Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)

Crewe
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Cheshire
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Crewe & Nantwich and Congleton

Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election in favour of Crewe and Nantwich, with some of the constituency moved into Congleton.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 1970s 3.2 Elections in the 1960s 3.3 Elections in the 1950s 3.4 Elections in the 1940s 4 References

Boundaries

The constituency was centred on the town of Crewe in Cheshire. The town of Nantwich was also included in the constituency until 1955, when it gained its own eponymous seat.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	George William Latham	Liberal
	1886	Walter McLaren	Liberal
	1895	Robert Ward	Conservative
	1900	James Tomkinson	Liberal
	1910 by-election	Walter McLaren	Liberal
	1912 by-election	Ernest Craig	Conservative
	1918	Sir Joseph Davies	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Edward George Hemmerde	Labour
	1924	Sir Ernest Craig, Bt	Conservative
	1929	John William Bowen	Labour
	1931	Sir Donald Somervell	Conservative
	1945	Scholefield Allen	Labour
	Feb 1974	Gwyneth Dunwoody	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished: see Crewe and Nantwich & Congleton

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Crewe[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	22,288	48.3
	Conservative	J. V. Butcher	18,051	39.1
	Liberal	C. Bithell	5,430	11.8
	National Front	W. Tonks	352	0.8	N/A
Majority			4,237	9.2
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Crewe[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	21,534	49.7
	Conservative	J. G. Park	14,279	32.9
	Liberal	E. Richardson	7,559	17.4
Majority			7,255	16.7
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Crewe[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	21,259	46.5
	Conservative	J. G. Park	16,136	35.3
	Liberal	D. J. Hulland	8,313	18.2	N/A
Majority			5,123	11.2
Turnout				77.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Crewe[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	22,160	54.3
	Conservative	A. R. Goodlad	18,678	45.7
Majority			3,482	8.5
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Crewe[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	24,141	61.0
	Conservative	A. G. Barbour	15,430	39.0
Majority			8,711	22.0
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Crewe[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	23,579	57.2
	Conservative	A. G. Barbour	17,657	42.8
Majority			5,922	14.4
Turnout				79.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Crewe[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	22,811	54.5
	Conservative	G. L. Beaman	19,030	45.5
Majority			3,781	9.0
Turnout				82.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Crewe[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	21,629	52.5
	Conservative	G. F. Boston	15,273	37.1
	Liberal	T. S. Rothwell	4,306	10.5	N/A
Majority			6,356	15.4
Turnout				81.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Crewe[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,488	52.2
	Conservative	J. R. T. Turner	26,045	47.8
Majority			2,443	4.5
Turnout				86.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Crewe[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,981	53.3
	Conservative	J. R. T. Turner	25,355	46.7
Majority			3,626	6.7
Turnout				86.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Crewe[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,416	60.6
	Conservative	Donald Somervell	18,468	39.4
Majority			9,948	21.2
Turnout				74.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)