Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)
Holland with Boston | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
1918–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Boston, Spalding |
Replaced by | Boston and Skegness and South Holland and the Deepings |
Holland with Boston was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History
The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1997. By the time of its abolition, it was a safe Conservative seat. However, Holland with Boston had been held by both the Liberal and Labour parties before the Second World War.
From 1885 to 1918 the parliamentary borough of Boston returned one MP, while the Lincolnshire county division of Spalding, in the south-east of the historic county, elected another MP. In 1918 these two seats were merged to form this constituency.
When created in 1918 the constituency had the same boundaries as the traditional sub-division of the historic county known as the Parts of Holland, which had become an administrative county in 1889.
In 1997 the constituency was abolished and replaced by two new constituencies, Boston and Skegness and South Holland and The Deepings.
Boundaries
1918–1974: The county of the Parts of Holland.
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Boston, the Urban District of Spalding, and the Rural Districts of Boston, East Elloe, and Spalding.
1983–1997: The Borough of Boston, and the District of South Holland wards of Donington, Fleet, Gedney, Holbeach Hurn, Holbeach St John, Holbeach Town, Long Sutton, Moulton, Sutton Bridge, The Saints, and Whaplode.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | William Royce | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1924 by-election | Arthur Dean | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 by-election | Sir James Blindell | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | | 1931 | National Liberal | |
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | | 1937 by-election | Sir Herbert Butcher | National Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | | 1950 | National Liberal & Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1966 | Sir Richard Body | Conservative |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Boston and Skegness and South Holland and the Deepings |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Royce | 8,788 | 39.8 | N/A | |
C | Unionist | Ernest Belcher | 7,718 | 35.0 | N/A |
Liberal | George Peel | 5,557 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,070 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,063 | 55.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 40,004 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Royce | 12,489 | 39.1 | −0.7 | |
Unionist | Henry Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy | 11,898 | 37.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Ewan Siegfried Agnew | 7,535 | 23.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 591 | 1.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,922 | 76.9 | +21.7 | ||
Registered electors | 41,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Royce | 15,697 | 54.1 | +15.0 | |
Unionist | Arthur Dean | 13,331 | 45.9 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 2,366 | 8.2 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,028 | 68.8 | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 42,220 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Dean | 12,907 | 39.6 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Hugh Dalton | 12,101 | 37.1 | −17.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 7,596 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 806 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,604 | 77.2 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 42,220 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Dean | 15,459 | 47.5 | +1.6 | |
Labour | G. R. Blanco White | 10,689 | 32.8 | −21.3 | |
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 6,413 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,770 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,561 | 75.8 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 42,929 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Blindell | 13,000 | 38.1 | +18.4 | |
Labour | G. R. Blanco White | 9,294 | 27.3 | −5.5 | |
Unionist | Frederick Van den Berg | 8,257 | 24.2 | −23.3 | |
Agricultural Party | F.W. Dennis | 3,541 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,706 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,092 | 75.6 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 45,079 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Blindell | 19,792 | 43.8 | +24.1 | |
Unionist | Frederick Van den Berg | 15,877 | 35.1 | −12.4 | |
Labour | Charles Edward Snook | 9,556 | 21.1 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 3,915 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,225 | 81.5 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,522 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Blindell | 30,375 | 77.5 | ||
Labour | John Parker | 8,840 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 21,535 | 54.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,215 | 68.5 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Blindell | 25,162 | 65.5 | ||
Labour | Ernest E. Reynolds | 13,264 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | 11,898 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 63.6 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 21,846 | 60.0 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Ernest E. Reynolds | 14,556 | 40.0 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 7,290 | 20.0 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,396 | 59.4 | −4.2 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 |
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: Herbert Butcher
- Labour: E Kennedy[10]
- British Union: Sylvia Morris
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 26,939 | 55.9 | ||
Labour | Arthur E. Monks | 21,263 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 5,676 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 72.9 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 30,336 | 53.9 | ||
Labour | Horace W. Lee | 22,374 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal | Raymond D Blankley | 3,500 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | 7,962 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 68,411 | 82.1 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 31,683 | 57.9 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Janet A Walters | 22,994 | 42.0 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 8,689 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 69,453 | 78.7 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 28,412 | 53.2 | −0.7 | |
Labour | William A Rippon | 19,329 | 39.8 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Cyril Valentine | 5,581 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,083 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 70,040 | 76.1 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 29,013 | 53.5 | +0.3 | |
Labour | John DT Williamson | 17,839 | 32.9 | −6.9 | |
Liberal | Cyril Valentine | 7,334 | 13.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 11,174 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 70,588 | 76.7 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Herbert Butcher | 29,082 | 55.3 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Walter Long | 23,451 | 44.6 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 5,631 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 71,064 | 73.9 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 26,683 | 50.3 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Robert H. Hickman | 26,367 | 49.7 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 316 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 53,050 | 74.9 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 33,580 | 58.0 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Robert N.H. Sackur | 24,241 | 41.9 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 9,339 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 77,245 | 74.8 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 30,561 | 47.6 | −10.4 | |
Labour | M Cornish | 18,180 | 28.3 | −13.6 | |
Liberal | GR Stephenson | 15,466 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,381 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 79,775 | 80.4 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 28,145 | 47.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | M Cornish | 19,461 | 33.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | GR Stephenson | 10,476 | 18.0 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 8,684 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 80,454 | 72.1 | −8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 35,440 | 55.5 | +7.9 | |
Labour | M Fox | 17,908 | 28.0 | −5.5 | |
Liberal | J Wright | 10,480 | 16.4 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 17,532 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 85,578 | 74.5 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 24,962 | 55.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Carole Le Brun | 13,226 | 29.2 | +12.8 | |
Labour | JA Moore | 6,970 | 15.4 | −12.6 | |
Majority | 11,736 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 63,562 | 71.0 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 27,412 | 57.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Carole Le Brun | 9,817 | 20.7 | −8.5 | |
Labour | John Hough | 9,734 | 20.4 | +5.1 | |
Independent | David James | 405 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,595 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 65,539 | 72.2 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Body | 29,159 | 55.1 | −2.8 | |
Labour | John Hough | 15,328 | 29.0 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Ley | 8,434 | 15.9 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 13,831 | 26.1 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,921 | 77.9 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.6 |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- 1924 Holland with Boston by-election
- 1929 Holland with Boston by-election
- 1937 Holland with Boston by-election
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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Sources
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk.htm Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.