Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Howdenshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Created from	East Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by	Beverley and Kingston upon Hull Haltemprice

Howdenshire was a county constituency in Yorkshire 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.

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

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Holme Beacon, Howdenshire, South Hunsley Beacon, Wilton Beacon, and Ouse and Derwent (except the part included in the extended Municipal Borough of York).

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Hessle and Pocklington, the Rural Districts of Escrick, Howden, Pocklington, and Riccall, in the Rural District of Beverley the civil parishes of Brantingham, Ellerker, Elloughton with Brough, and South Cave, and part of the Rural District of Sculcoates.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Arthur Duncombe	Conservative
	1892	Sir William Wilson-Todd	Conservative
	1906	Henry Harrison-Broadley	Conservative
	1915 by-election	Stanley Jackson	Conservative
	1926 by-election	William Carver	Conservative
	1945	Clifford Glossop	Conservative
	1947 by-election	George Odey	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Howdenshire ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Duncombe	4,525	57.6
	Liberal	Anthony George Shiell	3,334	42.4
Majority			1,191	15.2
Turnout			7,859	82.7
Registered electors			9,502
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Howdenshire ^{[3] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Duncombe	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Woodhouse

General election 1892: Howdenshire ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson-Todd	3,998	52.3	N/A
	Liberal	James Woodhouse	3,648	47.7	New
Majority			350	4.6	N/A
Turnout			7,646	80.5	N/A
Registered electors			9,499
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Wilson-Todd

General election 1895: Howdenshire ^{[1] [4] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson-Todd	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Howdenshire ^{[1] [4] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson-Todd	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Howdenshire ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Harrison-Broadley	4,763	53.4	N/A
	Liberal	Percy George Reginald Benson	4,150	46.6	New
Majority			613	6.8	N/A
Turnout			8,913	90.1	N/A
Registered electors			9,893
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Howdenshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Harrison-Broadley	5,423	56.4	+3.0
	Liberal	Francis Benedict Vincent Norris	4,186	43.6	−3.0
Majority			1,237	12.8	+6.0
Turnout			9,609	90.7	+0.6
Registered electors			10,597
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election December 1910: Howdenshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Harrison-Broadley	5,016	56.4	±0.0
	Liberal	Francis Benedict Vincent Norris	3,885	43.6	±0.0
Majority			1,131	12.8	±0.0
Turnout			8,901	84.0	−6.7
Registered electors			10,597
	Conservative hold		Swing	±0.0

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;

• Unionist: Henry Harrison-Broadley
• Liberal: Thomas Fenby

1915 Howdenshire by-election ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stanley Jackson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

Fenby

General election 1918: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Stanley Jackson	9,023	67.3	+10.9
	Liberal	Thomas Fenby	4,384	32.7	−10.9
Majority			4,639	34.6	+21.8
Turnout			13,407	57.1	−26.9
Registered electors			23,481
	Unionist hold		Swing	+10.9
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stanley Jackson	10,748	60.5	−6.8
	National Farmers' Union	Herbert John Winn	7,021	39.5	New
Majority			3,727	21.0	−13.6
Turnout			17,769	71.1	+14.0
Registered electors			24,975
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1923: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stanley Jackson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1924: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stanley Jackson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

1926 Howdenshire by-election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Carver	10,653	54.2	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick Linfield	6,668	34.0	New
	Labour	John William Kneeshaw	2,318	11.8	New
Majority			3,985	20.2	N/A
Turnout			19,639	73.6	N/A
Registered electors			26,682
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1929: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Carver	13,823	51.2	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Baker	13,170	48.8	N/A
Majority			653	2.4	N/A
Turnout			26,993	76.8	N/A
Registered electors			35,164
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Carver	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1935: Howdenshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Carver	18,155	63.9	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Baker	7,837	27.5	New
	Labour	James Richardson	2,459	8.6	New
Majority			10,318	36.4	N/A
Turnout			28,451	69.2	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

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;

• Conservative: Clifford Glossop

General election 1945: Howdenshire ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Glossop	21,348	55.9	−8.0
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Neville	11,161	29.2	+20.6
	Liberal	John Edward Wilson	5,669	14.9	−12.6
Majority			10,187	26.7	−9.7
Turnout			38,178	71.3	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1947 Howdenshire by-election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Odey	23,344	64.0	+8.1
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Neville	9,298	25.5	−3.7
	Liberal	John Edward Wilson	3,819	10.5	−4.4
Majority			14,046	38.5	+11.8
Turnout			36,461
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
2. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
3. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
6. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
7. UK General Election results: July 1945
8. 1947 By Elections

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)