King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk represented continually in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1298 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
King's Lynn | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | North West Norfolk |
1298–1918 | |
Number of members | two (1298–1885), one (1885–1918) |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
History
The Parliamentary Borough of King's Lynn, which was known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, returned two Members of Parliament until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was abolished as a Borough under the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was reconstituted as a Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk (from 1950, a County Constituency), absorbing the bulk of the abolished North Western Division. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, being replaced by the re-established constituency of North West Norfolk.
Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, was an MP for the constituency for almost the entirety of his parliamentary career, from 1702 to 1742.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Borough of King's Lynn, the Urban Districts of New Hunstanton and Walsoken, the Rural Districts of Docking, Freebridge Lynn, King's Lynn, and Marshland (except the parishes of Outwell and Upwell), and in the Rural District of Downham the parishes of Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, and Wiggenhall St Peter.[1]
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of King's Lynn, the Urban District of New Hunstanton, and the Rural Districts of Docking, Freebridge Lynn, and Marshland.[2]
Minor changes to the boundary with South West Norfolk to align with boundaries of local authorities, which had been rationalised. Also marginal changes to county boundaries with Isle of Ely and Parts of Holland.
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1328 | John de Swerdeston | Roger de Buttele [3] |
1335 | William de Brinton [3] | |
1337 | John de Swerdeston | William de Secheford [3] |
1338 | Roger de Buttele | Geoffrey Drewe [3] |
1339 | Thomas de Melcheburne [3] | |
1375 | Robert Bathe | John Waryn[3] |
1377 | John Dockyngg | Thomas ... [3] |
1378 | Nicholas de Swerdeston | Hugh de Ellyngham [3] |
1379 | John Brunham | Thomas de Morton [3] |
1380 | Richard de Honton | Henry de Betele [3] |
1381 | Thomas Drewe | Thomas de Morton [3] |
1382 | John Brunham | John Waryn [3] |
1385 | John de Brandon | Thomas de Morton [3] |
1386 | Edmund Beleyeter | Thomas Morton [4] |
1388 (Feb) | Henry Betley | Thomas Morton [4] |
1388 (Sep) | Edmund Beleyeter | Thomas Drew [4] |
1390 (Jan) | Robert Waterden | John Wace [4] |
1390 (Nov) | John Wentworth | Thomas Waterden [4] |
1391 | Robert Botkesham | John Kepe [4] |
1393 | Thomas Morton | Thomas Brigge [4] |
1394 | Thomas Morton | Thomas Drew [4] |
1395 | Thomas Waterden | John Brandon [4] |
1397 (Jan) | Thomas Drew | John Brandon [4] |
1397 (Sep) | John Wentworth | Roger Rawlin [4] |
1399 | Robert Botkesham | Thomas Waterden [4] |
1401 | Robert Botkesham | Thomas Waterden [4] |
1402 | Thomas Fawkes | Robert Brunham [4] |
1404 (Jan) | Thomas Drew | John Wentworth [4] |
1404 (Oct) | John Brandon | Thomas Drew [4] |
1406 | Thomas Brigge | Thomas Derham [4] |
1407 | William Lok | John Wesenham [4] |
1410 | John Spicer | John Brown [4] |
1411 | Bartholomew Sistern | Philip Frank [4] |
1413 (Feb) | William Halyate | John Tilney [4] |
1413 (May) | William Halyate | John Tilney [4] |
1414 (Apr) | John Bilney | John Tilney [4] |
1414 (Nov) | John Spicer | Andrew Swanton [4] |
1415 | Thomas Brigge | John Tilney [4] |
1416 (Mar) | John Spicer | Thomas Brigge [4] |
1416 (Oct) | William Herford | John Warner [4] |
1417 | Robert Brunham | Thomas Hunt [4] |
1419 | Philip Frank | Walter Curson [4] |
1420 | Thomas Brigge | Andrew Swanton [4] |
1421 (May) | Bartholomew Sistern | John Parmenter [4] |
1421 (Dec) | John Waterden | Robert Brandon [4] |
1510 | Thomas Gibbon | Francis Monford[5] |
1512 | Francis Monford | Thomas Wythe [5] |
1515 | Robert Soome | Thomas Wythe [5] |
1523 | Thomas Miller | Richard Bewcher [5] |
1529 | Thomas Miller | Richard Bewcher replaced Oct 1535 by Robert Southwell [5] |
1536 | Robert Southwell | William Coningsby [5] |
1539 | Thomas Waters | Robert Southwell [5] |
1542 | Thomas Waters | Thomas Miller [5] |
1545 | Edmund Grey | Thomas Miller [5] |
1547 | Thomas Gawdy | William Overend replaced Jan 1549 by George Amyas [5] |
1553 (Mar) | Sir Richard Corbet | John Walpole [5] |
1553 (Oct) | John Walpole | Thomas Waters [5] |
1554 (Apr) | Thomas Waters | William Overend [5] |
1554 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Moyle | Thomas Waters[5] |
1555 | Sir Nicholas L'Estrange | Thomas Waters [5] |
1558 | Ambrose Gilberd, died and replaced Sep 1558 by William Telverton | Thomas Waters [5] |
1558/9 | Thomas Hogan | Thomas Waters [6] |
1562/3 | (Sir) Robert Bell | Richard L'Estrange [6] |
1571 | (Sir) Robert Bell | John Kynne [6] |
1572 | (Sir) Robert Bell, died and replaced Jan 1580 by John Peyton | John Pell [6] |
1584 (Mar) | John Peyton | Richard Clarke [6] |
1586 (Oct) | Richard Clarke | Thomas Oxborough [6] |
1588/9 | Richard Clarke | Thomas Boston [6] |
1593 | Sir John Peyton | William Lewis [6] |
1597 (Sep) | Thomas Oxborough | Nathaniel Bacon [6] |
1601 | Sir Robert Mansell | Thomas Oxborough [6] |
1604 | Thomas Oxborough | Robert Hitcham |
1614 | Matthew Clerke | Thomas Oxborough |
1621–1622 | Matthew Clerke | John Wallis |
1624 | John Wallis | William Doughty |
