Rye | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Sussex |
Major settlements | Rye |
1955–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hastings |
Replaced by | Hastings and Rye, Bexhill and Battle and Wealden [1] |
1885–1950 | |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Hastings |
1366–1885 | |
Seats | 1366–1640: One 1640–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the Parliament of England before 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.
From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat.
The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.
1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.
1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, and Ticehurst, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the civil parishes of Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Hooe, Ninfield, Warbleton, and Wartling.
Parts of this article (those related to this section) need to be updated.(June 2020) |
1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Rural District of Battle, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1955 | Godman Irvine | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Bonham resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Philip Pusey | 10 | 83.3 | ||
Radical | George de Lacy Evans | 2 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 8 | 66.6 | |||
Turnout | 12 | c. 60.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 20 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Duncan Baillie | 12 | 33.3 | ||
Tory | Francis Robert Bonham | 12 | 33.3 | ||
Radical | George de Lacy Evans | 6 | 16.7 | ||
Whig | Benjamin Smith | 6 | 16.7 | ||
Turnout | 18 | c. 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 20 | ||||
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | ||||
Majority | 6 | 16.6 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | George de Lacy Evans | 7 | 41.2 | +24.5 | |
Tory | Thomas Pemberton | 5 | 29.4 | +12.8 | |
Tory | Philip Pusey | 3 | 17.6 | +1.0 | |
Whig | Benjamin Smith | 2 | 11.8 | −21.5 | |
Whig | Alexander Donovan | 0 | 0.0 | −16.7 | |
Turnout | 10 | c. 50.0 | c. −40.0 | ||
Registered electors | c. 20 | ||||
Majority | 5 | 29.4 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +21.8 | |||
Majority | 2 | 11.8 | −4.8 | ||
Tory hold | Swing | +16.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Barrett Curteis | 162 | 55.9 | +44.1 | |
Radical | George de Lacy Evans | 128 | 44.1 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 34 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 290 | 68.7 | c. +18.7 | ||
Registered electors | 422 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +20.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Barrett Curteis | 211 | 67.6 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Gybbon Monypenny | 101 | 32.4 | New | |
Majority | 110 | 35.2 | +23.4 | ||
Turnout | 312 | 66.2 | −2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 471 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +11.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Gybbon Monypenny | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 523 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Herbert Barrett Curteis | 262 | 70.8 | New | |
Conservative | Charles Frewen | 108 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 370 | 64.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 572 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Herbert Barrett Curteis | 239 | 67.9 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Bacon Williams [18] | 113 | 32.1 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 126 | 35.8 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 352 | 61.3 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 574 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Curteis' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Herbert Mascall Curteis | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Curteis' election was declared void on petition on 27 March 1848, due to insufficient notice being given of the election, causing a by-election. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Herbert Mascall Curteis | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Alexander Mackinnon (younger) | 240 | 53.6 | −14.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Curteis Pomfret [20] | 208 | 46.4 | +14.3 | |
Majority | 32 | 7.2 | −28.6 | ||
Turnout | 448 | 79.7 | +18.4 | ||
Registered electors | 562 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −14.3 | |||
Mackinnon was unseated when his election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election. [21] £220 was left behind a sofa cushion at the Red Lion to pay for a dinner. [22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) | 216 | 54.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Curteis Pomfret | 184 | 46.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 32 | 8.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 400 | 78.7 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 508 | ||||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 462 | ||||
Peelite gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 470 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon | 180 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Macdonald Macdonald [23] | 172 | 48.9 | New | |
Majority | 8 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 352 | 94.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 373 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hardy | 513 | 50.7 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | William Jones-Loyd [24] | 499 | 49.3 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,012 | 83.8 | −10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,208 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hardy | 597 | 52.6 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Albert Fytche [25] | 539 | 47.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 58 | 5.2 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,136 | 88.3 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,287 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Inderwick | 626 | 50.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | John Gathorne-Hardy | 618 | 49.7 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,244 | 89.6 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,389 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | 4,526 | 51.3 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Frederick Inderwick | 4,303 | 48.7 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 223 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,829 | 85.7 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,304 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | 4,592 | 59.7 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | George Julius de Reuter | 3,094 | 40.3 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 1,498 | 19.4 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,686 | 74.6 | −11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,304 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | 4,699 | 54.1 | -5.6 | |
