Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)
Tyneside | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Northumberland |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Wallsend |
Created from | South Northumberland |
Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, 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.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | Albert Grey | Liberal | Elected as a Liberal, but joined the Liberal Unionists when the party split in 1886 | |
1886 | Wentworth Beaumont | Liberal | ||
1892 | Jack Pease | Liberal | One of the Pease family of Darlington | |
1900 | Hugh Crawford Smith | Liberal Unionist | ||
1906 | J. M. Robertson | Liberal | Journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Grey | 5,782 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | Gainsford Bruce | 3,440 | 37.3 | ||
Majority | 2,342 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,222 | 77.8 | |||
Registered electors | 11,852 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wentworth Beaumont | 4,112 | 50.8 | −11.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Albert Grey | 3,990 | 49.2 | +11.9 | |
Majority | 122 | 1.6 | −23.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,102 | 68.4 | -9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,852 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.9 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jack Pease | 5,468 | 52.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arnold White | 5,018 | 47.9 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 450 | 4.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,486 | 76.4 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,727 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jack Pease | 6,066 | 51.9 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arnold White | 5,631 | 48.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 435 | 3.8 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,697 | 78.3 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 14,932 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Hugh Crawford Smith | 7,093 | 51.3 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Jack Pease | 6,730 | 48.7 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 363 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,823 | 74.9 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 18,460 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 11,496 | 62.5 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | James Knott | 6,885 | 37.5 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 4,611 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,381 | 79.3 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 23,167 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +13.8 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 13,158 | 62.8 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred Cochrane | 7,807 | 37.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 5,351 | 25.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,965 | 81.5 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 25,711 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 11,693 | 63.0 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Helenus Macaulay Robertson | 6,857 | 37.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 4,836 | 26.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,550 | 72.1 | −9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 25,711 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: J. M. Robertson
- Unionist:
References[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918