Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)
Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1298 until 1974.
Hertford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hertfordshire |
Major settlements | Hertford |
1885–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hertford & Stevenage |
1298–1885 | |
Number of members | two (1298-1868), one (1868-1885) |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
History
The Parliamentary Borough of Hertford was represented by two MPs in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 onwards. Under the Boundaries Act of 1868, its representation was reduced to 1 MP.[1]
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) abolished the Parliamentary Borough and it gave its name to one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Eastern or Hertford Division of Hertfordshire.
As well from the Borough of Hertford, the enlarged constituency included the towns of Ware, Bishop's Stortford and Hoddesdon. It remained largely unchanged until 1955, but was radically altered for the 1955 general election. It was abolished in 1974.
Boundaries and boundary changes
1885–1918: The Borough of Hertford, the Sessional Divisions of Bishop's Stortford and Cheshunt, parts of the Sessional Divisions of Hertford and Ware, and in the Sessional Division of Aldbury the parishes of Great Hadham and Little Hadham.[2]
1918–1950: The Borough of Hertford, the Urban Districts of Bishop's Stortford, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Sawbridgeworth, and Ware, the Rural Districts of Hadham and Ware, and in the Rural District of Hertford the parishes of Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bengeo Urban, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty, Brickendon Rural, Hertingfordbury, Little Amwell, Little Berkhamsted, St Andrew Rural, St John Rural, Stapleford, and Tewin.[3]
Minor changes.
1950–1955: The Borough of Hertford, the Urban Districts of Bishop's Stortford, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Sawbridgeworth, and Ware, the Rural District of Ware, in the Rural District of Braughing the parishes of Albury, Braughing, Brent Pelham, Furneux Pelham, High Wych, Little Hadham, Much Hadham, Stocking Pelham, and Thorley, and in the Rural District of Hertford the parishes of Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bengeo Urban, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty, Brickendon Rural, Hertingfordbury, Little Amwell, Little Berkhamsted, St Andrew Rural, St John Rural, Stapleford, and Tewin.[4]
Nominal changes only to reflect changes to rural districts.
1955–1974: The Borough of Hertford, the Urban District of Welwyn Garden City, and the Rural Districts of Hatfield, Hertford, and Welwyn.[5]
Significant changes with only the Municipal Borough and the part of the Rural District of Hertford retained. The remainder of the constituency formed the basis of the new County Constituency of East Hertfordshire. The Urban District of Welwyn Garden City and the Rural District of Welwyn were transferred from St Albans; the Rural District of Hatfield from Barnet; and the remainder of the Rural District of Hertford from Hitchin.
The constituency was abolished in the redistribution taking effect for the February 1974 general election. The Municipal Borough and Rural District of Hertford were included in the new County Constituency of Hertford and Stevenage, with remaining areas forming the new County Constituency of Welwyn and Hatfield.
