Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
Ipswich /ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ (
Ipswich | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Ipswich in Suffolk | |
Location of Suffolk within England | |
County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 75,195 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Ipswich |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of Parliament | Tom Hunt (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
History
The constituency was created as Parliamentary Borough in the fourteenth century, returning two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and from 1800 to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. The constituency's parliamentary representation was reduced to a single seat with one MP under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Prior to the 1983 general election, when north-western areas were transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency, the Parliamentary and Municipal/County Boroughs were the same.
Ipswich was the only seat won by a Labour candidate at the 2017 general election from a total of seven seats in Suffolk, the others being retained by Conservatives and more rural in comparison to Ipswich. Martin's 2017 election victory was one of thirty net gains made by the Labour Party. Ipswich is a marginal seat, having changed hands nine times since its creation as a single-member constituency in 1918.
Constituency profile
The constituency includes Ipswich town centre and docks, with its mix of historic buildings and modern developments. Ipswich is a bustling town that serves as a centre for the rest of Suffolk which is predominantly rural and remote, and has the only serious concentration of Labour voters in the county, other than in Lowestoft.
Portman Road Football Ground to the West of the centre, and the new University to the East are both in the seat, as is the vast Chantry council estate to the South.
Ipswich's Conservative-leaning suburbs, such as Castle Hill, Westerfield and Kesgrave, extend beyond the constituency's boundaries – the northernmost wards are in the Suffolk Central constituency, and several strong Conservative areas are just outside the borough's tightly-drawn limits, making Ipswich a target seat for Labour.
The Ipswich constituency has generally been favourable to candidates from the Labour Party, being won by Labour at every postwar general election since the end of World War II; except 1970, February 1974, 1987, 2010 and 2015. Despite this, it was traditionally won by the party by fairly small margins; however, from 1997 until being gained by the Conservative Party in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins, and after the Conservatives increased their majority in 2015, Labour regained the seat in 2017.
Boundaries and boundary changes
1918–1983: The County Borough of Ipswich.[2]
1983–2010: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Bixley, Bridge, Chantry, Gainsborough, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St Clement's, St John's, St Margaret's, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Town.[3][4]
The Broomhill, Castle Hill, White House and Whitton wards were transferred to the new county constituency of Central Suffolk (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 1997).
2010–present: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John’s, St Margaret’s, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Westgate.[5]
Following a revision of the Borough of Ipswich wards, the constituency gained a small area from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.
The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, with the exception of the Castle Hill, Whitehouse and Whitton wards.
Members of Parliament
Freemen belonging to the Ipswich Corporation were entitled to elect two burgesses to the Parliament of England from the fourteenth century which continued uninterrupted after the parliament united with Scotland and Ireland. only becoming a single member constituency in 1918.
MPs 1386–1660
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1386 | Geoffrey Starling | Robert Waleys[6] |
1388 (Feb) | Geoffrey Starling | Robert Waleys[6] |
1388 (Sep) | John Arnold I | Robert Waleys[6] |
1390 (Jan) | Geoffrey Starling | Robert Hethe[6] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Geoffrey Starling | Robert Andrew[6] |
1393 | ?Geoffrey Starling | ?Robert Andrew[6] |
1394 | John Arnold I | Henry Wall[6] |
1395 | Geoffrey Starling | William Master[6] |
1397 (Jan) | John Arnold I | John Bernard[6] |
1397 (Sep) | William Debenham | John Bernard[6] |
1399 | John Arnold I | John Lewe[6] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Richard Church | John Starling[6] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Robert Lucas | John Starling[6] |
1407 | John Felbrigg | John Bernard[6] |
1410 | John Rous | James Andrew[6] |
1411 | John Bernard | John Starling[6] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | James Andrew | John Starling[6] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | William Debenham I | John Rous[6] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | William Debenham II | James Andrew[6] |
1419 | William Debenham II | James Andrew[6] |
1420 | John Knepping | John Wood[6] |
1421 (May) | William Debenham II | James Andrew[6] |
1421 (Dec) | Thomas Kempstone II | William Weatherfeld[6] |
1455 | Sir Gilbert Debenham | |
1510 | Thomas Hall | William Spencer[7] |
1512 | Thomas Baldry | Edmund Daundy[7] |
1515 | Thomas Baldry | Edmund Daundy[7] |
1523 | Humphrey Wingfield | Thomas Rush[7] |
1529 | Thomas Rush | Thomas Hayward, died and replaced Nov 1534 by Thomas Alvard (1493-1535)[7] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | Robert Daundy | William Sabine[7] |
1542 | Ralph Goodwin | John Sparrow[7] |
1545 | William Reynball | Richard Smart[7] |
1547 | John Gosnold | John Smith alias Dyer[7] |
