Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1955 general election, made up largely of the constituency of Beverley (losing some territory in the south to Haltemprice, and taking some in the east from Bridlington).

For the similarly named current constituency, see Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency).

Howden
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Yorkshire
1955–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Boothferry, Selby, Bridlington and Ryedale[1]
Created from	Beverley and Bridlington

The Howden constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Driffield and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Derwent, Driffield, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1955	Paul Bryan	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Boothferry

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Howden[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	26,550	56.0
	Liberal	Elizabeth Shields	12,006	25.3
	Labour	A. B. Davenport	8,827	18.6
Majority			14,544	30.7
Turnout				74.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Howden[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	19,583	47.0
	Liberal	S. Haywood	14,803	35.5
	Labour	F. H. V. Lewis	7,271	17.5
Majority			4,780	11.5
Turnout				72.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Howden[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	21,892	48.8
	Liberal	S. Haywood	15,681	35.0
	Labour	J. Kirkwood	7,259	16.2
Majority			6,211	13.9
Turnout				78.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Howden[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	22,102	57.0
	Labour	John W. R. Graham	9,567	24.7
	Liberal	James Francis Crossley	6,951	17.9
	Independent	Tonderai Makoni	154	0.4	N/A
Majority			12,535	32.3
Turnout				70.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Howden[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	17,701	50.6
	Labour	G. McNamara	9,421	26.9
	Liberal	John J. MacCullum	7,885	22.5
Majority			8,280	23.7
Turnout				71.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Howden[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	19,367	53.2
	Liberal	John O K Crawford	9,067	24.9
	Labour	Allan Day	7,974	21.9
Majority			10,300	28.3
Turnout				75.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Howden[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	20,681	57.7	-0.5
	Labour	John Rhodes	7,809	21.8	-4.1
	Liberal	Ruslyn Hargreaves	7,384	20.6	+4.7
Majority			12,872	35.9	+2.5
Turnout				75.8	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Howden[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	20,487	58.2	N/A
	Labour	Robert W. Bowes	9,088	25.9	N/A
	Liberal	William Derek Ramsdale	5,575	15.9	N/A
Majority			11,399	32.4	N/A
Turnout				73.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Michael Kinnear, The British Voter: An Atlas and Survey Since 1885 (London: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd., 1981, 2nd ed.)

1. "'Howden', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
3. UK General Election results: May 1979
4. UK General Election results: October 1974
5. UK General Election results: February 1974
6. UK General Election results: 1970
7. UK General Election results: March 1966
8. UK General Election results: October 1964
10. UK General Election results: October 1959
12. UK General Election results: May 1955