Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Howdenshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
1885–1950 | |
Created from | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Howdenshire was a county constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Arthur Duncombe | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir William Wilson-Todd | Conservative | |
1906 | Henry Harrison-Broadley | Conservative | |
1915 by-election | Stanley Jackson | Conservative | |
1926 by-election | William Carver | Conservative | |
1945 | Clifford Glossop | Conservative | |
1947 by-election | George Odey | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918 Howdenshire[1]
Electorate 23,481 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 9,023 | 67.3 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Davis Fenby | 4,384 | 32.7 | ||
Majority | 4,639 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 57.1 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922 : Howdenshire[2]
Electorate 24,975 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Hon. Francis Stanley Jackson | 10,748 | 60.5 | ||
Agriculture | H J Winn | 7,021 | 39.5 | ||
Majority | 3,727 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 71.1 | +14.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1923: Howdenshire[3]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Hon.Francis Stanley Jackson | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1924: Howdenshire[4]
Electorate 25,815 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Hon.Francis Stanley Jackson | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Howdenshire by-election, 1926 [5]
Electorate 26,682 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | William Henton Carver | 10,653 | 54.2 | n/a | |
Liberal | Frederick Caesar Linfield | 6,668 | 34.0 | n/a | |
Labour | John William Kneeshaw | 2,318 | 11.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,985 | 20.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 73.6 | n/a | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1929: Howdenshire[6]
Electorate 35,164 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | William Henton Carver | 13,823 | 51.2 | -3.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Baker | 13,170 | 48.8 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 2.4 | -17.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.8 | +3.2 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.9 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Howdenshire[7]
Electorate 36,889 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Henton Carver | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1935: Howdenshire[8]
Electorate 41,093 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Henton Carver | 18,155 | 63.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Edward Baker | 7,837 | 27.5 | n/a | |
Labour | J Richardson | 2,459 | 8.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,318 | 36.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 69.2 | n/a | |||
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: Clifford Glossop
General Election 1945: Howdenshire[9]
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Clifford William Hudson Glossop | 21,348 | 55.9 | ||
Labour | T. Neville | 11,161 | 29.2 | ||
Liberal | J. E. Wilson | 5,669 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 10,187 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Howdenshire by-election, 1947[10]
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | George William Odey | 23,344 | |||
Labour | T. Neville | 9,298 | |||
Liberal | J. E. Wilson | 3,819 | |||
Majority | 14,046 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ UK General Election results: July 1945
- ↑ 1947 By Elections