1625 | Thomas Gurling | John Cooke |
1626 | Thomas Gurling | John Cooke |
1628 | William Doughty | Sir John Hare |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1640–1885
Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1640 (Apr) | William Doughty | Thomas Gurling | ||||
1640 (Nov) | John Perceval | Parliamentarian | Thomas Toll | Parliamentarian | ||
1644 | Perceval died – seat vacant | |||||
1646 | Edmund Hudson | |||||
July 1647 | Hudson expelled – seat vacant | |||||
1649 | William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury) [7] | |||||
1653 | King's Lynn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | |||||
1654 | Major-General Philip Skippon | Guybon Goddard | ||||
1656 | Major-General John Desborough [8] | |||||
January 1659 | Griffith Lloyd | Thomas Toll | ||||
May 1659 | William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury) | One seat vacant | ||||
April 1660 | Sir Ralph Hare | Edward Walpole | ||||
1661 | Sir William Hovell | |||||
1668 | Robert Wright | |||||
1670 | John Coke | |||||
1673 | Sir Francis North | |||||
1675 | Robert Coke | |||||
1679 | John Turner | Sir Simon Taylor | ||||
1681 | Sir Henry Hobart | Whig | ||||
1685 | Sir John Turner | |||||
1689 | Sigismund Trafford | |||||
1690 | Daniel Bedingfeld | |||||
1695 | Sir Charles Turner | |||||
1702 | Sir Robert Walpole [9] | Whig | ||||
1712 | John Turner | |||||
1713 | Sir Robert Walpole | Whig | ||||
1738 | Sir John Turner | |||||
1742 | Edward Bacon | |||||
1747 | Horatio Walpole, junior | Whig | ||||
1757 | Hon. Horace Walpole | |||||
1768 | Hon. Thomas Walpole | |||||
1774 | Crisp Molineux | |||||
1784 | Hon. Horatio Walpole [10] | |||||
1790 | Sir Martin ffolkes | Whig[11] | ||||
1809 | Horatio Walpole | Tory[11] | ||||
January 1822 | William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck | Tory[11] | ||||
June 1822 | John Walpole | Tory[11] | ||||
1824 | William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck | Tory[11] | ||||
1826 | Lord William Bentinck | Tory[11] | ||||
1828 | Lord George Bentinck | Tory[11] | ||||
1831 | Lord William Lennox | Whig[11] | ||||
1834 | Conservative[11] | |||||
1835 | Sir Stratford Canning | Conservative[11] | ||||
1842 by-election | Robert Jocelyn | Conservative[11] | ||||
1847 | Peelite[12][13][14][15] | |||||
1848 by-election | Hon. Edward Stanley [16] | Conservative | ||||
1854 by-election | John Henry Gurney | Whig | ||||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1865 | Sir Thomas Buxton | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Hon. Robert Bourke | Conservative | ||||
1869 by-election | Lord Claud Hamilton | Conservative | ||||
1880 | Sir William ffolkes | Liberal | ||||
1885 | Representation reduced to one Member |
MPs 1885–1974
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Bentinck | 78 | 49.1 | ||
Tory | John Walpole | 73 | 45.9 | ||
Whig | William ffolkes | 8 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 65 | 40.9 | |||
Turnout | c. 80 | c. 20.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Tory hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Lennox | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Lennox | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 836 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bentinck | 531 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | Stratford Canning | 416 | 35.1 | ||
Radical | John Scott Lillie | 238 | 20.1 | ||
Majority | 178 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 674 | 77.9 | |||
Registered electors | 865 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bentinck | 468 | 38.4 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Stratford Canning | 382 | 31.3 | −3.8 | |
Whig | George Keppel | 369 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.1 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 756 | 85.4 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 885 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stratford Canning | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,144 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Canning resigned after being appointed the United Kingdom's ambassador to Turkey, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Jocelyn | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Peelite | Robert Jocelyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,157 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Robert Jocelyn | 641 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Stanley | 559 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Radical | Robert Pashley[13][19][20] | 390 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 169 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 990 (est) | 84.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,176 | ||||
Peelite hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Jocelyn's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Henry Gurney | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Henry Gurney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,055 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig gain from Peelite |
Stanley was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Stanley was appointed President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Henry Gurney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,019 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | 445 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Buxton | 401 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frederick Walpole[21] | 339 | 28.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 793 (est) | 93.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 852 | ||||
Majority | 44 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 62 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Stanley was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Stanley | 1,265 | 37.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Bourke | 1,125 | 33.1 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Buxton | 1,012 | 29.7 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 113 | 3.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,207 (est) | 87.8 (est) | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,514 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Stanley succeed to the peerage, becoming 15th Earl of Derby and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 1,051 | 50.5 | −15.7 | |
Liberal | Richard Young[22] | 1,032 | 49.5 | +15.7 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.9 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,083 | 82.9 (est) | −10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,514 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.7 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bourke | 1,163 | 28.0 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 1,093 | 26.3 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | William ffolkes | 999 | 24.1 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Edmond Wodehouse[23] | 895 | 21.6 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.3 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,075 (est) | 84.7 (est) | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,450 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William ffolkes | 1,286 | 26.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Bourke | 1,257 | 25.7 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 1,192 | 24.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Frank Lockwood | 1,151 | 23.6 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 2,443 (est) | 87.9 (est) | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,779 | ||||
Majority | 29 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Majority | 105 | 2.1 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.2 |
- representation reduced to one member
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bourke | 1,472 | 53.1 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | William ffolkes | 1,302 | 46.9 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 170 | 6.2 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,774 | 89.7 | +1.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 3,094 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bourke | 1,417 | 55.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | John Briscoe | 1,146 | 44.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 271 | 10.6 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,563 | 82.8 | -6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,094 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Bourke's resignation on appointment as Governor of Madras caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Weston Jarvis | 1,423 | 54.9 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | James Harris Sanders[25] | 1,168 | 45.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 255 | 9.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,591 | 83.7 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,094 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,319 | 50.2 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas R. Kemp | 1,308 | 49.8 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.4 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,627 | 88.5 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,970 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.1 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,395 | 51.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Hubert Beaumont | 1,326 | 48.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 69 | 2.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,721 | 91.3 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,979 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,499 | 52.9 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Handel Booth | 1,332 | 47.1 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 167 | 5.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,831 | 88.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,209 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Carlyon Bellairs | 1,506 | 43.8 | −3.3 | |
Ind. Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,164 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alan Burgoyne | 772 | 22.4 | −30.5 | |
Majority | 342 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,442 | 93.2 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,692 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.6 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,900 | 53.7 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Cadogan | 1,638 | 46.3 | +23.9 | |
Majority | 262 | 7.4 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,538 | 94.2 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,755 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Holcombe Ingleby | 1,765 | 51.4 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 1,668 | 48.6 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 97 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,433 | 91.4 | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,755 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 | |||
