Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Southampton | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1950 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test |
Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the English and after 1707 British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]1885-1918: The existing Parliamentary borough, the parish of Milbrook, the ecclesiastical district of Holy Saviour, Bittern, the parish of St. Mary Extra, and the detached part of the parish of Hound included within the parish of St. Mary Extra.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1295–1660
[edit]MPs 1660–1832
[edit]MPs 1832–1950
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Chamberlayne's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Barlow Hoy | 437 | 71.4 | ||
Whig | John Storey Penleaze | 175 | 28.6 | ||
Majority | 262 | 42.8 | |||
Turnout | 612 | c. 36.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,700 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Barlow Hoy | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Abel Rous Dottin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,700 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Arthur Atherley | 732 | 43.4 | ||
Whig | John Storey Penleaze | 632 | 37.5 | ||
Tory | James Barlow Hoy | 321 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | 311 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,018 | c. 59.9 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,700 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Arthur Atherley | 645 | 30.8 | −12.6 | |
Tory | James Barlow Hoy | 604 | 28.9 | +19.4 | |
Whig | John Storey Penleaze | 594 | 28.4 | −9.1 | |
Tory | James Mackillop | 249 | 11.9 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,046 | 74.6 | c. +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,403 | ||||
Majority | 41 | 2.1 | −16.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −11.8 | |||
Majority | 10 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +15.1 |
- On petition, Hoy was unseated in favour of Penleaze
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barlow Hoy | 508 | 28.3 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Abel Rous Dottin | 492 | 27.4 | +15.5 | |
Whig | John Easthope | 423 | 23.6 | −7.2 | |
Whig | Peregrine Bingham | 371 | 20.7 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 69 | 3.8 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 911 | 77.7 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,403 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Abel Rous Dottin | 587 | 26.6 | −1.7 | |
Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | 564 | 25.6 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Cecil Martyn | 543 | 24.6 | −2.8 | |
Whig | Clarence Paget | 509 | 23.1 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,107 | 77.3 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,433 | ||||
Majority | 23 | 1.0 | −2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Majority | 21 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bruce | 648 | 27.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Cecil Martyn | 645 | 26.8 | +2.2 | |
Whig | Edward John Hutchins | 556 | 23.1 | −2.5 | |
Whig | Charles Edward Mangles[20][21] | 554 | 23.1 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 89 | 3.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,202 | 76.9 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,563 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +1.7 |
The election was declared void on petition on 6 May 1842, due to bribery by Bruce and Martyn's agents, and a writ for a by-election was not moved until 1 August 1842.[22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphrey St John-Mildmay | 685 | 28.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | George William Hope | 682 | 28.0 | +1.2 | |
Whig | George Nugent-Grenville | 535 | 22.0 | −1.1 | |
Radical | George Thompson | 532 | 21.9 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 147 | 6.0 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,225 | 68.4 | −8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,790 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Brodie McGhie Willcox | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,258 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Cockburn was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Brodie McGhie Willcox | 1,062 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | 1,017 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 797 | 21.9 | New | |
Conservative | Augustus Arthur Vansittart | 767 | 21.1 | New | |
Majority | 220 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,822 (est) | 75.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,419 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | 1,098 | 64.8 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 596 | 35.2 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 502 | 29.6 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,694 | 65.8 | −9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,576 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Cockburn was appointed Recorder of Bristol, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Cockburn | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Cockburn resigned after being appointed a Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Matthias Weguelin | 994 | 37.1 | −20.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Butler[24] | 962 | 35.9 | −7.1 | |
Radical | Robert Andrews[16][25] | 726 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 32 | 1.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,682 | 76.5 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,508 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Brodie McGhie Willcox | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Thomas Matthias Weguelin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,508 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Digby Seymour | 1,331 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Brodie McGhie Willcox | 1,204 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Matthias Weguelin | 1,012 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 192 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,774 (est) | 47.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,730 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Willcox's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Anderson Rose | 1,715 | 51.0 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Edward Mangles | 1,647 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 68 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,362 | 81.5 | +34.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,124 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Gurney | 1,565 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Moffatt | 1,527 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Anderson Rose | 1,422 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Miller Mackay[26] | 1,388 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Digby Seymour | 447 | 7.0 | −30.5 | |
