Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County East Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Number of members One
Replaced by Beverley
Created from East Riding of Yorkshire

Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 George Richard Bethell Conservative
1900 Arthur Stanley Wilson Conservative
1922 William Audley Bowdler Liberal
1923 Sir Samuel Servington Savery Conservative
1939 by-election Joseph Gurney Braithwaite Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Gurney Braithwaite 25,181
Labour F Lawson 23,036
Liberal Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford 10,165
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

Holderness by-election, 1939 [1]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Gurney Braithwaite 17,742 39.4 -14.2
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 11,590 25.7 +0.8
Labour J. L. Schultz 9,629 21.3 -0.2
Independent Raleigh Chichester-Constable 6,103 13.5 n/a
Majority
Turnout
General Election, 14 November 1935: Holderness[2]

Electorate 57,466

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 22,229 53.6 -8.1
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,348 24.9 -5.1
Labour J. L. Schulz 8,906 21.5 +13.1
Majority 11,901 28.7 -3.0
Turnout 41,503 72.2 -9.6
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
General Election 27 October 1931: Holderness[3]

Electorate 42,734

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 21,560 61.7
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,471 30.0
Labour J. L. Schulz 2,927 8.4
Majority 11,089 31.7
Turnout 34,958 81.8

Election in the 1920s

UK general election, 1929: Holderness[4]

Electorate 38,147

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 14,544 47.6
Liberal Charles Neville Douglas Dixey 13,525 44.3
Labour Joseph William Hewitt 2,481
Majority 1,019
Turnout 80.1
UK general election, 1924: Holderness[5]

Electorate 28,449

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 12,911 56.0
Liberal Charles Neville Douglas Dixey 10,162 44.0
Majority 2,749 12.0
Turnout 23,073 81.1
UK general election, 1923: Holderness[6]

Electorate 28,085

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 11,099
Liberal William Audley Bowdler 10,846
Majority 253
Turnout
Audley Bowdler
UK general election, 1922: Holderness[7]

Electorate 27,421

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Audley Bowdler 11,479
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 10,200
Majority
Turnout

Election in the 1910s

Fred Maddison
General Election 14 December 1918:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Capt. Arthur Stanley Wilson 9,387
Liberal Frederick Maddison 5,521
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.