Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Harwich
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
HarwichConstituency.svg
Boundary of Harwich in Essex in 2005.
EnglandEssex.svg
Location of Essex within England.
County Essex
before 1660–2010
Seatsone (two before 1868)
Replaced by Clacton, Harwich and North Essex

Harwich was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until its abolition for the 2010 general election it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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History

The Parliamentary Borough of Harwich had sent two members to Parliament since it was founded in 1604. Under the Reform Act of 1867 its representation was reduced to one, and in 1885 the Parliamentary Borough was abolished and replaced with a Division of the County of Essex (later a County Constituency) under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. For a long period of time it was known as a "Treasury borough" due to the control the Treasury had over its elections. [1]

The constituency was abolished for the 2010 general election by the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, being succeeded by the new constituency of Clacton and part of the new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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Harwich in Essex, 1918-45

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Harwich, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lexden and Winstree. Non-resident freeholders of the Parliamentary Borough of Colchester, which constituted the Municipal Borough thereof, were also entitled to vote. [2]

Formally known as the North Eastern or Harwich Division of Essex, incorporating the abolished Parliamentary Borough of Harwich and extending southwards and westwards to include the towns of Clacton and Brightlingsea and the rural areas surrounding Colchester.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Harwich, the Urban Districts of Brightlingsea, Clacton, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, and Wivenhoe, and the Rural District of Tendring. [3]

Western, rural parts included in the new Colchester Division of Essex.

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Harwich, the Urban Districts of Brightlingsea, Clacton, Frinton and Walton, and Wivenhoe, and the Rural District of Tendring. [3] [4]

No changes.

1983–1997: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Bradfield Wrabness and Wix, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby, Little Clacton, Ramsey, Rush Green, Southcliff, St Bartholomew's, St James, St John's, St Mary's, St Osyth, Tendring and Weeley, and Walton. [5]

Western parts, including Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe, included in the new County Constituency of North Colchester.

1997–2010: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby, Little Clacton, Ramsey, Rush Green, St Bartholomew's, St James, St John's, St Mary's, Southcliff, and Walton. [6]

A further western slice, including St Osyth, added to the new County Constituency of North Essex.

Following the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Parliament radically altered some constituencies and created new ones to allow for changes in population. Consequently, the constituency of Harwich was abolished. The majority of the constituency, including Clacton, Frinton and Walton, formed the new County Constituency of Clacton, and Harwich and surrounding areas were included in the new County Constituency of Harwich and North Essex.

Members of Parliament

Constituency founded 1604

1604 to 1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1604 Richard Browne Thomas Trevor
1605 John Panton
1614 Sir Harbottle Grimston Sir Robert Mansell
1614 (Apr) Sir Charles Montagu
1620 Sir Thomas Cheek Edward Grimston
1624 Sir Nathaniel Rich Christopher Herrys
1625 Sir Edmund Sawyer Christopher Herrys
1626 Sir Nathaniel Rich Christopher Herrys
1628–1629 Sir Nathaniel Rich Christopher Herrys
1629–1640No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr) Sir Thomas Cheek Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet
1640 (Nov) Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Cheek
1645 Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet, died
replaced 1647 by Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet
who was secluded Dec 1648 in Pride's Purge		 Sir Thomas Cheek
1648 Sir Thomas Cheek Capel Luckyn
1653Harwich not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654Harwich not represented in First Protectorate Parliament
1656Harwich not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament
1659 John Sicklemore Thomas King

