Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Beverley and Bridlington
Created from	East Riding of Yorkshire

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918:

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Beverley and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Cottingham, Hornsea, and Withernsea, the Rural Districts of Patrington and Skirlaugh, part of the Rural District of Beverley, and in the Rural District of Sculcoates the civil parishes of Preston and Sutton.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	George Bethell	Conservative
	1900	Arthur Stanley Wilson	Conservative
	1922	Audley Bowdler	Liberal
	1923	Sir Samuel Savery	Unionist
	1939	Gurney Braithwaite	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Bethell

General election 1885: Holderness [1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Bethell	4,166	54.1	N/A
	Liberal	Gerard Smith	3,537	45.9	N/A
Majority			629	8.2	N/A
Turnout			7,703	84.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,143
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Holderness [1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Bethell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Holderness [1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Bethell	4,158	53.0	N/A
	Liberal	James Henry Anderson	3,693	47.0	N/A
Majority			465	6.0	N/A
Turnout			7,851	81.2	N/A
Registered electors			9,670
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Holderness [1][4][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Bethell	4,512	56.4	+3.4
	Liberal	Bourchier Francis Hawksley	3,483	43.6	−3.4
Majority			1,029	12.8	+6.8
Turnout			7,995	80.6	−0.6
Registered electors			9,920
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Holderness [1][4][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Stanley Wilson	4,597	62.1	+5.7
	Liberal	Allan James Lawrie	2,810	37.9	−5.7
Majority			1,787	24.2	+11.4
Turnout			7,407	76.3	−4.3
Registered electors			9,710
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

General election 1906: Holderness [1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Stanley Wilson	4,441	50.2	−11.9
	Liberal	Ernest J Wilberforce	4,411	49.9	+11.9
Majority			30	0.4	−23.8
Turnout			8,852	87.5	+11.2
Registered electors			10,117
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Holderness [5][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Stanley Wilson	5,046	52.0	+1.8
	Free Trader	George Bethell	4,661	48.0	N/A
Majority			385	4.0	+3.6
Turnout			9,707	89.5	+2.0
Registered electors			10,850
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Arnold

General election December 1910: Holderness [5][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Stanley Wilson	4,861	52.0	+0.0
	Liberal	Sydney Arnold	4,480	48.0	N/A
Majority			381	4.0	+0.0
Turnout			9,341	86.1	−3.4
Registered electors			10,850
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

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 Stanley Wilson
• Liberal: Fred Maddison

Maddison

1918 United Kingdom general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Arthur Stanley Wilson	9,387	63.0	+11.0
	Liberal	Fred Maddison	5,521	37.0	−11.0
Majority			3,866	26.0	+22.0
Turnout			14,908	57.9	−28.2
Registered electors			25,741
	Unionist hold		Swing	+11.0
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

1922 United Kingdom general election: Holderness[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Audley Bowdler	11,479	52.9	+15.9
	Unionist	Arthur Stanley Wilson	10,200	47.1	−15.9
Majority			1,279	5.8	N/A
Turnout			21,679	79.1	+21.2
Registered electors			27,421
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+15.9

1923 United Kingdom general election: Holderness [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Samuel Savery	11,099	50.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Audley Bowdler	10,846	49.4	−3.5
Majority			253	1.2	N/A
Turnout			21,945	78.1	−1.0
Registered electors			28,085
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.5

1924 United Kingdom general election: Holderness[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Samuel Savery	12,911	56.0	+5.4
	Liberal	Neville Dixey	10,162	44.0	−5.4
Majority			2,749	12.0	+10.8
Turnout			23,073	81.1	+3.0
Registered electors			28,449
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.4

1929 United Kingdom general election: Holderness[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Samuel Savery	14,544	47.6	−8.4
	Liberal	Neville Dixey	13,525	44.3	+0.3
	Labour	Joseph William Hewitt	2,481	8.1	N/A
Majority			1,019	3.3	−8.7
Turnout			30,550	80.1	−1.0
Registered electors			38,147
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.4

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Holderness[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Savery	21,560	61.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Aline Mackinnon	10,471	30.0	-14.3
	Labour	Joseph Leopold Schultz	2,927	8.4	+0.3
Majority			11,089	31.7	+28.4
Turnout			34,958	81.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.2

General election 1935: Holderness[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Savery	22,229	53.6	-8.1
	Liberal	Aline Mackinnon	10,348	24.9	-5.1
	Labour	Joseph Leopold Schultz	8,906	21.5	+13.1
Majority			11,901	28.7	-3.0
Turnout			41,503	72.2	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

1939 Holderness by-election [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gurney Braithwaite	17,742	39.4	-14.2
	Liberal	Aline Mackinnon	11,590	25.7	+0.8
	Labour	Joseph Leopold Schultz	9,629	21.3	-0.2
	Independent	Raleigh Chichester-Constable	6,103	13.5	n/a
Majority				13.7	-15.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.5

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gurney Braithwaite	25,181	43.1	+3.7
	Labour	Frederick Lawson	23,036	39.5	+18.2
	Liberal	Roger Fulford	10,165	17.4	-8.3
Majority			2,145	3.7	-11.3
Turnout				76.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
2. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
3. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.