Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°52′34″N 0°01′05″E / 50.876°N 0.018°E
Lewes | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Lewes in East Sussex. | |
County | East Sussex |
Electorate | 67,590 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of parliament | Maria Caulfield (Conservative) |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Lewes is a constituency[n 1] in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Maria Caulfield, a Conservative.
Boundaries and constituency profile
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Brighton, the Sessional Divisions of Hove and Worthing, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lewes and Steyning.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Lewes, the Urban Districts of Newhaven, Portslade-by-Sea, and Seaford, and the Rural Districts of Chailey, Newhaven, and Steyning East.
1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Lewes, the Urban Districts of Burgess Hill, Newhaven, and Seaford, the Rural District of Chailey, and parts of the Rural Districts of Cuckfield and Hailsham.
1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Lewes, the Urban Districts of Burgess Hill, Newhaven, and Seaford, the Rural District of Chailey, and part of the Rural District of Cuckfield.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Lewes, the Urban Districts of Newhaven and Seaford, the Rural District of Chailey, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham.
1983-1997: The District of Lewes, and the District of Wealden wards of Alfriston, Arlington, and East Dean.
1997-2010: The District of Lewes wards of Barcombe, Chailey, Ditchling, Hamsey, Kingston, Lewes Bridge, Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Newhaven Denton, Newhaven Meeching, Newhaven Valley, Newick, Ouse Valley, Plumpton, Ringmer, Seaford Central, Seaford East, Seaford North, Seaford West, and Wivelsfield, and the District of Wealden wards of Alfriston, Arlington, Polegate North, and Polegate South.
2010-present: The District of Lewes wards of Barcombe and Hamsey, Chailey and Wivelsfield, Ditchling and Westmeston, Kingston, Lewes Bridge, Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Newhaven Denton and Meeching, Newhaven Valley, Newick, Ouse Valley and Ringmer, Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St John Without, Seaford Central, Seaford East, Seaford North, Seaford South, and Seaford West, and the District of Wealden wards of Alfriston, East Dean, Polegate North, and Polegate South.
The constituency is centred on the town of Lewes, for which it is named. However, the constituency also covers most of the Lewes district, including the coastal towns of Seaford and Newhaven, and parts of the Wealden district which are rural and semi-rural and all in outer parts of the London Commuter Belt, though with a high number of people who have retired from across the country.[2]
History
The constituency of Lewes has existed since commoners were first summoned to Parliament in 1295, the Model Parliament. This is the county town, though less significant in population today, far surpassed by the City of Brighton and Hove — it has nonetheless been continuously represented since that date.
From 1874 the constituency's electorate in elections sent only Conservative MPs except between 1997 and 2015.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1660
- Constituency created 1295
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1295 | Gervasius de Wolvehope | Ricardus de Palmere[3] |
1297 | No return[3] | |
1298 | Gervasius de Wolvehope | Williemus Serverleg[3] |
1300/1 | Reginaldus de Combe | Rogerus Coppyng[3] |