1660–1868

YearFirst member [7] First partySecond member [7] Second party
1660 Sir Capel Luckyn, Bt Sir Henry Wright, Bt
1661 Thomas King
1664 Sir Capel Luckyn, Bt
February 1679 Sir Anthony Dean Samuel Pepys
August 1679 Sir Philip Parker, Bt Sir Thomas Middleton
1685 Sir Anthony Dean Samuel Pepys
1689 Sir Thomas Middleton John Eldred
1690 The Viscount Newhaven
1695 Sir Thomas Davall
1698 Samuel Atkinson
1699 Sir Thomas Middleton
1701 Dennis Lydell
1702 John Ellis
May 1708 Sir John Leake Thomas Frankland
December 1708 Kenrick Edisbury
1713 Carew Hervey Mildmay Sir Thomas Davall
May 1714 Thomas Heath
June 1714 Benedict Calvert
1715 Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, Bt Thomas Heath
1722 Humphrey Parsons
1727 John Perceval
1734 Carteret Leathes Charles Stanhope
1741 John Phillipson Hill Mussenden
1747 Edward Coke
1753 Wenman Coke
1756 William Ponsonby
1758 Thomas Sewell
1761 Charles Townshend John Roberts
1767 Thomas Bradshaw
1768 Edward Harvey
1772 Charles Jenkinson
1774 John Robinson
1778 George North
1784 Thomas Orde Tory
1796 Richard Hopkins
1799 Henry Dillon-Lee
1802 Thomas Myers
January 1803 John Hiley Addington Tory [8]
April 1803 James Adams
1806 William Fremantle Tory [8]
March 1807 James Adams
May 1807 William Huskisson Tory [8]
1812 Nicholas Vansittart Tory [8]
1818 Charles Bathurst Tory [8]
1823 George Canning Tory [8] John Charles Herries Tory [8]
1826 Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Tory [8]
1827 Sir William Rae, Bt Tory [8]
1830 George Robert Dawson Tory [8]
1832 Christopher Thomas Tower Whig [8]
1834 Conservative
1835 Francis Robert Bonham Conservative
1837 Alexander Ellice Whig [8] [9] [10] [11]
1841 John Attwood Conservative [8] William Beresford Conservative [8]
1847 Peelite [12] [13] John Bagshaw Whig [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
1848 by-election Sir John Hobhouse, Bt Radical [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
March 1851 by-election Henry Thoby Prinsep Conservative
May 1851 by-election Robert Wigram Crawford Whig [24] [25]
July 1851Writ suspended [26]
April 1852 by-election Sir Fitzroy Kelly Conservative
May 1852 by-election Isaac Butt Conservative
July 1852 George Peacocke Conservative David Waddington Conservative
1853 by-election John Bagshaw Whig [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
March 1857 George Drought Warburton Independent Whig [27] [28]
December 1857 by-election Robert John Bagshaw Whig
March 1859 by-election Henry Jervis-White-Jervis Conservative
May 1859 Hon. William Campbell Liberal
1860 by-election Richard Rowley Conservative
1865 John Kelk Conservative
1868 Constituency reduced to one member

1868–2010

ElectionMember [7] Party
1868 Representation reduced to one member
1868 Henry Jervis-White-Jervis Conservative
1880 Henry Tyler Conservative
1885 James Round Conservative
1906 Arthur Lever Liberal
1910 Harry Newton Conservative
1922 Albert Hillary Liberal
1924 Sir Frederick Rice Conservative
1929 Sir John Pybus Liberal
1931 Liberal National
1935 Sir Stanley Holmes Liberal National
1954 by-election Julian Ridsdale National Liberal
1968 Conservative
1992 Iain Sproat Conservative
1997 Ivan Henderson Labour
2005 Douglas Carswell Conservative
2010 Constituency abolished: see Clacton and Harwich and North Essex

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Herries was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election. [29]

By-election, 10 February 1830: Harwich [8] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Charles Herries Unopposed
Registered electors 32
Tory hold
1830 general election: Harwich [8] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Charles Herries Unopposed
Tory George Robert Dawson Unopposed
Registered electors 32
Tory hold
Tory hold
1831 general election: Harwich [8] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Charles Herries Unopposed
Tory George Robert Dawson Unopposed
Registered electors 32
Tory hold
Tory hold
1832 general election: Harwich [8] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Charles Herries 97 26.3
Whig Christopher Thomas Tower 93 25.2
Tory Nicholas Leader 9024.4
Whig John Disney 8924.1
Turnout 18686.9
Registered electors 214
Majority41.1
Tory hold
Majority30.8
Whig gain from Tory
1835 general election: Harwich [8] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Charles Herries 97 46.2 +19.9
Conservative Francis Robert Bonham 78 37.1 +12.7
Whig Robert Norris Verner3516.7−32.6
Majority4320.4+19.3
Turnout 12378.8−8.1
Registered electors 156
Conservative hold Swing +18.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +14.5
1837 general election: Harwich [8] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Charles Herries 75 25.9 −20.3
Whig Alexander Ellice 75 25.9 +17.6
Whig Christopher Thomas Tower 7425.5+17.2
Conservative Francis Robert Bonham 6622.8−14.3
Turnout 14690.1+11.3
Registered electors 162
Majority00.0−20.4
Conservative hold Swing −18.9
Majority93.1N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +17.5

Elections in the 1840s

1841 general election: Harwich [8] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Attwood 94 27.2 +1.3
Conservative William Beresford 94 27.2 +4.4
Whig John Bagshaw 8424.3−1.6
Whig Denis Le Marchant 7321.2−4.3
Majority102.9+2.9
Turnout 17493.5+3.4
Registered electors 186
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.7
1847 general election: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Bagshaw 213 45.9 +0.4
Peelite John Attwood 184 39.7 +12.5
Conservative William Knight [32] 6514.0−13.2
Conservative Dudley St Leger Hill [33] 20.4−26.8
Turnout 232 (est)78.6 (est)−14.9
Registered electors 295
Majority296.2N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +10.2
Majority11925.7N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing +16.3

