Tynemouth and North Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tynemouth and North Shields
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNorthumberland (now Tyne and Wear)
1832–1885
SeatsOne
Created fromNorthumberland
Replaced byTynemouth

Tynemouth and North Shields was a parliamentary borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1832 and 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries[edit]

The seat was created by the Reform Act 1832 under the name of Tynemouth.[1] However, in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, it is referred to as Tynemouth and North Shields.[2]

The constituency was based upon the communities of Tynemouth and North Shields, in the part of the historic county of Northumberland which has, since 1974, been part of the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear. Under the Boundaries Act, its contents were defined as:

The several Townships of Tynemouth, North Shields, Chirton, Preston and Cullercoats.[2][3]

Tynemouth was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1849 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The borough covered the whole area east of Wallsend and south of Whitley Bay, including the less historic but more economically significant town of North Shields as well as smaller villages such as New York and Cullercoats.

Although there is no formal reference to Tynemouth and North Shields in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it became known as Tynemouth from that time.[4] There was no change to the boundaries.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party Note
1832 George Frederick Young Whig[5][6] 1837: Unseated on petition
1837 Charles Edward Grey Whig[5] 1837: Declared duly elected on petition
1841 Henry Mitcalfe Whig[5]
1847 Ralph Grey Whig[7][8][9]
1852 Hugh Taylor Conservative Unseated and election declared void on petition
April 1853 Writ suspended[10]
1854 by-election William Schaw Lindsay Whig[11][12] 30 March 1854 by-election
1859 Hugh Taylor Conservative April 1861: Resigned
1861 by-election Richard Hodgson Conservative 23 April 1861 by-election
1865 George Trevelyan Liberal
1868 Thomas Eustace Smith Liberal Last MP for the constituency
Constituency abolished (1885)

Supplemental Note:-

  • 1 F. W. S. Craig, in his compilations of election results for Great Britain, classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election.

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 1830s[edit]

General election 1832: Tynemouth and North Shields[13][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Frederick Young 326 55.3
Whig Sanderson Ilderton 264 44.7
Majority 62 10.6
Turnout 590 77.6
Registered electors 760
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Tynemouth and North Shields[13][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Frederick Young Unopposed
Registered electors 660
Whig hold
General election 1837: Tynemouth and North Shields[13][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Frederick Young 269 51.5
Whig Charles Edward Grey 253 48.5
Majority 16 3.0
Turnout 522 74.1
Registered electors 704
Whig hold
  • On petition, Young was unseated and Grey was declared elected

Elections in the 1840s[edit]

General election 1841: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry Mitcalfe 295 58.1 +6.6
Conservative William Chapman[14] 213 41.9 New
Majority 82 16.2 +13.2
Turnout 508 71.7 −2.4
Registered electors 709
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Ralph Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 789
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s[edit]

General election 1852: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Taylor 340 50.9 New
Whig Ralph Grey 328 49.1 N/A
Majority 12 1.8 N/A
Turnout 668 75.7 N/A
Registered electors 883
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Taylor's election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.[15]

By-election, 30 March 1854: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Schaw Lindsay 357 51.2 +2.1
Conservative Peter Dickson[16] 340 48.8 −2.1
Majority 17 2.4 N/A
Turnout 697 76.8 +1.1
Registered electors 908
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
General election 1857: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Schaw Lindsay Unopposed
Registered electors 1,048
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1859: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Taylor Unopposed
Registered electors 1,049
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s[edit]

Taylor's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 April 1861: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Hodgson 421 53.0 N/A
Liberal Arthur Otway[17] 374 47.0 New
Majority 47 6.0 N/A
Turnout 795 74.7 N/A
Registered electors 1,064
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Trevelyan 494 53.0 N/A
Conservative Richard Hodgson 438 47.0 N/A
Majority 56 6.0 N/A
Turnout 932 73.3 N/A
Registered electors 1,271
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1868: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 1,098 60.7 +7.7
Conservative Henry John Trotter[18] 710 39.3 −7.7
Majority 388 21.4 +15.4
Turnout 1,808 69.5 −3.8
Registered electors 2,601
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1870s[edit]

General election 1874: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 4,898
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

General election 1880: Tynemouth and North Shields[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 2,844 67.1 N/A
Conservative Henry John Trotter[19] 1,397 32.9 New
Majority 1,447 34.2 N/A
Turnout 4,241 73.9 N/A
Registered electors 5,736
Liberal hold Swing N/A

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1832". vLex. S-IV. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Britain, Great (1832). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69]. His Majesty's statute and law Printers. p. 353.
  3. ^ "HMSO Boundary Commission 1832 North Shields".
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment's list of MPs "T" p 2". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 246–247. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  6. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 245. Retrieved 21 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Globe". 19 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Election Facts and Rumours". Bell's New Weekly Messenger. 1 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Political". Norfolk News. 31 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "The Borough of Tynemouth Election". Newcastle Journal. 25 March 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Dartmouth". Western Times. 10 July 1852. p. 6. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Election Intelligence". Morning Chronicle. 3 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  14. ^ "Election Movements". Carlisle Journal. 26 June 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Durham County Advertiser". 22 April 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Tynemouth Election". Morning Chronicle. 31 March 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Tynemouth Election—Triumphant Return of Mr. Hodgson". Newcastle Journal. 24 April 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "To the Electors of the Borough of Tynemouth". Newcastle Journal. 11 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Tynemouth". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 5 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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