Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Macclesfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
Electorate | 73,613 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Macclesfield, Poynton, Bollington and Prestbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | David Rutley (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Cheshire |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Cheshire |
Replaced by | East Cheshire |
Macclesfield is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by David Rutley, a Conservative.[n 2]
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Northwich and Prestbury.
1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield, the Urban Districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Buglawton, Compstall, Marple, and Yeardsley-cum-Whaley, the Rural District of Disley, in the Rural District of Congleton the civil parishes of Hulmo Walfield and Newbold Astbury, and part of the Rural District of Macclesfield.
1950-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield, the Urban District of Bollington, and the Rural Districts of Disley and Macclesfield.
1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield, the Urban Districts of Alderley Edge and Bollington, and the Rural Districts of Disley and Macclesfield.
1983-1997: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Alderley Edge, Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield North East, Macclesfield North West, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield West, Nether Alderley, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.
1997-2010: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield North East, Macclesfield North West, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.
2010–present: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley and Lyme Handley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Bollinbrook, Macclesfield Broken Cross, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield Ivy, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.
NB: The Borough of Macclesfield and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.
The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the Cheshire East unitary authority, including the town of Macclesfield itself and the area surrounding it, such as Bollington and Prestbury, as well as Disley and Poynton. Much of the constituency is commuter territory for Manchester.[2]
History
Macclesfield was first represented in Parliament after the Reform Act of 1832, from when it had two members of Parliament. This situation lasted until 1880, when after problems at the general election that year it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place).
In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate further. A report of March 1881 confirmed the allegations of corruption. As a result, the borough constituency was disenfranchised for corruption. The disenfranchisement took effect on 25 June 1885, when the town was transferred to the East Cheshire constituency.
However under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the Macclesfield constituency was recreated with extended boundaries, as a county division, later in 1885. From the 1885 general election it has elected one MP.
Macclesfield had for some time been considered to be a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having been held by them since the 1918 general election. Macclesfield itself is mostly Labour, but the smaller towns and rural villages like Prestbury, Gawsworth and Poynton that make up the bulk of the seat are safely Conservative. After the 2017 General Election, however, the constituency is no longer considered the ultra-safe seat it once was, with Labour achieving a significant 7% swing and bringing the seat much more into play for the next election.
- Long-serving member (1971–2010)
Sir Nicholas Winterton who had been the Conservative MP, was first elected at a by-election in 1971 and held the seat until his retirement as an MP on the dissolution of the House of Commons in April 2010. Both Sir Nicholas and his wife Ann, Conservative MP for Congleton from 1983 to 2010, announced that they would not be candidates at the general election. On 17 October 2009 David Rutley was selected as the Conservative candidate by way of an open primary organised by the party and on 6 May 2010 was elected MP with an increased majority.[3]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885: Macclesfield Parliamentary Borough
From 1832 until 1880, Macclesfield was represented by two members of parliament.
Election | 1st Member[4] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[4] | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | John Brocklehurst | Whig[5][6] | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Ryle | Conservative |
1837 | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Thomas Grimsditch | Conservative | |||
1847 | style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | | John Williams | Radical[7][8][9] | |||
1852 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Edward Egerton | Conservative | |||
1859 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | ||||
1868 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | William Brocklehurst | Liberal | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Chadwick | Liberal |
1880 | writ suspended |
MPs since 1885: Macclesfield county constituency
- The Macclesfield constituency was recreated in 1885, and subsequently has elected one MP only.
