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Revision as of 20:19, 28 November 2020

Morpeth
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1553–1983
Seats1553–1832: two
1832–1983: one
Replaced byWansbeck and Berwick-upon-Tweed[1]

Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Morpeth, the Urban Districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire, and Blyth, and part of the Rural District of Morpeth.

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Morpeth, the Urban Districts of Ashington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, and the Rural District of Morpeth.[2]

Members of Parliament

1553–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1553 (Oct) John Watson William Ward[3]
1554 (Apr) Thomas Bates William Ward [3]
1554 (Nov) Sir Henry Percy William Ward [3]
1555 ?Cuthbert Horsley ?Thomas Bates [3]
1558 Robert Wheatley Thomas Bates [3]
1558/9 William Ward Nicholas Purslow[4]
1562 (Dec) William Ward Arthur Welshe [4]
1571 Francis Gawdy Nicholas Mynn [4]
1572 (Apr) Sir George Bowes died
and replaced Dec 1580 by Richard Drake		 Richard Wroth[4]
1584 William Carey George Gifford [4]
1586 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Anthony Felton [4]
1588/9 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Henry Noel [4]
1593 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth,
sat for Callington, replaced by Edmund Bowyer		 Francis Tyndale [4]
1597 (Sep) Robert Printis Thomas Carleton [4]
1601 (Oct) George Savile John Browne [4]
1604–1611 Sir Christopher Perkins John Hare
1614 William Button Arnold Herbert
1621–1622 Robert Brandling John Robson
Robson declared ineligible, being a priest
replaced by Ralph Fetherstonhaugh
1624 Sir Thomas Reynell Sir William Carnaby
1625 Sir Thomas Reynell Sir Anthony Herbert
1626 Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes
1628 Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes
1629–1640 No Parliaments convened

1640–1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
November 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Carnaby Royalist rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Fenwick Royalist
August 1642 Carnaby disabled from sitting – seat vacant
January 1643 Fenwick disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John Fiennes rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Fenwick
December 1648 Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Morpeth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Delaval style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Mitford
May 1659 Morpeth was unrepresented in the restored Rump
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Widdrington jnr (died May 1660) rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ralph Knight
June 1660 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir George Downing
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Widdrington
1666 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Howard
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Daniel Collingwood
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Pickering style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Theophilus Oglethorpe
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Howard rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Roger Fenwick
1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Nicholas
1695 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Belasyse
1698 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Philip Howard Whig
January 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Howard
May 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Sandford
December 1701 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Emanuel Scrope Howe Whig style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Delaval
1705 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Sandford style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmund Maine
1708 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Bennett
1710 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Christopher Wandesford
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Germain style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Oley Douglas
1715 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Morpeth style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Viscount Castlecomer [5]
1717 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. George Carpenter
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Robinson
1734 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Liddell
1738 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Furnese
1741 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Ord
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Limerick
1754 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Duncombe Tory
1755 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Garlies style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Whig
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Peter Beckford style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Matthew White Ridley
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Eyre [6] rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Peter Delmé
1775 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. William Byron
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gilbert Elliot
1777 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Egerton Tory
1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Morris Storer
1784 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Major Sir James Erskine [7] Whig
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Gregg
1795 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Viscount Morpeth Whig[8]
1796 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Huskisson Tory
1802 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Ord Whig[8]
1806 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Hon. William Howard Whig[8]
1826 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Viscount Morpeth Whig[8]
1830 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Hon. William Howard Whig[8]
1832 representation reduced to one member

1832–1983

Year Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1832 Frederick George Howard Whig[9][8]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1834 Edward Howard Whig[10][11][9][8]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1837 Granville Leveson-Gower Whig[12][13][14][15][8]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1840 Edward Howard Whig[10][11][9][8]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1853 Sir George Grey Whig[16][10][17][18]
style="background-color: Template:Liberal-Labour (UK)/meta/color" | 1874 Thomas Burt Lib-Lab
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 John Cairns Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Robert Smillie Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Ebby Edwards Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Godfrey Nicholson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 Robert Taylor Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1954 Will Owen Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1970 George Grant Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Morpeth [8][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Ord Unopposed
Whig William Howard Unopposed
Registered electors c. 233
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Morpeth [8][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Ord Unopposed
Whig William Howard Unopposed
Registered electors c. 233
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Morpeth [8][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Frederick George Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 321
Whig hold

Howard's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 31 December 1833: Morpeth [8][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1835: Morpeth [8][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 336
Whig hold

Howard resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 February 1837: Morpeth [8][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Granville Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Morpeth [8][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Granville Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Registered electors 360
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Leveson-Gower resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 22 February 1840: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1841: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 392
Whig hold
General election 1847: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 440
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 415
Whig hold

Howard resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 January 1853: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Grey Unopposed
Whig hold

Grey was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 June 1854: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Grey Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1857: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 391
Whig hold
General election 1859: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 408
Liberal hold

