Richmond (Yorks) | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire 1974– North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 83,219 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley |
1885–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Richmond and Northallerton |
1585–1885 | |
Seats | 1585–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Richmond (Yorks) was a constituency [note 1] in North Yorkshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1910 to 2024 by members of the Conservative Party. The final MP for Richmond was Rishi Sunak, a Prime Minister and Conservative leader. [note 2] [2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, it will be reformed as Richmond and Northallerton , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [3]
The constituency was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, which has held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader William Hague held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts of Leader of the Opposition (1997–2001), Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and Leader of the House of Commons (2014–2015). His successor, Rishi Sunak, served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 to July 2022 and has served as Prime Minister since October 2022, whilst Hague's predecessor, Leon Brittan, served as Home Secretary. The constituency thus produced three consecutive MPs who served in the Great Offices of State, two of whom served as Leader of the Conservative Party.
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The constituency consisted of, in the west, the entire Richmondshire district and, in the east, the northern part of Hambleton District. It was a mostly rural seat with a mostly affluent population. [note 3]
Richmond was one of the parliamentary boroughs in the Unreformed House of Commons that dates to the middle of its long existence, first being represented in 1585. Medieval royal charters had specifically exempted the town from sending members to Parliament; [4] at the time this was often seen as an expensive burden.
By the early eighteenth century it was controlled by the Yorke and Darcy families, who each nominated a member; the Darcys gained control in the 1760s and shortly afterwards the interest was purchased by Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet, along with the Aske estate. [5] The Dundases or their nominees would retain control of the borough's representation for many years; there was no contested election between 1722 and 1839 and then not another until 1866. The last Dundas family member would not retire from the seat until 1885. During this period the seat was a safe one for the Whigs and later the Liberals; since around 1918 it has been a safe seat for the Conservative Party, with majorities often more than 40%.
From 1983 the seat was represented by the cabinet minister Leon Brittan, after boundary changes saw his Cleveland and Whitby seat abolished; however he resigned from the Commons in December 1988 in order to take up the position of vice-president of the European Commission.
The ensuing by-election, in February 1989, was won by William Hague: it was the last by-election won by a Conservative candidate during the Conservative Governments of 1979–1997. Hague's win has been attributed in part to the decision by the remnants of the Social Democratic Party (those members that objected to the merger with the Liberal Party the previous year) to contest the election as well as the newly merged Social and Liberal Democrats (who subsequently renamed themselves the Liberal Democrats). The SDP candidate, local farmer Mike Potter, came second, and Hague's majority of 2,634 was considerably smaller than the number of votes (11,589) for the SLD candidate, Barbara Pearce. Despite the Labour landslide of 1997, they did not come close to winning the seat, which stayed Conservative with a majority of 10,000. Hague retained the seat at every general election from then on, building the Conservative majority to 23,336, until his decision to step down at the 2015 election.
In 1992 the Labour candidate until a few weeks before the election, David Abrahams, was deselected following a series of rows within the local party over his personal life and business interests. It emerged in 2007 that he used the name "David Martin" when dealing with tenants in his various rental properties in the Newcastle area, [6] and that he had claimed that he lived with his wife and son, though he had never been married. Divorcee Anthea Bailey later told a local newspaper she and her 11-year-old son had posed as Mr Abrahams' family as part of a business arrangement so that Abrahams could create "the right impression". [7] [8]
At the 2001 general election Richmond became the Conservatives' safest seat in the UK, both in terms of the actual numerical majority and by percentage, the seat being held by William Hague, then the Conservative leader. Although the numerical majority was surpassed by Buckingham at the 2005 election, Richmond has a smaller electorate and had a greater proportion of Conservative voters so retained the second-largest percentage majority. Again in 2010 Richmond was the safest Conservative seat in the country in terms of numerical and percentage majority [9] , though by 2019 it had slipped out of the top 15 safest Conservative seats [10] . It was represented since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. [2]
1918–1950: The Borough of Richmond, the Urban Districts of Kirklington-cum-Upsland, Masham, and Northallerton, and the Rural Districts of Aysgarth, Bedale, Croft, Leyburn, Northallerton, Reeth, Richmond, Startforth, and Stokesley.
