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Rye
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyEast Sussex
Major settlementsRye
1955–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromHastings
Replaced byHastings and Rye, Bexhill and Battle and Wealden[1]
1885–1950
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Replaced byEastbourne, East Grinstead and Hastings
1366–1885
Seats1366–1640: One
1640–1832: Two
1832–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.

From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat.

The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, and Ticehurst, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the civil parishes of Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Hooe, Ninfield, Warbleton, and Wartling.

1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Rural District of Battle, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1366–1640

Parliament First Member Second Member
1372 John Salerne
1373 John Salerne
1381 Simon Lunceford[2]
1386 Stephen Elyot John Baddyng [3]
1388 (Feb) Stephen Elyot William Marchaunt II [3]
1388 (Sep) William atte Vawte John Macop [3]
1390 (Jan) Laurence Lunceford Laurence Corboyle [3]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Salerne I Laurence Lunceford [3]
1393 John Baddyng John Bertelot [3]
1394
1395 John Baddyng William Ormed [3]
1397 (Jan) Richard Tichebourne John Langeport [3]
1397 (Sep)
1399 John Baddyng William atte Vawte [3]
1401
1402 John Baddyng John Roberd [3]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 William atte Vawte Laurence Mersey [3]
1407 John Baddyng Thomas Long [3]
1410 John Shelley William Long II
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) William Long II Robert Onewyn [3]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov) William Long II Robert Onewyn [3]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417 John Shelley Richard Posterf [3]
1419 Robert Onewyn William Long II [3]
1420 John Shelley William Long II [3]
1421 (May) Robert Onewyn Thomas Piers [3]
1421 (Dec) William Thirlwall John Shelley [3]
1504 Richard Berkeley
1510 Nicholas Sutton Richard Berkeley [3]
1512 Nicholas Sutton Robert Mede [3]
1515 Robert Mede Nicholas Sutton [3]
1523 Thomas Cheseman alias Baker Thomas Basseden [3]
1529 Nicholas Sutton, died
and replaced by 1534 by Richard Inglet		 John Fletcher [3]
1536 Richard Inglet John Fletcher [3]
1539 Thomas Birchet William Mede [3]
1542 John Fletcher William Oxenbridge [3]
1545 Alexander Welles Robert Wymond [3]
1547 Alexander Welles George Reynolds [3]
1553 (Mar) Richard Fletcher John Holmes I [3]
1553 (Oct) Clement Heigham John Holmes I [3]
1554 (Apr) John Holmes I Richard Fletcher [3]
1554 (Nov) John Holmes I Thomas Smith [3]
1555 John Holmes I Reginald Mohun [3]
1558 Thomas Fletcher Thomas Cheyne [3]
1559 Richard Fletcher I Robert Marche[4]
1562/3 George Reynolds I John Bredes [4]
1571 John Donning Thomas Fanshawe [4]
1572 Clement Cobbe, died
and replaced July 1575 by Robert Carpenter		 Henry Gaymer [4]
1584 John Hammond Robert Carpenter [4]
1586 Henry Gaymer Robert Carpenter [4]
1588/9 Audley Dannett Robert Carpenter [4]
1593 Henry Gaymer Robert Carpenter [4]
1597 Sampson Lennard Thomas Hamon [4]
1601 Sir Arthur Gorges Thomas Colepeper [4]
1604–1611 Thomas Hamon, died
and replaced by Heneage Finch		 John Young
1614 Edward Hendon Thomas Watson
1621–1622 Emmanuel Gifford John Angell
1624 Thomas Conway Sir Edward Conway, sat for Warwick
and replaced by John Angel
1625 Thomas Fotherley Sir John Sackville
1626 Thomas Fotherley Sir John Sackville
1628 Richard Tufton Thomas Fotherley
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
April 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Culpepper
November 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Jacob [5] Royalist rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John White Royalist
1641 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Hay Parliamentarian
February 1644 White disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Fagg
1653 Rye was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Herbert Morley Rye had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Hay
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Mark Thomas
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Herbert Morley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Hay
May 1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Spencer
November 1661 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet
1667 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet
February 1679 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Frewen
October 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Darrel
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Jenner
January 1689 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Darrel
April 1689 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet
1694 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Frewen
1698 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Joseph Offley Country Whig
1699 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet
1701 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Fagg
1702 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Southwell
1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Herbert
1707 rowspan="9" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color"| Phillips Gybbon Whig
1708 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Admiral Sir John Norris
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Lord Aylmer
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Norris
1733 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Matthew Norris
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Admiral Sir John Norris
1749 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Pelham
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Onslow
1761 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Captain John Bentinck
1762 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Norris
1768 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Rose Fuller
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Middleton Onslow
1775 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Thomas Onslow
1777 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Dickinson
1784 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Wolfran Cornwall
1789 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Long Tory
1790 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Hon. Robert Jenkinson [6] Tory[7]
1796 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Robert Dundas Tory[7]
1801 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | The Lord de Blaquiere Tory[7]
1802 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Davis Lamb Tory[7]
1803 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Charles Talbot Tory[7]
April 1806 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Major General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley Tory[7]
November 1806 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Patrick Crauford Bruce Whig[7] style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Michael Angelo Taylor Whig[7]
May 1807 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir John Nicholl Tory[7] style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | The Earl of Clancarty Tory[7]
July 1807 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir William Elford Tory[7] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Stephen Rumbold Lushington Tory[7]
1808 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Jacob Tory[7]
October 1812 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Phillipps Lamb Tory[7] style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Henry Sullivan Tory[7]
December 1812 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Wetherell Tory[7]
1813 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Richard Arkwright Tory[7]
1816 by-election style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Maberly Whig[7]
1818 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Arbuthnot [8] Tory rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Peter Browne Tory[7]
February 1819 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Phillipps Lamb Tory[7]
July 1819 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Dodson Tory[7]
1823 by-election style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Robert Knight Whig[7]
1826 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Richard Arkwright Tory[7] style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry Bonham Tory[7]
March 1830 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Philip Pusey [9] Tory[7]
May 1830 style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | De Lacy Evans Radical[7]
August 1830 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Hugh Duncan Baillie Whig[7] style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Francis Robert Bonham Tory[7]
1831 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Pemberton Tory[7] style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | De Lacy Evans Radical[7]
1832 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1950