Turnout | 3,175 (est) | 75.8 (est) | +28.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,189 | ||||
Majority | 38 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 105 | 1.7 | −3.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Gurney | 2,393 | 27.6 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Merrick Hoare | 2,178 | 25.1 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | George Moffatt | 2,161 | 24.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Frederick Maxse | 1,947 | 22.4 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,340 (est) | 76.2 (est) | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,696 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Perkins | 2,724 | 28.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Russell Gurney | 2,534 | 26.1 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | George Moffatt | 2,345 | 24.2 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | John Ralph Engledue | 2,103 | 21.7 | −3.4 | |
Turnout | 4,853 (est) | 74.2 (est) | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,537 | ||||
Majority | 621 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Majority | 189 | 1.9 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Gurney's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Giles | 2,552 | 52.6 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Mason Bompas[27] | 2,304 | 47.4 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 248 | 5.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,856 | 69.2 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,021 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Lee | 3,051 | 25.5 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | Charles Parker Butt | 3,023 | 25.3 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Giles | 2,972 | 24.9 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | John Edmund Commerell | 2,902 | 24.3 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 51 | 0.4 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,974 (est) | 80.8 (est) | +6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,394 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.2 |
Butt resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Giles | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Giles | 5,595 | 28.0 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | John Edmund Commerell | 5,307 | 26.5 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Lee | 4,566 | 22.8 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Edwin Jones (British judge) | 4,535 | 22.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 741 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,101 (est) | 83.8 | +3.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,061 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Giles | 5,023 | 27.7 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | John Edmund Commerell | 4,726 | 26.0 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | John Henry Cooksey[30] | 4,384 | 24.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | James Carlile McCoan | 4,029 | 22.2 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 342 | 1.9 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,181 (est) | 76.7 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 12,061 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Commerell resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Evans | 5,151 | 54.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Guest | 4,266 | 45.3 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 885 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,417 | 74.8 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,596 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tankerville Chamberlayne | 5,449 | 26.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Francis Evans | 5,182 | 25.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Burt | 4,920 | 24.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Giles | 4,734 | 23.3 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 529 | 2.5 | +0.6 | ||
Majority | 448 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,570 | 77.1 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 13,717 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tankerville Chamberlayne | 5,924 | 27.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Simeon | 5,390 | 25.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Francis Evans | 5,181 | 24.1 | −1.5 | |
Lib-Lab | Henry George Wilson | 4,178 | 19.4 | −4.9 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald | 867 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,746 | 8.1 | +5.6 | ||
Majority | 209 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,302 | 76.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 14,725 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Evans | 5,555 | 48.9 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | George Candy | 5,522 | 48.7 | −3.8 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Charles A. Gibson[34] | 274 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 33 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,351 | 76.1 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,919 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tankerville Chamberlayne | 6,888 | 29.4 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Simeon | 6,253 | 26.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Francis Evans | 5,575 | 23.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Clarendon Hyde | 4,652 | 19.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,313 | 5.5 | −2.6 | ||