1302 | Gervasius de Wolvehope | Ricardus le Palmere[3] |
1304/5 | Galfridus de Wolvehope | Walterus Nyng[3] |
1307 | Robertus le Bynt | Walterus le Fust[3] |
1309 | Simon Tring | Johannes Arnald[3] |
1311 | Simon Tring | Ricardus le Hurt[3] |
1313 (Jul) | Willielmus de la Chapele | Galfridus de Wolvehope[3] |
1313 (Sep) | Simon Tring | Johannes Gouman[3] |
1319 | Willielmus Walewere | Henricus de Rudham[3] |
1320 | Thomas atte Novene | Radulphus atte Lote[3] |
1322 (May) | Philippus le Mareschal | Thomas de Lofelde[3] |
1322 (Nov) | Robertus le Spicer | Ricardus le Poleter[3] |
1323 | Willielmus Walewere | Robertus le Spicer[3] |
1327 | No return[3] | |
1328 | Willielmus Darnel | Johannes le Bake[3] |
1329/30 | Walterus atte Markette | Ricardus le Hurt[3] |
1330 | Thomas Comyn | Stephanus le Boche[3] |
1331/2 | Thomas Comyn | Johannes Scoteryld[3] |
1333/4 | Robertus ?[3] | |
1334–1347 | No names known[3] | |
1348 | Ricardus Ploket | Johannes Payn[3] |
1350 | Willielmus Gardyner | Willielmus Darnel[3] |
1354 | Willielmus Darnel | Willielmus Gardiner[3] |
1355 | Willielmus Darnel | Willielmus Gardiner[3] |
1357/8 | Robertus atte Brouke | Ricardus Crompe[3] |
1360 | Thomas Lyndefelde | Willielmus Bocher[3] |
1360/1 | Ricardus Ferour de Lewes | Thomas Lyndefeld[3] |
1362 | Robertus Norton | Willielmus Swon[3] |
1363 | Willielmus Spicer | Thomas Norays[3] |
1366 | Willielmus Boteller | Stephanus Holte[3] |
1368 | Robertus de York | Robertus Norton[3] |
1369 | Robertus de York | Jacobus Ferrour[3] |
1371 | Henricus Werkeman[3] | |
1372 | Jacobus Ferour | Thomas Norays[3] |
1373 | Robertus de York | Stephanus Holte[3] |
1376/7 | Willielmus Spicer | Jacobus Ferour[3] |
1378 | Jacobus Ferour | Johannes Shereve[3] |
1379/80 | Robertus de York | Johannes Peyntour[3] |
1381 | Henricus Werkeman | Robertus Norton[3] |
1382 | Henricus Werkeman | Thomas Norrys[3] |
1382/3 | Stephanus Holte | Johannes Goderyk[3] |
1383 | Robertus de York | Willielmus Spicer[3] |
1384 | Thomas Norrys | Willielmus Spicer[3] |
1385 | Thomas Norris | Stephen Holt[3] |
1388 (Feb) | Stephen Holt | Thomas Norris[4] |
1388 (Sep) | Richard atte Gate | Walter Gosselyn[4] |
1390 (Jan) | ||
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | John Bedford | Thomas Norris[4] |
1393 | William Chepelond | John Godeman[4] |
1394 | ||
1395 | John Maryot | John Sadeler[4] |
1397 (Jan) | John Godeman | John Plomer[4] |
1397 (Sep) | John Godeman | John Maryot[4] |
1399 | William Chepelond | John Maryot[4] |
1401 | John Mason | John Maryot[4] |
1402 | Robert Bynt | John Maryot[4] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Roger Forster | William Green[4] |
1407 | Roger Forster | William Hyde[4] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Andrew Blake | John Maryot[4] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | John Hert | Robert Lytcombe[4] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | William Chepelond | William Northampton[4] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | John Gosselyn | John Parker[4] |
1419 | Andrew Blake | William Fagger[4] |
1420 | John Gosselyn | Thomas White[4] |
1421 (May) | William Fagger | William Northampton[4] |
1421 (Dec) | Thomas White | William Wodefold[4] |
1422 | William Vaggere | Andreas Mauffay[3] |
1423 | William Wodefold | Andreas Mafay[3] |
1425 | William Fagger | John Gosselyn[3] |
1425/6 | William Penbrugge | William Feret[3] |
1427 | John Godeman | Roger Forster[3] |
1429 | Thomas White | John Gosselyn[3] |
1430/1 | John Rodys | Richard Brasier[3] |
1432 | Thomas White | William Penbrygge[3] |
1433 | John Rodys | William Penbrygge[3] |
1435 | Thomas White | John Wody[3] |