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1832 Edward Barrett Curteis Whig[10][7]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1837 Thomas Gybbon Monypenny Conservative[7]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1841 Herbert Barrett Curteis Whig[11][7][12]
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1847 by-election Herbert Mascall Curteis Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1852 William Alexander Mackinnon (younger) Whig
style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" | 1853 by-election William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) Peelite[13][14][15]
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1859 Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1865 Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1868 John Gathorne-Hardy Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1880 Frederick Inderwick Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Arthur Montagu Brookfield Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1903 by-election Charles Frederick Hutchinson Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 George Courthope Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 William Cuthbert Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1983

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1955 Godman Irvine Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Bonham resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 March 1830: Rye[7][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Philip Pusey 10 83.3
Radical George de Lacy Evans 2 16.7
Majority 8 66.6
Turnout 12 c. 60.0
Registered electors c. 20
Tory hold Swing N/A
  • 15 votes for De Lacy Evans were rejected but, after petition, he was declared elected on 17 May 1830 and Pusey's election was declared void.[7][16]
General election 1830: Rye [16][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Hugh Duncan Baillie 12 33.3
Tory Francis Robert Bonham 12 33.3
Radical George de Lacy Evans 6 16.7
Whig Benjamin Smith 6 16.7
Turnout 18 c. 90.0
Registered electors c. 20
Majority 0 0.0 N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing
Majority 6 16.6
Tory hold Swing
  • 200 inhabitants voted for Evans and Smith, but these were rejected[7]
General election 1831: Rye [16][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical George de Lacy Evans 7 41.2 +24.5
Tory Thomas Pemberton 5 29.4 +12.8
Tory Philip Pusey 3 17.6 +1.0
Whig Benjamin Smith 2 11.8 −21.5
Whig Alexander Donovan 0 0.0 −16.7
Turnout 10 c. 50.0 c. −40.0
Registered electors c. 20
Majority 2 11.8 N/A
Radical gain from Whig Swing +21.8
Majority 2 11.8 −4.8
Tory hold Swing +16.0
  • A riot broke out during the poll and it was then agreed that Pusey withdrew from the contest on the condition that De Lacy Evan's party would protect the peace of the town. Just three electors polled on the second day.[7]
General election 1832: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Barrett Curteis 162 55.9 +44.1
Radical George de Lacy Evans 128 44.1 +2.9
Majority 34 11.8 N/A
Turnout 290 68.7 c. +18.7
Registered electors 422
Whig gain from Radical Swing +20.6
General election 1835: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Barrett Curteis 211 67.6 +11.7
Conservative Thomas Gybbon Monypenny 101 32.4 New
Majority 110 35.2 +23.6
Turnout 312 66.2 −2.5
Registered electors 471
Whig hold Swing +11.7
General election 1837: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Thomas Gybbon Monypenny Unopposed
Registered electors 523
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Rye[7][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Barrett Curteis 262 70.8 New
Conservative Charles Frewen 108 29.2 N/A
Majority 154 41.6 N/A
Turnout 370 64.7 N/A
Registered electors 572
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1847: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Barrett Curteis 239 67.9 −2.9
Conservative Benjamin Bacon Williams[18] 113 32.1 +2.9
Majority 126 35.8 −5.8
Turnout 352 61.3 −3.4
Registered electors 574
Whig hold Swing −2.9

