Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.
Northampton | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Northamptonshire |
Major settlements | Northampton |
1295–1918 | |
Seats | 2 |
1918–1974 | |
Type of constituency | borough constituency |
Replaced by | Northampton North and Northampton South |
It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800 and to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Northampton North and Northampton South.
A former MP of note for the constituency was Spencer Perceval, the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated.
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Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1377 | Sir Gerard de Braybooke of Castle Ashby[citation needed] | |
1377 | Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton[citation needed] | |
1378 | Sir John Seton | |
1379 | Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton | |
1380 | Sir Thomas Preston of Gretton | |
1382 | Giles St John of Plumpton | |
1386 | William Spriggy | William Ringwood[1] |
1388 (Feb) | Thomas Pirie | John Stotesbury[1] |
1388 (Sep) | John Honybourne | John Besford[1] |
1390 (Jan) | John Colingtree | John Sywell[1] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | William Begworth | John Stotesbury[1] |
1393 | William Spriggy | Stephen Wappenham[1] |
1394 | ||
1395 | Nicholas Horncastle | John Woodward[1] |
1397 (Jan) | Richard Stormsworth | Thomas Overton[1] |
1397 (Sep) | ||
1399 | John Loudham | John Spring[1] |
1401 | ||
1406 | Henry Empingham | Thomas Wintringham[1] |
1407 | John Rivell | John Temple[1] |
1410 | Simon Dunstall | John Lincoln[1] |
1411 | Richard Wems | William Rushden[1] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Roger Maltman | Alexander Deyster[1] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | Geoffrey Balde | John Hethersett[1] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | John Hendley | John Buckingham[1] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | William Clerk | Thomas Colley[1] |
1419 | Thomas Stotesbury | Ralph Passenham[1] |
1420 | William Maltman | William Harpole[1] |
1421 (May) | John Bernhill | John Colden[1] |
1421 (Dec) | John Spriggy | Stephen Kynnesman[1] |
1427 | Thomas Compworth | |
1477–1478 | Robert Pemberton | |
1510–1515 | No names known [2] | |
1523 | John Parvyn | Thomas Doddington[2] |
1529 | Lawrence Manley | Nicholas Rand[2] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | ? | |
1547 | Richard Wenman | Anthony Bryan[2] |
1553 (Mar) | George Tresham | William Chauncy[2] |
1553 (Oct) | Francis Morgan | Lawrence Manley[2] |
1554 (Apr) | Francis Morgan | John Horpool[2] |
1554 (Nov) | Henry Clerke | Ralph Freeman[2] |
1555 | Nicholas Rand | John Balgye[2] |
1558 | Thomas Colles | Edward Manley[2] |
1559 (Jan) | William Carvell | Edmund (or Edward) Kinwelmersh[3] |
1562–3 | Lewis Montgomery | Ralph Lane[3] |
1571 | Christopher Yelverton | William Lane[3]|- [3] |
1572 (Apr) | Christopher Yelverton | John Spencer[3] |
1584 (Nov) | Sir Richard Knightley | Thomas Catesby[3] |
1586 (Sep) | Sir Richard Knightley | Peter Wentworth[3] |
1588 (Oct) | Peter Wentworth | Richard Knollys[3] |
1593 | Valentine Knightley | Peter Wentworth[3] |
1597 (Oct) | Christopher Yelverton | Henry Yelverton[3] |
1601 | Henry Hickman | Francis Tate[3] |
1604 | Henry Yelverton | Edward Mercer |
1614 | Henry Yelverton | Francis Beale |
1621–1622 | Richard Spencer | Thomas Crewe |
1624 | Richard Spencer | Christopher Sherland |
1625 | Richard Spencer | Christopher Sherland |
1626 | Richard Spencer | Christopher Sherland |
1628 | Richard Spencer | Christopher Sherland |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Charles McCurdy | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Margaret Bondfield | Labour | |
1924 | Sir Arthur Holland | Conservative | |
1928 by-election | Cecil Malone | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller | Conservative | |
1940 by-election | Spencer Summers | Conservative | |
1945 | Reginald Paget | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Robinson | 1,376 | 42.2 | ||
Tory | Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet | 1,315 | 40.4 | ||
Whig | Raikes Currie | 566 | 17.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 | c. 80.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,400 | ||||
Majority | 61 | 1.8 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Majority | 749 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Robinson | 1,686 | 37.5 | −4.7 | |
Whig | Robert Vernon Smith | 1,383 | 30.7 | +13.3 | |
Tory | Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet | 1,241 | 27.6 | +7.4 | |
Tory | James Lyon | 191 | 4.2 | −16.0 | |
Majority | 142 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,404 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon Smith | 1,321 | 27.8 | −2.9 | |
Tory | Charles Ross | 1,275 | 26.9 | −0.7 | |
Whig | George Bainbridge[19] | 1,191 | 25.1 | −12.4 | |
Tory | Henry FitzRoy | 958 | 20.2 | +16.0 | |
Turnout | 2,406 | 96.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,497 | ||||
Majority | 46 | 0.9 | −2.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
Majority | 84 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon Smith | 1,119 | 35.2 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Ross | 1,111 | 34.9 | −12.2 | |
Whig | Charles Hill[20] | 951 | 29.9 | +4.8 | |
Turnout | c. 1,591 | c. 73.0 | c. −23.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,178 | ||||
Majority | 8 | 0.3 | −0.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Majority | 160 | 5.0 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon Smith | 1,095 | 35.9 | −29.2 | |
Radical | Raikes Currie | 1,033 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Ross | 925 | 30.3 | −4.6 | |
Turnout | 1,922 | 92.4 | c. +19.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,079 | ||||
Majority | 62 | 2.1 | +1.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −13.5 | |||