Attwood's election was declared void on petition due to bribery by his agents, causing a by-election. [34]

By-election, 1 April 1848: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical John Hobhouse 131 50.8 N/A
Conservative John Manners-Sutton [35] 12749.2+34.8
Majority41.6N/A
Turnout 25887.8+10.2
Registered electors 294
Radical gain from Peelite Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

Hobhouse was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Broughton and causing a by-election.

By-election, 5 March 1851: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Thoby Prinsep 135 50.9 +36.5
Whig Robert Wigram Crawford 13049.1+3.2
Majority51.8N/A
Turnout 26591.7+13.1
Registered electors 289
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +16.7

Prinsep's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election. [36]

By-election, 28 May 1851: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Wigram Crawford 133 51.2 +5.3
Conservative Henry Thoby Prinsep 12748.8+34.4
Majority62.4−3.9
Turnout 26090.0+11.4
Registered electors 289
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −14.6

Crawford's election was declared void, due to polling being closed prematurely, and the seat's writ was suspended in July 1851. [26] A by-election was called the next year.

By-election, 10 April 1852: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fitzroy Kelly Unopposed
Conservative gain from Whig

Kelly resigned to contest a by-election in East Suffolk, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 May 1852: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isaac Butt Unopposed
Conservative hold
1852 general election: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Peacocke 135 26.8 +12.8
Conservative David Waddington 134 26.6 +26.2
Whig John Bagshaw 12524.8−21.1
Independent Whig George Drought Warburton 11021.8New
Majority91.8N/A
Turnout 252 (est)92.6 (est)+14.0
Registered electors 272
Conservative gain from Peelite Swing +11.7
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +18.4

Peacocke's election was declared void on petition, due to corrupt practices, causing a by-election. [37]

By-election, 21 June 1853: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Bagshaw 140 54.9 +30.1
Conservative William Fraser 11545.1−8.3
Majority259.8N/A
Turnout 25585.3−7.3
Registered electors 299
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +19.2
1857 general election: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Bagshaw 173 32.6 +7.8
Independent Whig George Drought Warburton 147 27.7 +5.9
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis 11321.3−5.5
Conservative Benjamin Buck Greene [38] 9818.5−8.1
Turnout 266 (est)84.8 (est)−7.8
Registered electors 313
Majority264.9N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +7.3
Majority346.4N/A
Ind. Whig gain from ConservativeSwing+6.4

Warburton's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 9 December 1857: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert John Bagshaw 162 70.1 +37.5
Independent WhigAndrew Arcedeckne [39] [40] 6929.9New
Majority9340.2N/A
Turnout 23173.8−11.0
Registered electors 313
[[Whig|Whig]] gain from Ind. Whig Swing N/A

Bagshaw's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 March 1859: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis 145 52.0 +12.2
Whig William Campbell 13448.0+15.4
Majority114.0N/A
Turnout 27983.5−1.3
Registered electors 334
Conservative gain from Whig Swing −1.6
1859 general election: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis 156 25.7 +4.4
Liberal William Campbell 155 25.5 −7.1
Conservative Richard Rowley 15225.0+6.5
Liberal John Clark Marshman 14423.7−4.0
Turnout 304 (est)90.9 (est)+6.1
Registered electors 334
Majority10.2N/A
Conservative gain from Ind. WhigSwingN/A
Majority30.5−4.4
Liberal hold Swing −6.3

Elections in the 1860s

Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Stratheden and Campbell, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 April 1860: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Rowley 146 55.7 +5.0
Liberal Stuart Donaldson [41] 11644.3−4.9
Majority3011.4+11.2
Turnout 26282.6−8.3
Registered electors 317
Conservative hold Swing +5.0
General election 1865: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis 209 35.0 +9.3
Conservative John Kelk 194 32.5 +7.5
Liberal Michael Wills [42] 11719.6−5.9
Liberal James Fitzjames Stephen [43] 7712.9−10.8
Majority7712.9+12.7
Turnout 299 (est)77.3 (est)−13.6
Registered electors 386
Conservative hold Swing +8.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.9