Curteis' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 December 1847: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Mascall Curteis Unopposed
Whig hold

Curteis' election was declared void on petition on 27 March 1848, due to insufficient notice being given of the election, causing a by-election.[19]

By-election, 6 April 1848: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Mascall Curteis Unopposed
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Alexander Mackinnon (younger) 240 53.6 −14.3
Conservative Richard Curteis Pomfret[20] 208 46.4 +14.3
Majority 32 7.1 −28.7
Turnout 448 79.7 +18.4
Registered electors 562
Whig hold Swing −14.3

Mackinnon was unseated when his election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.[21]

By-election, 23 May 1853: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) 216 54.0 +0.4
Conservative Richard Curteis Pomfret 184 46.0 −0.4
Majority 32 8.0 +0.9
Turnout 400 78.7 −1.0
Registered electors 508
Peelite gain from Whig Swing +0.4
General election 1857: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) Unopposed
Registered electors 462
Peelite gain from Whig
General election 1859: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) Unopposed
Registered electors 470
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon 180 51.1 N/A
Conservative William Macdonald Macdonald[22] 172 48.9 New
Majority 8 2.2 N/A
Turnout 352 94.4 N/A
Registered electors 373
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hardy 513 50.7 +1.8
Liberal William Jones-Loyd[23] 499 49.3 −1.8
Majority 14 1.4 N/A
Turnout 1,012 83.8 −10.6
Registered electors 1,208
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hardy 597 52.6 +1.9
Liberal Albert Fytche[24] 539 47.4 −1.9
Majority 58 5.2 +3.8
Turnout 1,136 88.3 +4.5
Registered electors 1,287
Conservative hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Inderwick 626 50.3 +2.9
Conservative John Gathorne-Hardy 618 49.7 −2.9
Majority 8 0.6 N/A
Turnout 1,244 89.6 +1.3
Registered electors 1,389
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
Inderwick
General election 1885: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,526 51.3 +1.6
Liberal Frederick Inderwick 4,303 48.7 −1.6
Majority 223 2.6 N/A
Turnout 8,829 85.7 −3.9
Registered electors 10,304
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.6
General election 1886: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,592 59.7 +8.4
Liberal George Julius de Reuter 3,094 40.3 −8.4
Majority 1,498 19.4 +16.8
Turnout 7,686 74.6 −11.1
Registered electors 10,304
Conservative hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,699 54.1 −5.6
Lib-Lab George M. Ball 3,988 45.9 +5.6
Majority 711 8.2 −11.2
Turnout 8,687 77.8 +3.2
Registered electors 11,159
Conservative hold Swing -5.6
General election 1895: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Hutchinson
General election 1900: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 5,376 65.1 N/A
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 2,887 34.9 New
Majority 2,489 30.2 N/A
Turnout 8,263 69.7 N/A
Registered electors 11,856
Conservative hold Swing N/A
1903 Rye by-election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 4,910 52.9 +18.0
Conservative Edward Boyle 4,376 47.1 −18.0
Majority 534 5.8 N/A
Turnout 9,286 74.0 +4.3
Registered electors 12,543
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +18.0
General election 1906: Rye [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 6,122 55.2 −9.9
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 4,964 44.8 +9.9
Majority 1,158 10.4 −19.8
Turnout 11,086 86.3 +12.4
Registered electors 12,842
Conservative hold Swing −9.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 7,352 60.8 +5.6
Liberal St John Hutchinson 4,750 39.2 −5.6
Majority 2,602 21.6 +11.2
Turnout 12,102 88.0
Conservative hold Swing +5.6
General election December 1910: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 6,673 59.9 −0.9
Liberal St John Hutchinson 4,461 40.1 +0.9
Majority 2,212 19.8 −1.8
Turnout 11,134 81.0 −7.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1918: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Courthope 10,378 72.0 +12.1
Liberal George Ellis 4,034 28.0 −12.1
Majority 6,344 44.0 +23.2
Turnout 14,412 53.1 −27.9
Unionist hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 10,922 59.3 −12.7
Liberal George Ellis 7,488 40.7 +12.7
Majority 3,434 18.6 −25.4
Turnout 18,480 62.4 +11.3
Unionist hold Swing -12.7
General election 1923: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 11,167 53.6 −5.7
Liberal George Ellis 9,651 46.4 +5.7
Majority 1,516 7.2 −11.4
Turnout 20,818 69.4 +7.0
Unionist hold Swing -5.7
General election 1924: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 14,871 67.1 +13.5
Liberal George Ellis 7,289 32.9 −13.5
Majority 7,582 34.2 +27.0
Turnout 22,160 71.2 +1.8
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 18,061 56.9 −10.2
Liberal William Stanley Osborn 10,198 32.1 −0.8
Labour George A. Greenwood 3,505 11.0 New
Majority 7,863 24.8 −9.4
Turnout 31,764 72.2 +1.0
Unionist hold Swing -4.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1935: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 22,604 71.2 N/A
Liberal Dorothy Frances Osborn 9,162 28.8 New
Majority 13,442 42.4 N/A
Turnout 31,766 64.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Cuthbert 19,701 58.6 −12.4
Labour B Simmons 7,414 22.0 New
Liberal Ronald Ogden 6,530 19.4 −9.4
Majority 12,287 36.5 −5.9
Turnout 33,645 70.8 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Rye[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 28,500 72.96
Labour Trevor L Payne 10,560 27.04
Majority 17,940 45.93
Turnout 39,060 73.39
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Rye[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,465 64.8 −8.2
Liberal John R Murray 7,549 17.8 New
Labour Douglas Sidney Tilbé 7,359 17.4 −9.6
Majority 19,916 47.0 +1.1
Turnout 42,373
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Rye [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,240 59.8 −5.0
Liberal Kenneth Grenville Wellings 10,264 22.6 +4.8
Labour Anthony Edmund Arblaster 8,014 17.6 +0.2
Majority 16,976 37.2 −9.8
Turnout 45,518 77.5
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
General election 1966: Rye [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,056 58.6 −1.2
Liberal Kenneth Grenville Wellings 9,957 21.6 −1.0
Labour David R Collins 9,155 19.8 +2.2
Majority 17,099 37.0 −0.2
Turnout 46,168 75.7 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing -0.1

