Spennymoor (UK Parliament constituency)

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Spennymoor
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by Durham and North West Durham
Created from Mid Durham and Bishop Auckland

Spennymoor was a county constituency centred on the town of Spennymoor in County Durham. 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 system from 1918 to 1950.

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History

Spennymoor was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election, comprising southern parts of the abolished Mid Division of Durham, including the communities of Brandon, Brancepeth, Tudhoe and Willington. Spennymoor was added from Bishop Auckland and Crook and Tow Law from Barnard Castle.

It was abolished for the 1950 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1948, with the bulk of the constituency being included in the re-established constituency of North West Durham, with the exception of the town of Spennymoor itself, which was transferred to Durham. [1]

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Samuel Galbraith Liberal
1922 Joseph Batey Labour
1942 James Murray Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Spennymoor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal *Samuel Galbraith 9,443 53.5
Labour Joseph Batey 8,19646.5
Majority1,2477.0
Turnout 17,63955.8
Registered electors 31,617
Liberal win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Spennymoor [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 13,766 50.3 +3.8
Unionist Robert Anthony Eden 7,56727.6New
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 6,04622.1−31.4
Majority6,19922.7N/A
Turnout 27,37981.2+25.4
Registered electors 33,710
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +17.6
General election 1923: Spennymoor [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 15,567 65.7 +15.4
Unionist William Appleby8,11634.3+6.7
Majority7,45131.4+8.7
Turnout 23,68369.7−11.5
Registered electors 33,962
Labour hold Swing +4.3
General election 1924: Spennymoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 17,211 63.0 −2.7
Unionist Herbert Conyers Surtees10,10137.0+2.7
Majority7,11026.0−5.4
Turnout 27,31278.3+8.6
Registered electors 34,865
Labour hold Swing −2.7
General election 1929: Spennymoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 20,858 71.8 +8.8
Unionist Francis Page Gourlay8,20228.2−8.8
Majority12,65643.6+17.6
Turnout 29,06072.7−5.6
Registered electors 39,961
Labour hold Swing +8.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Spennymoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 18,07256.22
Conservative Michael Dodds McCarthy14,07243.78
Majority4,00012.44
Turnout 32,14479.42
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Spennymoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Batey 21,47371.18
Conservative Michael Dodds McCarthy8,69628.82
Majority12,77742.36
Turnout 30,16974.37
Labour 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;

1942 Spennymoor by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Dixon Murray Unopposed N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Spennymoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Dixon Murray 22,58769.89
Conservative Frank Douglas Nicholson7,51023.24
Independent Charles Joseph French Savill2,2226.88New
Majority15,07746.65
Turnout 32,31979.76N/A
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. pp. 58–59. ISBN   0-900178-09-4. OCLC   539011.
  2. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1918". p. 496.
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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