Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1955 general election, made up largely of the constituency of Beverley (losing some territory in the south to Haltemprice, and taking some in the east from Bridlington).

For the similarly named current constituency, see Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency).

Howden
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyYorkshire
1955–1983
Number of membersOne
Replaced byBoothferry, Selby, Bridlington and Ryedale[1]
Created fromBeverley and Bridlington

The Howden constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Driffield and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Derwent, Driffield, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[2]Party
1955 Paul Bryan Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Boothferry

Election results

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Howden[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 26,550 56.0 +9.0
Liberal Elizabeth Shields 12,006 25.3 -10.2
Labour A. B. Davenport 8,827 18.6 +1.1
Majority 14,544 30.7 +19.2
Turnout 47,383 74.4 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Howden[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 19,583 47.0 -1.8
Liberal S. Haywood 14,803 35.5 +0.5
Labour F. H. V. Lewis 7,271 17.5 +1.3
Majority 4,780 11.5 -2.4
Turnout 41,657 72.4 -6.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Howden[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 21,892 48.8 -8.2
Liberal S. Haywood 15,681 35.0 +17.1
Labour J. Kirkwood 7,259 16.2 -8.5
Majority 6,211 13.8 -18.5
Turnout 44,832 78.6 +7.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Howden[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 22,102 57.0 +6.4
Labour John W. R. Graham 9,567 24.7 -2.2
Liberal James Francis Crossley 6,951 17.9 -4.6
Independent Tonderai Makoni 154 0.4 New
Majority 12,535 32.3 +8.6
Turnout 38,774 70.8 -1.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Howden[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 17,701 50.6 -2.6
Labour G. McNamara 9,421 26.9 +5.0
Liberal John J. MacCullum 7,885 22.5 -2.4
Majority 8,280 23.7 -4.6
Turnout 35,007 71.8 -4.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Howden[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 19,367 53.2 -4.5
Liberal John O K Crawford 9,067 24.9 +4.3
Labour Allan Day 7,974 21.9 +0.1
Majority 10,300 28.3 -6.6
Turnout 36,408 75.9 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Howden[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 20,681 57.7 -0.5
Labour John Rhodes 7,809 21.8 -4.1
Liberal Ruslyn Hargreaves 7,384 20.6 +4.7
Majority 12,872 35.9 +2.6
Turnout 35,874 75.8 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Howden[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 20,487 58.2
Labour Robert W. Bowes 9,088 25.9
Liberal William Derek Ramsdale 5,575 15.9
Majority 11,399 32.3
Turnout 35,150 73.7
Conservative hold Swing

References
  • Michael Kinnear, The British Voter: An Atlas and Survey Since 1885 (London: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd., 1981, 2nd ed.)
  1. "'Howden', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. UK General Election results: May 1979
  4. UK General Election results: October 1974
  5. UK General Election results: February 1974
  6. UK General Election results: 1970
  7. UK General Election results: March 1966
  8. UK General Election results: October 1964
  10. UK General Election results: October 1959
  12. UK General Election results: May 1955
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