1553 (Mar) | John Smith alias Dyer | Richard Bryde alias Byrde[7] |
1553 (Oct) | John Gosnold | John Sulyard[7] |
1554 (Apr) | Clement Heigham | Thomas Poley[7] |
1554 (Nov) | Ralph Goodwin | John Smith alias Dyer[7] |
1555 | John Sulyard | Richard Smart[7] |
1558 | William Wheatcroft, repl. Nov 1558 by Edmund Withypoll | Philip Williams[7] |
1558/9 | Thomas Seckford I | Robert Barker[8] |
1562/3 | Thomas Seckford I | Edward Grimston[8] |
1571 | Edward Grimston | John More[8] |
1572 | Thomas Seckford I | Edward Grimston[8] |
1584 (Nov) | Sir John Heigham | John Barker[8] |
1586 (Oct) | John Barker | John Laney[8] |
1588 (Oct) | John Barker | William Smarte[8] |
1593 | Robert Barker | Zachariah Lok[8] |
1597 (Oct) | Michael Stanhope | Francis Bacon[8] |
1601 (Oct) | Michael Stanhope | Francis Bacon[8] |
1604 | Sir Henry Glenham | Sir Francis Bacon |
1614 | Robert Snelling | William Cage |
1621 | Robert Snelling | William Cage |
1624 | Sir Robert Snelling | William Cage |
1625 | Sir Robert Snelling | William Cage |
1628 | William Cage | Edmund Day |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
1640 (Apr) | John Gurdon | William Cage |
1640 (Nov) | John Gurdon | William Cage |
1645 | John Gurdon | Francis Bacon |
1648 | John Gurdon | Francis Bacon |
1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Nathaniel Bacon | Francis Bacon |
1656 | Nathaniel Bacon | Francis Bacon |
1659 | Nathaniel Bacon | Francis Bacon |
MPs 1660–1832
MPs 1832–1918
During the period between 1835 and 1842 there were five elections and all were found to have been corrupt. After the 1835 election, Dundas and Kelly were unseated on the charge of bribery. After the 1837 election, Tufnell was unseated on a scrutiny. Gibson, who was elected in 1838, resigned. Cochrane was elected in 1839, after which a petition was presented complaining of gross bribery – it was not progressed because a general election was expected. After the 1841 election, Wason and Rennie were unseated, being declared guilty of bribery by their agents.[24]
MPs 1918–present
Election | Member[9] | Party | |
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1918 | John Ganzoni | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1923 | Robert Jackson | Labour | |
1924 | Sir John Ganzoni, Bt | Conservative | |
1938 by-election | Richard Stokes | Labour | |
1957 by-election | Dingle Foot | Labour | |
1970 | Ernle Money | Conservative | |
October 1974 | Kenneth Weetch | Labour | |
1987 | Michael Irvine | Conservative | |
1992 | Jamie Cann | Labour | |
2001 by-election | Chris Mole | Labour | |
2010 | Ben Gummer | Conservative | |
2017 | Sandy Martin | Labour | |
2019 | Tom Hunt | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Hunt | 24,952 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | Sandy Martin | 19,473 | 39.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett | 2,439 | 4.9 | ||
Brexit Party | Nicola Thomas | 1,432 | 2.9 | ||
Green | Barry Broom | 1,283 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 5,479 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,579 | 65.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandy Martin | 24,224 | 47.4 | ||
Conservative | Ben Gummer | 23,393 | 45.7 | ||
UKIP | Tony Gould | 1,372 | 2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett | 1,187 | 2.3 | ||
Green | Charlotte Armstrong | 840 | 1.6 | ||
Independent | David Tabane | 121 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 831 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,137 | 67.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Gummer | 21,794 | 44.8 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Ellesmere | 18,051 | 37.1 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Maria Vigneau | 5,703 | 11.7 | +8.8 | |
Green | Barry Broom | 1,736 | 3.6 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chika Akinwale | 1,400 | 2.9 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 3,733 | 7.7 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,694 | 65.4 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Gummer | 18,371 | 39.1 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Chris Mole | 16,292 | 34.7 | −8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Dyson | 8,556 | 18.2 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Chris Streatfield | 1,365 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
BNP | Dennis Boater | 1,270 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Green | Tim Glover | 775 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Christian | Kim Christofi | 149 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Turtill | 93 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Sally Wainman | 70 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 2,079 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,941 | 59.9 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Mole | 18,336 | 43.8 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Paul West | 13,004 | 31.1 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Atkins | 8,464 | 20.2 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Alison West | 1,134 | 2.7 | +1.1 | |
English Democrat | Jervis Kay | 641 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sally Wainman | 299 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,332 | 12.7 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,878 | 60.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Following the death of Jamie Cann on 15 October 2001, a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Mole | 11,881 | 43.4 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Paul West | 7,794 | 28.4 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tessa Munt | 6,146 | 22.4 | +7.2 | |
Christian Peoples Alliance | David Coope | 581 | 2.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jonathan Wright | 276 | 1.0 | −0.6 | |
