Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)

Whitehaven
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	1832–1974: Cumberland 1974–1983: Cumbria
Major settlements	Whitehaven
1832–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Copeland
Created from	Cumberland

Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

Whitehaven in Cumberland, 1885-1918

The boundaries were unffected in 1885, under the second Great Reform agreed the previous year, its key limb of The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 not yet absorbing the bulk of the area of Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'.^[1] The latter mainly rural area, much larger than Whitehaven borough which formed the existing seat, was added to the seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1832	Matthias Attwood	Conservative
1847	Robert Charles Hildyard	Conservative
1857 by-election	George Lyall	Conservative
1865	George Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative
1891	Sir James Bain	Conservative
1892	Thomas Shepherd Little	Liberal
1895	Augustus Helder	Conservative
1906	William John Dalzell Burnyeat	Liberal
Jan. 1910	John Arthur Jackson	Conservative
Dec. 1910	Thomas Richardson	Labour
1918	James Augustus Grant	Coalition Conservative
1922	Thomas Gavan Duffy	Labour
1924	Robert Hudson	Conservative
1929	Morgan Philips Price	Labour
1931	William Nunn	Conservative
1935	Frank Anderson	Labour
1959 by-election	Joseph Bede Symonds	Labour
1970	Jack Cunningham	Labour
1983	constituency renamed (with unchanged boundaries), see Copeland

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Cavendish-Bentinck	1,336	54.3
	Liberal	William Gully	1,125	45.7
Majority			211	8.6
Turnout				91.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Cavendish-Bentinck	1,216	52.3	-2.0
	Liberal	Henry Gordon Shee	1,110	47.7	+2.0
Majority			106	4.6	-4.0
Turnout				86.6	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1890s

Whitehaven by-election, 1891 ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Bain	1,338	54.8
	Liberal	Henry Gordon Shee	1,105	45.2
Majority			233	9.6
Turnout				90.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Shepherd Little	1,306	54.6	+9.4
	Conservative	James Bain	1,088	45.4	-9.4
Majority			218	9.2	18.8
Turnout				88.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.4

General Election 1895: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Augustus Helder	1,380	55.3	+9.9
	Liberal	Thomas Shepherd Little	1,114	44.7	-9.9
Majority			266	10.6	19.8
Turnout				90.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Augustus Helder	1,553	63.9	+8.6
	Liberal	W McGowan	876	36.1	-8.6
Majority			677	27.8	+17.2
Turnout				86.0	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.6

General Election 1906: Whitehaven ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Burnyeat	1,507	55.8	+19.7
	Conservative	J. Robertson-Walker	1,194	44.2	-19.7
Majority			313	11.6	39.6
Turnout			2,701	91.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.7

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Whitehaven ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Jackson	1,188
	Liberal	William Hood Wandless	852
	Labour	Andrew Sharp	825
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election December 1910: Whitehaven ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Richardson	1,414
	Conservative	John Jackson	1,220
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1918: Whitehaven^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	James Grant	10,736	54.4
	Labour	Thomas Gavan-Duffy	9,016	45.6
Majority			1,720	8.8
Turnout				72.0
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Whitehaven^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Gavan-Duffy	10,935	45.3	-0.3
	Unionist	James Grant	8,956	37.2	-17.2
	Liberal	Henry Kenyon Campbell	4,209	17.5	n/a
Majority			1,979	8.1	16.9
Turnout				87.0	+15.0
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.4

General Election 1923: Whitehaven^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Gavan-Duffy	12,419	53.0
	Unionist	Robert Hudson	11,029	47.0
Majority			1,390	6.0	-2.1
Turnout				83.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

General Election 1924: Whitehaven^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Robert Hudson	13,149	52.8
	Labour	Thomas Gavan-Duffy	11,741	47.2
Majority			1,408	5.6
Turnout				88.2
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

Naylor

General Election 1929: Whitehaven^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M. Philips Price	14,034	46.8
	Unionist	Robert Hudson	12,382	41.3
	Liberal	Henry Naylor	3,558	11.9	n/a
Majority			1,652	5.5
Turnout				88.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Nunn	16,286	53.3
	Labour	M. Philips Price	14,255	46.7
Majority			2,031	6.6
Turnout				89.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Anderson	14,794	48.9
	Conservative	William Nunn	14,442	47.8
	Ind. Labour Party	Tom Stephenson	1,004	3.3
Majority			352	1.1
Turnout				87.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Anderson	18,568	61.1
	Conservative	W.O. Hill	11,821	38.9
Majority			6,747	22.2
Turnout				82.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Whitehaven ^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Anderson	22,850	60.00
	Conservative	William Nunn	15,233	40.00
Majority			7,617	20.00
Turnout				87.04
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Whitehaven ^[10]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Anderson	23,190	59.19
	Conservative	Godfrey William Iredell	15,990	40.81
Majority			7,200	18.38
Turnout				85.24
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Whitehaven ^[10]^[11]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Anderson	22,348	58.04
	Conservative	Godfrey William Iredell	16,154	41.96
Majority			6,194	16.09
Turnout				83.78
	Labour hold		Swing

1959 Whitehaven by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joseph Symonds	21,457	58.61	+0.59
	Conservative	G W Iredell	15,151	41.39	-0.59
Majority			6,306	17.22	+1.13
Turnout			36,608
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Whitehaven ^[10]^[11]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Symonds	22,783	57.77
	Conservative	Howard Jardine Pedraza	16,653	42.23
Majority			6,130	15.54
Turnout				84.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Whitehaven^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Symonds	23,267	60.11
	Conservative	Edmund Brudenell	15,440	39.89
Majority			7,827	20.22
Turnout				82.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Whitehaven^[10]^[11]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Symonds	22,726	61.99
	Conservative	John A Kevill	13,935	38.01
Majority			8,791	23.98
Turnout				78.79
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Whitehaven^[10]^[11]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	22,974	58.32
	Conservative	W Graham McKay	16,418	41.68
Majority			6,556	16.64
Turnout				78.27
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	23,229	59.42
	Conservative	P.B. Vose	15,867	40.58
Majority			7,362	18.83
Turnout				77.50
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	21,832	55.56
	Conservative	P.B. Vose	11,899	30.28
	Liberal	M. Gilbert	5,563	14.16
Majority			9,933	25.28
Turnout				77.10
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Whitehaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	22,626	52.44
	Conservative	J. Somers	17,171	39.80
	Liberal	E. Akister	2,559	5.93
	Independent	W. Dixon	790	1.83
Majority			5,455	12.64
Turnout				81.74
	Labour hold		Swing

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 208. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 317. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

References

↑ Youngs (1991) pp. 805-806
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
1 2 3 4 5 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
↑ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1951_marked_up.txt
↑ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1955_marked_up.txt
↑ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1959_marked_up.txt
↑ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1966_marked_up.txt
↑ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1970_marked_up.txt

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