Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Spalding
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Number of membersone
Replaced byHolland with Boston
Created fromSouth Lincolnshire

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Murray Finch-Hatton Conservative
1887 Halley Stewart Liberal
1895 Harry Pollock Liberal Unionist
1900 Horace Rendall Mansfield Liberal
1910 Francis McLaren Liberal
1917 George Peel Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Murray Finch-Hatton 4,658 50.4
Liberal Halley Stewart 4,580 49.6
Majority 78 0.8
Turnout 9,238 79.7
Registered electors 11,597
Conservative win (new seat)
Stewart
General election 1886: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Murray Finch-Hatton 4,561 51.6 +1.2
Liberal Halley Stewart 4,273 48.4 -1.2
Majority 288 3.2 +2.4
Turnout 8,834 76.2 -3.5
Registered electors 11,597
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

Finch-Hatton succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, causing a by-election.

Tryon
By-election, 1 Jul 1887: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Halley Stewart 5,110 53.9 +5.5
Conservative George Tryon 4,363 46.1 -5.5
Majority 747 7.8 N/A
Turnout 9,473 77.7 +1.5
Registered electors 12,188
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Halley Stewart 4,660 51.8 +3.4
Liberal Unionist Harry Pollock 4,334 48.2 3.4
Majority 326 3.6 N/A
Turnout 8,994 68.9 7.3
Registered electors 13,054
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.4
General election 1895: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Harry Pollock 4,623 52.0 +3.8
Liberal Halley Stewart 4,274 48.0 -3.8
Majority 349 4.0 N/A
Turnout 8,897 69.6 +0.7
Registered electors 12,775
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1900s

Mansfield
General election 1900: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horace Mansfield 4,352 50.3 +2.3
Liberal Unionist Ernest Pollock 4,295 49.7 -2.3
Majority 57 0.6 N/A
Turnout 8,647 68.9 -0.7
Registered electors 12,550
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +2.3
Pollock
General election 1906: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horace Mansfield 5,800 58.1 +7.8
Liberal Unionist Ernest Pollock 4,180 41.9 -7.8
Majority 1,620 16.2 +15.6
Turnout 9,980 68.3 -0.6
Registered electors 14,617
Liberal hold Swing +7.8

Elections in the 1910s

McLaren
General election January 1910: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis McLaren 5,527 51.8 -6.3
Conservative William Royce 5,148 48.2 +6.3
Majority 379 3.6 -12.6
Turnout 10,675 78.2 +9.9
Liberal hold Swing -6.3
General election December 1910: Spalding[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis McLaren 5,335 51.3 -0.5
Conservative William Royce 5,070 48.7 +0.5
Majority 265 2.6 -1.0
Turnout 10,405 76.3 -1.9
Liberal hold Swing -0.5

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

1917 Spalding by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Peel Unopposed
Liberal hold

References

  1. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 342. ISBN 9781349022984.
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