Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Holland with Boston County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Holland with Boston was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was replaced with Boston and Skegness.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | William Stapleton Royce | Labour | |
| 1924 | Arthur Wellesley Dean | Conservative | |
| 1929 | James Blindell | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1937 | Herbert Butcher | National Liberal | |
| 1966 | Richard Body | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Election results from the 1960s
| General Election 1966: Holland with Boston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Body | 26,683 | 50.30 | − | |
| Labour | R.H.Hickman | 26,367 | 49.70 | − | |
| Majority | 316 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 53050 | 74.97 | − | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Election results in the 1920s
| By-election 1929: Holland with Boston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Blindell | 13,000 | 38.1 | +18.4 | |
| Labour | G.R.B. White | 9,294 | 27.3 | −5.5 | |
| Conservative | F.J. Van den Berg | 8,257 | 24.2 | −23.3 | |
| Agricultural Party | F.W. Dennis | 3,541 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,706 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 34092 | 75.6 | −0.2 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.9 | |||
| By-election 1924: Holland with Boston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Arthur Dean | 12,907 | 39.6 | −6.3 | |
| Labour | Hugh Dalton | 12,101 | 37.1 | −17.0 | |
| Liberal | R.P. Winfrey | 7,596 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 806 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,604 | 77.2 | +8.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- Holland with Boston by-election, 1924
- Holland with Boston by-election, 1929
- Holland with Boston by-election, 1937
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
