The Hartlepools (UK Parliament constituency)
The Hartlepools | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham |
1868–February 1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hartlepool |
Created from | South Durham |
The Hartlepools /ˈhɑːrtlɪpʊl/ was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool.
History[]
The Hartlepools was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act 1867, being given one MP. It had previously been part of a two-MP electoral division in County Durham.
The constituency was renamed Hartlepool in 1974, following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the borough of Hartlepool and the county borough of West Hartlepool.
Boundaries[]
1868–1885: The municipal borough of Hartlepool, and the townships of Throston, Stranton, and Seaton Carew.[1]
1918–1950: The Borough of Hartlepool, and the County Borough of West Hartlepool.
1950–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[2] | Political party | Offices held | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1868 | Ralph Ward Jackson | Conservative | ||
1874 | Thomas Richardson | Liberal | ||
1875 by-election | Lowthian Bell | Liberal | ||
1880 | Thomas Richardson | Liberal | ||
1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
Christopher Furness | Liberal | |||
1895 | Sir Thomas Richardson | Liberal Unionist | ||
1900 | Sir Christopher Furness | Liberal | ||
1910 by-election | Stephen Furness | Liberal | ||
1914 by-election | Sir Walter Runciman | Liberal | ||
1918 | W. G. Howard Gritten | Unionist | ||
1922 | William Jowitt | Liberal | ||
1924 | Sir Wilfrid Sugden | Unionist | ||
1929 | W. G. Howard Gritten | Unionist | ||
1943 by-election | Thomas George Greenwell | Conservative | ||
1945 | D. T. Jones | Labour | ||
1959 | John Kerans | Conservative | ||
1964 | Ted Leadbitter | Labour |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Ward Jackson | 1,550 | 50.0 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Richardson | 1,547 | 50.0 | ||
Majority | 3 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,097 | 79.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,922 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Richardson | 2,308 | 62.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Ralph Ward Jackson | 1,390 | 37.6 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 918 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,698 | 81.7 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,524 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.4 |
Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lowthian Bell | 1,982 | 53.5 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | William Joseph Young[4] | 1,464 | 39.5 | +1.9 | |
Magna Charta | Ahmed John Kenealy[5][6] | 259 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 518 | 14.0 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,705 | 76.9 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,820 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Richardson | 1,965 | 37.2 | −25.2 | |
Liberal | Lowthian Bell | 1,717 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Hutchinson Tristram | 1,597 | 30.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 120 | 2.3 | −22.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,279 | 79.0 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,681 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Richardson | 3,669 | 58.3 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Hutchinson Tristram | 2,629 | 41.7 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 1,040 | 16.6 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,298 | 74.1 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,500 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Richardson | 3,381 | 57.8 | +16.1 | |
Liberal | Mervyn Lanark Hawkes[8] | 2,469 | 42.2 | -16.1 | |
Majority | 912 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,850 | 68.8 | -5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,500 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.1 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Furness | 4,603 | 51.7 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Gray | 4,305 | 48.3 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 298 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,908 | 85.8 | +17.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,378 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Furness | 4,626 | 50.4 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Richardson[n 1] | 4,550 | 49.6 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 76 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,176 | 87.3 | +18.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,513 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +8.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Richardson | 4,853 | 50.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Christopher Furness | 4,772 | 49.6 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 81 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,625 | 87.5 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,999 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Furness | 6,491 | 58.5 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Richardson | 4,612 | 41.5 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 1,879 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,103 | 86.4 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 12,849 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Furness | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Furness | 6,531 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Gritten | 5,754 | 46.8 | New | |
Majority | 777 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,285 | 89.6 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Furness | 6,159 | 50.7 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | William Gritten | 5,993 | 49.3 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 166 | 1.4 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 12,152 | 88.6 | -1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Furness | 6,017 | 50.2 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | William Gritten | 5,969 | 49.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 48 | 0.4 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,936 | 87.4 | -2.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.5 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been preparing for this election, and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:
