Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnard Castle | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Bishop Auckland and North West Durham |
Created from | South Durham |
Barnard Castle was a county constituency centred on the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries[]
The constituency was located in the west of County Durham, in North East England.
1885–1918: To the north of the constituency (moving from west to east) were the Northumberland division of Hexham and then North West Durham. To the east (moving from north to south) were Mid Durham, Bishop Auckland and South East Durham. To the south was Richmond (Yorks). To the west of the constituency (moving from south to north) were the Westmorland divisions of Appleby and Kendal.
1918–1950: The constituency was expanded, absorbing the western part of the former North West Durham seat. The 1918 local government units in the constituency were the Barnard Castle Urban District, the , the Barnard Castle Rural District, the Weardale Rural District and parts of and .
In 1950 the Barnard Castle urban and rural districts were included in the Bishop Auckland constituency. Other parts of the former constituency formed part of a new North West Durham seat.
Members of Parliament[]
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Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Sir Joseph Pease | Liberal | |
1903 | Arthur Henderson | Labour | |
1918 | John Swan | Labour | |
1922 | John Rogerson | Conservative | |
1923 | Moss Turner-Samuels | Labour | |
1924 | Cuthbert Headlam | Conservative | |
1929 | William Lawther | Labour | |
1931 | Cuthbert Headlam | Conservative | |
1935 | Thomas Sexton | Labour | |
1945 | Sydney Lavers | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 5,962 | 70.82 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Bowes-Lyon | 2,457 | 29.18 | ||
Majority | 3,505 | 41.64 | |||
Turnout | 8,419 | 84.27 | |||
Registered electors | 9,991 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pease | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 5,337 | 64.60 | N/A | |
Conservative | William M Rolley[2] | 2,924 | 35.40 | New | |
Majority | 2,413 | 29.20 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,261 | 75.37 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,960 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 4,924 | 56.13 | −8.47 | |
Conservative | WL Vane | 3,848 | 43.87 | +8.47 | |
Majority | 1,076 | 12.26 | −16.94 | ||
Turnout | 8,772 | 78.36 | +2.99 | ||
Registered electors | 11,194 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.47 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pease | 5,036 | 58.69 | +2.56 | |
Conservative | WL Vane | 3,545 | 41.31 | −2.56 | |
Majority | 1,491 | 17.38 | +5.11 | ||
Turnout | 8,581 | 77.69 | −0.67 | ||
Registered electors | 11,045 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Arthur Henderson | 3,370 | 35.47 | New | |
Conservative | WL Vane | 3,323 | 34.97 | −6.34 | |
Liberal | Hubert Beaumont | 2,809 | 29.56 | −29.13 | |
Majority | 47 | 0.50 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,502 | 84.64 | +6.95 | ||
Registered electors | 11,226 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 5,540 | 58.76 | N/A | |
Conservative | EW Morrison-Bell | 3,888 | 41.23 | −0.08 | |
Majority | 1,652 | 17.53 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,428 | 81.16 | +3.47 | ||
Registered electors | 11,617 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 6,096 | 56.75 | −2.01 | |
Liberal Unionist | HG Stobart | 4,646 | 43.25 | +2.02 | |
Majority | 1,450 | 13.50 | −4.02 | ||
Turnout | 10,742 | 87.96 | +6.80 | ||
Registered electors | 12,212 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 5,868 | 57.02 | +0.27 | |
Liberal Unionist | HG Stobart | 4,423 | 42.98 | −0.27 | |
Majority | 1,445 | 14.04 | +0.54 | ||
Turnout | 10,291 | 84.27 | −3.69 | ||
Registered electors | 12,212 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Swan | 5,468 | 42.86 | −14.16 | |
C | Unionist | John Rogerson | 3,837 | 30.07 | −12.91 |
Liberal | Albert Ernest Hillary | 2,180 | 17.09 | New | |
National Farmers' Union | Octavius Monkhouse | 1,274 | 9.99 | New | |
Majority | 1,631 | 12.79 | −1.25 | ||
Turnout | 12,759 | 63.96 | −20.29 | ||
Registered electors | 19,949 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.63 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Rogerson | 8,271 | 50.67 | +20.60 | |
Labour | John Swan | 8,052 | 49.33 | +6.47 | |
Majority | 219 | 1.34 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,323 | 78.51 | +14.55 | ||
Registered electors | 20,791 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +7.07 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moss Turner-Samuels | 9,171 | 55.07 | +5.74 | |
Unionist | John Rogerson | 7,482 | 44.93 | −5.74 | |
Majority | 1,689 | 10.14 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,653 | 78.79 | +0.28 | ||
Registered electors | 21,135 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cuthbert Headlam | 9,465 | 50.84 | +5.91 | |
Labour | Moss Turner-Samuels | 9,152 | 49.16 | −5.91 | |
Majority | 313 | 1.68 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,617 | 84.89 | +6.10 | ||
Registered electors | 21,931 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.91 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Lawther | 9,281 | 42.01 | −7.15 | |
Unionist | Cuthbert Headlam | 8,406 | 38.06 | −12.78 | |
Liberal | E Spence | 4,402 | 19.93 | New | |
Majority | 875 | 3.95 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,089 | 83.39 | −1.50 | ||
Registered electors | 26,488 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +2.82 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 12,721 | 55.29 | +17.23 | |
Labour | Will Lawther | 10,287 | 44.71 | +2.70 | |
Majority | 2,434 | 10.58 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,008 | 85.20 | +1.81 | ||
Registered electors | 27,006 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Sexton | 11,458 | 49.80 | +5.09 | |
Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 10,138 | 44.06 | −11.23 | |
Liberal | Alfred Graham | 1,393 | 6.05 | New | |
Majority | 1,320 | 5.74 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,008 | 84.25 | −0.95 | ||
Registered electors | 27,309 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.16 |
Election in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sydney Lavers | 12,024 | 58.30 | +8.50 | |
Conservative | Giffard Le Quesne Martel | 8,600 | 41.70 | −2.36 | |
Majority | 3,424 | 16.60 | +10.86 | ||
Turnout | 20,624 | 75.31 | −8.94 | ||
Registered electors | 27,387 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.43 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 267. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "Barnard Castle Division". The Northern Echo. 7 July 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 338. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
Notes
- ^ Results compared to the 1900 general election, not the 1903 by-election
Sources[]
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- Barnard Castle