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | William Brocklehurst | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1886 | William Bromley-Davenport | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1906 | William Brocklehurst (son) | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | | 1918 | John Remer | Coalition Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1939 by-election | W. Garfield Weston | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Sir Arthur Harvey | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1971 by-election | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | David Rutley | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Puttick[10] | ||||
Conservative | David Rutley | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Rutley | 28,595 | 52.7 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Neil Puttick | 19,987 | 36.8 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Flowers | 3,350 | 6.2 | −1.6 | |
Green | James Booth | 1,213 | 2.2 | −2.6 | |
Independent | Mark Johnson | 1,162 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 8,608 | 15.9 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,307 | 72.38 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Rutley | 26,063 | 52.5 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Tim Roca | 11,252 | 22.7 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Adrian Howard | 6,037 | 12.2 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Christian | 3,842 | 7.7 | −15.3 | |
Green | Joan Plimmer | 2,404 | 4.8 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 14,811 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 49,598 | 69.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Rutley | 23,503 | 47.0 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Barlow | 11,544 | 23.1 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Adrian Heald | 10,164 | 20.3 | −8.7 | |
Independent | Brendan Murphy | 2,590 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Jacqueline Smith | 1,418 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Green | John Knight | 840 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 11,959 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 50,059 | 68.31 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 22,628 | 49.6 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Carter | 13,227 | 29.0 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine O'Brien | 8,918 | 19.5 | +1.5 | |
Veritas | John Scott | 848 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 9,401 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 45,621 | 63.1 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 22,284 | 48.9 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Carter | 15,084 | 33.1 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Flynn | 8,217 | 18.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 7,200 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 45,585 | 62.3 | −12.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.05 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 26,888 | 49.6 | −8.3 | |
Labour | Janet A. Jackson | 18,234 | 33.6 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Flynn | 9,075 | 16.7 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 8,654 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 54,197 | 75.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 36,447 | 57.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Martina C. Longworth | 13,680 | 21.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul C.W. Beatty | 12,600 | 20.0 | −4.0 | |
Natural Law | Cheryl A. Penn | 268 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 22,767 | 36.1 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,995 | 82.3 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 33,208 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Haldane | 14,116 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | Caroline Pinder | 11,563 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 19,092 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 58,887 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 32,538 | 59.37 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Coleman | 11,859 | 21.64 | ||
Labour | Peter B. Kelly | 9,923 | 18.11 | ||
Independent | M. Reeman | 488 | 0.89 | ||
Majority | 20,679 | 37.73 | |||
Turnout | 75.00 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 40,116 | 58.46 | ||
Labour | R.A. Foster | 16,779 | 24.45 | ||
Liberal | Anthony J. Berry | 11,726 | 17.09 | ||
Majority | 23,337 | 34.01 | |||
Turnout | 78.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 31,685 | 50.26 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W. Little | 18,592 | 29.49 | ||
Liberal | Anthony J. Berry | 12,764 | 20.25 | ||
Majority | 13,093 | 20.77 | |||
Turnout | 78.65 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 32,638 | 48.77 | ||
Labour | Harry Silverman | 18,352 | 27.43 | ||
Liberal | Anthony J. Berry | 15,926 | 23.80 | ||
Majority | 14,286 | 21.35 | |||
Turnout | 84.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 24,933 | 44.65 | -7.44 | |
Labour | Diana Jeuda | 23,854 | 42.71 | +9.38 | |
Liberal | R. M. Hammond | 5,991 | 10.73 | -3.85 | |
Anti-Common Market Party | Reginald Simmerson | 976 | 1.75 | N/A | |
English National Resurgence | Robert Goodall | 92 | 0.16 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,079 | 1.93 | -16.83 | ||
Turnout | 55,846 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 29,023 | 52.09 | ||
Labour | Basil S. Jeuda | 18,571 | 33.33 | ||
Liberal | Robert M. Hammond | 8,124 | 14.58 | ||
Majority | 10,452 | 18.76 | |||
Turnout | 76.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 24,736 | 46.84 | ||
Labour | Alec George Read | 20,533 | 38.88 | ||
Liberal | Donald Fletcher Burden | 7,545 | 14.29 | ||
Majority | 4,203 | 7.96 | |||
Turnout | 81.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 24,824 | 47.50 | ||
Labour | Denis W. Coe | 18,464 | 35.33 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Hewlett-Johnson | 8,975 | 17.17 | ||
Majority | 6,360 | 12.17 | |||
Turnout | 84.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 28,978 | 59.59 | ||
Labour | John F. Bex | 19,652 | 40.41 | ||
Majority | 9,326 | 19.18 | |||
Turnout | 82.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 27,551 | 60.01 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Lomas | 18,362 | 39.99 | ||
Majority | 9,189 | 20.01 | |||
Turnout | 80.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 29,434 | 59.03 | ||
Labour | Agnes E. Taylor | 20,428 | 40.97 | ||
Majority | 9,006 | 18.06 | |||
Turnout | 87.27 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 25,781 | 50.93 | ||
Labour | Fred Blackburn | 19,219 | 37.97 | ||
Liberal | Clarence Frederick Doncaster | 5,621 | 11.10 | ||
Majority | 6,562 | 12.96 | |||
Turnout | 89.42 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Vere Harvey | 23,495 | 45.50 | ||
Labour | Harold Fraser Urquhart | 20,442 | 39.59 | ||
Liberal | Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher | 7,702 | 14.92 | ||
Majority | 3,053 | 5.91 | |||
Turnout | 80.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: W. Garfield Weston
- Labour: C. T. Douthwaite
- Liberal: Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Garfield Weston | unopposed | N/A | - | |
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Remer | 24,249 | 52.53 | -17.44 | |
Labour | George Darling | 14,761 | 31.98 | +0.95 | |
Liberal | John L. Poole | 7,151 | 15.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,488 | 20.55 | |||
Turnout | 78.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Remer | 30,796 | 69.97 | +28.07 | |
Labour | D. Scott Morton | 13,854 | 31.03 | +0.83 | |
Majority | 16,942 | 37.94 | |||
Turnout | 81.25 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.62 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Remer | 19,329 | 41.9 | −9.0 | |