1950–1955: The Borough of Richmond, the Urban District of Northallerton, and the Rural Districts of Aysgarth, Croft, Leyburn, Masham, Northallerton, Reeth, Richmond, Startforth, and Stokesley.
1955–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–1997: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Appleton Wiske, Bedale, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Carlton Miniott, Crakehall, Great Ayton, Hillside, Leeming, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton North East, Northallerton South East, Northallerton West, Osmotherley, Romanby, Romanby Broomfield, Rudby, Sowerby, Stokesley, Swainby, Tanfield, The Cowtons, The Thorntons, Thirsk, Topcliffe, and Whitestonecliffe.
1997–2010: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Appleton Wiske, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Great Ayton, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton North East, Northallerton South East, Northallerton West, Osmotherley, Romanby, Romanby Broomfield, Rudby, Stokesley, Swainby, and The Cowtons.
2010–2024: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Bedale, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Cowtons, Crakehall, Great Ayton, Leeming, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton Broomfield, Northallerton Central, Northallerton North, Osmotherley, Romanby, Rudby, Stokesley, Swainby, and Tanfield.
The Richmond constituency covered the Richmondshire district and the northern part of the Hambleton District. It is a mostly affluent rural area with a significant commuter population, covering parts of the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, including Wensleydale and Swaledale. It contained the market towns of Northallerton, Richmond, Leyburn, Bedale, Hawes and Stokesley, along with Great Ayton and other villages. It also includes the largest army base in Europe, Catterick Garrison.
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1584 | John Pepper | Marmaduke Wyvill [11] |
1586 | Robert Bowes | Samuel Coxe [11] |
1588 | James Dale | John Smythe [11] |
1593 | Talbot Bowes | John Pepper [11] |
1597 | Marmaduke Wyvill | Cuthbert Pepper [11] |
1601 | Cuthbert Pepper | Talbot Bowes [11] |
1604 | Sir John Savile | Richard Percevall |
1614 | Sir Talbot Bowes | Sir William Richardson |
1621 | Sir Talbot Bowes | William Bowes |
1624 | John Wandesford | Christopher Pepper |
1625 | Christopher Wandesford | Sir Talbot Bowes |
1626 | Christopher Wandesford | Matthew Hutton |
1628 | Sir Talbot Bowes | James Howell |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 36,693 | 63.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Kirkwood | 9,483 | 16.4 | −7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Knowles | 6,989 | 12.1 | +6.2 | |
Green | John Yorke | 2,500 | 4.3 | +1.2 | |
Yorkshire | Laurence Waterhouse | 1,077 | 1.9 | −1.8 | |
Independent | Nick Jardine | 961 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 27,210 | 47.2 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,703 | 69.9 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 36,458 | 63.9 | +12.5 | |
Labour | Dan Perry | 13,350 | 23.4 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tobie Abel | 3,360 | 5.9 | −0.5 | |
Yorkshire | Chris Pearson | 2,106 | 3.7 | New | |
Green | Fiona Yorke | 1,739 | 3.1 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 23,108 | 40.5 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 57,013 | 70.5 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 27,744 | 51.4 | −11.4 | |
UKIP | Matthew Cooke | 8,194 | 15.2 | New | |
Labour | Mike Hill | 7,124 | 13.2 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Harris | 3,465 | 6.4 | −12.7 | |
Independent | John Blackie | 3,348 | 6.2 | New | |
Green | Leslie Rowe | 2,313 | 4.3 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Robin Scott | 1,811 | 3.4 | New | |
Majority | 19,550 | 36.2 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,999 | 64.7 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −13.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Hague | 33,541 [note 4] | 62.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Meredith | 10,205 | 19.1 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Eileen Driver | 8,150 | 15.3 | −5.3 | |
Green | Leslie Rowe | 1,516 | 2.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 23,336 | 43.7 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,412 | 67.2 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hague | 26,722 | 59.1 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Neil Foster | 8,915 | 19.7 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Bell | 7,982 | 17.7 | −0.2 | |
Green | Leslie Rowe | 1,581 | 3.5 | New | |
Majority | 17,807 | 39.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,200 | 65.0 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hague | 25,951 | 58.9 | +10.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Fay Tinnion | 9,632 | 21.9 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Forth | 7,890 | 17.9 | −0.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Boney Steniforth | 561 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 16,319 | 37.0 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,034 | 67.4 | −6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hague | 23,326 | 48.9 | −13.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Steven Merritt | 13,275 | 27.8 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Harvey | 8,773 | 18.4 | −7.3 | |
Referendum | Alex Bentley | 2,367 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,051 | 21.1 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,741 | 73.4 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −13.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hague | 40,202 | 61.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Irwin | 16,698 | 25.7 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Ross Cranston | 7,523 | 11.6 | −0.2 | |
