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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Preston is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by Sir Mark Hendrick, a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party.[n 2]
Preston | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Preston in North West England | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 72,946 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Preston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Sir Mark Hendrick (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Preston North, Preston South |
1529–1950 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Preston North, Preston South |
1295–1311 (at the earliest) | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Preston (see above) |
The seat was created for the Model Parliament and sent members until at least 1331 until a new (possibly confirmatory) grant of two members to Westminster followed. From 1529 extending unusually beyond the 19th century until the 1950 general election the seat had two-member representation. Party divisions tended to run stronger after 1931 before which two different parties' candidates frequently came first and second at elections under the bloc vote system.
In 1929, a recently elected Liberal, Sir William Jowitt decided to join the Labour Party and called for a by-election (which implies a single vacancy) to support this change of party, which he won, to take up for two years the position of Attorney General of England and Wales as part of the Government. He became the highest judge during the Attlee Ministry, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Speaker of the House of Lords under a then hereditary-dominated House leading to a Conservative majority. Consequently, he was selected to be elevated to a peerage as 1st Earl Jowitt. With no sons, he was to be the last Earl and wrote the Dictionary of English Law.
Preston was abolished as a constituency by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 being replaced by Preston North and Preston South constituencies.
Since the seat's revival after being split for 33 years into the larger North and South seats, all representatives have been members of the Labour Party.
The member from 1987 to 2000 was Audrey Wise, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and reformer of maternity healthcare in opposition on the Select Committee.
1832–1868: The old borough of Preston, and the township of Fishwick.[2]
1868–1885: The existing parliamentary borough, excluding such part (if any) as lies on the south side of the River Ribble.[3]
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, so much of the municipal borough of Preston as was not already included in the parliamentary borough, so much of the parish of Lea, Ashton, Ingol, and Cottam, and of the parish of Penwortham, as were added to the municipal borough of Preston on 1 June 1889 by the Ribble Navigation and Preston Dock Act 1883, and the local government district of Fulwood.[4]
1983–1997: The Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Brookfield, Central, Deepdale, Fishwick, Ingol, Larches, Moorbrook, Park, Ribbleton, St John's, St Matthew's, and Tulketh.
1997–2010: The Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Brookfield, Central, Deepdale, Fishwick, Larches, Moor Park, Ribbleton, Riversway, St Matthew's, and Tulketh, and the Borough of South Ribble wards of Bamber Bridge Central, Bamber Bridge South, and Walton-le-Dale.
2010–2024: The City of Preston wards of Ashton, Brookfield, Deepdale, Fishwick, Ingol, Larches, Moor Park, Ribbleton, Riversway, St George's, St Matthew's, Town Centre, Tulketh, and University.
2024 onwards: The City of Preston wards of Ashton, Brookfield, Cadley, City Centre, Deepdale, Fishwick & Frenchwood, Garrison, Ingol & Cottam, Lea & Larches, Plungington, Ribbleton, and St Matthew's.
In the late 19th Century the boundaries of the two-member Preston constituency were described as comprising:[5]
...[T]he old Borough of Preston, the township of Fishwick, so much of the Municipal Borough as is not included in the Parliamentary Borough, the Local Government District of Fulwood, and so much of the parishes of Lea, Ashton, Ingol, and Cotham {sic}, and Penwortham, as will be added to the Municipal Borough of Preston on June 1st, 1889
In the Representation of the People Act, 1918 the boundaries of the two-member constituency were described as the:
County borough of Preston and urban district of Fulwood:[6]
The single seat of Preston formed from 1918 until 1949 was created by the County Borough of Preston and Urban District of Fulwood. From the general election of 1950 to the 1983 Preston was divided into the constituencies of Preston North and Preston South. In time for the 1983 general election, the boundaries on which the current seat is drawn were confirmed. The northern, Fulwood area, was divided between Fylde and Ribble Valley.
The ward of Lea is within the constituency of Fylde.
The wards of Preston Rural North, Preston Rural East and the Fulwood wards (Cadley, College, Garrison, Greyfriars and Sharoe Green) are within the constituency of Wyre and Preston North. By the end of the review, the newly recommended Preston constituency had the smallest number of voters of an English constituency based on 2006 electorates.[7]
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England modified Preston City Council's ward boundaries in 2018, which in some minor cases altered which wards crossed the Parliamentary boundary of Preston. Due to the changes, the constituency of Preston, as of 2018, is made from:
In full: Ashton, Brookfield, City Centre, Deepdale, Fishwick and Frenchwood, Plungington, Ribbleton, St Matthews. In part: Cadley (shared with Wyre and Preston North), Ingol and Cottam (shared with Fylde), Lea and Larches (shared with Fylde).