Labour | John Williams | 13,911 | 30.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Selwyn Lloyd | 12,891 | 27.9 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 5,418 | 11.7 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,131 | 87.0 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 53,053 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Remer | 17,171 | 50.9 | +5.8 | |
Labour | John Williams | 10,187 | 30.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Harry Krauss Nield | 6,434 | 19.0 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 6,984 | 20.8 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,792 | 84.6 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 39,962 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Remer | 14,744 | 45.1 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | William Tudor Davies | 11,259 | 34.4 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Andrew Joseph Penston | 6,713 | 20.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 3,485 | 10.7 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,716 | 83.9 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 38,982 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Remer | 15,825 | 48.1 | −10.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Artemus Jones | 10,477 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew Joseph Penston | 6,584 | 20.0 | −21.8 | |
Majority | 5,348 | 16.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,886 | 86.0 | +18.9 | ||
Registered electors | 38,245 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Remer | 14,277 | 58.2 | +9.8 |
Labour | William Pimblott | 10,253 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,024 | 16.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,530 | 67.1 | −24.8 | ||
Registered electors | 36,577 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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;
- Liberal: William Brocklehurst
- Unionist:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 4,410 | 51.6 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Ben Dent | 4,142 | 48.4 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 268 | 3.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,552 | 91.9 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,306 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 4,534 | 50.8 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 4,384 | 49.2 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 150 | 1.6 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,918 | 95.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,306 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 4,251 | 53.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 3,757 | 46.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 494 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,008 | 92.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,636 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections 1832-1895
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 4,322 | 56.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | James Carlile McCoan | 3,396 | 44.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 926 | 12.0 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,718 | 86.1 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,959 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 3,283 | 54.4 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 2,756 | 45.6 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 527 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,039 | 83.7 | -1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,211 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 3,311 | 53.8 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | 2,846 | 46.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 465 | 7.6 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,157 | 85.4 | −14.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 7,211 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.1 |
The writ was suspended after an investigation found extensive bribery and the 1880 election was void. Macclesfield was incorporated into Cheshire East from 25 June 1885, before being re-established for the 1885 election.[25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 2,946 | 27.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 2,744 | 26.0 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | William Eaton | 2,678 | 25.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | James Charles Whitehorne | 2,188 | 20.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 66 | 0.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,278 (est) | 99.5 (est) | +11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,304 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 3,173 | 28.9 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 2,792 | 25.5 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | William Eaton | 2,750 | 25.1 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | James Croston[31] | 2,250 | 20.5 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 42 | 0.4 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,483 (est) | 88.1 (est) | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,224 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Brocklehurst | 2,812 | 36.8 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 2,509 | 32.8 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | William Eaton | 2,321 | 30.4 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 188 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,821 (est) | 80.7 (est) | −16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,737 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Egerton | 471 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 469 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 421 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 916 (est) | 97.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 943 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Egerton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,073 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Brocklehurst | 637 | 53.0 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Egerton | 556 | 46.3 | +13.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Huggins[32] | 9 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 601 (est) | 54.3 (est) | −22.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,106 | ||||
Majority | 81 | 6.7 | +0.7 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Majority | 547 | 45.5 | +41.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
- Huggins resigned towards the close of the poll.[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Brocklehurst | 628 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Edward Egerton | 530 | 32.6 | ||
Radical | John Williams | 468 | 28.8 | ||
Turnout | 813 (est) | 76.8 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 1,058 | ||||
Majority | 98 | 6.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 62 | 3.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 598 | n/a | ||
Liberal | John Williams | 500 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Thomas Grimsditch | 428 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 534 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Thomas Grimsditch | 410 | n/a | ||
Liberal | S Stocks | 327 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 546 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Thomas Grimsditch | 471 | n/a | ||
Liberal | R H Greg | 292 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Ryle | 462 | n/a | ||
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 424 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Thomas Grimsditch | 342 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Ryle | 433 | n/a | ||
Liberal | John Brocklehurst | 402 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Thomas Grimsditch | 186 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ a b c British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- ^ a b c d e The Liberal Year Book, 1907
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