Ashley Warre | 477 | 25.8 | +1.1 | |
Radical | John Locke[23][24] | 386 | 20.9 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.5 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 926 (est) | 84.9 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,090 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Brisco resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick North | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick North | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,199 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick North | 613 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Vane | 557 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 429 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Drew Lucas-Shadwell[25] | 230 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 128 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 915 (est) | 74.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,235 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Powlett succeeded to the peerage, becoming Duke of Cleveland, and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Waldegrave-Leslie | 645 | 51.1 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 616 | 48.9 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 29 | 2.3 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,261 | 78.2 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,613 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Waldegrave-Leslie | 746 | 26.6 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 737 | 26.3 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Frederick North | 728 | 26.0 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | John Eldon Gorst | 591 | 21.1 | +8.5 | |
Turnout | 1,401 (est) | 74.9 (est) | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,871 | ||||
Majority | 9 | 0.3 | −6.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 | |||
Majority | 9 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 1,508 | 31.5 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick North | 1,446 | 30.2 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Somerset Gough-Calthorpe[26] | 967 | 20.2 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Clement Arthur Thurston | 873 | 18.2 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 479 | 10.0 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,397 (est) | 85.6 (est) | +10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,801 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 | |||
North's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 1,218 | 52.9 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 1,084 | 47.1 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 134 | 5.8 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,302 | 82.2 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,801 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 1,721 | 31.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 1,495 | 27.7 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Patrick Francis Robertson | 1,244 | 23.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Nicholson[27] | 945 | 17.5 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 251 | 4.6 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,703 (est) | 87.7 (est) | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,082 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles James Murray | 1,873 | 34.6 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 1,838 | 34.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 1,702 | 31.4 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 35 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,711 (est) | 95.0 (est) | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,905 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Brassey was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Murray resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Bret Ince | 2,138 | 50.4 | −15.0 | |
Conservative | John Henry Boyer Warner[28] | 2,101 | 49.6 | +15.0 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,239 | 89.4 | −5.6 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 4,743 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 2,712 | 51.5 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Wilson Noble | 2,550 | 48.5 | +13.9 | |
Majority | 162 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,262 | 92.8 | −2.2 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 5,672 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −13.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilson Noble | 2,765 | 55.4 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Seymour Brand | 2,230 | 44.6 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 535 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,995 | 88.1 | -4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,672 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilson Noble | 3,077 | 53.9 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Hemphill | 2,628 | 46.1 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 449 | 7.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,705 | 86.8 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,576 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lucas-Shadwell | 3,205 | 52.8 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Cecil Henry Blundell Ince | 2,863 | 47.2 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 342 | 5.6 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,068 | 83.2 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,292 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Freeman Freeman-Thomas | 3,399 | 51.6 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Boyle | 3,191 | 48.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 208 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,590 | 80.9 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,142 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harvey du Cros | 4,348 | 52.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Freeman Freeman-Thomas | 3,935 | 47.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 413 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,283 | 94.6 | +13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,758 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Du Cros | 4,495 | 56.4 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Harcourt | 3,477 | 43.6 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,018 | 12.8 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,972 | 91.6 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,707 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Du Cros | 4,634 | 54.7 | -1.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Tweedy-Smith | 3,833 | 45.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 801 | 9.4 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 93.8 | +2.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Du Cros | 4,397 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Frederick William Johnson | 3,515 | 44.4 | ||