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Preston (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring in the part wards currently in the Fylde constituency. together with the remainder of the Cadley ward and the Garrison ward from Wyre and Preston North (to be abolished).
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1295 | Willielmus fil' (filius) Pauli | Adam Russel |
1298 | Adam fil' Radulfi | Adam de Biri |
1300/1 | Willielmus fil' Paulini | |
1304/5 | Robertus fil' Willelmi de Preston | Hernricus fil' Willelmi del Tounhende |
1306/7 | Robertus fil' Rogeri | Ricardus Banastre |
1307 | Henricus del Krykestyle | Ricardus Banastre |
1326/7 | Laurencius Travers | Willelmus de Graistok |
1327 (Nov) | John Stakky | Henry Banastre |
1328/9 (Feb) | Willielmus fil' Paulini | Nicholaus de Preston |
1330 (Nov) | William fitz Paul | Henry de Haydock |
1331 (Sep) | Johannes fil' Galfridi | Willielmus fil' Johannis |
1331–1529 | No returns | |
1529 | Cristoferus Heydock | James Walton[9] |
1536–1545 | No returns | |
1545 | Sir Ralph Sadler | John Bourne[9] |
1547 | George Frevil | John Hales[9] |
1552/3 (Mar) | Anthony Browne | Thomas Fleetwood[9] |
1553 (Oct) | William Gerard | Anthony Browne[9] |
1554 (Apr) | Thomas Ruthall | Willielmus Berners[9] |
1554 (Nov) | Richard Shyrburne | John Sylyard[9] |
1555 | John Arundell | John Herle[9] |
1557/8 | Richard Sherbourne | Robert Southwell[9] |
1559 (Jan) | Robert Aalford | Francis Goldsmith, sat for Helston, repl, by Richard Cooke[10] |
1562/3 | Gilbert Moreton | James Hodgkinson[10] |
1571 | Edward Baeshe | Reginald Williams[10] |
1572 | James Hodgkinson | George Horsey[10] |
1584 (Nov) | William Fleetwood | Thomas Cromwell[10] |
1586 | John Brograve | Sir Thomas Hesketh[10] |
1588 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Hesketh | Michael Doughty[10] |
1593 | James Dalton | Thomas Bulbeck[10] |
1597 (Oct) | John Brograve | Sir John Stanhope[10] |
1601 (Oct) | John Brograve | William Waad[10] |
1604-1611 | Sir Vincent Skinner | William Holte |
1614 | Sir Edward Mosley | Henry Banister |
1621-1622 | Sir Edward Mosley | Sir William Pooley |
1624 | Sir Edward Mosley | Sir William Pooley, sat for Sudbury, repl. by Sir William Hervey |
1625 | Sir William Hervey | Henry Banister |
1626 | George Garrard | Thomas Fanshawe |
1628 | Robert Carre | George Garrard |
1629-1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
Election | Member[11] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | Stan Thorne | Labour | Previously MP for Preston South 1974-1983 | |
1987 | Audrey Wise | Labour | Previously MP for Coventry South West 1974–1979. Died September 2000 | |
2000 by-election | Sir Mark Hendrick | Labour and Co-operative | Became a Knight Bachelor in 2018 New Year Honours |
Representatives have sat in Parliament for Preston for nearly 800 years, the first recorded names being Willielmus fil' Pauli and Adam Russel. Prior to being reformed as "Preston" in 1983, the former Preston North and Preston South seats were amongst the most marginal in the country - in 1979, Conservative Robert Atkins won Preston North by 29 votes.
With the suburban, middle class former Fulwood Urban District area within Ribble Valley (and from 2010 Wyre and Preston North), the southern portion has awarded MPs with much healthier and secure majorities. Almost all of Preston's representatives from 1915 to 1950, and since its recreation as a single constituency in 1983, have been Labour candidates.
Between 1918 and 1949, the two-seat constituency of Preston was formed by the County Borough of Preston and the Urban District of Fulwood. In 1997, Audrey Wise secured a majority of over 18,000. The collapse of the Conservative vote - 10 percentage points down from 1992 - was firmly with the pattern of the Tory fortunes in that year.