Majority | 108 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon | 990 | 32.6 | −3.3 | |
Radical | Raikes Currie | 970 | 32.0 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 897 | 29.6 | −0.7 | |
Chartist | Peter Murray McDouall | 176 | 5.8 | New | |
Turnout | 1,517 (est) | 75.9 (est) | c. −16.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,997 | ||||
Majority | 20 | 0.6 | −1.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Majority | 73 | 2.4 | −1.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Raikes Currie | 897 | 28.6 | −3.4 | |
Whig | Robert Vernon | 841 | 26.8 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Lebbeus Charles Humfrey | 652 | 20.8 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Augustus Frederick Bayford | 607 | 19.3 | +4.5 | |
Chartist | John Epps | 141 | 4.5 | −1.3 | |
Turnout | 1,569 (est) | 84.0 (est) | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,867 | ||||
Majority | 56 | 1.8 | −0.6 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
Majority | 189 | 6.0 | +5.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Vernon Smith was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon | 823 | 63.2 | +36.4 | |
Conservative | Christopher Markham[22][23] | 480 | 36.8 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 343 | 26.4 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,303 | 57.6 | −26.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,263 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +16.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon | 855 | 33.8 | +7.0 | |
Radical | Raikes Currie | 825 | 32.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | George Ward Hunt | 745 | 29.4 | −10.7 | |
Chartist | John Ingram Lockhart | 106 | 4.2 | −0.3 | |
Turnout | 1,585 (est) | 70.0 (est) | −14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,263 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 1.2 | −4.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Majority | 80 | 3.2 | +1.4 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Vernon Smith was appointed President of the Board of Control, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Vernon | 1,079 | 37.1 | +3.3 | |
Radical | Charles Gilpin | 1,011 | 34.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | George Ward Hunt | 815 | 28.1 | −1.3 | |
Turnout | 1,860 (est) | 78.3 (est) | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,375 | ||||
Majority | 68 | 2.3 | +1.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Majority | 196 | 6.7 | +3.5 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Gilpin | 1,151 | 36.5 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Vernon | 1,143 | 36.3 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | James Thomas Mackenzie | 832 | 26.4 | −1.7 | |
Chartist | Richard Hart | 27 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 311 | 9.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,979 (est) | 78.3 (est) | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,526 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Vernon Smith was raised to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Lyveden, and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Anthony Henley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Anthony Henley | 1,269 | 28.2 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Gilpin | 1,250 | 27.8 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | George Frederick Holroyd[24] | 1,029 | 22.9 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Sackville Stopford[25] | 950 | 21.1 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 221 | 4.9 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,249 (est) | 85.8 (est) | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,620 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Gilpin | 2,691 | 28.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Anthony Henley | 2,154 | 22.8 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Merewether | 1,634 | 17.3 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | William Edmonstone Lendrick[26] | 1,396 | 14.8 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 1,086 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick Richard Lees[27] | 492 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 520 | 5.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,727 (est) | 71.4 (est) | −14.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,621 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pickering Phipps | 2,690 | 25.3 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Gilpin | 2,310 | 21.7 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Merewether | 2,175 | 20.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Anthony Henley | 1,796 | 16.9 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 1,653 | 15.6 | +4.1 | |
Turnout | 5,312 (est) | 77.8 (est) | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,829 | ||||
Majority | 894 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Majority | 135 | 1.2 | −4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Gilpin's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Merewether | 2,171 | 37.6 | −8.2 | |
Liberal | William Fowler[28] | 1,836 | 31.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 1,766 | 30.6 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 335 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,773 | 84.5 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,829 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 4,158 | 29.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 3,827 | 27.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Pickering Phipps | 3,152 | 22.6 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Merewether[29] | 2,826 | 20.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 675 | 4.8 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,982 (est) | 85.3 (est) | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,189 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.5 |
Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance, causing a by-election.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 3,437 | 51.0 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Corbett | 3,305 | 49.0 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 132 | 2.0 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,742 | 82.4 | −2.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 8,185 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Bradlaugh was expelled from the House of Commons due to his continuing prevention from taking the Oath, causing a by-election.[30][18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 3,796 | 50.7 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Corbett | 3,688 | 49.3 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 108 | 1.4 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,484 | 89.5 | +4.2 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 8,361 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5 |
Bradlaugh resigned and sought election once more, after a resolution to exclude him from the precincts of the House of Commons was sought.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 4,032 | 52.4 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Charles Richards | 3,664 | 47.6 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 368 | 4.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,696 | 86.6 | +1.3 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 8,886 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 4,845 | 37.1 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 4,315 | 33.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Charles Richards | 3,890 | 29.8 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 425 | 3.3 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,561 | 89.3 | +4.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 9,582 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 4,570 | 28.2 | −8.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Bradlaugh | 4,353 | 26.8 | −6.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | Richard Turner[32] | 3,850 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Orde Hastings Lees[33] | 3,456 | 21.3 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 503 | 3.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,343 | 87.1 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,582 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Bradlaugh's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Manfield | 5,436 | 59.4 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Arthur Germaine[34] | 3,723 | 40.6 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 1,713 | 18.8 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,159 | 84.1 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,895 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 5,439 | 31.1 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Philip Manfield | 5,164 | 29.5 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Charles Richards | 3,651 | 20.9 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Adolphus Drucker | 3,235 | 18.5 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 1,513 | 8.6 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,078 (est) | 81.2 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,180 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 4,884 | 27.0 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Adolphus Drucker | 3,820 | 21.0 | +2.5 | |
Lib-Lab | Edward Harford | 3,703 | 20.4 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Jacob Jacobs | 3,394 | 18.7 | −2.2 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Frederick George Jones | 1,216 | 6.7 | New | |
Independent Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 1,131 | 6.2 | New | |
Turnout | 9,554 (est) | 83.5 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,442 | ||||
Majority | 1,490 | 8.3 | −0.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Majority | 117 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Shipman | 5,437 | 28.2 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 5,281 | 27.3 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar | 4,480 | 23.2 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | H E Randall | 4,124 | 21.3 | +2.6 | |
Turnout | 19,322 | 83.1 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,180 | ||||
Majority | 957 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Paul | 4,479 | 20.7 | −6.6 | |
Liberal | John Shipman | 4,244 | 19.5 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar | 4,078 | 18.8 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Frederic Gorell Barnes | 4,000 | 18.4 | −2.9 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Jack Williams | 2,544 | 11.7 | New | |
Social Democratic Federation | James Gribble | 2,366 | 10.9 | New | |
Turnout | 21,711 | 92.0 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,954 | ||||
Majority | 166 | 0.7 | −4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hastings Lees-Smith | 5,398 | 23.3 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 5,289 | 22.9 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar | 4,569 | 19.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Frederic Gorell Barnes | 4,464 | 19.3 | +0.9 | |
Social Democratic Federation | James Gribble | 1,792 | 7.7 | −4.0 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Harry Quelch | 1,617 | 7.0 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 720 | 3.1 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 23,129 | 92.7 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 6,179 | 28.6 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Hastings Lees-Smith | 6,025 | 27.8 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | F. C. Parker | 4,885 | 22.6 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | J. V. Collier | 4,550 | 21.0 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,140 | 5.2 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,639 | 87.7 | −5.0 | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 18,010 | 62.7 | +16.5 |