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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Holcombe Ingleby
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Neville Jodrell | 10,146 | 50.9 | −0.5 |
Labour | Robert Barrie Walker | 9,780 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 366 | 1.8 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,926 | 59.7 | −31.7 | ||
Registered electors | 33,349 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Neville Jodrell | 9,862 | 37.2 | −13.7 | |
Labour | Robert Barrie Walker | 8,683 | 32.7 | −16.4 | |
Liberal | Graham Woodwark | 7,970 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,179 | 4.5 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 26,515 | 75.5 | +15.8 | ||
Registered electors | 35,131 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Graham Woodwark | 9,943 | 38.7 | +8.6 | |
Unionist | Neville Jodrell | 9,266 | 36.1 | −1.1 | |
Labour | John Stevenson | 6,488 | 25.2 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 677 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,697 | 71.9 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,754 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Maurice Roche | 11,710 | 41.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Graham Woodwark | 9,184 | 32.6 | −6.1 | |
Labour | John Stevenson | 7,280 | 25.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 2,526 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,714 | 77.6 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 36,289 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Maurice Roche | 14,501 | 40.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | William Bertram Mitford | 10,806 | 30.3 | −2.3 | |
Labour | John Maynard | 10,356 | 29.0 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 3,695 | 10.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,663 | 79.1 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 45,103 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Roche | 23,687 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | David Freeman | 10,054 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 13,633 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 33,741 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Somerset Maxwell | 17,492 | 50.0 | ||
Labour | F Emerson | 12,062 | 34.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 5,418 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 5,430 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 34,972 | 71.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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: Somerset Maxwell
- Labour: Frederick Wise
- Liberal: R H Kerkham
- British Union: A E Ilett
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Roche | 10,696 | 54.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent Labour | Frederick Wise | 9,027 | 45.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,669 | 8.4 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,723 | 39.8 | −31.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Wise | 18,202 | 48.7 | ||
Conservative | Donald McCullough | 14,928 | 39.9 | ||
Liberal | Alexander Peckover Doyle Penrose | 3,796 | 10.2 | ||
Independent | Geoffrey Bowles | 444 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 3,274 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Wise | 19,399 | 45.33 | -3.37 | |
Conservative | Ronald Scott-Miller | 19,129 | 44.70 | +4.80 | |
Liberal | Richard Arden Winch | 4,266 | 9.97 | -0.23 | |
Majority | 270 | 0.63 | -8.17 | ||
Turnout | 42,794 | 83.84 | +10.54 | ||
Registered electors | 51,043 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.09 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Ronald Scott-Miller | 21,954 | 51.09 | +6.39 | |
Labour | Frederick Wise | 21,017 | 48.91 | +3.58 | |
Majority | 937 | 2.18 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,791 | 82.77 | -1.07 | ||
Registered electors | 51,914 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.41 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Ronald Scott-Miller | 20,949 | 51.65 | +0.56 | |
Labour | Hugh Lawson | 19,611 | 48.35 | -0.56 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 3.30 | +1.12 | ||
Turnout | 40,560 | 78.20 | -4.57 | ||
Registered electors | 51,867 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Denys Bullard | 21,671 | 52.12 | +0.47 | |
Labour | Colin Jackson | 19,906 | 47.88 | -0.47 | |
Majority | 1,765 | 4.25 | +0.95 | ||
Turnout | 41,577 | 79.76 | +1.56 | ||
Registered electors | 52,125 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.47 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Derek Page | 21,460 | 50.12 | +2.24 | |
Conservative | Denys Bullard | 21,356 | 49.88 | -2.24 | |
Majority | 104 | 0.24 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,816 | 80.50 | +0.74 | ||
Registered electors | 53,186 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.24 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Page | 23,324 | 52.26 | +2.14 | |
Conservative | Denys Bullard | 21,305 | 47.74 | -2.14 | |
Majority | 2,019 | 4.52 | +4.28 | ||
Turnout | 44,629 | 82.90 | +2.40 | ||
Registered electors | 53,832 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.14 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler | 23,822 | 50.03 | +2.29 | |
Labour | Derek Page | 23,789 | 49.97 | -2.29 | |
Majority | 33 | 0.07 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,611 | 78.23 | -4.67 | ||
Registered electors | 60.857 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.29 | |||
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