The death of Audrey Wise in 2000 triggered a by-election. At that Preston by-election, Mark Hendrick, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Lancashire Central constituency with Preston at its heart, secured a victory with a 4,400 majority. The surprise of the night was the result of the fledgling Socialist Alliance, for whom Terry Cartright saved his deposit.
Less than a year later, the 2001 general election returned Mark Hendrick with a much healthier 12,200 majority, up against South Ribble councillor Graham O'Hare for the Conservatives and the then local Liberal Democrat leader Bill Chadwick. In real terms, all three main parties lost support from 1997 - Labour down by over 8,000 votes, Conservatives reduced by over 2,200 and Lib Dems 2,300 lower. One notable candidate in 2001 was David Braid, also a candidate in a number of other seats that year, who had been the "Battle for Britain" candidate in the previous year's by-election.
The 2005 general election was notable for the changes in share of the vote of the minor parties. The first ever Respect candidate, local councillor Michael Lavalette, firmly saved his deposit with nearly 7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats had chosen former Conservative County Councillor William Parkinson, and had their best result since 1997. Fiona Bryce for the Conservatives, remained in second place seeing her share of the vote remain stable despite the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) polling over 1,000 votes. Mark Hendrick secured another term as MP, although his vote total was 3,000 less than 2001 and 12,000 less than Audrey Wise in 1997.
Labour continued to represent Preston at the elections of 2010, 2015, and 2017. Whilst Mark Hendrick secured less than 50% of the votes cast in 2010, the first time this has occurred at a Preston election since 1983, subsequent results had much stronger Labour majorities. Second place went back to the Conservative Party, regaining from the Liberal Democrats who took second place for the first time in 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick[27][28] | 14,006 | 35.0 | –26.7 | |
Independent | Michael Lavalette[29] | 8,715 | 21.8 | New | |
Reform UK | James Elliot[30] | 5,738 | 14.3 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Trevor Hart | 5,212 | 13.0 | –12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby[31] | 3,195 | 8.0 | +2.8 | |
Green | Isabella Metcalf-Riener[32] | 1,751 | 4.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Yousuf Bhailok | 891 | 2.2 | New | |
Rejoin EU | Joseph O'Meachair | 216 | 0.5 | New | |
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | David Brooks | 145 | 0.4 | New | |
UKIP | Derek Kileen | 124 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,291 | 13.2 | –22.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,132 | 51.9 | –4.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | –24.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 20,870 | 61.8 | ―6.2 | |
Conservative | Michele Scott | 8,724 | 25.8 | +2.0 | |
Brexit Party | Rob Sherratt | 1,799 | 5.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | 1,737 | 5.1 | +1.7 | |
Green | Michael Welton | 660 | 2.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 12,146 | 36.0 | ―8.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,790 | 56.6 | −5.0 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 24,210 | 68.0 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Beaty | 8,487 | 23.8 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Simon Platt | 1,348 | 3.8 | ―11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | 1,204 | 3.4 | ―0.3 | |
Green | Anne Power | 348 | 1.0 | ―3.9 | |
Majority | 15,723 | 44.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,597 | 61.6 | +5.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 18,755 | 56.0 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Holden | 6,688 | 20.0 | ―1.7 | |
UKIP | James Barker | 5,139 | 15.4 | +10.9 | |
Green | Gemma Christie | 1,643 | 4.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Barton | 1,244 | 3.7 | ―20.7 | |
Majority | 12,067 | 36.0 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,469 | 55.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 15,668 | 48.2 | ―2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Jewell | 7,935 | 24.4 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Nerissa Warner-O'Neill | 7,060 | 21.7 | ―1.2 | |
UKIP | Richard Muirhead | 1,462 | 4.5 | +1.4 | |
Christian | George Ambroze | 272 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Krishna Tayya | 108 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,733 | 23.8 | ―3.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,505 | 52.0 | ―1.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 17,210 | 50.5 | ―6.5 | |
Conservative | Fiona Bryce | 7,803 | 22.9 | ―0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Parkinson | 5,701 | 16.7 | +3.5 | |
Respect | Michael Lavalette | 2,318 | 6.8 | New | |
UKIP | Ellen Boardman | 1,049 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,407 | 27.6 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,081 | 53.8 | +4.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 20,540 | 57.0 | ―3.8 | |
Conservative | Graham O'Hare | 8,272 | 23.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Chadwick | 4,746 | 13.2 | ―1.5 | |
Independent | Bilal Patel | 1,241 | 3.4 | New | |
Green | Richard Merrick | 1,019 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Independent | David Franklin-Braid | 223 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,268 | 34.0 | ―4.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,041 | 49.2 | ―16.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mark Hendrick | 9,765 | 45.7 | ―15.1 | |
Conservative | Graham O'Hare | 5,339 | 25.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Chadwick | 3,454 | 16.2 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Terry Cartwright | 1,210 | 5.7 | New | |
UKIP | Gregg Beaman | 458 | 2.1 | New | |
Green | Richard Merrick | 441 | 2.1 | New | |
CPA | Peter Garrett | 416 | 2.0 | New | |
