Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency)
Stowmarket | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Stowmarket |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bury St Edmunds |
Created from | East Suffolk and West Suffolk |
Stowmarket was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk. It 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.
History
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Bury St Edmunds, the Sessional Divisions of Blackbourn, Lackford, and Stowmarket, parts of the Sessional Divisions of Newmarket, Thedwestry, and Thingoe, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Thetford in the county of Suffolk.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Felix Thornley Cobbold | Liberal | |
1886 | Edward Greene | Conservative | |
1891 by-election | Sydney Stern | Liberal | |
1895 | Ian Malcolm | Conservative | |
1906 | George Alexander Hardy | Liberal | |
Jan. 1910 | Francis Benedict Hyam Goldsmith | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Felix Cobbold | 4,606 | 57.0 | n/a | |
Conservative | Thomas Thornhill | 3,475 | 43.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,131 | 14.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 76.3 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Greene | 3,906 | 53.7 | +10.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Buxton | 3,363 | 46.3 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 543 | 7.4 | 21.4 | ||
Turnout | 68.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Stern | 4,346 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | Edward Greene | 4,132 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 214 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 74.5 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Stern | 4,630 | 50.8 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Gerald Cadogan | 4,486 | 49.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 144 | 1.6 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 82.5 | +8.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Malcolm | 5,144 | 58.2 | ||
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 3,701 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 1,443 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 80.8 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Malcolm | 4,431 | 59.1 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | JC Horobin | 3,068 | 40.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 1,363 | 18.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 70.4 | -10.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hardy | 4,801 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Walter Guinness | 4,588 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 213 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 85.6 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Goldsmith | 5,311 | 53.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | George Hardy | 4,666 | 46.8 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 645 | 6.4 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 89.2 | +3.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Goldsmith | 4,995 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal | Robert Leatham Barclay | 4,804 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 191 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 87.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Frank Goldsmith
- Liberal: E. R. Hollond[11]
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ Page 153 Constitutional Year Book 1915
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ Bury Free Press 21 Mar 1914
Coordinates: 52°11′N 0°59′E / 52.19°N 0.99°E