Grey was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1859: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Grey Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Grey was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 31 July 1861: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Grey Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 448
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 2,006
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 3,332 85.1 N/A
Conservative Francis Duncan[21] 585 14.9 New
Majority 2,747 70.1 N/A
Turnout 3,917 79.7 N/A
Registered electors 4,912
Lib-Lab hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Morpeth [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
General election 1885: Morpeth [22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
General election 1886: Morpeth [22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Morpeth [22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
Thomas Burt
General election 1895: Morpeth [22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 3,404 73.4 N/A
Conservative Maltman Barry 1,235 26.6 New
Majority 2,169 46.8 N/A
Turnout 4,639 60.8 N/A
Registered electors 7,627
Lib-Lab hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Morpeth [22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 3,117 53.5 −19.9
Conservative Maltman Barry 2,707 46.5 +19.9
Majority 410 7.0 −39.8
Turnout 5,824 68.6 +7.8
Registered electors 8,490
Lib-Lab hold Swing -19.9
General election 1906: Morpeth [22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 5,518 74.2 +20.7
Liberal Unionist Stuart Coats 1,919 25.8 −20.7
Majority 3,599 48.4 +41.4
Turnout 7,437 78.9 +10.3
Registered electors 9,425
Lib-Lab hold Swing +20.7

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Burt
General election January 1910: Morpeth [22][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 5,874 66.1 −8.1
Conservative Jasper Ridley 3,009 33.9 +8.1
Majority 2,865 32.2 −16.2
Turnout 8,883 88.7 +9.8
Registered electors 10,010
Lib-Lab hold Swing −8.1
General election December 1910: Morpeth [22][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold
General election 1918: Morpeth[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cairns 7,677 34.3 N/A
Liberal Frank Thornborough 7,140 31.9 N/A
Unionist Claud Henry Meares 4,320 19.3 New
Independent *Gerald Douglas Newton 2,729 12.2 New
National Democratic Thomas Moffatt Allison 511 2.3 New
Majority 537 2.4 N/A
Turnout 22,377 56.3 N/A
Registered electors 39,773
Labour gain from Liberal Swing N/A

* Newton received support from the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Morpeth[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cairns 15,026 48.3 +14.0
Liberal Frank Thornborough 10,007 32.2 +0.3
Unionist Charles Septimus Shortt 6,045 19.5 +0.2
Majority 5,019 16.1 +13.7
Turnout 31,078 72.1 +15.8
Registered electors 43,098
Labour hold Swing +6.9
1923 Morpeth by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Smillie 20,053 60.5 +12.2
Liberal Frank Thornborough 13,087 39.5 +7.3
Majority 6,966 21.0 +4.9
Turnout 33,140 76.9 +4.8
Registered electors 43,098
Labour hold Swing +2.5
General election 1923: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Smillie 16,902 64.2 +15.9
Liberal John Dodd 9,411 35.8 +3.6
Majority 7,491 28.4 +12.3
Turnout 26,313 59.4 −12.7
Registered electors 44,323
Labour hold Swing +6.2
General election 1924: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Smillie 19,248 56.8 −7.4
Unionist Irene Ward 10,828 32.0 New
Liberal John Dodd 3,805 11.2 −24.6
Majority 8,420 24.8 −3.6
Turnout 33,881 75.0 +15.6
Registered electors 45,150
Labour hold Swing +8.6
General election 1929: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ebby Edwards 25,508 61.3 +4.5
Unionist Irene Ward 9,206 22.1 −9.9
Liberal John Ritson 6,888 16.6 +5.4
Majority 16,302 39.2 +14.4
Turnout 41,602 75.5 +0.5
Registered electors 55,126
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godfrey Nicholson 20,806 51.35
Labour Ebby Edwards 18,714 48.65
Majority 1,092 2.69
Turnout 70.28
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 28,900 59.17
Conservative Godfrey Nicholson 19,944 40.83
Majority 8,956 18.34
Turnout 78.68
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 38,521 73.23
Conservative Gilbert Longden 14,079 26.77
Majority 24,442 46.47
Turnout 79.50
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 27,548 71.51
Conservative T. Turnbull 10,973 28.49
Majority 16,575 43.03
Turnout 86.55
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Taylor 27,718 71.88
Conservative Peter Molison Colvin-Smith 10,843 28.12
Majority 16,875 43.76
Turnout 85.47
Labour hold Swing
1954 Morpeth by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Will Owen 23,491 71.27 −0.61
Conservative William Elliott 9,469 28.73 +0.61
Majority 14,022 42.54 −1.22
Turnout 32,960
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1955: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Will Owen 25,452 70.56
Conservative William Elliott 10,619 29.44
Majority 14,833 41.12
Turnout 80.40
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1959: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Will Owen 27,435 71.91
Conservative Derek Bloom 10,716 28.09
Majority 16,719 43.82
Turnout 84.11
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Will Owen 26,114 72.70
Conservative Derek Bloom 9,805 27.30
Majority 16,309 45.40
Turnout 80.81
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1966: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Will Owen 25,223 74.36
Conservative Nigel Porter 8,698 25.64
Majority 16,525 48.72
Turnout 76.93
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Grant 21,826 60.35
Conservative K. Ian Tunnicliffe 9,515 26.31
Liberal Raymond McClure 4,825 13.34
Majority 12,311 34.04
Turnout 75.98
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Grant 22,026 56.40
Conservative David Curry 8,992 23.03
Liberal Humphrey Devereux 8,035 20.57
Majority 13,034 33.38
Turnout 81.18
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Grant 22,696 63.80
Conservative David Curry 8,009 22.52
Liberal Barrie Rogers 4,866 13.68
Majority 14,687 41.29
Turnout 73.32
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Grant 21,744 56.29
Conservative Stephen Edwards 9,913 25.66
Liberal Alan Thompson 6,972 18.05
Majority 11,831 30.63
Turnout 77.44
Labour hold Swing

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  24. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  25. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  26. ^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

See also

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