Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Crewe
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Crewe1974Constituency.svg
Boundary of Crewe in Cheshire, boundaries 1974-83
County Cheshire
1885–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire
Replaced by Crewe & Nantwich and Congleton

Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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History

Crewe was first created as one of eight single-member divisions of Cheshire under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. As its name suggested, the constituency was centred on the town of Crewe in Cheshire. The town of Nantwich was also included in the constituency until 1955, when it gained its own eponymous seat.

It was abolished following the reorganisation of local authorities in 1974 by the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1983 general election, when it was divided roughly equally between the new constituencies of Crewe and Nantwich, and Congleton.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Nantwich and Northwich. [1]

Included the parishes of Alsager, Haslington, Nantwich and Sandbach.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban Districts of Alsager and Nantwich, and parts of the Rural Districts of Congleton and Nantwich. [2]

Sandbach transferred to Northwich.

1950–1955: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban District of Nantwich, and the Rural District of Nantwich. [3]

Gained the remainder of the Rural District of Nantwich, including Audlem, from the abolished constituency of Eddisbury. Sandbach and the part of the Rural District of Congleton transferred to Knutsford.

1955–1983: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban Districts of Alsager and Sandbach, and in the Rural District of Nantwich the civil parishes of Barthomley, Crewe, Haslington, and Weston. [3]

Gained Alsager and Sandbach back from Knutsford. The Urban District and the bulk of the Rural District of Nantwich transferred to the new constituency of Nantwich.

From 1 April 1974 until the constituency was abolished at the next boundary review which came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency comprised parts of the newly formed Boroughs of Congleton, and Crewe and Nantwich, but its boundaries were unchanged.

On abolition, the part comprising the former Municipal Borough of Crewe was included in the new constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, with Alsager, Haslington and Sandbach was added to the new constituency of Congleton.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 George William Latham Liberal
1886 Walter McLaren Liberal
1895 Robert Ward Conservative
1900 James Tomkinson Liberal
1910 by-election Walter McLaren Liberal
1912 by-election Ernest Craig Conservative
1918 Sir Joseph Davies Coalition Liberal
1922 Edward Hemmerde Labour
1924 Sir Ernest Craig, Bt Conservative
1929 William Bowen Labour
1931 Sir Donald Somervell Conservative
1945 Scholefield Allen Labour
Feb 1974 Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Crewe and Nantwich & Congleton

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Crewe [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George William Latham 5,089 54.3
Conservative Oscar Leslie Stephen4,28145.7
Majority8088.6
Turnout 9,37086.6
Registered electors 10,815
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter McLaren 4,690 53.7 -0.6
Conservative Francis Randle Twemlow [6] 4,04546.3+0.6
Majority6457.4-1.2
Turnout 8,73580.8−5.8
Registered electors 10,815
Liberal hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter McLaren 5,558 58.2 +4.5
Conservative Horace W Chatterton [7] 3,99041.8-4.5
Majority1,56816.4+9.0
Turnout 9,54883.7+2.9
Registered electors 11,412
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
Robert Ward Robert Ward.jpg
Robert Ward
General election 1895: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Ward 5,413 52.7 +10.9
Liberal Walter McLaren 4,86347.3-10.9
Majority5505.4N/A
Turnout 10,27685.5+1.8
Registered electors 12,018
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1900s

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J. Tomkinson
General election 1900: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Tomkinson 6,120 55.4 +8.1
Conservative J E Reiss4,92144.6-8.1
Majority1,19910.8N/A
Turnout 11,04182.1−3.4
Registered electors 13,447
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.1
General election 1906: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Tomkinson 7,805 59.6 +4.2
Conservative James Hugh Welsford5,29740.4-4.2
Majority2,50819.2+8.4
Turnout 13,10287.1+5.0
Registered electors 15,051
Liberal hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Tomkinson 7,761 53.3 -6.3
Conservative John Lane Harrington5,41937.2-3.2
Labour Frank Rose 1,3809.5New
Majority2,34216.1-3.1
Turnout 14,56091.8+4.7
Registered electors 15,866
Liberal hold Swing -1.6
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Walter McLaren
1910 Crewe by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter McLaren 7,639 55.8 +2.5
Conservative James Hugh Welsford6,04144.2+7.0
Majority1,59811.6-4.5
Turnout 13,68086.2−5.6
Registered electors 15,866
Liberal hold Swing -2.3
General election December 1910: Crewe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter McLaren 7,629 56.3 +3.0
Conservative Ernest Craig 5,92543.7+6.5
Majority1,70412.6−3.5
Turnout 13,55485.4−6.4
Liberal hold Swing −1.8
1912 Crewe by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ernest Craig 6,260 44.6 +0.9
Liberal Harold Lawson Murphy5,29437.7−18.6
Labour James Holmes 2,48517.7New
Majority9666.9N/A
Turnout 14,03988.1+2.7
Registered electors 15,927
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.8