Labour | Walter Halls | 10,735 | 37.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,275 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,745 | 62.5 | −30.2 | ||
Registered electors | 46,007 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 16,650 | 55.6 | −7.1 |
Labour | Margaret Bondfield | 13,279 | 44.4 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 3,371 | 11.2 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,929 | 67.1 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 44,573 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 19,974 | 52.3 | -10.4 | |
Labour | Margaret Bondfield | 14,498 | 37.9 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 3,753 | 9.8 | −52.9 | |
Majority | 5,476 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,225 | 85.5 | +23.0 | ||
Registered electors | 44,722 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Bondfield | 15,556 | 40.5 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | John Veasy Collier | 11,520 | 30.0 | New | |
Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 11,342 | 29.5 | +19.7 | |
Majority | 4,036 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,418 | 84.3 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 45,599 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Holland | 16,017 | 39.5 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Margaret Bondfield | 15,046 | 37.2 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | James Manfield | 9,436 | 23.3 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 971 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,499 | 87.0 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 46,543 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Malone | 15,173 | 37.5 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Alexander Renton | 14,616 | 36.1 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | Sydney Morgan | 9,584 | 23.7 | +0.4 | |
Ind. Unionist | E.A. Hailwood | 1,093 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 557 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,466 | 84.2 | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 48,048 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cecil Malone | 22,356 | 41.7 | +4.5 | |
Unionist | Alexander Renton | 20,177 | 37.7 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | Helen Schilizzi | 11,054 | 20.6 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 2,179 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,587 | 87.5 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 61,222 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Manningham-Buller | 34,817 | 63.6 | +25.9 | |
Labour | Cecil Malone | 19,898 | 36.4 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 14,919 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,715 | 87.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Manningham-Buller | 25,438 | 51.5 | −12.1 | |
Labour | Reginald Paget | 23,983 | 48.5 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 1,455 | 3.0 | −24.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,421 | 79.6 | −7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Spencer Summers | 16,587 | 93.4 | +41.9 | |
Christian Pacifist | William Stanley Seamark | 1,167 | 6.6 | New | |
Majority | 15,420 | 86.8 | +83.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,754 | 30.0 | −49.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 27,681 | 56.36 | +7.86 | |
Conservative | Spencer Summers | 20,684 | 42.11 | −9.39 | |
Independent Labour | James Edward Bugby | 749 | 1.53 | New | |
Majority | 6,997 | 14.25 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,114 | 75.52 | −4.08 | ||
Registered electors | 65,038 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 31,946 | 48.98 | −7.38 | |
Conservative | R.L. Agnew | 24,664 | 37.81 | −4.30 | |
Liberal | Sydney Husbands Alloway | 8,619 | 13.21 | New | |
Majority | 7,282 | 11.17 | −3.08 | ||
Turnout | 65,229 | 87.55 | +12.03 | ||
Registered electors | 74,502 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.54 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 35,038 | 53.67 | +4.69 | |
Conservative | John Veasey Collier | 30,244 | 46.33 | +8.52 | |
Majority | 4,794 | 7.34 | −3.83 | ||
Turnout | 65,282 | 86.41 | −1.14 | ||
Registered electors | 75,551 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.92 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 32,119 | 52.75 | −0.92 | |
Conservative | William Clark | 28,771 | 47.25 | +0.92 | |
Majority | 3,348 | 5.50 | −1.84 | ||
Turnout | 60,890 | 82.60 | −3.81 | ||
Registered electors | 73,713 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.92 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 27,823 | 46.30 | −6.45 | |
Conservative | Jill Knight | 25,106 | 41.77 | −5.48 | |
Liberal | Anthony Smith | 7,170 | 11.93 | New | |
Majority | 2,717 | 4.53 | −0.97 | ||
Turnout | 60,099 | 82.87 | +0.27 | ||
Registered electors | 72,521 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 28,568 | 49.04 | +2.74 | |
Conservative | Jill Knight | 24,128 | 41.42 | −0.35 | |
Liberal | Irene Watson | 5,557 | 9.54 | −2.39 | |
Majority | 4,440 | 7.62 | +3.09 | ||
Turnout | 58,253 | 79.66 | −3.21 | ||
Registered electors | 73,129 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 31,541 | 56.74 | +7.70 | |
Conservative | Oliver Wright | 24,052 | 43.26 | +1.84 | |
Majority | 7,489 | 13.48 | +5.86 | ||
Turnout | 55,593 | 76.38 | −3.28 | ||
Registered electors | 72,781 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Paget | 27,424 | 51.16 | −5.58 | |
Conservative | Cecil Parkinson | 26,183 | 48.84 | +5.58 | |
Majority | 1,241 | 2.32 | −11.16 | ||
Turnout | 53,607 | 71.87 | −4.51 | ||
Registered electors | 74.590 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.58 |