Majority | 1,601 | 6.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,368 | 72.6 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 16,505 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ivor Philipps | 7,032 | 26.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Dudley Ward | 6,255 | 23.4 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Tankerville Chamberlayne | 5,754 | 21.5 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | J. Aird | 5,535 | 20.7 | −6.1 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Harry Quelch | 2,146 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 501 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,722 | 80.1 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 17,613 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ivor Philipps | 8,878 | 26.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Dudley Ward | 8,830 | 26.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Balfour | 7,874 | 23.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Tyrrell Giles | 7,841 | 23.5 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 956 | 2.8 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,423 | 83.5 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 20,205 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ivor Philipps | 8,496 | 26.5 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Dudley Ward | 8,449 | 26.4 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Balfour | 7,551 | 23.6 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Sir George Elliot Armstrong, 2nd Baronet | 7,535 | 23.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 898 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,031 | 80.0 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 20,205 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dudley Ward | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Ivor Philipps | 26,884 | 36.4 | +9.9 |
C | Liberal | Dudley Ward | 16,843 | 22.8 | −3.6 |
Unionist | Edwin King Perkins | 15,548 | 21.0 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 7,828 | 10.6 | New | |
Labour | Frederick Perriman | 6,776 | 9.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,295 | 1.8 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 73,879 | 49.0 | −31.0 | ||
Registered electors | 75,334 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edwin King Perkins | 22,054 | 23.9 | +2.9 | |
Unionist | Allen Bathurst | 20,351 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 14,868 | 16.1 | +5.5 | |
Health | E.H.M. Stancomb | 14,193 | 15.4 | New | |
National Liberal | Ivor Philipps | 11,576 | 12.5 | −21.9 | |
National Liberal | Dudley Ward | 9,318 | 10.1 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 5,483 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 92,360 | 61.3 | +12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 75,316 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | |||||
Unionist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Allen Bathurst | 20,453 | 20.0 | −2.0 | |
Unionist | Edwin Perkins | 20,249 | 19.8 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 17,208 | 16.9 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Reginald Sorenson | 16,679 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Jefferies Spranger | 13,724 | 13.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Neville Dixey | 13,657 | 13.4 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 3,041 | 2.9 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 101,970 | 66.4 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 76,833 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Allen Bathurst | 30,703 | 29.3 | +9.3 | |
Unionist | Edwin Perkins | 30,201 | 28.8 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 22,183 | 21.1 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Reginald Sorenson | 21,768 | 20.8 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 8,018 | 7.7 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 104,855 | 66.6 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 78,776 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 32,249 | 22.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Ralph Morley | 31,252 | 21.7 | +0.9 | |
Unionist | Ian Maitland | 27,898 | 19.4 | −9.9 | |
Unionist | Alec Cunningham-Reid | 26,801 | 18.6 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | John Howard Whitehouse | 12,966 | 9.0 | New | |
Liberal | Arthur Thomas Lamsley | 12,836 | 8.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,354 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 144,002 | 69.5 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 103,653 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | |||||
Labour gain from Unionist |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Craven-Ellis | 54,699 | 33.9 | +14.5 | |
National Liberal | Charles Barrie | 54,269 | 33.6 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 26,425 | 16.4 | −6.0 | |
Labour | Ralph Morley | 26,061 | 16.1 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 28,274 | 17.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 28,208 | 17.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 161,454 | 75.2 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 107,376 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | |||||
National Liberal gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Craven-Ellis | 44,896 | 30.0 | −3.9 | |
National Liberal | Charles Barrie | 43,697 | 29.3 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 30,751 | 20.6 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Ralph Morley | 30,028 | 20.1 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 14,145 | 9.4 | −8.1 | ||
Majority | 13,669 | 9.2 | −8.3 | ||
Turnout | 149,372 | 67.9 | −7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 110,047 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
National Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Reith | Unopposed | |||
National gain from National Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Russell Thomas | Unopposed | |||
National Liberal gain from National |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ralph Morley | 37,556 | 28.8 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Tommy Lewis | 37,054 | 28.4 | +7.8 | |
National | William Craven-Ellis | 24,367 | 18.7 | −11.3 | |
National Liberal | Russell Thomas | 22,650 | 17.3 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | Reginald Fulljames | 8,878 | 6.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,687 | 9.7 | N/A | ||
Majority | 14,404 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 130,505 | 68.0 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 95,898 | ||||
Labour gain from National | |||||
Labour gain from National Liberal |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Tankerville Chamberlayne was unseated on petition
- ^ Held due to Charles Barrie's resignation
- ^ Held due to John Reith's elevation to the House of Lords
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