Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)
Stockton-on-Tees | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, boundaries 1974-83 | |
County | Cleveland |
1868–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stockton North and Stockton South |
Created from | South Durham |
Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was abolished in the boundary changes which took effect at the 1983 general election, and was replaced by the two new constituencies of Stockton North and Stockton South.
Boundaries[]
1868–1885: The municipal borough of Stockton, and the township of Thornaby.[1]
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees.
1950–1983: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Joseph Dodds | Liberal | |
Sir Horace Davey | Liberal | ||
1892 | Thomas Wrightson | Conservative | |
1895 | Jonathan Samuel | Liberal | |
1900 | Sir Robert Ropner | Conservative | |
Jan. 1910 | Jonathan Samuel | Liberal | |
1917 by-election | Bertrand Watson | Liberal | |
1923 | Robert Strother Stewart | Liberal | |
1924 | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | |
1929 | Frederick Fox Riley | Labour | |
1931 | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | |
1945 | George Chetwynd | Labour | |
1962 by-election | Bill Rodgers | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dodds | 2,476 | 74.1 | ||
Conservative | Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest | 867 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 1,609 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,343 | 74.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,492 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dodds | 3,223 | 69.3 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Francis Lyon Barrington[3] | 1,425 | 30.7 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 1,798 | 38.6 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,648 | 78.0 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,961 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dodds | 4,991 | 77.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | William Digby Seymour | 1,452 | 22.5 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 3,539 | 55.0 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,443 | 77.3 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,333 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dodds | 4,237 | 57.5 | −20.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 3,133 | 42.5 | +20.0 | |
Majority | 1,104 | 15.0 | −40.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,370 | 84.1 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,761 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −20.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dodds | 3,822 | 57.5 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 2,820 | 42.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 1,002 | 15.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,642 | 75.8 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,761 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Dodds resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Horace Davey | 3,889 | 52.7 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 3,494 | 47.3 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 395 | 5.4 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,383 | 81.2 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,094 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 4,788 | 51.7 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Horace Davey | 4,477 | 48.3 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 311 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,265 | 88.9 | +13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,422 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jonathan Samuel | 4,786 | 52.6 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wrightson | 4,314 | 47.4 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 472 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,100 | 88.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,256 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Ropner | 5,262 | 51.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Jonathan Samuel | 4,873 | 48.1 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 389 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,135 | 89.6 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,308 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Ropner | 5,330 | 45.5 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | Sigismund Mendl | 3,675 | 31.4 | −16.7 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | F. H. Rose | 2,710 | 23.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,655 | 14.1 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 11,715 | 93.1 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,581 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jonathan Samuel | 6,026 | 55.1 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | J. Stroyan | 4,913 | 44.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,939 | 94.4 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,582 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jonathan Samuel | 5,510 | 53.2 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | H.A. Richardson | 4,840 | 46.8 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 670 | 6.4 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,350 | 89.4 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,582 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bertrand Watson | 7,641 | 92.8 | +39.6 | |
Independent | E. Beckhouse | 596 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,045 | 85.6 | +79.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,237 | 59.3 | −30.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,882 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Bertrand Watson | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Bertrand Watson | 12,396 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Frederick Fox Riley | 11,183 | 34.3 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Strother Stewart | 9,041 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,213 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,620 | 85.9 | N/A | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Strother Stewart | 11,734 | 34.5 | +6.8 | |
