Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitehaven | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Whitehaven in Cumberland, 1885-1918 | |
County | 1832–1974: Cumberland 1974–1983: Cumbria |
Major settlements | Whitehaven |
1832–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cumberland |
Replaced by | Copeland |
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The boundaries were unffected in 1885, under the second Great Reform agreed the previous year, its key limb of The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 not yet absorbing the bulk of the area of Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'.[1] The latter mainly rural area, much larger than Whitehaven borough which formed the existing seat, was added to the seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hildyard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 512 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hildyard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 555 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Hildyard's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Lyall | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Lyall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 571 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 648 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,125 | 59.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Anthony Benn Steward[3] | 771 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 354 | 18.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,896 | 76.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,495 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,431 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Cavendish-Bentinck was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,503 | 82.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Thompson[4] | 313 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,190 | 65.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,816 | 69.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,599 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,204 | 52.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Gully | 1,072 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 132 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,276 | 86.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,622 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,336 | 54.3 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | William Gully | 1,125 | 45.7 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 211 | 8.6 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,461 | 91.6 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,687 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 1,216 | 52.3 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Gordon Shee | 1,110 | 47.7 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 106 | 4.6 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,326 | 86.6 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,687 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
Cavendish-Bentinck's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bain | 1,338 | 54.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Henry Gordon Shee | 1,105 | 45.2 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 233 | 9.6 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,443 | 90.0 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,713 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shepherd Little | 1,306 | 54.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | James Bain | 1,088 | 45.4 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 218 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,394 | 88.7 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,700 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Helder | 1,380 | 55.3 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Shepherd Little | 1,114 | 44.7 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 266 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 90.8 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,746 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Helder | 1,553 | 63.9 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | W McGowan | 876 | 36.1 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 677 | 27.8 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,429 | 86.0 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,824 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Burnyeat | 1,507 | 55.8 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | J. Robertson-Walker | 1,194 | 44.2 | −19.7 | |
Majority | 313 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,701 | 91.7 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,945 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.7 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jackson | 1,188 | 41.5 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | William Hood Wandless | 852 | 29.7 | −26.1 | |
Labour | Andrew Sharp | 825 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 336 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,865 | 83.9 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,050 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Richardson | 1,414 | 53.7 | +24.9 | |
Conservative | John Jackson | 1,220 | 46.3 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 194 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,634 | 86.4 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,050 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | James Grant | 10,736 | 54.4 | +8.1 |
Labour | Thomas Gavan-Duffy | 9,016 | 45.6 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 1,720 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,752 | 72.0 | −14.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +8.1 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Gavan-Duffy | 10,935 | 45.3 | −0.3 | |
Unionist | James Grant | 8,956 | 37.2 | −17.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Kenyon Campbell | 4,209 | 17.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,979 | 8.1 | 16.9 | ||
Turnout | 87.0 | +15.0 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Gavan-Duffy | 12,419 | 53.0 | ||
Unionist | Robert Hudson | 11,029 | 47.0 | ||
Majority | 1,390 | 6.0 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 83.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Hudson | 13,149 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | Thomas Gavan-Duffy | 11,741 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 1,408 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Philips Price | 14,034 | 46.8 | ||
Unionist | Robert Hudson | 12,382 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal | Henry Naylor | 3,558 | 11.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,652 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 88.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Nunn | 16,286 | 53.3 | ||
Labour | M. Philips Price | 14,255 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 2,031 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 89.6 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Anderson | 14,794 | 48.9 | ||
Conservative | William Nunn | 14,442 | 47.8 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Tom Stephenson | 1,004 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 352 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 87.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Anderson | 18,568 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | W.O. Hill | 11,821 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 6,747 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 82.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Anderson | 22,850 | 60.00 | ||
Conservative | William Nunn | 15,233 | 40.00 | ||
Majority | 7,617 | 20.00 | |||
Turnout | 87.04 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Anderson | 23,190 | 59.19 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey William Iredell | 15,990 | 40.81 | ||
Majority | 7,200 | 18.38 | |||
Turnout | 85.24 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Anderson | 22,348 | 58.04 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey William Iredell | 16,154 | 41.96 | ||
Majority | 6,194 | 16.09 | |||
Turnout | 83.78 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Symonds | 21,457 | 58.61 | +0.59 | |
Conservative | G W Iredell | 15,151 | 41.39 | −0.59 | |
Majority | 6,306 | 17.22 | +1.13 | ||
Turnout | 36,608 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Symonds | 22,783 | 57.77 | ||
Conservative | Howard Jardine Pedraza | 16,653 | 42.23 | ||
Majority | 6,130 | 15.54 | |||
Turnout | 84.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Symonds | 23,267 | 60.11 | ||
Conservative | Edmund Brudenell | 15,440 | 39.89 | ||
Majority | 7,827 | 20.22 | |||
Turnout | 82.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Symonds | 22,726 | 61.99 | ||
Conservative | John A Kevill | 13,935 | 38.01 | ||
Majority | 8,791 | 23.98 | |||
Turnout | 78.79 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cunningham | 22,974 | 58.32 | ||
Conservative | W Graham McKay | 16,418 | 41.68 | ||
Majority | 6,556 | 16.64 | |||
Turnout | 78.27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cunningham | 23,229 | 59.42 | ||
Conservative | P.B. Vose | 15,867 | 40.58 | ||
Majority | 7,362 | 18.83 | |||
Turnout | 77.50 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cunningham | 21,832 | 55.56 | ||
Conservative | P.B. Vose | 11,899 | 30.28 | ||
Liberal | M. Gilbert | 5,563 | 14.16 | ||
Majority | 9,933 | 25.28 | |||
Turnout | 77.10 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cunningham | 22,626 | 52.44 | ||
Conservative | J. Somers | 17,171 | 39.80 | ||
Liberal | E. Akister | 2,559 | 5.93 | ||
Independent | W. Dixon | 790 | 1.83 | ||
Majority | 5,455 | 12.64 | |||
Turnout | 81.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 208. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 317. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
References
- ^ Youngs (1991) pp. 805-806
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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- ^ a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
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- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b c d e British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1951_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1955_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1959_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1966_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1970_marked_up.txt