BNP | Chris Jackson | 229 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | David Franklin-Braid | 51 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,426 | 20.7 | ―18.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,363 | 29.4 | ―36.4 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ―9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Wise | 29,220 | 60.8 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Paul S. Gray | 10,540 | 21.9 | ―5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Chadwick | 7,045 | 14.7 | ―2.5 | |
Referendum | John C. Porter | 924 | 1.9 | New | |
Natural Law | John Ashforth | 345 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 18,680 | 38.9 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,074 | 65.8 | ―5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Wise | 24,983 | 54.3 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Simon G. O'Toole | 12,808 | 27.8 | ―0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Chadwick | 7,897 | 17.2 | ―1.8 | |
Natural Law | Janet Aycliffe | 341 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,175 | 26.5 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,029 | 71.7 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Wise | 23,341 | 52.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Raj Chandran | 12,696 | 28.5 | ―3.3 | |
Liberal | John Wright | 8,452 | 19.0 | ―2.5 | |
Majority | 10,645 | 24.0 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,489 | 71.0 | ―0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stan Thorne | 21,810 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | Tom N. Huntley | 14,832 | 31.8 | ||
SDP | Michael Connolly | 10,039 | 21.5 | ||
Majority | 6,978 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,681 | 71.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Shackleton | 32,189 | 55.6 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Harmar Nicholls | 25,718 | 44.4 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 6,471 | 11.2 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 57,907 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Segal | 33,053 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | John William Sunderland | 32,889 | 24.1 | ||
Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 29,129 | 21.4 | ||
Conservative | Julian Amery | 27,885 | 20.4 | ||
Liberal | J Maurice Toulmin | 8,251 | 6.1 | New | |
Communist | P.J. Devine | 5,168 | 3.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,760 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 136,375 | 77.0 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Randolph Churchill | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing |
For the general election expected to take place in 1939/1940, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Cobb | 32,575 | 48.8 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Frank Bowles | 30,970 | 46.4 | 0.0 | |
Independent | F. White | 3,221 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,605 | 2.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 63,746 | 79.0 | −2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian Moreing | 37,219 | 26.9 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | William Kirkpatrick | 36,797 | 26.7 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Lyster | 32,225 | 23.3 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Richard Reiss | 31,827 | 23.1 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 4,572 | 3.4 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 138,068 | 81.9 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Kirkpatrick | 46,276 | 32.5 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Moreing | 45,843 | 32.2 | ||
Labour | Tom Shaw | 25,710 | 18.0 | ||
Labour | Edward Porter | 24,660 | 17.3 | ||
Majority | 20,133 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 142,489 | 84.6 | +6.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jowitt | 35,608 | 54.6 | +25.1 | |
Unionist | Alfred Howitt | 29,168 | 44.8 | −0.7 | |
Independent Labour | S. M. Holden | 410 | 0.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 6,440 | 9.8 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 65,186 | 79.6 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Shaw | 37,705 | 29.5 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | William Jowitt | 31,277 | 24.4 | −0.2 | |
Unionist | Alfred Howitt | 29,116 | 22.8 | −2.4 | |
Unionist | Charles Emmott | 27,754 | 21.7 | −2.2 | |
Independent Labour | S. M. Holden | 2,111 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,589 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 127,963 | 78.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Shaw | 27,009 | 26.3 | −8.1 | |
Unionist | Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy | 25,887 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal | James Hodge | 25,327 | 24.6 | −9.0 | |
Unionist | G Barnes | 24,557 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 560 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 102,780 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Shaw | 25,816 | 34.4 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | James Hodge | 25,155 | 33.6 | +7.2 | |
Unionist | William Kirkpatrick | 23,953 | 32.0 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 1,854 | 2.4 | −1.5 | ||
Majority | 1,193 | 1.6 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 74,924 | 87.2 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Shaw | 26,259 | 27.9 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | James Hodge | 24,798 | 26.4 | +1.6 | |
Unionist | George Stanley | 22,574 | 24.0 | −1.4 | |
Unionist | Alfred Robert MacLean Camm | 20,410 | 21.7 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 3,685 | 3.9 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 2,224 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 94,041 | 81.1 | +16.6 | ||
Registered electors | 57,953 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
19,213 | 25.8 | +2.8 | |
C | Unionist | ![]() |
18,970 | 25.4 | −1.4 |
Liberal | John O'Neill | 18,485 | 24.8 | +0.9 | |
C | Unionist | Warwick Brookes | 17,928 | 24.0 | −2.3 |
Majority | 1,285 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Majority | 485 | 0.6 | −1.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Turnout | 74,596 | 64.5 | −24.4 | ||
