Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency)
Middlesbrough West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Riding of Yorkshire |
1918–1974 | |
Seats | One |
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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson * | 10,958 | 67.2 | ||
Labour | Charlie Cramp | 5,350 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 5,608 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,308 | 50.5 | |||
Registered electors | 32,286 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
* Thomson was issued with the Coalition Coupon but rejected it.
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | 16,811 | 69.4 | +2.2 | |
National Liberal | Harry Driffield Levick | 7,422 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,389 | 38.8 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,233 | 68.4 | +17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 35,448 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | 16,837 | 69.4 | 0.0 | |
Labour | J. D. White | 7,443 | 30.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,424 | 38.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,280 | 68.6 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 10,717 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Alonza Ellis | 10,628 | 36.0 | New | |
Unionist | Stanley Sadler | 8,213 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 89 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,558 | 83.2 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 14,674 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Alonza Ellis | 13,328 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Unionist | Albert E. Baucher | 8,137 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,346 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,139 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 26,011 | 66.61 | ||
Labour | Henry Kegie | 13,040 | 33.39 | ||
Majority | 12,971 | 33.32 | |||
Turnout | 39,051 | 85.02 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 13,689 | 36.18 | ||
Labour | Henry Kegie | 12,764 | 33.73 | ||
National Labour | William Arthur Spofforth | 11,387 | 30.09 | N/A | |
Majority | 925 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 37,840 | 79.39 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- Liberal: Frank Griffith
- National Labour: Thomas K. Briggs[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Bennett | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Cooper | 20,071 | 53.48 | New | |
Liberal | Don Bennett | 17,458 | 46.52 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,613 | 6.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,529 | 77.23 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Cooper | 21,593 | 46.31 | ||
Conservative | L Wright | 17,760 | 38.09 | New | |
Liberal | Philip Fothergill | 7,273 | 15.60 | ||
Majority | 3,833 | 8.22 | |||
Turnout | 46,626 | 86.42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 24,622 | 52.22 | ||
Labour Co-op | David Dunwoodie | 22,525 | 47.78 | ||
Majority | 2,097 | 4.44 | |||
Turnout | 47,147 | 86.29 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 25,495 | 58.44 | ||
Labour Co-op | Rita Alison Smythe | 18,134 | 41.56 | ||
Majority | 7,361 | 16.88 | |||
Turnout | 43,629 | 82.45 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 24,602 | 54.88 | ||
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 15,892 | 35.45 | ||
Liberal | George Wharton Ian Hodgson | 4,336 | 9.67 | New | |
Majority | 8,710 | 19.43 | |||
Turnout | 44,830 | 84.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 15,095 | 39.67 | +4.22 | |
Conservative | Bernard Connelly | 12,825 | 33.70 | −21.18 | |
Liberal | George Scott | 9,829 | 25.83 | +16.16 | |
Independent | Russell Ernest Eckley | 189 | 0.50 | New | |
Independent | Malcolm Thompson | 117 | 0.31 | New | |
Majority | 2,270 | 5.97 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,055 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,904 | 44.75 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Sumption | 18,759 | 42.17 | ||
Liberal | John Rettie | 5,816 | 13.08 | ||
Majority | 1,145 | 2.58 | |||
Turnout | 44,479 | 84.07 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 23,649 | 54.48 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 19,756 | 45.52 | ||
Majority | 3,893 | 8.96 | |||
Turnout | 43,405 | 81.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 22,374 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,986 | 49.56 | ||
Majority | 388 | 0.88 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,360 | 75.05 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 27 October 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Gateshead) Order 1955. SI 1960/451". Statutory Instruments 1960. Part III. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1961. pp. 2856–2857.
- ^ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 27 February 1939
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.