Green | Tony Slade | 255 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | John Ramirez | 236 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Peter Leech | 152 | 0.6 | +0.0 | |
English Independence Party | Nicolas Winskill | 84 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,087 | 14.9 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,405 | 40.2 | −16.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jamie Cann | 19,952 | 51.3 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Wild | 11,871 | 30.5 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terence Gilbert | 5,904 | 15.2 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | William Vinyard | 624 | 1.6 | +1.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Peter Leech | 305 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Shaun Gratton | 217 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,081 | 20.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,873 | 57.0 | −15.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jamie Cann | 25,484 | 52.7 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Castle | 15,048 | 31.1 | −12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Roberts | 5,881 | 12.2 | +0.76 | |
Referendum | Theodore Agnew | 1,637 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | William Vinyard | 208 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Eric Kaplan | 107 | 0.2 | −0.11 | |
Majority | 10,436 | 21.6 | +21.09 | ||
Turnout | 48,365 | 72.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.54 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jamie Cann | 23,680 | 43.8 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Irvine | 23,415 | 43.4 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph White | 6159 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Green | Jane Scott | 591 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Eric Kaplan | 181 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 265 | 0.5 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,026 | 80.3 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Irvine | 23,328 | 44.4 | ||
Labour | Ken Weetch | 22,454 | 42.7 | ||
SDP | Hugh Nicholson | 6,596 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | David Lettice | 174 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 874 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 77.1 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Weetch | 22,191 | 43.7 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Cottrell | 21,114 | 41.6 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Miernik | 7,220 | 14.2 | ||
BNP | Albert Pearson | 235 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,077 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 75.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Weetch | 34,444 | 48.2 | ||
Conservative | R. Erith | 30,703 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal | P. Keeling | 5,772 | 8.1 | ||
National Front | P. Robinson | 449 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | R. Hodge | 115 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,741 | 5.2 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 80.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Weetch | 31,566 | 45.3 | ||
Conservative | Ernle Money | 29,833 | 42.8 | ||
Liberal | R. B. Salt | 8,295 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 1,733 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 79.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernle Money | 29,893 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Ken Weetch | 29,634 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal | Joan Ruby Knott | 11,857 | 16.3 | ||
National Democratic | David R. M. Brown | 1,161 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 259 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 83.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernle Money | 27,704 | 44.1 | ||
Labour | Dingle Foot | 27,691 | 44.1 | ||
Liberal | Neville S. Lewis | 5,147 | 8.2 | ||
National Democratic | David R. M. Brown | 2,322 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 13 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 72.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dingle Foot | 30,313 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Trevor A. Hagger | 23,440 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Rundle | 6,200 | 10.2 | ||
National Democratic | David R. M. Brown | 769 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 6,873 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 77.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dingle Foot | 24,648 | 39.8 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Trevor A. Hagger | 22,216 | 35.8 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 14,755 | 23.8 | +1.0 | |
National Democratic | David R. M. Brown | 349 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,432 | 3.9 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 79.0 | −1.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Election in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dingle Foot | 25,858 | 41.1 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | John C. Cobbold | 22,623 | 36.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 14,359 | 22.8 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,235 | 5.1 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 80.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dingle Foot | 26,898 | 45.8 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | John C. Cobbold | 19,161 | 32.6 | −14.5 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 12,587 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,737 | 13.2 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Stokes | 32,306 | 52.9 | ||