Registered electors | 57,795 | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Urban H. Broughton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Stanley | 9,184 | 26.8 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred Tobin | 8,993 | 26.3 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Hilton Young | 8,193 | 23.9 | +6.1 | |
Labour | William Henry Carr | 7,855 | 23.0 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 800 | 2.4 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,225 | 88.9 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 19,521 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Stanley | 9,526 | 27.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Alfred Tobin | 9,160 | 26.0 | +5.1 | |
Labour | John Thomas Macpherson | 7,539 | 21.4 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | John Eldon Gorst | 6,281 | 17.8 | −8.2 | |
Free Trader | Harold Cox* | 2,704 | 7.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,621 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,506 | 94.4 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 19,521 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.7 |
* Cox was replaced as Liberal candidate by Gorst - due to his frequent criticism of Liberal social policy - but chose to run independently.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | John Thomas Macpherson | 10,181 | 30.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Harold Cox | 8,538 | 26.0 | New | |
Conservative | John Kerr | 7,303 | 22.2 | −18.8 | |
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 6,856 | 20.9 | −16.0 | |
Turnout | 32,878 | 96.2 | +19.8 | ||
Registered electors | 18,626 | ||||
Majority | 2,878 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.8 | |||
Majority | 1,682 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kerr | 8,639 | 57.1 | −20.8 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | John Hodge | 6,490 | 42.9 | +20.8 | |
Majority | 2,149 | 14.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,129 | 84.2 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 17,973 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −20.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 8,944 | 41.0 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 8,067 | 36.9 | +1.2 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Keir Hardie | 4,834 | 22.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,233 | 14.8 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 21,845 | 76.4 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 16,867 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 8,928 | 41.9 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 7,622 | 35.7 | +0.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | James Tattersall | 4,781 | 22.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,841 | 13.3 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,508 | 76.3 | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 16,395 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 8,070 | 36.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 7,764 | 35.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Weld-Blundell | 6,182 | 28.1 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 1,582 | 7.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,003 | 87.7 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,959 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 7,497 | 30.6 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 7,296 | 29.7 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | John Ormerod Pilkington | 4,982 | 20.3 | −4.8 | |
Lib-Lab | George Potter | 4,771 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,314 | 9.4 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 12,473 (est) | 83.9 | −7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 14,876 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 8,459 | 38.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 7,971 | 36.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas Russell | 5,491 | 25.1 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 2,480 | 11.3 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 13,550 (est) | 91.1 | −4.7 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 14,876 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Tomlinson | 6,351 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 4,167 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,184 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,518 | 81.0 | −14.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,978 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes | 6,045 | 58.9 | −10.0 | |
Lib-Lab | William Simpson[53] | 4,212 | 41.1 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 1,833 | 17.8 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,257 | 79.0 | −16.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,978 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Farrer Ecroyd | 6,004 | 58.0 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Yates Thompson[54] | 4,340 | 42.0 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 1,664 | 16.0 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,344 | 88.0 | −7.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 11,748 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hermon | 6,239 | 36.2 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | John Holker | 5,641 | 32.7 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | George William Bahr[55] | 5,355 | 31.1 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 286 | 1.6 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,594 (est) | 95.8 (est) | +16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 12,108 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Holker | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hermon | 6,512 | 42.1 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | John Holker | 5,211 | 33.7 | +6.4 | |
Lib-Lab | Thomas Mottershead | 3,756 | 24.3 | −20.7 | |
