Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Howdenshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County East Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Created from East Riding of Yorkshire

Howdenshire was a county constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918:

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Hessle and Pocklington, the Rural Districts of Escrick, Howden, Pocklington, and Riccall, in the Rural District of Beverley the civil parishes of Brantingham, Ellerker, Elloughton with Brough, and South Cave, and part of the Rural District of Sculcoates.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Arthur Duncombe Conservative
1892 Sir William Wilson-Todd Conservative
1906 Henry Harrison-Broadley Conservative
1915 by-election Stanley Jackson Conservative
1926 by-election William Carver Conservative
1945 Clifford Glossop Conservative
1947 by-election George Odey Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Fenby
General Election 1918 Howdenshire[1] Electorate 23,481
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 9,023 67.3
Liberal Thomas Davis Fenby 4,384 32.7
Majority 4,639 34.6
Turnout 57.1
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922 : Howdenshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Hon. Francis Stanley Jackson 10,748 60.5
National Farmers' Union H. J. Winn 7,021 39.5
Majority 3,727 21.0
Turnout 71.1 +14.0
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Howdenshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Hon. Francis Stanley Jackson unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1924: Howdenshire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Hon. Francis Stanley Jackson unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Howdenshire by-election, 1926 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist William Henton Carver 10,653 54.2 n/a
Liberal Frederick Caesar Linfield 6,668 34.0 n/a
Labour John William Kneeshaw 2,318 11.8 n/a
Majority 3,985 20.2 n/a
Turnout 73.6 n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1929: Howdenshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist William Henton Carver 13,823 51.2 -3.0
Liberal Edward Baker 13,170 48.8 +14.8
Majority 2.4 -17.8
Turnout 76.8 +3.2
Unionist hold Swing -8.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Howdenshire[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Henton Carver unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1935: Howdenshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Henton Carver 18,155 63.9 n/a
Liberal Edward Baker 7,837 27.5 n/a
Labour J Richardson 2,459 8.6 n/a
Majority 10,318 36.4 n/a
Turnout 69.2 n/a
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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;

General Election 1945: Howdenshire[9] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Clifford William Hudson Glossop 21,348 55.9
Labour T. Neville 11,161 29.2
Liberal J. E. Wilson 5,669 14.9
Majority 10,187 26.7
Turnout 71.3
Conservative hold Swing
Howdenshire by-election, 1947[10] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George William Odey 23,344 64.02
Labour T. Neville 9,298 25.50
Liberal J. E. Wilson 3,819 10.47
Majority 14,046 38.52
Turnout 36,461
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  7. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  8. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  9. ↑ UK General Election results: July 1945
  10. ↑ 1947 By Elections

Sources

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