Members of Parliament
Hertford borough (1298-1885)
1298-1640
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
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1376 | Constituency franchise lapsed | ||
1624 | Constituency re-enfranchised by Parliament | ||
1624 | William Ashton | Thomas Fanshawe | |
1625 | William Ashton | Thomas Fanshawe | |
1626 | Sir William Harrington | Sir Capell Bedell | |
1628 | Sir Edward Howard ennobled and replaced by Sir Charles Morrison | Sir Thomas Fanshawe | |
1629 | John Carey, Viscount Rochford | Sir Thomas Fanshawe | |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
1640-1868
Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1640 | Viscount Cranborne | Parliamentarian | Sir Thomas Fanshawe | Royalist | |||
November 1640 | |||||||
November 1643 | Fanshawe disabled from sitting - seat vacant | ||||||
1645 | William Leman | ||||||
December 1648 | Cranborne not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | ||||||
1653 | Hertford was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | ||||||
1654 | Isaac Pulter | Hertford had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
1656 | |||||||
January 1659 | James Cowper | ||||||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||||||
April 1660 | Arthur Sparke | James Cowper | |||||
1661 | Sir Edward Turnor | Thomas Fanshawe | |||||
1673 | Sir Thomas Byde | ||||||
1675 | Edmund Feilde | ||||||
1677 | Sir John Gore | ||||||
February 1679 | Sir Charles Caesar | ||||||
September 1679 | Sir William Cowper | ||||||
1685 | Sir Francis Boteler | ||||||
1689 | Sir William Cowper | ||||||
1690 | Sir William Leman | ||||||
1695 | William Cowper | ||||||
January 1701 | Charles Caesar | Thomas Filmer | |||||
February 1701 | Richard Goulston | ||||||
1705 | Sir Thomas Clarke | ||||||
1708 | William Monson | ||||||
1710 | Charles Caesar | Richard Goulston | |||||
1715 [6] | Sir Thomas Clarke | John Boteler | |||||
1722 | Edward Harrison | Charles Caesar [7] | |||||
1723 | Sir Thomas Clarke | ||||||
1727 | George Harrison | ||||||
1734 | Nathaniel Brassey | ||||||
1741 | George Harrison | ||||||
1759 | George Cowper | ||||||
1761 | John Calvert | Timothy Caswall | |||||
1768 | William Cowper | ||||||
1770 | Paul Feilde | ||||||
1780 | Thomas, Baron Dimsdale [8] | William Baker | |||||
1784 | John Calvert | ||||||
1790 | Nathaniel, Baron Dimsdale [8] | ||||||
1802 | Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper | Whig[9] | Nicolson Calvert | Whig[9] | |||
1817 | James Gascoyne-Cecil | Tory[9] | |||||
1823 | Thomas Byron | Tory[10] | |||||
1826 | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | Whig[9] | |||||
1830 | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | Tory[9] | |||||
1831 | John Currie | Whig[9] | |||||
1832 [11] | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | Tory[9] | Philip Stanhope | Tory[9] | |||
1832 | writ suspended: both seats vacant until 1835[11] | ||||||
1835 | Hon. William Cowper | Whig[12][13][14][9] | Philip Stanhope | Conservative[9] | |||
1852 | Thomas Chambers | Radical[15][16][17] | |||||
1857 | Sir Walter Townshend-Farquhar | Conservative | |||||
1859 | Liberal | ||||||
1866 | Robert Dimsdale | Conservative | |||||
1868 | Representation reduced to one MP |
1868-1885
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Robert Dimsdale | Conservative | |
1874 | Arthur Balfour | Conservative | |
1885 | Constituency abolished; name transferred to county division |
Hertford county constituency (1885-1974)
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Abel Smith | Conservative | |
1898 by-election | Evelyn Cecil | Conservative | |
1900 | Abel Henry Smith | Conservative | |
Jan. 1910 | Sir John Rolleston | Conservative | |
1916 by-election | Noel Pemberton Billing | Independent | |
1918 | Silver Badge Party | ||
1921 by-election | (Sir) Murray Sueter | Anti-Waste League/Independent Parliamentary Group | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1945 | Sir Derek Walker-Smith | Conservative | |
1955 | Robert Lindsay | Conservative | |
Feb. 1974 | Constituency abolished - see Hertford and Stevenage |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 800 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 492 | 37.7 | ||
Whig | John Currie | 431 | 33.0 | ||
Tory | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | 383 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | 48 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 739 | c. 92.4 | |||
Registered electors | c. 800 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | 432 | 32.5 | +17.9 | |
Tory | Philip Stanhope | 381 | 28.7 | +14.1 | |
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 329 | 24.8 | −12.9 | |
Radical | John Eden Spalding | 186 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 671 | 95.9 | c. +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 700 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +12.2 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +10.3 | |||
The 1832 election was later declared void, but a new writ was not issued during the course of the parliament.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Stanhope | 359 | 35.7 | +7.0 | |
Whig | William Cowper | 327 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Chetwynd-Talbot | 321 | 31.9 | −0.6 | |
Turnout | 616 | 97.3 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 633 | ||||
Majority | 32 | 3.2 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 6 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | 378 | 38.5 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Philip Stanhope | 306 | 31.2 | −36.4 | |
Radical | John Currie | 297 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 580 | 91.9 | −5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 631 | ||||
Majority | 72 | 7.3 | +6.7 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +21.2 | |||
Majority | 9 | 0.9 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −21.2 |
Cowper was appointed as a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | 297 | 51.7 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Walter Townsend-Farquhar | 278 | 48.3 | +17.1 | |