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Rye [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 32,300 64.2 +5.6
Labour Henry Arthur Fountain 9,031 18.0 −1.8
Liberal Robin Kenneth John Frederick Young 8,947 17.8 −3.8
Majority 23,269 46.2 +9.2
Turnout 50,278 73.0 −2.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
General election February 1974: Rye [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 33.591 57.9 −6.3
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 17,456 30.1 +12.3
Labour Robert W Harris 6,967 12.0 −6.0
Majority 16,135 27.8 −18.4
Turnout 58,014 80.8 +7.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Rye [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 30,511 56.9 −1.0
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 14,828 27.6 −2.5
Labour David W Threlfall 8,303 15.5 +3.5
Majority 15,683 29.3 +1.5
Turnout 53,642 74.2 −6.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 1979: Rye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 35,516 62.7 +6.2
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 12,438 22.0 −5.6
Labour Derek Smyth 6,852 12.1 −3.4
Ecology Anne Rix 1,267 2.2 New
National Front T. Duesbury 552 1.0 New
Majority 23,078 40.7 +11.4
Turnout 56,625 77.1 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.9

Notes

  1. ^ "'Rye', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ LUNCEFORD, Simon (d.c.1390), of Rye, Suss. and New Romney, Kent. | History of Parliament Online
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  5. ^ Expelled 1641 for being a tobacco monopolist
  6. ^ Styled Lord Hawkesbury from 1796
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 29 November 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Arbuthnot was also elected for St Germans, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Rye
  9. ^ Pusey was originally declared elected, but by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830 his name was erased from the return and that of De Lacy Evans was substituted
  10. ^ Crosby, George (1843). Crosby's Political Record of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland: With Select Biographical Notices and Speeches of Distinguished Statesmen. York: George Crosby. p. 116. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  11. ^ "The Late Failures". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 20 December 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 153. Retrieved 29 November 2018 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "John Stewart". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ^ "The New Parliament". Reading Mercury. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ Roberts, David (2016). Paternalism in Early Victorian England. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-315-61965-1. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b c d Fisher, David R. "Rye". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  18. ^ "English Cities and Boroughs". Globe. 20 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Election Committees". Morning Post. 27 March 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Sussex Advertiser". 6 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "Rye". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 20 May 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Rye". Brighton Guardian. 19 July 1865. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "Rye". Brighton Gazette. 19 November 1868. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Albert Fytche". Hastings and St Leonards Observer. 7 February 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  26. ^ a b British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Craig)
  28. ^ Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 22 July 1939
  29. ^ a b c British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  30. ^ a b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  31. ^ a b British parliamentary election results, 1974-1977 by FWS Craig

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