Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County North Riding of Yorkshire
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Middlesbrough
Replaced by Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. 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 February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Exchange, Grove Hill, Ormesby, St Hilda's, and Vulcan.

1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough except the wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe. [1]

1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Berwick Hills, Cannon, Clairville, Exchange, Grove Hill, Newport, North Ormesby, St Hilda's, Thorntree, and Tollesby. [2]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Penry Williams Liberal
1922 John Wesley Brown Unionist
1923 Penry Williams Liberal
1924 Ellen Wilkinson Labour
1931 Ernest Young Liberal
1935 Alfred Edwards Labour
1948 Independent
1949 Conservative
1950 Hilary Marquand Labour
1962 Arthur Bottomley Labour
1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal *Penry Williams 8,470 69.2
Labour Frederick William Carey3,77630.8
Majority 4,69438.4
Turnout 12,51648.4
Liberal win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Wesley Brown 8,885 39.0 New
Labour Martin Connolly 7,60733.4+2.6
Liberal Penry Williams 6,29527.6−41.6
Majority 1,2785.6N/A
Turnout 22,78778.8+30.4
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Penry Williams 9,241 40.6 +13.0
Labour Martin Connolly 7,71233.9+0.5
Unionist James Reid5,79025.5−13.5
Majority 1,5296.7N/A
Turnout 22,74377.3−1.5
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1924: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellen Wilkinson 9,574 38.5 +1.6
Unionist John Warde-Aldam8,64734.7+9.2
Liberal Penry Williams 6,68826.8−13.8
Majority 9273.8N/A
Turnout 24,90983.7+6.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellen Wilkinson 12,215 41.3 +2.8
Liberal Ernest Young 9,01630.6+3.8
Unionist John Wesley Brown 8,27828.1−6.6
Majority 3,19910.7+6.9
Turnout 29,50980.8−2.9
Labour hold Swing -0.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernest Young 18,409 60.4 +29.8
Labour Ellen Wilkinson 12,08039.6−1.7
Majority 6,32920.8N/A
Turnout 30,48984.5+3.7
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Edwards 12,699 44.0 +4.4
Conservative Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot12,63243.7New
Liberal Ernest Young 3,56512.3−48.1
Majority 670.3N/A
Turnout 25,33181.14−3.4
Labour gain from Liberal 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;

General election 1945: Middlesbrough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Edwards 17,427 65.1 +21.1
Conservative Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot9,35234.9−8.8
Majority 8,07530.2+29.9
Turnout 26,77976.7−4.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Marquand 29,185 62.77
Conservative Alfred Edwards 12,40226.67
Liberal Russell Thomas 4,5409.76New
Communist N Levy3670.79New
Majority 16,78336.10
Turnout 46,49482.90
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Marquand 31,277 66.51
Conservative Ralph Meredyth Turton15,74933.49
Majority 15,52833.02
Turnout 47,02680.93
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Marquand 27,036 62.42
Conservative Bernard A Connelly16,27837.58
Majority 10,75824.84
Turnout 43,31472.72
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Marquand 29,391 61.54
Conservative Derek R Chapman18,36538.46
Majority 11,02623.08
Turnout 47,75676.21
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Middlesbrough East by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Bottomley 18,928 60.60 −0.94
Liberal George Scott 7,14522.87New
Conservative Frederick A. S. Wood4,61314.77−23.69
Union Movement Jeffrey Hamm 5501.76New
Majority 11,78337.73+14.65
Turnout 31,23652.1−24.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Bottomley 29,432 69.50
Conservative Frederick A. S. Wood12,91730.50
Majority 16,51539.00
Turnout 42,34972.94
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Bottomley 28,404 75.10
Conservative Peter Darby9,42024.90
Majority 18,98450.20
Turnout 37,82468.27
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Middlesbrough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Bottomley 23,581 71.02
Conservative Nigel Neville Laville9,62328.98
Majority 13,95842.04
Turnout 33,20460.35
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch.1), retrieved 27 October 2023
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Gateshead) Order 1955. SI 1960/451". Statutory Instruments 1960. Part III. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1961. pp. 2856–2857.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  4. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1964
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