Lib-Lab | George M. Ball | 3,988 | 45.9 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 711 | 8.2 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,687 | 77.8 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,159 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | 5,376 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Frederick Hutchinson | 2,887 | 34.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,489 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,263 | 69.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,856 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Frederick Hutchinson | 4,910 | 52.9 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Boyle | 4,376 | 47.1 | -18.0 | |
Majority | 534 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,286 | 74.0 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,543 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Courthope | 6,122 | 55.2 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Frederick Hutchinson | 4,964 | 44.8 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,158 | 10.4 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,086 | 86.3 | +16.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,842 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Courthope | 7,352 | 60.8 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | St John Hutchinson | 4,750 | 39.2 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 2,602 | 21.6 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,102 | 88.0 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Courthope | 6,673 | 59.9 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | St John Hutchinson | 4,461 | 40.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 2,212 | 19.8 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,134 | 81.0 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Courthope | 10,378 | 72.0 | +12.1 |
Liberal | George Ellis | 4,034 | 28.0 | -12.1 | |
Majority | 6,344 | 44.0 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,412 | 53.1 | -27.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Courthope | 10,922 | 59.3 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | George Ellis | 7,488 | 40.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 3,434 | 18.6 | -25.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,480 | 62.4 | +11.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -12.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Courthope | 11,167 | 53.6 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | George Ellis | 9,651 | 46.4 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 1,516 | 7.2 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,818 | 69.4 | +7.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Courthope | 14,871 | 67.1 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | George Ellis | 7,289 | 32.9 | -13.5 | |
Majority | 7,582 | 34.2 | +27.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,160 | 71.2 | +1.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Courthope | 18,061 | 56.9 | -10.2 | |
Liberal | William Stanley Osborn | 10,198 | 32.1 | -0.8 | |
Labour | George A. Greenwood | 3,505 | 11.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,863 | 24.8 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,764 | 72.2 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Courthope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Courthope | 22,604 | 71.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Dorothy Frances Osborn | 9,162 | 28.8 | New | |
Majority | 13,442 | 42.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,766 | 64.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cuthbert | 19,701 | 58.6 | -12.6 | |
Labour | B Simmons | 7,414 | 22.0 | New | |
Liberal | Ronald Ogden | 6,530 | 19.4 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 12,287 | 36.6 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,645 | 70.8 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 28,500 | 72.96 | ||
Labour | Trevor L Payne | 10,560 | 27.04 | ||
Majority | 17,940 | 45.92 | |||
Turnout | 39,060 | 73.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 27,465 | 64.8 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | John R Murray | 7,549 | 17.8 | New | |
Labour | Douglas Sidney Tilbé | 7,359 | 17.4 | -9.6 | |
Majority | 19,916 | 47.0 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,373 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 27,240 | 59.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Grenville Wellings | 10,264 | 22.6 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Anthony Edmund Arblaster | 8,014 | 17.6 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 16,976 | 37.2 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,518 | 77.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 27,056 | 58.6 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Grenville Wellings | 9,957 | 21.6 | -1.0 | |
Labour | David R Collins | 9,155 | 19.8 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 17,099 | 37.0 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,168 | 75.7 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 32,300 | 64.2 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Henry Arthur Fountain | 9,031 | 18.0 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | Robin Kenneth John Frederick Young | 8,947 | 17.8 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 23,269 | 46.2 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 50,278 | 73.0 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 33.591 | 57.9 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Douglas Roland S Moore | 17,456 | 30.1 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Robert W Harris | 6,967 | 12.0 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 16,135 | 27.8 | -18.4 | ||
Turnout | 58,014 | 80.8 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 30,511 | 56.9 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | Douglas Roland S Moore | 14,828 | 27.6 | -2.5 | |
Labour | David W Threlfall | 8,303 | 15.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 15,683 | 29.3 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,642 | 74.2 | -6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godman Irvine | 35,516 | 62.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Douglas Roland S Moore | 12,438 | 22.0 | -5.6 | |
Labour | Derek Smyth | 6,852 | 12.1 | -3.4 | |
Ecology | Anne Rix | 1,267 | 2.2 | New | |
National Front | T. Duesbury | 552 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 23,078 | 40.7 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,625 | 77.1 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
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