- Liberal: Stephen Furness
- Unionist: William Gritten
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Gritten | 13,003 | 51.3 | +1.5 | |
C | Liberal | Charles Macfarlane | 7,647 | 30.1 | -20.1 |
Labour | Will Sherwood | 4,733 | 18.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,356 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,383 | 64.1 | -23.3 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Jowitt | 18,252 | 50.8 | +20.7 | |
Unionist | William Gritten | 17,685 | 49.2 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 567 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,937 | 87.2 | +13.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Jowitt | 17,101 | 46.4 | -4.4 | |
Unionist | William Gritten | 16,956 | 46.1 | -3.1 | |
Labour | George Belt | 2,755 | 7.5 | New | |
Majority | 145 | 0.3 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,812 | 87.5 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Wilfrid Sugden | 19,077 | 49.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | William Jowitt | 15,724 | 40.8 | -5.6 | |
Labour | Craigie Aitchison | 3,717 | 9.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 3,353 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,518 | 90.3 | +2.8 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Gritten | 17,271 | 38.0 | -11.5 | |
Liberal | Stephen Furness | 17,133 | 37.7 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Gilbert Oliver | 11,052 | 24.3 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 138 | 0.3 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,456 | 85.9 | -4.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Gritten | 30,842 | 68.1 | +30.1 | |
Labour | Alasdair MacGregor | 14,462 | 31.9 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 16,380 | 36.2 | +35.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,304 | 84.4 | -1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +15.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Gritten | 21,828 | 47.8 | -20.3 | |
Labour | Charles A. Goatcher | 16,931 | 37.0 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Joseph Scott-Cowell | 6,939 | 15.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,897 | 10.7 | -25.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,698 | 83.0 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.7 |
Elections in the 1940s[]
General Election 1939–40
A General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1940. The parties had been preparing for this election, and by autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected:
- Conservative: William Gritten
- Labour: D. T. Jones[10]
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Greenwell | 13,333 | 64.1 | +16.3 | |
Common Wealth | Elaine Burton | 3,634 | 17.4 | New | |
Independent Labour | Oswald Lupton | 2,351 | 11.3 | New | |
Independent Progressive | Reg Hipwell | 1,510 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,699 | 46.7 | +36.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,828 | 39.5 | -43.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
*Lupton stood as a 'People's' candidate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. T. Jones | 16,502 | 41.2 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Greenwell | 16,227 | 40.5 | -7.3 | |
Liberal | Russell Vick | 6,903 | 17.3 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Harry Lane | 390 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 275 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,022 | 76.1 | -6.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. T. Jones | 25,609 | 50.61 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Greenwell | 20,373 | 40.26 | ||
Liberal | Francis John Long | 4,623 | 9.14 | ||
Majority | 5,236 | 10.35 | |||
Turnout | 50,605 | 87.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. T. Jones | 27,147 | 52.63 | ||
Conservative | Paul T Carter | 24,437 | 47.37 | ||
Majority | 2,710 | 5.26 | |||
Turnout | 51,584 | 86.56 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. T. Jones | 25,145 | 51.63 | ||
Conservative | Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart | 23,560 | 48.37 | ||
Majority | 1,585 | 3.26 | |||
Turnout | 48,705 | 81.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kerans | 25,463 | 50.2 | +1.8 | |
Labour | D. T. Jones | 25,281 | 49.8 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 182 | 0.4 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,744 | 83.3 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Leadbitter | 25,883 | 52.9 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Dodsworth | 23,016 | 47.1 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 2,867 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,899 | 81.9 | -1.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Leadbitter | 27,509 | 59.3 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | H Ian Bransom | 18,857 | 40.7 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 8,652 | 18.6 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,366 | 78.5 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Leadbitter | 27,704 | 57.8 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Marshall | 20,188 | 42.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 7,516 | 15.7 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,892 | 74.4 | -4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
See also[]
Notes and References[]
Notes
- ^ Son of previous candidate with same name
References
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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(help) - ^ "Hartlepool Election". Manchester Times. 31 July 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hartlepool Election". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 31 July 1875. p. 11. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. Ahmed Kenealy in Hartlepool County Court". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 9 October 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "Yesterday's Nominations". London Evening Standard. 2 Jul 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- Politics of the Borough of Hartlepool
- Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic)
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