Majority | 19 | 3.3 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 575 | 92.9 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 619 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Philip Stanhope | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 607 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Cowper was appointed a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Philip Stanhope | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 567 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | 301 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Radical | Thomas Chambers | 235 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Stanhope | 213 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Dimsdale[19] | 182 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 466 (est) | 68.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 685 | ||||
Majority | 66 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 22 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative |
Cowper was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Cowper was appointed president of the General Board of Health, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Cowper was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Cowper | 301 | 37.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Walter Townsend-Farquhar | 273 | 33.7 | −8.7 | |
Radical | Thomas Chambers | 235 | 29.0 | +3.8 | |
Turnout | 405 (est) | 65.2 (est) | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 620 | ||||
Majority | 28 | 3.5 | −3.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Majority | 38 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | −6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Walter Townsend-Farquhar | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 530 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Cowper was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cowper | 281 | 57.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Dimsdale | 204 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 77 | 15.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 485 | 91.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 530 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
Cowper was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cowper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Walter Townshend-Farquhar | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 543 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Townshend-Farquhar's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Dimsdale | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Dimsdale | 434 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick Waymouth Gibbs[20] | 345 | 44.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 779 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 922 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,041 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Balfour | 564 | 58.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Ernest Bowen[21] | 400 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 164 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 964 | 89.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,081 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Balfour was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Smith | 4,263 | 58.1 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Cowper | 3,072 | 41.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 16.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,335 | 83.0 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,840 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Smith | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Smith | 4,276 | 60.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edwin Robert Speirs | 2,818 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,458 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,094 | 75.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,355 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Smith | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Smith's death caused a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Cecil | 4,118 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Spencer | 3,850 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 268 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,968 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,301 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Henry Smith | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Henry Smith | 4,836 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 4,756 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 80 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,592 | 86.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,124 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rolleston | 6,147 | 58.0 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Edmund Broughton Barnard | 4,455 | 42.0 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 1,692 | 16.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,602 | 89.6 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,838 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rolleston | 5,594 | 57.0 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | George Strachan Pawle | 4,226 | 43.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,368 | 14.0 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,820 | 83.0 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,684 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 |
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: John Rolleston
- Liberal:
- Independent: W. H. Rolfe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Noel Pemberton Billing | 4,590 | 56.3 | N/A | |
Unionist | Brodie Henderson | 3,559 | 43.7 | −13.3 | |
Majority | 1,031 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,149 | 64.2 | −18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,684 | ||||
