Kingston upon Hull South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingston upon Hull South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Hull Central
Created from Hull West

Kingston upon Hull South West was a borough constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It 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.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Coltman, North Newington, and South Newington.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Cyril Entwistle Liberal
1924 Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian Conservative
1929 John Arnott Labour
1931 Richard Law Conservative
1945 Sydney Smith Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

Entwistle 1919 Cyril Entwistle.jpg
Entwistle
General election 1918: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril Entwistle 6,72441.52
C Coalition Labour John R. Bell 5,00530.90
Labour Robert Mell 3,12119.27
NFDDSS Albert Edward Shakesby6954.29
Independent BusinessPercy Selwyn Newbond6504.01
Majority1,71910.62
Turnout 16,19549.68
Registered electors 32,601
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Bell was also endorsed by the National Sailors and Firemans Union

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril Entwistle 10,36040.61−0.91
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 9,59737.62New
Labour John Arnott 4,85919.05−0.22
National Liberal David Pughe6922.71New
Majority7632.99New
Turnout 25,50872.50+22.82
Registered electors 35,182
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1923: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril Entwistle 10,31640.98+0.37
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 8,88335.29−2.33
Labour John Arnott 5,97323.83+4.78
Majority1,4335.69+2.70
Turnout 25,17270.25−2.25
Registered electors 35,832
Liberal hold Swing +1.35
General election 1924: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 11,19040.97+5.68
Liberal Cyril Entwistle 8,15529.86−11.12
Labour John Arnott 7,96529.17+5.34
Majority3,03511.11N/A
Turnout 27,31075.36+5.11
Registered electors 36,240
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +8.40
General election 1929: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Arnott 14,90341.18+12.01
Unionist Herbert Brent Grotrian 12,46434.44−6.53
Liberal Herbert Aubrey Crowe8,82624.39−5.47
Majority2,4396.74N/A
Turnout 36,19376.65+1.29
Registered electors 47,219
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.27

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Law 25,90966.83+32.39
Labour John Arnott 12,85733.17−8.01
Majority13,05233.66N/A
Turnout 38,76678.60+1.95
Registered electors 49,322
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +20.20
General election 14 November 1935: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Law 17,40651.00−15.83
Labour John Arnott 13,97540.95+7.78
Liberal Francis Vernon Baxter2,7498.05New
Majority3,43110.05−23.61
Turnout 34,13068.77−9.83
Registered electors 49,632
Conservative hold Swing −11.81

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: A general election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General election 1945: Hull South West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Smith 18,60658.98+18.03
Conservative Richard Law 10,29432.63−18.37
Liberal Ernest Edgar Dalton2,6458.38+0.33
Majority8,31226.35N/A
Turnout 31,54574.54+5.77
Registered electors 42,320
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.20

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  419. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
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