Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Holderness
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County East Riding of Yorkshire
18851950
SeatsOne
Created from East Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Beverley and Bridlington

Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918:

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Beverley and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Cottingham, Hornsea, and Withernsea, the Rural Districts of Patrington and Skirlaugh, part of the Rural District of Beverley, and in the Rural District of Sculcoates the civil parishes of Preston and Sutton.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 George Bethell Conservative
1900 Arthur Stanley Wilson Conservative
1922 Audley Bowdler Liberal
1923 Sir Samuel Savery Unionist
1939 Gurney Braithwaite Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Bethell George Bethell.jpg
Bethell
General election 1885: Holderness [1] [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative George Bethell 4,166 54.1
Liberal Gerard Smith 3,53745.9
Majority6298.2
Turnout 7,70384.3
Registered electors 9,143
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Holderness [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Bethell Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Holderness [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Bethell 4,158 53.0 N/A
Liberal James Henry Anderson3,69347.0New
Majority 4656.0N/A
Turnout 7,85181.2N/A
Registered electors 9,670
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Holderness [1] [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Bethell 4,512 56.4 +3.4
Liberal Bourchier Francis Hawksley3,48343.6−3.4
Majority 1,02912.8+6.8
Turnout 7,99580.6−0.6
Registered electors 9,920
Conservative hold Swing +3.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Holderness [1] [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,597 62.1 +5.7
Liberal Allan James Lawrie2,81037.9−5.7
Majority 1,78724.2+11.4
Turnout 7,40776.3−4.3
Registered electors 9,710
Conservative hold Swing +5.7
General election 1906: Holderness [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,441 50.2 −11.9
Liberal Ernest J Wilberforce4,41149.9+12.0
Majority 300.4−23.8
Turnout 8,85287.5+11.2
Registered electors 10,117
Conservative hold Swing −11.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Holderness [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 5,046 52.0 +1.8
Free Trader George Bethell 4,66148.0New
Majority 3854.0+3.6
Turnout 9,70789.5+2.0
Registered electors 10,850
Conservative hold Swing
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Arnold
General election December 1910: Holderness [5] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,861 52.0 ±0.0
Liberal Sydney Arnold 4,48048.0New
Majority 3814.0±0.0
Turnout 9,34186.1−3.4
Registered electors 10,850
Conservative hold Swing

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;

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Maddison
General election 1918: Holderness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Arthur Stanley Wilson 9,38763.0+11.0
Liberal Fred Maddison 5,52137.0−11.0
Majority 3,86626.0+22.0
Turnout 14,90857.9−28.2
Registered electors 25,741
Unionist hold Swing +11.0
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Audley Bowdler 11,479 52.9 +15.9
Unionist Arthur Stanley Wilson 10,20047.1−15.9
Majority 1,2795.8N/A
Turnout 21,67979.1+21.2
Registered electors 27,421
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +15.9
General election 1923: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Savery 11,099 50.6 +3.5
Liberal Audley Bowdler 10,84649.4−3.5
Majority 2531.2N/A
Turnout 21,94578.1−1.0
Registered electors 28,085
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.5
General election 1924: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Savery 12,911 56.0 +5.4
Liberal Neville Dixey 10,16244.0−5.4
Majority 2,74912.0+10.8
Turnout 23,07381.1+3.0
Registered electors 28,449
Unionist hold Swing +5.4
General election 1929: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Savery 14,544 47.6 −8.4
Liberal Neville Dixey 13,52544.3+0.3
Labour Joseph William Hewitt2,4818.1New
Majority 1,0193.3−8.7
Turnout 30,55080.1−1.0
Registered electors 38,147
Unionist hold Swing −4.4

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Savery 21,560 61.7 +14.1
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,47130.0−14.3
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz2,9278.4+0.3
Majority 11,08931.7+28.4
Turnout 34,95881.8+1.7
Conservative hold Swing +14.2
General election 1935: Holderness [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Savery 22,249 53.6 −8.1
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,34824.9−5.1
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz8,90621.5+13.1
Majority 11,90128.7−3.0
Turnout 41,50372.2−9.6
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
1939 Holderness by-election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gurney Braithwaite 17,742 39.4 −14.2
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 11,59025.7+0.8
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz9,62921.3−0.2
Independent Raleigh Chichester-Constable 6,10313.5New
Majority 6,15213.7−15.0
Turnout 45,06477.2+5.0
Conservative hold Swing −7.5

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Holderness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gurney Braithwaite 25,181 43.1 +3.7
Labour Frederick Lawson23,03639.5+18.2
Liberal Roger Fulford 10,16517.4−8.3
Majority 2,1453.6−25.1
Turnout 58,38276.1−1.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  2. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  4. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig