Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County North Riding of Yorkshire
19181974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Middlesbrough
Replaced by Thornaby,
Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough West 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 Acklam, Ayresome, Cannon, Cleveland, Linthorpe, and Newport.

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

1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Crescent, Gresham, Linthorpe, Park, and Whinney Banks, and the Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees. [2]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Trevelyan Thomson Liberal
1928 F. Kingsley Griffith Liberal
1940 Harcourt Johnstone Liberal
1945 Don Bennett Liberal
1945 Geoffrey Cooper Labour
1951 Sir Jocelyn Simon Conservative
1962 Jeremy Bray Labour
1970 John Sutcliffe Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Trevelyan Thomson *10,958 67.2
Labour Charlie Cramp 5,35032.8
Majority5,60834.4
Turnout 16,30850.5
Registered electors 32,286
Liberal win (new seat)

* Thomson was issued with the Coalition Coupon but rejected it.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Trevelyan Thomson 16,811 69.4 +2.2
National Liberal Harry Driffield Levick7,42230.6N/A
Majority9,38938.8+4.4
Turnout 24,23368.4+17.9
Registered electors 35,448
Liberal hold Swing +2.2
General election 1923: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Trevelyan Thomson 16,837 69.4 0.0
Labour J. D. White 7,44330.6New
Majority9,42438.80.0
Turnout 24,28068.6+0.2
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1924: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Trevelyan Thomson Unopposed N/AN/A
Liberal hold
1928 Middlesbrough West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Griffith 10,717 36.2 N/A
Labour Alonza Ellis 10,62836.0New
Unionist Stanley Sadler8,21327.8New
Majority890.2N/A
Turnout 29,55883.2N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Griffith 14,674 40.6 N/A
Labour Alonza Ellis 13,32836.9N/A
Unionist Albert E. Baucher8,13722.5N/A
Majority1,3463.7N/A
Turnout 36,139
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Griffith 26,011 66.61
Labour Henry Kegie13,04033.39
Majority12,97133.32
Turnout 39,05185.02
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1935: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Griffith 13,689 36.18
Labour Henry Kegie12,76433.73
National Labour William Arthur Spofforth11,38730.09N/A
Majority9252.45
Turnout 37,84079.39
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;

1940 Middlesbrough West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone Unopposed N/AN/A
Liberal hold
1945 Middlesbrough West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Bennett Unopposed N/AN/A
Liberal hold
General election 1945: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Cooper 20,071 53.48 New
Liberal Don Bennett 17,45846.52N/A
Majority2,6136.96N/A
Turnout 37,52977.23N/A
Labour gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Cooper 21,593 46.31
Conservative L Wright17,76038.09New
Liberal Philip Fothergill 7,27315.60
Majority3,8338.22
Turnout 46,62686.42
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Middlesbrough West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jocelyn Simon 24,622 52.22
Labour Co-op David Dunwoodie22,52547.78
Majority2,0974.44
Turnout 47,14786.29
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1955: Middlesbrough West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jocelyn Simon 25,495 58.44
Labour Co-op Rita Alison Smythe18,13441.56
Majority7,36116.88
Turnout 43,62982.45
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jocelyn Simon 24,602 54.88
Labour Edward Fletcher 15,89235.45
Liberal George Wharton Ian Hodgson4,3369.67New
Majority8,71019.43
Turnout 44,83084.49
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Middlesbrough West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Bray 15,095 39.67 +4.22
Conservative Bernard Connelly12,82533.70−21.18
Liberal George Scott 9,82925.83+16.16
Independent Russell Ernest Eckley1890.50New
Independent Malcolm Thompson1170.31New
Majority2,2705.97N/A
Turnout 38,055
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1964: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Bray 19,904 44.75
Conservative Anthony Sumption 18,75942.17
Liberal John Rettie 5,81613.08
Majority1,1452.58
Turnout 44,47984.07
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Bray 23,649 54.48
Conservative John Sutcliffe 19,75645.52
Majority3,8938.96
Turnout 43,40581.47
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Middlesbrough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sutcliffe 22,374 50.44
Labour Jeremy Bray 21,98649.56
Majority3880.88N/A
Turnout 44,36075.05
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

See also

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. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 27 February 1939
  4. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  5. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.