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis 328 69.9 −2.4
Liberal David James Jenkins 14130.1−2.4
Majority18739.8+26.9
Turnout 46975.4−1.9
Registered electors 622
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Jervis-White-Jervis Unopposed
Registered electors 712
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Harwich [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Tyler 368 54.3 N/A
Liberal George Tomline [44] 31045.7New
Majority588.6N/A
Turnout 67889.3N/A
Registered electors 759
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1885: Harwich [45] [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 4,584 54.5 +0.2
Liberal James Jackson3,82445.5−0.2
Majority7609.0+0.4
Turnout 8,40882.9−6.4
Registered electors 10,141
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
General election 1886: Harwich [45] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 4,623 66.6 +12.1
Liberal James Wicks2,32233.4−12.1
Majority2,30133.2+24.2
Turnout 6,94568.5−14.4
Registered electors 10,141
Conservative hold Swing +12.1

Elections in the 1890s

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Round
General election 1892: Harwich [45] [46] [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 4,113 51.9 −14.7
Liberal Robert Varty3,80848.1+14.7
Majority3053.8−29.4
Turnout 7,92172.5+4.0
Registered electors 10,924
Conservative hold Swing −14.7
General election 1895: Harwich [45] [46] [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 4,566 63.0 +11.1
Liberal Robert Varty2,68537.0−11.1
Majority1,88126.0+22.2
Turnout 7,25164.2−8.3
Registered electors 11,296
Conservative hold Swing +11.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Harwich [45] [46] [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Lever
General election 1906: Harwich [45] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Lever 5,650 51.6 New
Conservative Harry Newton 5,30848.4N/A
Majority3423.2N/A
Turnout 10,95883.4N/A
Registered electors 13,144
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Harwich [45] [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Newton 6,757 54.6 +3.0
Liberal Arthur Lever 5,60845.4−3.0
Majority1,1499.2+6.0
Turnout 12,36586.6+3.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.0
General election December 1910: Harwich [45] [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Newton 6,470 56.4 +1.8
Liberal Frank Stapledon Hiley5,00843.6−1.8
Majority1,46212.8+3.6
Turnout 11,47880.4−6.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.8

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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Aylmer Digby
General election 1918: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Harry Newton 8,26153.9−2.5
Liberal Edward Aylmer Digby 7,06446.1+2.5
Majority1,1977.8−5.0
Turnout 15,32555.9−26.5
Registered electors 27,421
Unionist hold Swing −2.5
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Hillary 10,556 51.9 +5.8
Unionist Geoffrey St John Strutt9,79248.1−5.8
Majority7643.8N/A
Turnout 20,34871.6+15.7
Registered electors 28,432
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +5.8
General election 1923: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Hillary 12,059 54.3 +2.4
Unionist Frederick Rice 10,14245.7−2.4
Majority1,9178.6+4.8
Turnout 22,20176.2+4.6
Registered electors 29,126
Liberal hold Swing +2.4
General election 1924: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frederick Rice 12,219 51.5 +5.8
Liberal Albert Hillary 9,90441.7−12.6
Labour Alfred Barton 1,6046.8New
Majority2,3159.8N/A
Turnout 23,72779.0+2.8
Registered electors 30,047
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.2
General election 1929: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Pybus 16,309 52.8 +11.1
Unionist John Mayhew 13,60944.1−7.4
Ind. Unionist J Elliott9463.1New
Majority2,7008.7N/A
Turnout 30,86476.3−2.7
Registered electors 40,478
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +9.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Pybus 26,818 86.4 +33.6
Labour E L McKeag4,22913.6New
Majority22,58972.8+64.1
Turnout 31,04772.6−3.7
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1935: Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Stanley Holmes 21,716 70.3 −16.1
Labour Ambrose Appelbe 9,17029.7+16.1
Majority12,54640.6−32.2
Turnout 30,88663.9−8.7
National Liberal hold Swing −16.1

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;

General election 1945:Harwich [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Stanley Holmes 16,452 55.7 −14.6
Labour Joseph Hewitt13,06744.3+14.6
Majority3,38511.4−29.2
Turnout 29,51968.8+4.8
National Liberal hold Swing −14.6