Unionist | Harold Macmillan | 11,661 | 34.3 | New | |
Labour | Frederick Fox Riley | 10,619 | 31.2 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 73 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,014 | 87.5 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harold Macmillan | 15,163 | 42.0 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Frederick Fox Riley | 11,948 | 33.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Strother Stewart | 8,971 | 24.9 | -9.6 | |
Majority | 3,215 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,082 | 90.2 | +2.7 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Fox Riley | 18,961 | 41.2 | +8.1 | |
Unionist | Harold Macmillan | 16,572 | 36.1 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | John Cecil Hayes | 10,407 | 22.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 2,389 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,940 | 87.1 | -3.1 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.0 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Macmillan | 29,199 | 61.6 | +25.5 | |
Labour | Frederick Fox Riley | 18,168 | 38.4 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 11,031 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,367 | 88.4 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.1 |
Communist Party candidate George Short submitted correct nomination papers but refused to submit the required deposit of £150, so his nomination was rejected. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Macmillan | 23,285 | 48.9 | -12.7 | |
Labour | Susan Lawrence | 19,217 | 40.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Gerald Leslie Tossell | 5,158 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,068 | 8.6 | -14.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,660 | 86.3 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.3 |
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;
- Conservative: Harold Macmillan
- Labour: J Erskine Harper[7]
- Liberal: Gerald Tossell[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Chetwynd | 27,128 | 55.1 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Harold Macmillan | 18,464 | 37.4 | -11.5 | |
Liberal | Gordon Page Evans | 3,718 | 7.5 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 8,664 | 17.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,310 | 81.2 | -5.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.1 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Chetwynd | 23,475 | 54.03 | -1.07 | |
Conservative | Richard Anthony Lamb | 16,495 | 37.97 | +0.57 | |
Liberal | Anthony Graeme Gamble | 3,475 | 8.00 | +0.50 | |
Majority | 6,980 | 16.07 | -1.63 | ||
Turnout | 43,445 | 89.44 | +8.24 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Chetwynd | 24,558 | 55.73 | +1.70 | |
Conservative | Henry Camden Ridge Laslett | 19,511 | 44.27 | +6.30 | |
Majority | 5,047 | 11.45 | -4.62 | ||
Turnout | 44,069 | 87.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Chetwynd | 23,422 | 54.43 | -1.30 | |
Conservative | Charles Longbottom | 19,607 | 45.57 | +1.30 | |
Majority | 3,815 | 8.87 | |||
Turnout | 43,029 | 83.77 | -4.19 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Chetwynd | 23,961 | 53.67 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Coles | 20,684 | 46.33 | ||
Majority | 3,277 | 7.34 | -1.53 | ||
Turnout | 44,645 | 83.88 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 19,694 | 45.2 | -8.47 | |
Conservative | Gerald Coles | 12,112 | 27.8 | -18.53 | |
Liberal | John Mulholland | 11,722 | 26.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,582 | 17.4 | +10.06 | ||
Turnout | 43,528 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 22,011 | 50.52 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Bray | 15,424 | 35.40 | ||
Liberal | John Mulholland | 6,130 | 14.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,587 | 15.12 | |||
Turnout | 43,565 | 81.79 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 24,248 | 59.68 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Vaughan Radford | 15,547 | 38.38 | ||
Communist | Ernest Jones | 710 | 1.75 | New | |
Majority | 8,701 | 21.30 | |||
Turnout | 40,505 | 77.38 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 22,283 | 54.87 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Vaughan Radford | 17,960 | 44.22 | ||
Communist | Ernest Jones | 369 | 0.91 | ||
Majority | 4,323 | 10.65 | |||
Turnout | 40,612 | 73.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 37,876 | 59.02 | ||
Conservative | Beryl Sloan | 25,505 | 39.74 | ||
Communist | Ernest Jones | 791 | 1.23 | ||
Majority | 12,371 | 19.28 | |||
Turnout | 64,172 | 75.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 32,962 | 55.77 | ||
Conservative | Brian Mawhinney | 18,488 | 31.28 | ||
Liberal | N. Long | 6,906 | 11.68 | New | |
Independent | V. Fletcher | 750 | 1.27 | New | |
Majority | 14,474 | 24.49 | |||
Turnout | 59,106 | 69.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Rodgers | 34,917 | 53.10 | ||
Conservative | Robert Jones | 23,790 | 36.18 | ||
Liberal | S.E. Dunleavy | 6,074 | 9.24 | ||
National Front | A. Bruce | 384 | 0.58 | New | |
Independent | V. Fletcher | 343 | 0.52 | ||
Communist | J. Smith | 243 | 0.37 | New | |
Majority | 11,127 | 16.92 | |||
Turnout | 65,751 | 73.71 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "Death of the Hon. Francis Barrington". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 19 January 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ "Nomination Day Incidents." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1931: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 July 2016.
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Sources[]
- Politics of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
- Parliamentary constituencies in North East England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983