Tynemouth and North Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tynemouth and North Shields
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Northumberland (now Tyne and Wear)
1832–1885
SeatsOne
Created from Northumberland
Replaced by Tynemouth

Tynemouth and North Shields was a parliamentary borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1832 and 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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Boundaries

The seat was created by the Reform Act 1832 under the name of Tynemouth. [1] However, in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, it is referred to as Tynemouth and North Shields. [2]

The constituency was based upon the communities of Tynemouth and North Shields, in the part of the historic county of Northumberland which has, since 1974, been part of the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear. Under the Boundaries Act, its contents were defined as:

The several Townships of Tynemouth, North Shields, Chirton, Preston and Cullercoats. [2] [3]

Tynemouth was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1849 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The borough covered the whole area east of Wallsend and south of Whitley Bay, including the less historic but more economically significant town of North Shields as well as smaller villages such as New York and Cullercoats.

Although there is no formal reference to Tynemouth and North Shields in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it became known as Tynemouth from that time. [4] There was no change to the boundaries.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1832 George Frederick Young Whig [5] [6] 1837: Unseated on petition
1837 Charles Edward Grey Whig [5] 1837: Declared duly elected on petition
1841 Henry Mitcalfe Whig [5]
1847 Ralph Grey Whig [7] [8] [9]
1852 Hugh Taylor Conservative Unseated and election declared void on petition
April 1853Writ suspended [10]
1854 by-election William Schaw Lindsay Whig [11] [12] 30 March 1854 by-election
1859 Hugh Taylor Conservative April 1861: Resigned
1861 by-election Richard Hodgson Conservative 23 April 1861 by-election
1865 George Trevelyan Liberal
1868 Thomas Eustace Smith Liberal Last MP for the constituency
Constituency abolished (1885)

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Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Tynemouth and North Shields [13] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Frederick Young 326 55.3
Whig Sanderson Ilderton26444.7
Majority6210.6
Turnout 59077.6
Registered electors 760
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: Tynemouth and North Shields [13] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Frederick Young Unopposed
Registered electors 660
Whig hold
General election 1837: Tynemouth and North Shields [13] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Frederick Young 269 51.5
Whig Charles Edward Grey 25348.5
Majority163.0
Turnout 52274.1
Registered electors 704
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Mitcalfe 295 58.1 +6.6
Conservative William Chapman [14] 21341.9New
Majority8216.2+13.2
Turnout 50871.7−2.4
Registered electors 709
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Ralph Grey Unopposed
Registered electors 789
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Taylor 340 50.9 New
Whig Ralph Grey 32849.1N/A
Majority121.8N/A
Turnout 66875.7N/A
Registered electors 883
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Taylor's election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election. [15]

By-election, 30 March 1854: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Schaw Lindsay 357 51.2 +2.1
Conservative Peter Dickson [16] 34048.8−2.1
Majority172.4N/A
Turnout 69776.8+1.1
Registered electors 908
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
General election 1857: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Schaw Lindsay Unopposed
Registered electors 1,048
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1859: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Taylor Unopposed
Registered electors 1,049
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s

Taylor's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 April 1861: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Hodgson 421 53.0 N/A
Liberal Arthur Otway [17] 37447.0New
Majority476.0N/A
Turnout 79574.7N/A
Registered electors 1,064
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Trevelyan 494 53.0 N/A
Conservative Richard Hodgson 43847.0N/A
Majority566.0N/A
Turnout 93273.3N/A
Registered electors 1,271
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1868: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 1,098 60.7 +7.7
Conservative Henry John Trotter [18] 71039.3−7.7
Majority38821.4+15.4
Turnout 1,80869.5−3.8
Registered electors 2,601
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 4,898
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Tynemouth and North Shields [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 2,844 67.1 N/A
Conservative Henry John Trotter [19] 1,39732.9New
Majority1,44734.2N/A
Turnout 4,24173.9N/A
Registered electors 5,736
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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