Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Spalding | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | South Lincolnshire |
Replaced by | Holland with Boston |
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.
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
Year | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Murray Finch-Hatton | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1887 | Halley Stewart | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1895 | Harry Pollock | Liberal Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | Horace Rendall Mansfield | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1910 | Francis McLaren | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1917 | George Peel | Liberal |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Murray Finch-Hatton | 4,658 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Halley Stewart | 4,580 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 78 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,238 | 79.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,597 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Halley_Stewart.jpg/120px-Halley_Stewart.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Vice_Admiral_Sir_George_Tryon.jpg/120px-Vice_Admiral_Sir_George_Tryon.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 78.2 | +9.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 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;
- Liberal: Francis McLaren
- Unionist: William Royce
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Peel | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |