Kingston upon Hull South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one

Kingston upon Hull South West was a borough constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Cyril Entwistle Liberal
1924 Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian Conservative
1929 John Arnott Labour
1931 Richard Law Conservative
1945 Sydney Smith Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Cyril Entwistle
General Election 14 December 1918:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril Fullard Entwistle 6,724
Coalition Labour
  • John Robert Bell
 5,005
Labour Robert Mell 3,121
NFDSS Albert Shakesby 698
Independent Percy Selwyn Newbond 650
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 15 November 1922:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril Fullard Entwistle 10,360 40.7
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 9,597 37.6
Labour John Arnott 4,859 19.0
National Liberal Rev. David Pughe 692 2.7
Majority 763 3.1
Turnout 72.5
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 6 December 1923:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril Fullard Entwistle 10,316
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 8,883
Labour John Arnott 5,973
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election, 29 October 1924:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 11,190
Liberal Cyril Fullard Entwistle 8,155
Labour John Arnott 7,965
Majority
Turnout
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election, 30 May 1929:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Arnott 14,903
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 12,464
Liberal Herbert Aubrey Crowe 8,826
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kidston Law 25,909
Labour John Arnott 12,857
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 14 November 1935:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kidston Law 17,406
Labour John Arnott 13,975
Liberal F Vernon Baxter 2,749
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

A General Election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General Election 1939/40

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kidston Law
Labour
General Election 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sydney Herbert Smith 18,606
Conservative Richard Kidston Law 10,294
Liberal Ernest Edgar Dalton 2,645
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References