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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Joseph Davies
General election 1918: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Joseph Davies 13,39256.2−0.1
Labour James Brownlie 10,43943.8N/A
Majority2,95312.4−0.2
Turnout 23,83168.4−17.0
Registered electors 34,818
Liberal hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

E.G. Hemmerde Edward Hemmerde.jpg
E.G. Hemmerde
General election 1922: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Hemmerde 15,311 50.9 +7.1
National Liberal Joseph Davies 14,75649.1−7.1
Majority5551.8N/A
Turnout 30,06780.9+12.5
Registered electors 37,159
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.1
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Thomas Strangman
General election 1923: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Hemmerde 14,628 46.5 −4.4
Unionist Thomas Strangman 8,73427.8New
Liberal Robert Mortimer Montgomery8,06825.7−23.4
Majority5,89418.7+16.9
Turnout 31,43082.8+1.9
Registered electors 37,959
Labour hold Swing +9.5
General election 1924: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ernest Craig 18,333 55.5 +27.7
Labour Edward Hemmerde 14,70544.5−2.0
Majority3,62811.0N/A
Turnout 33,03885.6+2.8
Registered electors 38,583
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +14.9
General election 1929: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Bowen 20,948 50.2 +5.7
Unionist Donald Somervell 11,73228.1−27.4
Liberal William Craven Llewelyn9,07621.7New
Majority9,21622.1N/A
Turnout 41,75683.7−1.9
Registered electors 49,863
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +16.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Somervell 25,141 57.8 +29.7
Labour William Bowen 18,35142.2-8.0
Majority6,79015.6-6.5
Turnout 43,49284.5+0.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Crewe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Somervell 21,729 51.3 -6.5
Labour William Bowen 20,62048.7+6.5
Majority1,1092.6-13.0
Turnout 42,34980.3-4.2
Conservative hold Swing

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Crewe [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 28,416 60.6 +11.9
Conservative Donald Somervell 18,46839.4-11.9
Majority9,94821.2N/A
Turnout 46,88474.6-5.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Crewe [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 28,981 53.3 -7.3
Conservative John Richard T. Turner25,35546.7+7.3
Majority3,6266.6-14.4
Turnout 54,33686.7+12.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Crewe [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 28,488 52.2 -1.1
Conservative John Richard T. Turner26,04547.8+1.1
Majority2,4434.6-2.0
Turnout 54,53386.6-0.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Crewe [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 21,629 52.5 +0.3
Conservative Granger Farwell Boston 15,27337.1-10.7
Liberal Thomas Stuttard Rothwell4,30610.5New
Majority6,35615.4+10.8
Turnout 41,20881.5-5.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Crewe [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 22,811 54.5 +2.0
Conservative Geoffrey Leonard Beaman19,03045.5+8.4
Majority3,7819.0-6.4
Turnout 41,84182.1+0.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Crewe [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 23,579 57.2 +2.7
Conservative Anthony G. Barbour17,65742.8-2.7
Majority5,92214.4+5.4
Turnout 41,23679.0-3.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Crewe [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 24,141 61.0 +3.8
Conservative Anthony G. Barbour15,43039.0-3.8
Majority8,71122.0+7.6
Turnout 39,57175.6-3.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Crewe [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scholefield Allen 22,160 54.3 -6.7
Conservative Alastair Goodlad 18,67845.7+6.7
Majority3,4828.6-13.4
Turnout 40,83871.0-4.6
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Crewe [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 21,259 46.5 -7.8
Conservative James Graham Park16,13635.3-10.4
Liberal D. J. Hulland8,31318.2New
Majority5,12311.2+2.6
Turnout 45,70877.8+6.8
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Crewe [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 21,534 49.7 +3.2
Conservative James Graham Park14,27932.9-2.4
Liberal E.A. Richardson7,55917.4-0.8
Majority7,25516.8+5.6
Turnout 43,37273.2-4.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Crewe [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 22,288 48.3 -1.4
Conservative John V. Butcher18,05139.1+6.2
Liberal C. Bithell5,43011.8-5.6
National Front W. Tonks3520.8New
Majority4,2379.2-7.6
Turnout 46,12177.5+4.5
Labour hold Swing

See also

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  10. ↑ UK General Election results July 1945
  11. ↑ UK General Election results February 1950
  12. ↑ UK General Election results October 1951
  13. ↑ UK General Election results May 1955
  14. ↑ UK General Election results October 1959
  15. ↑ UK General Election results October 1964
  16. ↑ UK General Election results March 1966
  17. ↑ UK General Election results 1970
  18. ↑ UK General Election results February 1974
  19. ↑ UK General Election results October 1974
  20. ↑ UK General Election results May 1979
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