Conservative | John C. Cobbold | 28,724 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | 3,582 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 80.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Stokes | 33,463 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Albert E. Holdsworth | 29,227 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 4,236 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 85.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Stokes | 29,386 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | S. W. L. Ripley | 24,993 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal | J. C. Seward | 8,340 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 4,393 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 86.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Stokes | 26,296 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Frank Guy Clavering Fison | 18,177 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Duncan Mackay Mowat | 8,819 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 8,119 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 80.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Stokes | 27,604 | |||
Conservative | Harry Willink | 24,443 | |||
Majority | 3,161 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ganzoni | 28,528 | 57.3 | ||
Labour | Robert Jackson | 21,278 | 42.7 | ||
Majority | 7,250 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 82.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ganzoni | 29,782 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | Robert Jackson | 17,490 | 37.0 | ||
Majority | 12,292 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 47,272 | 82.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Ganzoni | 18,527 | 39.7 | −15.7 | |
Labour | Robert Jackson | 17,592 | 37.7 | −6.9 | |
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 10,559 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 935 | 2.0 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,678 | 85.7 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 54,474 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Ganzoni | 19,621 | 55.4 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Robert Jackson | 15,791 | 44.6 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 3,830 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,412 | 87.7 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 40,379 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Jackson | 15,824 | 50.7 | +4.1 | |
Unionist | John Ganzoni | 15,364 | 49.3 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 460 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,188 | 78.7 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 39,606 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Ganzoni | 17,134 | 53.4 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Robert Jackson | 14,924 | 46.6 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 2,210 | 6.8 | −14.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,058 | 82.4 | +14.5 | ||
Registered electors | 38,924 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Ganzoni | 13,553 | 53.5 | +5.4 |
Labour | Robert Jackson | 8,143 | 32.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 3,663 | 14.4 | −37.5 | |
Majority | 5,410 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,359 | 67.9 | −22.0 | ||
Registered electors | 37,348 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
- Change of vote share and swing calculated from the December 1910 party ticket vote.
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 Ganzoni
- Liberal: Daniel Ford Goddard
- Independent Labour: Robert Jackson (not supported by Labour Party HQ)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Ganzoni | 6,406 | 50.6 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Masterman | 5,874 | 46.3 | −5.6 | |
Independent Labour | John Scurr | 395 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 532 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,675 | 91.4 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,870 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 5,931 | 26.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Silvester Horne | 5,791 | 25.7 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Arthur Churchman | 5,447 | 24.1 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Bunnell Henry Burton | 5,409 | 24.0 | −0.1 | |
Turnout | 89.9 | −3.4 | |||
Registered electors | 12,641 | ||||
Majority | 344 | 1.6 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 6,120 | 26.1 | −3.7 | |
Liberal | Silvester Horne | 5,958 | 25.5 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Arthur Churchman | 5,690 | 24.3 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Bunnell Henry Burton | 5,645 | 24.1 | +4.4 | |
Turnout | 93.3 | +3.9 | |||
Registered electors | 12,641 | ||||
Majority | 268 | 1.2 | −6.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 6,396 | 29.8 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Felix Cobbold | 6,290 | 29.2 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 4,591 | 21.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | 4,232 | 19.7 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 1,699 | 7.9 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 89.4 | +5.8 | |||
Registered electors | 12,146 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 4,557 | 25.9 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 4,527 | 25.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Noel Buxton | 4,283 | 24.4 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | J. F. P. Rawlinson | 4,207 | 23.9 | −0.7 | |
Turnout | 83.6 | −6.8 | |||
Registered electors | 10,646 | ||||
Majority | 350 | 2.0 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Majority | 244 | 1.4 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 4,396 | 25.6 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 4,293 | 25.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Soames | 4,250 | 24.8 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Hugo Charteris | 4,219 | 24.6 | −1.2 | |
Turnout | 8,696 (est.) | 90.4 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,619 | ||||
