Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Hyde was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918. It was seated in the town of Hyde, Cheshire.

Hyde
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCheshire
Major settlementsHyde
18851918
Number of membersOne
Replaced byStalybridge & Hyde
Created fromEast Cheshire

From the 1918 general election onwards, the town has been represented in parliament through the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.

Boundaries

The constituency, officially Cheshire, Hyde Division, was created from the two-member Eastern division of Cheshire by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as one of eight new single-member divisions of Cheshire. It consisted of the following parishes and townships in north east Cheshire:[1] Bredbury, the part of Brinnington outside the Municipal Borough of Stockport, Godley , Hattersley, Hollingworth, Hyde, Marple, Mottram, Newton, Offerton, Romiley, Tintwistle, Torkington and Werneth.

Abolition

The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout Great Britain. The bulk of the Hyde constituency was merged with parliamentary borough of Stalybridge to form the new seat of Stalybridge and Hyde. The Bredbury, Marple and Romiley areas passed to an expanded Macclesfield constituency, while Offerton and Torkington, which now formed part of the urban district of Hazel Grove and Bramhall, were included in Knutsford.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Thomas Ashton Liberal
1886 Joseph Watson Sidebotham Conservative
1900 Edward Chapman Conservative
1906 Duncan Schwann Liberal
1910 Francis Neilson Liberal
1916 by-election Thomas Owen Jacobsen Liberal
1918 Constituency abolished. See Stalybridge and Hyde

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Ashton
General election 1885: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Ashton 4,546 53.3
Conservative William Legh 3,990 46.7
Majority 556 6.6
Turnout 8,536 91.5
Registered electors 9,328
Liberal win (new seat)
Sidebotham
General election 1886: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Watson Sidebotham 4,328 52.7 +6.0
Liberal Thomas Ashton 3,885 47.3 -6.0
Majority 443 5.4 N/A
Turnout 8,213 88.0 -3.5
Registered electors 9,328
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Watson Sidebotham 4,525 51.7 -1.0
Liberal Thomas Ashton 4,220 48.3 +1.0
Majority 305 3.4 -2.0
Turnout 8,745 90.8 +2.8
Registered electors 9,629
Conservative hold Swing -1.0
General election 1895: Hyde [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Watson Sidebotham 4,735 52.4 +0.7
Liberal George Wood Rhodes 3,844 42.6 -5.7
Ind. Labour Party George Smith Christie 448 5.0 New
Majority 891 9.8 +6.4
Turnout 9,027 88.4 2.4
Registered electors 10,208
Conservative hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1900s

Brunner
General election 1900: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Chapman 4,774 53.2 +0.8
Liberal John Brunner 4,195 46.8 +4.2
Majority 579 6.4 -3.4
Turnout 8,969 88.5 +0.1
Registered electors 10,485
Conservative hold Swing -1.7
General election 1906: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Duncan Swann 5,545 55.3 +8.5
Conservative Edward Chapman 4,482 44.7 -8.5
Majority 1,063 10.6 N/A
Turnout 10,027 88.6 +3.1
Registered electors 11,314
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.5

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Neilson 4,476 39.5 -15.8
Conservative Tom Eastham 4,461 39.3 -7.6
Labour William Crawford Anderson 2,401 21.2 New
Majority 15 0.2 -10.4
Turnout 11,338 93.2 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.1
General election December 1910: Hyde [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Neilson 5,562 51.4 +11.9
Conservative Tom Smith 5,268 48.6 +9.3
Majority 294 2.8 +2.6
Turnout 10,830 89.0 -4.2
Liberal hold Swing +1.3

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;

1916 Hyde by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Owen Jacobsen 4,089 56.0 +4.6
Independent
  • DP Davies
3,215 44.0 New
Majority 874 12.0 +9.2
Turnout 7,304 54.7 -34.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • nominee of the National Union of Attested Married Men, an organisation opposed to the government's policy on conscription.

See also

References

  1. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.