Independent | A. Michael Barr | 570 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 23,504 | 36.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 64,993 | 78.4 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hague | 19,543 | 37.2 | -24.0 | |
SDP | Mike Potter | 16,909 | 32.2 | New | |
SLD | Barbara Pearce | 11,589 | 22.1 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Frank Robson | 2,591 | 4.9 | -6.9 | |
Green | Robert Upshall | 1,473 | 2.8 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 167 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Anthony Millns | 113 | 0.2 | New | |
Corrective Party | Lindi St Clair | 106 | 0.2 | New | |
Liberal | Nicholas Watkins | 70 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,634 | 5.0 | -29.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,561 | 64.4 | -7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leon Brittan | 34,995 | 61.2 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | David Lloyd-Williams | 15,419 | 27.0 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Frank Robson | 6,737 | 11.8 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 19,576 | 34.2 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,151 | 72.1 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leon Brittan | 32,373 | 62.6 | ||
Liberal | David Raw | 14,307 | 27.7 | ||
Labour Co-op | Barbara Hawkins | 4,997 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | 18,066 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,677 | 68.7 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 28,958 | 61.5 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | G. Hodgson | 9,964 | 21.1 | -2.3 | |
Labour | Ken Bratton | 8,173 | 17.4 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 18,994 | 40.4 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,095 | 72.1 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 23,156 | 56.9 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | P. Waudby | 9,528 | 23.4 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Ian Wilkie | 8,025 | 19.7 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 13,628 | 33.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,709 | 65.7 | -9.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 26,994 | 58.2 | -4.6 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth May Graham | 11,727 | 25.3 | -0.9 | |
Labour | Edward Pearce | 7,659 | 16.5 | -9.7 | |
Majority | 15,267 | 32.9 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,380 | 75.5 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 30,471 | 62.8 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Michael Aldrich | 12,702 | 26.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | John R. Smithson | 5,354 | 11.0 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 17,769 | 36.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,527 | 68.4 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 23,541 | 56.6 | -2.3 | |
Labour | W. Patrick Lisle | 10,210 | 24.6 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg | 7,824 | 18.8 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 13,331 | 32.0 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,575 | 71.3 | -4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 25,345 | 58.9 | -16.5 | |
Labour | Gordon A. Knott | 8,908 | 20.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg | 8,787 | 20.4 | New | |
Majority | 16,437 | 38.2 | -12.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,040 | 75.6 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Kitson | 28,270 | 75.44 | ||
Labour | Mabel McMillan | 9,203 | 24.56 | ||
Majority | 19,067 | 50.88 | |||
Turnout | 37,473 | 71.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | 24,979 | 73.57 | ||
Labour | Richard Hoyle | 8,974 | 26.43 | ||
Majority | 16,005 | 47.14 | |||
Turnout | 33,953 | 67.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | 26,231 | 70.62 | ||
Labour | Richard Hoyle | 10,915 | 29.38 | ||
Majority | 15,316 | 41.24 | |||
Turnout | 37,146 | 74.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | 22,999 | 59.20 | ||
Labour | F.W. Beaton | 8,694 | 22.38 | ||
Liberal | Douglas Eugene Moore | 7,157 | 18.42 | ||
Majority | 14,305 | 36.82 | |||
Turnout | 38,850 | 74.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | 18,332 | 52.87 | -24.1 | |
Liberal | M.W. Darwin | 9,427 | 27.19 | New | |
Labour | George Henry Metcalfe | 6,104 | 17.60 | -5.1 | |
Common Wealth | Roy Norman Chesterton | 813 | 2.34 | New | |
Majority | 8,905 | 25.68 | -28.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,676 | 68.38 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | 25,088 | 77.03 | ||
Labour | Alfred Jonathan Best | 7,369 | 22.70 | New | |
Majority | 17,719 | 54.33 | |||
Turnout | 32,457 | 68.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dugdale | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Dugdale | 19,763 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Dixon Hinks | 14,634 | 42.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,129 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,397 | 79.4 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murrough Wilson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murrough Wilson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Murrough Wilson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roundell Palmer | 375 | 81.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Henry Roberts | 87 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 288 | 62.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 462 | 71.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Palmer resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor and being elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Selborne.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lawrence Dundas | 314 | 57.9 | -42.1 | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke [51] [52] | 228 | 42.1 | New | |