Majority | 882 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 87.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Arthur Du Cros
- Liberal: Cecil Patrick Black
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Laurance Lyon | 11,210 | 75.9 | +20.3 |
Labour | Joseph George Butler | 3,556 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,654 | 51.8 | +40.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,766 | 59.2 | −28.4 | ||
Registered electors | 24,958 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition Unionist | Eustace Percy | 11,685 | 54.7 | −21.2 | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 5,437 | 25.5 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Arthur Blackman | 4,240 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,248 | 29.2 | −22.6 | ||
Turnout | 21,362 | 78.0 | +18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 27,386 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Eustace Percy | 13,991 | 68.3 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 6,492 | 31.7 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 7,499 | 36.6 | −15.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,483 | 71.2 | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 28,785 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Eustace Percy | 11,914 | 52.6 | −15.7 | |
Liberal | Maria Gordon | 5,876 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 4,859 | 21.5 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 6,038 | 26.7 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,649 | 76.4 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 29,662 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Eustace Percy | 15,217 | 71.4 | +18.8 | |
Labour | Muriel Matters | 6,082 | 28.6 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 9,135 | 42.8 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,299 | 70.5 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 30,195 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Eustace Percy | 15,928 | 52.3 | −19.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Austen Edwin Spearing | 8,004 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Basil Noble | 6,516 | 21.4 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 7,924 | 26.0 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,448 | 73.4 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 41,503 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eustace Percy | 22,640 | 70.3 | ||
Labour | Irene Goddard | 4,983 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Austen Edwin Spearing | 4,561 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 17,657 | 54.9 | |||
Turnout | 32,184 | 73.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eustace Percy | 20,905 | 69.0 | ||
Labour | William Wate Wood | 9,404 | 31.0 | ||
Majority | 11,501 | 38.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,309 | 66.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Hely-Hutchinson | 18,428 | 62.1 | ||
Labour | William Wate Wood | 11,244 | 37.9 | ||
Majority | 7,184 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 65.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Maurice Hely-Hutchinson
- Labour: William Wate Wood[36]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 14,105 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | Lewis Gassman | 10,580 | 38.8 | ||
Independent Progressive | Sydney Muller Parkman | 2,564 | 9.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,525 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 30,035 | 52.92 | ||
Labour | Lewis Cohen | 17,603 | 31.01 | ||
Liberal | Peter L. M. Hurd | 9,122 | 16.07 | ||
Majority | 12,432 | 21.90 | |||
Turnout | 82.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 34,495 | 63.74 | ||
Labour | Catherine Williamson | 19,621 | 36.26 | ||
Majority | 14,874 | 27.49 | |||
Turnout | 77.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 20,469 | 55.77 | ||
Labour | Reginald George White | 11,933 | 32.51 | ||
Liberal | John Montgomerie | 4,303 | 11.72 | ||
Majority | 8,536 | 23.26 | |||
Turnout | 75.69 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 22,458 | 62.32 | ||
Labour | James Paterson Bryant | 13,576 | 37.68 | ||
Majority | 8,882 | 24.65 | |||
Turnout | 74.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 16,902 | 44.55 | ||
Labour | Harry Arthur Fountain | 11,324 | 29.85 | ||
Liberal | Jeremy John Arnold | 9,716 | 25.61 | ||
Majority | 5,578 | 14.70 | |||
Turnout | 76.34 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neill Cooper-Key | 15,324 | 40.27 | ||
Labour | Cyril Bernard Kissen | 12,984 | 34.12 | ||
Liberal | Jeremy John Arnold | 9,744 | 25.61 | ||
Majority | 2,340 | 6.15 | |||
Turnout | 76.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 20,364 | 50.61 | ||
Labour | Cyril Bernard Kissen | 13,549 | 33.67 | ||
Liberal | Pamela Maud Shields | 6,324 | 15.72 | ||
Majority | 6,815 | 16.94 | |||
Turnout | 72.77 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 20,075 | 44.85 | ||
Labour | Michael Foster | 12,992 | 29.02 | ||
Liberal | MG Cass | 11,690 | 26.12 | ||
Majority | 7,083 | 15.83 | |||
Turnout | 79.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 18,337 | 44.93 | ||
Labour | Michael Foster | 13,685 | 33.53 | ||
Liberal | A Leggett | 8,793 | 21.54 | ||
Majority | 4,652 | 11.40 | |||
Turnout | 71.58 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 21,311 | 51.53 | ||
Labour | Michael Foster | 12,392 | 29.96 | ||
Liberal | A Leggett | 6,474 | 15.65 | ||
Independent | GL McNally | 839 | 2.03 | ||
National Front | HJ Anderson | 344 | 0.83 | ||
Majority | 8,919 | 21.56 | |||
Turnout | 71.68 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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