Majority | 1,455 | 9.4 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,618 (est) | 79.7 (est) | −17.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,073 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Holker | 4,542 | 54.3 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | James German[56] | 3,824 | 45.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 718 | 8.6 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,366 | 81.9 | −15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,214 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hermon | 5,803 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Fermor-Hesketh | 5,700 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Joseph Leese | 4,741 | 22.7 | New | |
Liberal | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | 4,663 | 22.3 | New | |
Majority | 959 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,454 (est) | 97.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,763 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Hesketh | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Frederick Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,562 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Hesketh | 1,527 | 60.1 | −9.1 | |
Liberal | George Melly | 1,014 | 39.9 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 513 | 20.2 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,541 | 91.6 | +17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 2,773 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. A. Cross | 1,542 | 39.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Grenfell | 1,208 | 30.8 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | John Talbot Clifton[57] | 1,168 | 29.8 | +2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,959 (est) | 73.7 (est) | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,657 | ||||
Majority | 334 | 8.6 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Majority | 40 | 1.0 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 1,503 | 37.3 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | R. A. Cross | 1,433 | 35.6 | +5.3 | |
Whig | George Strickland | 1,094 | 27.1 | −1.3 | |
Turnout | 2,015 (est) | 72.1 (est) | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,793 | ||||
Majority | 70 | 1.7 | −11.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Majority | 339 | 8.5 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Townley Parker | 1,335 | 30.3 | −2.6 | |
Whig | George Strickland | 1,253 | 28.4 | −5.5 | |
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 1,127 | 25.6 | −7.7 | |
Radical | James German[58] | 692 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,204 (est) | 77.2 (est) | −13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,854 | ||||
Majority | 208 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Majority | 561 | 12.7 | +12.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Strickland | 1,404 | 33.9 | +5.9 | |
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 1,378 | 33.3 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Townley Parker | 1,361 | 32.9 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.4 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,752 (est) | 90.4 (est) | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,044 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood | 1,655 | 28.5 | −16.1 | |
Whig | George Strickland | 1,629 | 28.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Townley Parker | 1,270 | 21.9 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Swainson | 1,255 | 21.6 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 359 | 6.1 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,905 (est) | 86.2 (est) | c. −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,371 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −11.5 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood | 2,726 | 44.6 | +28.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Townley Parker | 1,821 | 29.8 | −3.9 | |
Whig | John Crawfurd | 1,562 | 25.5 | +9.3 | |
Radical | Feargus O'Connor | 5 | 0.1 | −33.7 | |
Turnout | 3,264 | 89.3 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,656 | ||||
Majority | 905 | 14.8 | +3.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Majority | 259 | 4.3 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood | 2,165 | 33.7 | +2.3 | |
Whig | Henry Smith-Stanley | 2,092 | 32.5 | +2.0 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,385 | 21.5 | +2.5 | |
Radical | Thomas Smith | 789 | 12.3 | −6.8 | |
Turnout | 3,350 | 89.7 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,734 | ||||
Majority | 73 | 1.2 | −11.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Majority | 707 | 11.0 | −0.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood | 3,372 | 31.4 | ||
Whig | Henry Smith-Stanley | 3,273 | 30.5 | ||
Radical | Henry Hunt | 2,054 | 19.1 | ||
Radical | John Forbes | 1,926 | 17.9 | ||
Radical | Charles John Crompton[59] | 118 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,538 | 87.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,352 | ||||
Majority | 1,318 | 12.3 | |||
Tory gain from Radical | |||||
Majority | 1,219 | 11.4 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Wood | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Henry Hunt | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Henry Hunt | 3,730 | 52.4 | +32.9 | |
Whig | Edward Smith-Stanley | 3,392 | 47.6 | −32.9 | |
Majority | 338 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,122 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +32.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Smith-Stanley | 2,996 | 44.8 | ||
Whig | John Wood | 2,389 | 35.7 | ||
Radical | Henry Hunt | 1,308 | 19.5 | ||
Majority | 1,081 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | c. 3,347 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Samuel Horrocks | 1,694 | 37.3 | −2.4 | |
Whig | Edmund Hornby | 1,598 | 35.2 | −4.2 | |
Reformer | Peter Crompton | 1,245 | 27.4 | New | |
Majority | 449 | 9.9 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,537 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Samuel Horrocks | 1,379 | 39.7 | ||
Whig | Edmund Hornby | 1,368 | 39.4 | ||
Independent | Edward Hanson | 727 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 652 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,474 |
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