Majority | 86 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 542 | 79.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 682 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Dundas succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Zetland.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dundas | 313 | 54.7 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke | 259 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 54 | 9.4 | −53.0 | ||
Turnout | 572 | 81.0 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 706 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dundas | 447 | 75.8 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | George Swinburne-King [53] | 143 | 24.2 | New | |
Majority | 304 | 51.6 | +42.2 | ||
Turnout | 590 | 84.8 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 696 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Milbank | 4,869 | 53.0 | −22.8 | |
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,320 | 47.0 | +22.8 | |
Majority | 549 | 6.0 | −45.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,189 | 81.8 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,237 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −22.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,810 | 55.5 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Edmund Turton | 3,859 | 44.5 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 951 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,669 | 77.1 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,237 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 4,340 | 50.9 | -4.6 | |
Liberal | Edmund Turton | 4,181 | 49.1 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 159 | 1.8 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,521 | 79.9 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hutton | 4,555 | 53.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Edmund Turton | 3,971 | 46.6 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 584 | 6.8 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,526 | 79.9 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hutton | 4,573 | 59.5 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Howard | 3,117 | 40.5 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 1,456 | 19.0 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,690 | 74.2 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,369 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 4,470 | 50.6 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Lawrence Dundas | 4,368 | 49.4 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 102 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,838 | 87.4 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,112 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Orde-Powlett | 5,246 | 55.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 4,163 | 44.2 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,409 | 89.7 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,485 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Orde-Powlett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Murrough Wilson | 9,857 | 66.8 | N/A |
National Farmers Union | William Parlour | 4,907 | 33.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,950 | 33.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,764 | 48.1 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Lawrence Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 273 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Alexander Speirs | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 278 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Alexander Speirs | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 272 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Dundas succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Zetland and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Lawrence Dundas | 162 | 66.9 | ||
Conservative | Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont | 80 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 82 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 242 | 85.2 | |||
Registered electors | 284 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Speirs resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 276 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 276 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Colborne's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Rich was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Marmaduke Wyvill | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 283 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Marmaduke Wyvill | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 243 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Marmaduke Wyvill | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 342 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marmaduke Wyvill | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Rich | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 327 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Rich's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roundell Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Palmer was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roundell Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roundell Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 316 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Dundas' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marmaduke Wyvill | 213 | 94.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Henry Roberts [59] | 13 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 200 | 88.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 226 | 71.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 316 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Lawrence Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Lawrence Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 273 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
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