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Harwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Stanley Holmes 22,814 50.6 −5.1
Labour Morris Janis16,75637.1−7.2
Liberal Leonard Train5,53612.3New
Majority6,05813.5+2.1
Turnout 45,10681.9+13.1
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1951: Harwich [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Stanley Holmes 26,169 58.9 +8.3
Labour Morris Janis18,24441.1+4.0
Majority7,92517.8+4.3
Turnout 44,41378.8−3.1
National Liberal hold Swing
1954 Harwich by-election [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Julian Ridsdale 19,532 59.1 +0.2
Labour Shirley Catlin 13,53540.9−0.2
Majority5,99718.2+0.4
Turnout 33,067
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1955: Harwich [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Julian Ridsdale 23,889 56.4 −2.5
Labour Shirley Catlin 14,42534.1−7.0
Liberal Wolf Isaac Akst4,0109.5New
Majority9,46422.3+3.5
Turnout 42,23475.6−3.2
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1959: Harwich [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Julian Ridsdale 23,653 53.2 −3.2
Labour William Robinson 11,58826.0−7.1
Liberal Thomas E Dale5,50712.4+2.9
Independent Leonard F Rose3,7448.4New
Majority12,06527.2+4.9
Turnout 44,49276.4+0.8
National Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Harwich [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Julian Ridsdale 25,102 50.4 −2.8
Labour David Winnick 14,87729.9+3.9
Liberal Thomas E Dale9,82419.7+7.3
Majority10,22520.5−6.7
Turnout 49,80375.1−1.3
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1966: Harwich [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Julian Ridsdale 24,975 47.6 −2.8
Labour Stephen R Hatch18,33534.9+5.0
Liberal Thomas E Dale9,21917.6−2.1
Majority6,64012.7−7.8
Turnout 52,52974.4−0.7
National Liberal hold Swing −3.9

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Harwich [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 32,754 53.5 +5.9
Labour Andrew Phillips 19,92332.6−2.3
Liberal Thomas E Dale8,51913.9−3.7
Majority12,83120.9+8.2
Turnout 61,19674.5+0.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General election February 1974: Harwich [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 32,452 45.6 −7.9
Liberal D Cadman19,98928.1+14.2
Labour JB Fryer18,69726.3−6.3
Majority12,46317.5−3.4
Turnout 71,13880.7+6.2
Conservative hold Swing −11.1
General election October 1974: Harwich [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 29,963 46.7 +1.1
Labour JB Fryer19,13529.8+3.5
Liberal Thomas Kellock 15,04823.5−4.6
Majority10,82816.9−0.6
Turnout 64,14672.3−8.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.2
General election 1979: Harwich [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 37,685 54.3 +7.6
Labour CW Brooks16,99824.5−5.3
Liberal R.M. Goodenough14,09420.3−3.2
National Front A Pearson5970.9New
Majority20,68729.8+12.9
Turnout 69,37474.7+2.4
Conservative hold Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Harwich [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 27,422 54.1 −0.2
Liberal R.M. Goodenough14,92029.5+9.2
Labour Ralph Knight8,30216.4−8.1
Majority12,50224.6−5.2
Turnout 50,64470.2−4.5
Conservative hold Swing −4.7
General election 1987: Harwich [64]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 29,344 51.8 −2.7
Liberal Liz Lynne 17,26230.4+0.9
Labour Ralph Knight9,92017.5+1.1
Independent Christopher Humphrey1610.3New
Majority12,08221.4−3.2
Turnout 56,68773.5+3.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Harwich [65] [66]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Sproat 32,369 51.9 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Pauline A. Bevan15,21024.4−6.0
Labour Ralph Knight14,51123.3+5.8
Natural Law Eileen P. McGrath2790.4New
Majority17,15927.5+6.1
Turnout 62,36977.7+4.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
General election 1997: Harwich [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivan Henderson 20,740 38.8 +14.1
Conservative Iain Sproat 19,52436.5−15.2
Liberal Democrats Ann M. Elvin7,03713.1−10.0
Referendum Jeffrey Titford 4,9239.2New
Independent Ralph Knight1,2902.4New
Majority1,2162.3
Turnout 53,51470.5−3.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing −14.7

This was the Referendum Party's best result in the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Harwich [68]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivan Henderson 21,951 45.6 Increase2.svg 6.8
Conservative Iain Sproat 19,35540.2Increase2.svg 3.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilcock4,0998.5Decrease2.svg 4.6
UKIP Tony Finnegan-Butler2,4635.1New
Independent Clive Lawrance2470.5New
Majority2,5965.4Increase2.svg 3.1
Turnout 48,11562.1Decrease2.svg 8.4
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 5.3
General election 2005: Harwich [69]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Carswell 21,235 42.1 Increase2.svg 1.9
Labour Ivan Henderson 20,31540.3Decrease2.svg 5.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Tully5,91311.7Increase2.svg 3.2
UKIP Jeffrey Titford 2,3144.6Decrease2.svg 0.5
Respect John Tipple4770.9New
Independent Christopher Humphrey1540.3New
Majority9201.8N/A
Turnout 50,40862.6Increase2.svg 0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.svg 3.6

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