Independent gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Noel Pemberton-Billing | 9,628 | 52.1 | N/A | |
National | *Edmund Broughton Barnard | 7,158 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Cyril Harding | 1,679 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,470 | 13.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,465 | 57.4 | −25.6 | ||
Registered electors | 32,158 | ||||
Independent gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
* Barnard was also the nominee of the National Farmers' Union
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anti-Waste League | *Murray Sueter | 12,329 | 68.9 | N/A | |
Coalition Unionist | Hildred Carlile | 5,553 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,776 | 37.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,882 | 55.1 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 32,426 | ||||
Anti-Waste League gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
* Sueter was also the nominee of the Independent Parliamentary Group.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murray Sueter | 11,406 | 63.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Greenwood | 6,534 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,872 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,940 | 54.1 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 33,184 | ||||
Unionist gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murray Sueter | 10,660 | 52.2 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Greenwood | 9,763 | 47.8 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 897 | 4.4 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,423 | 60.6 | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 33,704 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murray Sueter | 14,582 | 60.0 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Morris Davies | 5,828 | 24.0 | −23.8 | |
Labour | Ernest Selley | 3,885 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,754 | 36.0 | +31.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,295 | 70.8 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,315 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murray Sueter | 13,525 | 39.5 | −20.5 | |
Independent | Noel Pemberton Billing | 10,149 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Evander Evans | 6,419 | 18.7 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Roger S Edwards | 4,193 | 12.2 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 3,376 | 9.9 | −26.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,286 | 74.7 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 45,893 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.6 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Murray Sueter | 25,751 | 78.4 | +38.9 | |
Labour | Roger S Edwards | 7,092 | 21.6 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 56.8 | +46.9 | |||
Turnout | 69.1 | -5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Murray Sueter | 21,193 | 64.8 | -9.8 | |
Labour | Roger S Edwards | 11,492 | 35.2 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 9,701 | 29.6 | -27.2 | ||
Turnout | 62.5 | -6.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.7 |
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;
- Conservative: Murray Sueter
- Labour: Mitchell W. Gordon[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Walker-Smith | 19,877 | 43.3 | -21.5 | |
Labour | Lynton Scutts | 17,349 | 37.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Thomas Peter Hughes | 7,587 | 16.6 | n/a | |
Independent | A B Swain | 1,005 | 2.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,528 | 5.4 | -24.2 | ||
Turnout | 70.4 | +7.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.1 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Walker-Smith | 25,074 | 45.90 | +2.60 | |
Labour | Lynton Scutts | 19,324 | 35.37 | -2.53 | |
Liberal | Thomas Peter Hughes | 10,234 | 18.73 | +2.13 | |
Majority | 5,750 | 10.52 | +5.12 | ||
Turnout | 54,632 | 83.18 | +12.78 | ||
Registered electors | 65,683 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.57 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Walker-Smith | 30,519 | 56.28 | +10.38 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard Marsh | 23,708 | 43.72 | +8.35 | |
Majority | 6,811 | 12.56 | +2.04 | ||
Turnout | 54,227 | 80.80 | -2.38 | ||
Registered electors | 67,110 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Lindsay | 25,014 | 56.79 | +0.51 | |
Labour | John McKnight | 19,030 | 43.21 | -0.51 | |
Majority | 5,984 | 13.59 | +1.03 | ||
Turnout | 44,044 | 82.24 | +1.44 | ||
Registered electors | 53,556 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Lindsay | 31,418 | 58.17 | +1.38 | |
Labour | Gerald D Southgate | 22,597 | 41.83 | -1.38 | |
Majority | 8,821 | 16.33 | +2.74 | ||
Turnout | 54,015 | 84.26 | +2.02 | ||
Registered electors | 64,106 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.38 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Lindsay | 29,134 | 46.23 | -11.94 | |
Labour | Thomas A Deacon | 25,161 | 39.93 | -1.90 | |
Liberal | Anna Harman | 8,722 | 13.84 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,973 | 6.30 | -10.03 | ||
Turnout | 63,017 | 84.64 | +0.38 | ||
Registered electors | 74,450 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Lindsay | 32,302 | 50.62 | +3.79 | |
Labour | Peter Nurse | 31,508 | 49.38 | +9.45 | |
Majority | 794 | 1.24 | -5.06 | ||
Turnout | 63,810 | 83.70 | -0.94 | ||
Registered electors | 76,234 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.83 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Lindsay | 36,494 | 52.58 | +1.96 | |
Labour | Yvonne Sieve | 26,924 | 38.79 | -10.59 | |
Liberal | John Melling | 5,994 | 8.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,570 | 13.79 | +12.55 | ||
Turnout | 69,412 | 78.08 | -5.62 | ||
Registered electors | 88,900 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.28 |
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