Kingston upon Hull South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston upon Hull South West | |
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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.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Coltman, North Newington, and South Newington.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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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
General Election 14 December 1918: | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Cyril Fullard Entwistle | 6,724 | |||
Coalition Labour |
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5,005 | |||
Labour | Robert Mell | 3,121 | |||
NFDSS | Albert Shakesby | 698 | |||
Independent | Percy Selwyn Newbond | 650 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by the coalition government.
Election in the 1920s
General Election 15 November 1922: Hull South West | |||||
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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: Hull South West | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Cyril Fullard Entwistle | 10,316 | 41.0 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Herbert Brent Grotrian | 8,883 | 35.3 | -2.3 | |
Labour | John Arnott | 5,973 | 23.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1,433 | 5.7 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
General Election, 29 October 1924: Hull South West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Herbert Brent Grotrian | 11,190 | 40.9 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Cyril Fullard Entwistle | 8,155 | 29.9 | ||
Labour | John Arnott | 7,965 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 75.4 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election, 30 May 1929: Hull South West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Arnott | 14,903 | 41.2 | +12.0 | |
Unionist | Herbert Brent Grotrian | 12,464 | 34.4 | -6.5 | |
Liberal | Herbert Aubrey Crowe | 8,826 | 24.4 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 2,439 | 6.8 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 76.6 | +1.2 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.2 | |||
Election in the 1930s
General Election 27 October 1931: | |||||
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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: | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Kidston Law | 17,406 | |||
Labour | John Arnott | 13,975 | |||
Liberal | Francis 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Kidston Law | ||||
Labour | |||||
- Dennis Gordon was PPC up until 1939 when he was expelled.
General Election 1945 | |||||
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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
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
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