Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
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1885–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Beverley and Bridlington |
Created from | East Riding of Yorkshire |
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918:
1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Beverley and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Cottingham, Hornsea, and Withernsea, the Rural Districts of Patrington and Skirlaugh, part of the Rural District of Beverley, and in the Rural District of Sculcoates the civil parishes of Preston and Sutton.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | George Bethell | Conservative | |
1900 | Arthur Stanley Wilson | Conservative | |
1922 | Audley Bowdler | Liberal | |
1923 | Sir Samuel Savery | Unionist | |
1939 | Gurney Braithwaite | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bethell | 4,166 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal | Gerard Smith | 3,537 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 629 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,703 | 84.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,143 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bethell | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bethell | 4,158 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Henry Anderson | 3,693 | 47.0 | New | |
Majority | 465 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,851 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,670 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bethell | 4,512 | 56.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Bourchier Francis Hawksley | 3,483 | 43.6 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 1,029 | 12.8 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,995 | 80.6 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,920 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 4,597 | 62.1 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Allan James Lawrie | 2,810 | 37.9 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 1,787 | 24.2 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,407 | 76.3 | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 4,441 | 50.2 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | Ernest J Wilberforce | 4,411 | 49.9 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 30 | 0.4 | −23.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,852 | 87.5 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,117 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 5,046 | 52.0 | +1.8 | |
Free Trader | George Bethell | 4,661 | 48.0 | New | |
Majority | 385 | 4.0 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,707 | 89.5 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,850 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 4,861 | 52.0 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Sydney Arnold | 4,480 | 48.0 | New | |
Majority | 381 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,341 | 86.1 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,850 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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;
- Unionist: Arthur Stanley Wilson
- Liberal: Fred Maddison
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 9,387 | 63.0 | +11.0 |
Liberal | Fred Maddison | 5,521 | 37.0 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 3,866 | 26.0 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,908 | 57.9 | −28.2 | ||
Registered electors | 25,741 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +11.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Audley Bowdler | 11,479 | 52.9 | +15.9 | |
Unionist | Arthur Stanley Wilson | 10,200 | 47.1 | −15.9 | |
Majority | 1,279 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,679 | 79.1 | +21.2 | ||
Registered electors | 27,421 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +15.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Savery | 11,099 | 50.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Audley Bowdler | 10,846 | 49.4 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 253 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,945 | 78.1 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 28,085 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Savery | 12,911 | 56.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Neville Dixey | 10,162 | 44.0 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 2,749 | 12.0 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,073 | 81.1 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 28,449 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Savery | 14,544 | 47.6 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Neville Dixey | 13,525 | 44.3 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Joseph William Hewitt | 2,481 | 8.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,019 | 3.3 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,550 | 80.1 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 38,147 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Election in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Savery | 21,560 | 61.7 | +14.1 | |
Liberal | Aline Mackinnon | 10,471 | 30.0 | -14.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Leopold Schultz | 2,927 | 8.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 11,089 | 31.7 | +28.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,958 | 81.8 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Savery | 22,229 | 53.6 | -8.1 | |
Liberal | Aline Mackinnon | 10,348 | 24.9 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Joseph Leopold Schultz | 8,906 | 21.5 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 11,901 | 28.7 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,503 | 72.2 | -9.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 17,742 | 39.4 | -14.2 | |
Liberal | Aline Mackinnon | 11,590 | 25.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Leopold Schultz | 9,629 | 21.3 | -0.2 | |
Independent | Raleigh Chichester-Constable | 6,103 | 13.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,152 | 13.7 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,064 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gurney Braithwaite | 25,181 | 43.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Frederick Lawson | 23,036 | 39.5 | +18.2 | |
Liberal | Roger Fulford | 10,165 | 17.4 | -8.3 | |
Majority | 2,145 | 3.6 | -25.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,382 | 76.1 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.