Middlesbrough East | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Riding of Yorkshire |
1918–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middlesbrough |
Replaced by | Middlesbrough |
Middlesbrough East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Exchange, Grove Hill, Ormesby, St Hilda's, and Vulcan.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough except the wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe.[1]
1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Berwick Hills, Cannon, Clairville, Exchange, Grove Hill, Newport, North Ormesby, St Hilda's, Thorntree, and Tollesby.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Penry Williams | Liberal | |
1922 | John Wesley Brown | Unionist | |
1923 | Penry Williams | Liberal | |
1924 | Ellen Wilkinson | Labour | |
1931 | Ernest Young | Liberal | |
1935 | Alfred Edwards | Labour | |
1948 | Independent | ||
1949 | Conservative | ||
1950 | Hilary Marquand | Labour | |
1962 | Arthur Bottomley | Labour | |
1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | *Penry Williams | 8,470 | 69.2 | ||
Labour | Frederick William Carey | 3,776 | 30.8 | ||
Majority | 4,694 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,516 | 48.4 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
- Williams was issued with the Coalition Coupon, but repudiated it.
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Wesley Brown | 8,885 | 39.0 | New | |
Labour | Martin Connolly | 7,607 | 33.4 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Penry Williams | 6,295 | 27.6 | −41.6 | |
Majority | 1,278 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,787 | 78.8 | +30.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Penry Williams | 9,241 | 40.6 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Martin Connolly | 7,712 | 33.9 | +0.5 | |
Unionist | James Reid | 5,790 | 25.5 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 1,529 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,743 | 77.3 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 9,574 | 38.5 | +1.6 | |
Unionist | John Warde-Aldam | 8,647 | 34.7 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Penry Williams | 6,688 | 26.8 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 927 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,909 | 83.7 | +6.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,215 | 41.3 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Ernest Young | 9,016 | 30.6 | +3.8 | |
Unionist | John Wesley Brown | 8,278 | 28.1 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 3,199 | 10.7 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,509 | 80.8 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Young | 18,409 | 60.4 | +29.8 | |
Labour | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,080 | 39.6 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 6,329 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,489 | 84.5 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Edwards | 12,699 | 44.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 12,632 | 43.7 | New | |
Liberal | Ernest Young | 3,565 | 12.3 | −48.1 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,331 | 81.14 | −3.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- Labour: Alfred Edwards
- Conservative: Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Edwards | 17,427 | 65.1 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 9,352 | 34.9 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 8,075 | 30.2 | +29.9 | ||
Turnout | 26,779 | 76.7 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Marquand | 29,185 | 62.77 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Edwards | 12,402 | 26.67 | ||
Liberal | Russell Thomas | 4,540 | 9.76 | New | |
Communist | N Levy | 367 | 0.79 | New | |
Majority | 16,783 | 36.10 | |||
Turnout | 46,494 | 82.90 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Marquand | 31,277 | 66.51 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Meredyth Turton | 15,749 | 33.49 | ||
Majority | 15,528 | 33.02 | |||
Turnout | 47,026 | 80.93 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Marquand | 27,036 | 62.42 | ||
Conservative | Bernard A Connelly | 16,278 | 37.58 | ||
Majority | 10,758 | 24.84 | |||
Turnout | 43,314 | 72.72 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Marquand | 29,391 | 61.54 | ||
Conservative | Derek R Chapman | 18,365 | 38.46 | ||
Majority | 11,026 | 23.08 | |||
Turnout | 47,756 | 76.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 18,928 | 60.60 | −0.94 | |
Liberal | George Scott | 7,145 | 22.87 | New | |
Conservative | Frederick A. S. Wood | 4,613 | 14.77 | −23.69 | |
Union Movement | Jeffrey Hamm | 550 | 1.76 | New | |
Majority | 11,783 | 37.73 | +14.65 | ||
Turnout | 31,236 | 52.1 | −24.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 29,432 | 69.50 | ||
Conservative | Frederick A. S. Wood | 12,917 | 30.50 | ||
Majority | 16,515 | 39.00 | |||
Turnout | 42,349 | 72.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 28,404 | 75.10 | ||
Conservative | Peter Darby | 9,420 | 24.90 | ||
Majority | 18,984 | 50.20 | |||
Turnout | 37,824 | 68.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Bottomley | 23,581 | 71.02 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Neville Laville | 9,623 | 29.98 | ||
Majority | 13,958 | 42.04 | |||
Turnout | 33,204 | 60.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 27 October 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Gateshead) Order 1955. SI 1960/451". Statutory Instruments 1960. Part III. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1961. pp. 2856–2857.
- ^ a b c d e f g h British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1964