The Hartlepools (UK Parliament constituency)

The Hartlepools /ˈhɑrtˌlɨpʉl/ was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both 'old' Hartlepool and West Hartlepool).

History

The Hartlepools was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act 1867, being given one MP. It had previously been part of a two-MP electoral division in County Durham.

Since the Second World War, Hartlepool has been a Labour constituency, though it has attracted surprises at times. It was held by the Conservatives between 1959–1964.

The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974.

Members of Parliament

Christopher Furness

	Member^[1]	Political party
1868	Ralph Ward Jackson	Conservative
1874	Thomas Richardson	Liberal
1875 by-election	Lowthian Bell	Liberal
1880	Thomas Richardson	Liberal
1886	Thomas Richardson	Liberal Unionist
1891 by-election	Christopher Furness	Liberal
1895	Sir Thomas Richardson	Liberal Unionist
1900	Sir Christopher Furness	Liberal
1910 by-election	Stephen Furness	Liberal
1914 by-election	Sir Walter Runciman	Liberal
1918	William George Howard Gritten	Conservative
1922	William Jowitt	Liberal
1924	Sir Wilfred Sugden	Conservative/Unionist
1929	William George Howard Gritten	Conservative
1943 by-election	Col. Thomas George Greenwell	Conservative
1945	David Thomas Jones	Labour
1959	Cmdr John Simon Kerans	Conservative
1964	Edward Leadbitter	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Leadbitter	27,704	57.9	-1.4
	Conservative	Robert Michael Marshall	20,188	42.2	+1.5
Majority			7,516	15.7	-3.0
Turnout			47,892	74.4	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Leadbitter	27,509	59.3	+6.4
	Conservative	H Ian Bransom	18,857	40.7	-6.4
Majority			8,652	18.7	+12.8
Turnout			46,366	78.5	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Leadbitter	25,883	52.9	+3.1
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	23,016	47.1	-3.1
Majority			2,867	5.9
Turnout			48,899	81.9	-1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Simon Kerans	25,463	50.2
	Labour	David Thomas Jones	25,281	49.8
Majority			182	0.4
Turnout			50,744	83.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1955: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Jones	25,145	51.63
	Conservative	Gerard Goodhart	23,560	48.37
Majority			1,585	3.25
Turnout				81.84
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Jones	27,147	52.63
	Conservative	Paul T Carter	24,437	47.37
Majority			2,710	5.25
Turnout				86.56
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: The Hartlepools
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Jones	25,609	50.61
	Conservative	Thomas George Greenwell	20,373	40.26
	Liberal	Francis John Long	4,623	9.14
Majority			5,236	10.35
Turnout				87.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: The Hartlepools^[2] Electorate 52,612
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Jones	16,502	41.2	n/a
	Conservative	Col. Thomas George Greenwell	16,227	40.5	-23.6
	Liberal	Godfrey Russell Vick	6,903	17.3	n/a
	Independent	Harry Lane	390	1.0	n/a
Majority			275	0.7	-46.0
Turnout				76.1	+36.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	n/a

Hartlepool by-election, 1943^[3] Electorate 52,794
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Col. Thomas George Greenwell	13,333	64.1	+16.3
	Common Wealth	Elaine Frances Burton	3,634	17.4	n/a
	The People's Candidate	Oswald Tupton	2,351	11.3	n/a
	Independent Progressive	William Reginald Hipwell	1,510	7.2	n/a
Majority			9,699	46.7	+36.0
Turnout				39.5	-43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: The Hartlepools^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Howard Gritten	21,828	47.8	-20.3
	Labour	C.A. Goatcher	16,931	37.0	+5.1
	Liberal	Cllr. J. Scott-Cowell	6,939	15.2	n/a
Majority			4,897	10.7	25.4
Turnout				83.0	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.7

General Election 1931: The Hartlepools^[5] Electorate 53,652
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Howard Gritten	30,842	68.1	+30.1
	Labour	Alasdair Alpin MacGregor	14,462	31.9	+7.6
Majority			16,380	36.2	+29.9
Turnout			45,304	84.4	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: The Hartlepools^[6] Electorate 52,944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William George Howard Gritten	17,271	38.0	-11.5
	Liberal	Stephen Noel Furness	17,133	37.7	-3.1
	Labour	Gilbert Oliver	11,052	24.3	+14.6
Majority			138	0.3	8.4
Turnout				85.9	-4.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.2

General Election 1924: The Hartlepools^[7] Electorate 42,676
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden	19,077	49.5	+3.4
	Liberal	William Allen Jowitt	15,724	40.8	-5.6
	Labour	Craigie Mason Aitchison	3,717	9.7	+2.2
Majority			3,353	8.7	9.0
Turnout				90.3	+2.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

General Election 1923: The Hartlepools^[8] Electorate 42,071
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allen Jowitt	17,101	46.4	-4.4
	Unionist	William George Howard Gritten	16,956	46.1	-3.1
	Labour	George Belt	2,755	7.5	n/a
Majority			145	0.3	-1.3
Turnout				87.5	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

General Election 1922: The Hartlepools^[9] Electorate 41,206
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allen Jowitt	18,252	50.8	+20.7
	Unionist	William George Howard Gritten	17,685	49.2	-2.1
Majority			567	1.6	22.8
Turnout				87.2	+13.1
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+11.4

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: The Hartlepools^[10] Electorate 39,578
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William George Howard Gritten	13,003	51.3
	Liberal	Charles Macfarlane	7,647	30.1
	Labour	William John Sherwood	4,733	18.6
Majority			5,356	21.2
Turnout				64.1
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

A # denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Notes and references

Notes

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.

Constituencies in North East England (29)

Labour (25)	Bishop Auckland Blaydon Blyth Valley City of Durham Darlington Easington Gateshead Hartlepool Houghton and Sunderland South Jarrow Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne North North Durham North Tyneside North West Durham Sedgefield South Shields Stockton North Sunderland Central Tynemouth Wansbeck Washington and Sunderland West

Conservative (2)	Hexham Stockton South

Liberal Democrats (2)	Berwick-upon-Tweed Redcar

North East England European constituency: Labour (2) UKIP (1)

Coordinates: 54°39′N 1°16′W / 54.650°N 1.267°W / 54.650; -1.267