Haltemprice (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Coordinates: 53°45′04″N 0°25′41″W / 53.751°N 0.428°W

Haltemprice
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1955–1983
Number of members one
Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Number of members one

Haltemprice (which from 1950-1955 was officially known as Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice) was a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a traditional sub-division of the historic county of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

It was the constituency of the fictional ultra-right Tory MP, Alan B'Stard, in The New Statesman, a TV series which began after the actual constituency was abolished in 1983.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The constituency comprised two wards of the County Borough of Kingston upon Hull (Pickering, and St. Andrew's) and the Urban District of Haltemprice.

1955-1983: The constituency lost the Kingston upon Hull wards (which were transferred to Kingston upon Hull West). It gained the Municipal Borough of Beverley and the Rural District of Beverley (from the former Beverley constituency).

In 1983, after considerable local government changes, most of Haltemprice became a new seat of Beverley. The remainder of the constituency contributed 11.6% of the new Boothferry seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Richard Law Conservative
1954 by-election Sir Patrick Wall Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Haltemprice[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 34,525 55.8
Liberal V. Bingham 17,148 29.4
Labour J. G. Lowe 8,846 15.1
Majority 15,272 26.1
Turnout 83.4
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Haltemprice[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 28,206 44.3
Liberal R. Walker 16,545 29.0
Labour L. Cross 12,362 21.6
Majority 11,661 20.4
Turnout 74.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Haltemprice[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 31,720 46.3
Liberal R. Walker 19,896 31.8
Labour L. Cross 11,031 17.6
Majority 11,824 18.9
Turnout 82.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Haltemprice[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 30,042 53.6
Labour C. M. Denton 15,862 28.3
Liberal S. C. Haywood 10,129 18.0
Majority 14,180 25.3
Turnout 74.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Haltemprice[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 25,566 54.6
Labour P. Clarke 13,017 27.8
Liberal S. Burnley 8,277 17.7
Majority 12,549 26.8
Turnout 76.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Haltemprice[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,131 56.2
Labour P. Allison 10,360 22.3
Liberal S. Burnley 9,986 21.5
Majority 15,771 33.9
Turnout 79.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Haltemprice[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,102 60.1
Labour D. N. Bancroft 9,750 22.5
Liberal W. I. Cooper 7,562 17.4 N/A
Majority 16,352 37.7
Turnout 80.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Haltemprice[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,162 68.9
Labour H. Roberts 11,820 31.1
Majority 16,352 37.7
Turnout 74.8
Conservative hold Swing
Haltemprice by-election, 1954[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 16,107
Labour C. W. Bridges 9,974
Majority 6,133
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Kingston-upon-Hull Haltemprice[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Law 27,167 58.1
Labour C. W. Bridges 19,584 41.9
Majority 7,583 16.2
Turnout 82.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Kingston-upon-Hull Haltemprice[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Law 23,482 49.6 N/A
Labour T. L. A. Taylor 18,156 38.3 N/A
Liberal Albert Burrell 5,723 12.1 N/A
Majority 5,326 11.3 N/A
Turnout 85.1 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ UK General Election results: May 1979
  2. ↑ UK General Election results: October 1974
  3. ↑ UK General Election results: February 1974
  4. ↑ UK General Election results: 1970
  5. ↑ UK General Election results: March 1966
  6. ↑ UK General Election results: October 1964
  7. ↑ UK General Election results: October 1959
  8. ↑ UK General Election results: May 1955
  9. ↑ 1954 By Elections
  10. ↑ UK General Election results: October 1951
  11. ↑ UK General Election results: February 1950

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