Majority | 177 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Majority | 43 | 0.2 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 4,350 | 26.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Hugo Charteris | 4,277 | 25.8 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 4,054 | 24.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Soames | 3,888 | 23.5 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 8,417 (est.) | 89.7 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,619 | ||||
Majority | 223 | 1.3 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Charteris | 3,846 | 26.7 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 3,838 | 26.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Sydney Stern | 3,386 | 23.5 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson[41] | 3,334 | 23.2 | −2.1 | |
Turnout | 7,252 | 81.8 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,867 | ||||
Majority | 452 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Dalrymple | 3,687 | 25.2 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Hugo Charteris | 3,662 | 25.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | John Harvey | 3,635 | 24.9 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Horace Davey | 3,627 | 24.8 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 7,371 | 83.1 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,867 | ||||
Majority | 27 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.6 | |||
- Caused by the 1885 election being declared void on account of bribery.[42]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 3,795 | 25.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Jesse Collings | 3,777 | 25.3 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Murray Ind[43] | 3,717 | 24.9 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | William Thomas Charley | 3,649 | 24.4 | +0.0 | |
Turnout | 7,623 | 86.0 | +3.5 (est.) | ||
Registered electors | 8,867 | ||||
Majority | 60 | 0.4 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 3,266 | 53.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | William Thomas Charley | 2,816 | 46.3 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 450 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,082 | 76.9 | −5.6 (est.) | ||
Registered electors | 7,914 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 | |||
- Caused by Cobbold's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Cobbold | 3,142 | 25.7 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Jesse Collings | 3,074 | 25.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 3,025 | 24.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | James Redfoord Bulwer | 2,979 | 24.4 | −2.0 | |
Turnout | 6,110 (est.) | 82.5 (est.) | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,406 | ||||
Majority | 68 | 0.6 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
Majority | 95 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Cobbold | 2,213 | 57.9 | +2.9 | |
Lib-Lab | William Newton | 1,607 | 42.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 606 | 15.9 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,820 | 51.6 | −29.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,406 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
- Caused by Cobbold's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cobbold | 3,059 | 28.6 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | James Redfoord Bulwer | 2,827 | 26.4 | +10.8 | |
Liberal | Hugh Adair | 2,506 | 23.4 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 2,322 | 21.7 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 321 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,357 (est.) | 80.9 (est.) | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,619 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.3 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Adair | 2,321 | 35.4 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 2,195 | 33.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | John Cobbold | 2,044 | 31.2 | −15.8 | |
Majority | 151 | 2.3 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,302 (est.) | 80.4 (est.) | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,352 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Adair | 992 | 27.7 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | John Cobbold | 910 | 25.4 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Wyndham West | 904 | 25.3 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | William Tidmas[45] | 774 | 21.6 | −6.4 | |
Turnout | 1,790 (est.) | 84.5 (est.) | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,118 | ||||
Majority | 82 | 2.3 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Majority | 6 | 0.2 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cobbold | 918 | 30.5 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Hugh Adair | 864 | 28.7 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Selwin | 842 | 28.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | John King[46] | 388 | 12.9 | −11.8 | |
Turnout | 1,506 (est.) | 78.7 (est.) | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,914 | ||||
Majority | 54 | 1.8 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Majority | 22 | 0.7 | −1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cobbold | 780 | 26.1 | −0.5 | |
Whig | Hugh Adair | 759 | 25.4 | −0.3 | |
Whig | John Clark Marshman[47] | 738 | 24.7 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Selwin | 709 | 23.7 | −0.1 | |
Turnout | 1,493 (est.) | 79.0 (est.) | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,891 | ||||
Majority | 21 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Majority | 50 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cobbold | 809 | 26.6 | −3.6 | |
Whig | Hugh Adair | 782 | 25.7 | −0.1 | |
Radical | Thomas Hobhouse[48][49][50][51] | 725 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Samuel Bateson[52] | 725 | 23.8 | −0.3 | |
