Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)
Morpeth | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1553–1983 | |
Number of members | 1553–1832: two 1832–1983: one |
Replaced by | Wansbeck and Berwick-upon-Tweed[1] |
Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Morpeth, the Urban Districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire, and Blyth, and part of the Rural District of Morpeth.
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Morpeth, the Urban Districts of Ashington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, and the Rural District of Morpeth.[2]
Members of Parliament[]
1553–1640[]
1640–1832[]
1832–1983[]
Election results[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Ord | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 233 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Ord | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 233 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick George Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 321 | ||||
Whig hold |
Howard's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 336 | ||||
Whig hold |
Howard resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Granville Leveson-Gower | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Granville Leveson-Gower | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 360 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Leveson-Gower resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 392 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 440 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 415 | ||||
Whig hold |
Howard resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Grey was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 391 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 408 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Grey was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Grey was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 448 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,006 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | 3,332 | 85.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Francis Duncan[21] | 585 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,747 | 70.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,917 | 79.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,912 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | Unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | Unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | Unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | Unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | 3,404 | 73.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Maltman Barry | 1,235 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,169 | 46.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,639 | 60.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,627 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | 3,117 | 53.5 | -19.9 | |
Conservative | Maltman Barry | 2,707 | 46.5 | +19.9 | |
Majority | 410 | 7.0 | -39.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,824 | 68.6 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,490 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | -19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | 5,518 | 74.2 | +20.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Stuart Coats | 1,919 | 25.8 | −20.7 | |
Majority | 3,599 | 48.4 | +41.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,437 | 78.9 | +10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,425 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +20.7 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | 5,874 | 66.1 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Jasper Ridley | 3,009 | 33.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 2,865 | 32.2 | −16.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,883 | 88.7 | +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,010 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Burt | Unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cairns | 7,677 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frank Thornborough | 7,140 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Unionist | Claud Henry Meares | 4,320 | 19.3 | New | |
Independent | *Gerald Douglas Newton | 2,729 | 12.2 | New | |
National Democratic | Thomas Moffatt Allison | 511 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 537 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,377 | 56.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 39,773 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
* Newton received support from the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cairns | 15,026 | 48.3 | +14.0 | |
Liberal | Frank Thornborough | 10,007 | 32.2 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Charles Septimus Shortt | 6,045 | 19.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 5,019 | 16.1 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,078 | 72.1 | +15.8 | ||
Registered electors | 43,098 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Smillie | 20,053 | 60.5 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Frank Thornborough | 13,087 | 39.5 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 6,966 | 21.0 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,140 | 76.9 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 43,098 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Smillie | 16,902 | 64.2 | +15.9 | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 9,411 | 35.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 7,491 | 28.4 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,313 | 59.4 | −12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 44,323 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Smillie | 19,248 | 56.8 | −7.4 | |
Unionist | Irene Ward | 10,828 | 32.0 | New | |
Liberal | John Dodd | 3,805 | 11.2 | −24.6 | |
Majority | 8,420 | 24.8 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,881 | 75.0 | +15.6 | ||
Registered electors | 45,150 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ebby Edwards | 25,508 | 61.3 | +4.5 | |
Unionist | Irene Ward | 9,206 | 22.1 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | John Ritson | 6,888 | 16.6 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 16,302 | 39.2 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,602 | 75.5 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 55,126 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Nicholson | 20,806 | 51.35 | ||
Labour | Ebby Edwards | 18,714 | 48.65 | ||
Majority | 1,092 | 2.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,520 | 70.28 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 28,900 | 59.17 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey Nicholson | 19,944 | 40.83 | ||
Majority | 8,956 | 18.34 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,844 | 78.68 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 38,521 | 73.23 | ||
Conservative | Gilbert Longden | 14,079 | 26.77 | ||
Majority | 24,442 | 46.46 | |||
Turnout | 52,600 | 79.50 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 27,548 | 71.51 | ||
Conservative | T. Turnbull | 10,973 | 28.49 | ||
Majority | 16,575 | 43.02 | |||
Turnout | 38,521 | 86.55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Taylor | 27,718 | 71.88 | ||
Conservative | Peter Molison Colvin-Smith | 10,843 | 28.12 | ||
Majority | 16,875 | 43.76 | |||
Turnout | 38,561 | 85.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Owen | 23,491 | 71.27 | -0.61 | |
Conservative | William Elliott | 9,469 | 28.73 | +0.61 | |
Majority | 14,022 | 42.54 | -1.22 | ||
Turnout | 32,960 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Owen | 25,452 | 70.56 | ||
Conservative | William Elliott | 10,619 | 29.44 | ||
Majority | 14,833 | 41.12 | |||
Turnout | 36,071 | 80.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Owen | 27,435 | 71.91 | ||
Conservative | Derek Bloom | 10,716 | 28.09 | ||
Majority | 16,719 | 43.82 | |||
Turnout | 38,151 | 84.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Owen | 26,114 | 72.70 | ||
Conservative | Derek Bloom | 9,805 | 27.30 | ||
Majority | 16,309 | 45.40 | |||
Turnout | 35,919 | 80.81 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Owen | 25,223 | 74.36 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Porter | 8,698 | 25.64 | ||
Majority | 16,525 | 48.72 | |||
Turnout | 33,921 | 76.93 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Grant | 21,826 | 60.35 | ||
Conservative | K. Ian Tunnicliffe | 9,515 | 26.31 | ||
Liberal | Raymond McClure | 4,825 | 13.34 | New | |
Majority | 12,311 | 34.04 | |||
Turnout | 36,166 | 75.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Grant | 22,026 | 56.40 | ||
Conservative | David Curry | 8,992 | 23.03 | ||
Liberal | Humphrey Devereux | 8,035 | 20.57 | ||
Majority | 13,034 | 33.37 | |||
Turnout | 39,053 | 81.18 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Grant | 22,696 | 63.80 | ||
Conservative | David Curry | 8,009 | 22.52 | ||
Liberal | Barrie Rogers | 4,866 | 13.68 | ||
Majority | 14,687 | 41.28 | |||
Turnout | 35,571 | 73.32 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Grant | 21,744 | 56.29 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Edwards | 9,913 | 25.66 | ||
Liberal | Alan Thompson | 6,972 | 18.05 | ||
Majority | 11,831 | 30.63 | |||
Turnout | 38,629 | 77.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
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- ^ On petition, Eyre was declared not to have been duly elected, and his opponent Byron was seated in his place
- ^ Adopted the surname St Clair-Erskine, July 1789. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 1792, Colonel 1795.
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- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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See also[]
- Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1553
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Morpeth, Northumberland