Turnout | 1,521 (est.) | 82.7 (est.) | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,838 | ||||
Majority | 27 | 0.9 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
Majority | 57 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cobbold | 829 | 30.2 | +6.1 | |
Whig | Hugh Adair | 708 | 25.8 | −26.2 | |
Conservative | John Neilson Gladstone | 661 | 24.1 | +0.2 | |
Chartist | Henry Vincent | 546 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,372 (est.) | 80.0 (est.) | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,714 | ||||
Majority | 121 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.6 | |||
Majority | 47 | 1.7 | −0.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −16.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Neilson Gladstone | 651 | 28.1 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Sackville Lane-Fox | 641 | 27.7 | +3.8 | |
Whig | David Thornbury | 548 | 23.7 | −28.3 | |
Chartist | Henry Vincent | 473 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Radical | John Nicholson | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 93 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,158 (est.) | 71.5 (est.) | −8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,704 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.0 | |||
- Caused by the earlier by-election being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Cuffe's and Gladstone's agents, on 30 July 1842.[53]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cuffe | 680 | 27.9 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Gladstone | 673 | 27.6 | +3.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Gisborne | 543 | 22.3 | −29.7 | |
Radical | George Moffatt[54] | 541 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Radical | John Nicholson | 3 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 130 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,220 (est.) | 75.4 (est.) | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,619 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.3 | |||
- Caused by the general election result being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Wason's and Ronnie's agents, on 25 April 1842[55]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Rigby Wason | 659 | 26.0 | +1.1 | |
Whig | George Rennie | 657 | 26.0 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly | 611 | 24.1 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | John Charles Herries | 604 | 23.9 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 46 | 1.8 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | c. 1,266 | c. 79.7 | c. −9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,587 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas John Cochrane | 621 | 50.2 | +0.1 | |
Whig | Thomas Milner Gibson | 615 | 49.8 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,236 | 87.2 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,418 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
- Caused by Gibson's defection to the Whigs.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Milner Gibson | 601 | 25.2 | −0.5 | |
Whig | Henry Tufnell | 595 | 25.0 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly | 593 | 24.9 | −0.9 | |
Whig | Rigby Wason | 593 | 24.9 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 1,262 | 89.0 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,418 | ||||
Majority | 6 | 0.2 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.9 | |||
- Tufnell was later unseated on petition, and Kelly was returned in his place
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Morrison | 542 | 27.6 | +3.7 | |
Whig | Rigby Wason | 533 | 27.2 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Horatio George Broke | 454 | 23.1 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | William Holmes | 434 | 22.1 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 79 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 992 | 82.1 | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,209 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 | |||
- Caused by the 1835 election being declared void on petition
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly | 557 | 25.8 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Dundas | 555 | 25.7 | +4.3 | |
Whig | Rigby Wason | 531 | 24.6 | −7.4 | |
Whig | James Morrison | 516 | 23.9 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,090 | 90.2 | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,209 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Morrison | 599 | 32.3 | +2.7 | |
Whig | Rigby Wason | 593 | 32.0 | +2.5 | |
Tory | Edward Goulburn | 303 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Tory | Fitzroy Kelly | 267 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Tory | Charles Mackinnon | 94 | 5.1 | −15.3 | |
Majority | 290 | 15.6 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 953 | 78.2 | c. +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Morrison | 468 | 29.6 | +21.8 | |
Whig | Rigby Wason | 467 | 29.5 | +21.7 | |
Tory | Charles Mackinnon | 323 | 20.4 | −21.8 | |
Tory | Robert FitzRoy | 323 | 20.4 | −21.8 | |
Majority | 144 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 798 | c. 69.4 | c. +21.1 | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,150 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +21.8 | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +21.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Dundas | 406 | 42.2 | ||
Tory | Charles Mackinnon | 406 | 42.2 | ||
Whig | John Disney | 150 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 256 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 556 | c. 48.3 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,150 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Notes and references
- Notes
- A borough 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.
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