1436/7 | William Thwaytes | John Hanmere[3] |
1441/2 | Edward Mylle | Giles Wodefold[3] |
1446/7 | Robert Wodefold | Thomas Best[3] |
1448/9 (Feb) | Giles Wodefold | William Godeman[3] |
1449 (Nov) | John Southwell | William Delve[3] |
1450 | John Southwell | John Beckwith[3] |
1452/3 | John Parker | John Southwell[3] |
1459 | Richard Fairegoo | Thomas Sherman[3] |
1460 | John Beckwith | Thomas Best[3] |
1467 | Thomas Lewknor | John Sherman[3] |
1472 | Christopher Furnes | William Cook[3] |
1477/8 | William Cooke | John Baker[3] |
1510–1523 | No names known[5] | |
1529 | Sir Edward Bray | John Batenore[5] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | John Kyme | ?[5] |
1545 | ? | |
1547 | Sir Walter Mildmay | Sir Anthony Cooke[5] |
1553 (Mar) | John Southcote | Thomas Gravesend[5] |
1553 (Oct) | Sir Henry Hussey | George Darrell[5] |
1554 (Apr) | Robert Gage | George Darrell[5] |
1554 (Nov) | John Stempe | John Morley[5] |
1555 | William Devenish | Thomas Gravesend[5] |
1558 | John Gage | William Peterson[5] |
1558/9 | George Goring I | Thomas Saunder[6] |
1562/3 | George Goring I | William Cantrell[6] |
1571 | William Morley | Edward Fenner[6] |
1572 | Edward Bellingham | John Shirley[6] |
1584 | Richard Browne | Thomas Pelham[6] |
1586 | Richard Browne | Francis Alford[6] |
1588 | Robert Sackville | John Shirley[6] |
1593 | Sir Henry Glemham | George Goring II[6] |
1597 | Sir Henry Glemham | John Shirley[6] |
1601 | George Goring II | Goddard Pemberton, sat for Peterborough and replaced by Sir Percival Hart[6] |
1604 | John Shirley | Sir Henry Nevill |
1614 | Christopher Neville | Richard Amhurst |
1621 | Sir George Goring | Richard Amhurst |
1624 | Sir George Goring | Christopher Newell |
1625 | Sir George Goring | Sir George Rivers |
1626 | Sir George Goring | Sir George Rivers |
1628 | Anthony Stapley | Sir George Goring |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640 (Apr) | Anthony Stapley, sat for Sussex replaced by Herbert Morley[7] | James Rivers |
1641 | Herbert Morley | Henry Shelley |
1645 | Herbert Morley | Henry Shelley |
1648 | Herbert Morley | Henry Shelley |
1653 | Lewes not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Henry Shelley | (one seat only) |
1656 | Anthony Stapley | (one seat only) |
1659 | Herbert Morley | Richard Boughton |
MPs 1660–1868
Election | 1st Member[8] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[8] | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1660 | Nizel Rivers | Sir John Stapley | ||||
1661 | Sir Thomas Woodcock | |||||
Feb 1679 | William Morley | Richard Bridger | ||||
Aug 1679 | Thomas Pelham | |||||
1695 | Henry Pelham | |||||
Jan 1701 | Sir Thomas Trevor | |||||
Nov 1701 | Henry Pelham | |||||
Jul 1702 | Richard Payne | |||||
Nov 1702 | Sir Nicholas Pelham | |||||
1705 | Thomas Pelham | |||||
May 1708 | Peter Gott | |||||
Dec 1708 | Samuel Gott | |||||
1710 | Peter Gott | |||||
1712 | John Morley Trevor | |||||
1719 | Philip Yorke | |||||
1722 | Henry Pelham | |||||
1726 | Sir Nicholas Pelham | |||||
1727 | Thomas Pelham | |||||
1738 | John Trevor | |||||
1741 | Thomas Pelham | |||||
1743 | Sir John Shelley | Sir Francis Poole | ||||
1747 | Thomas Sergison | |||||
1763 | William Plumer | |||||
1766 | Lord Edward Bentinck | |||||
1768 | Thomas Hampden | Thomas Hay | ||||
1774 | Sir Thomas Miller, Bt | |||||
1780 | Henry Pelham | Thomas Kemp | ||||
1796 | John Cressett-Pelham | |||||
1802 | Henry Shelley | Lord Francis Osborne | ||||
1806 | Thomas Kemp | |||||
1811 | Thomas Read Kemp | |||||
1812 | Sir George Shiffner | |||||
1816 | John Shelley | |||||
1826 | Thomas Read Kemp | Liberal | ||||
1831 | Sir Charles Blunt, Bt | Liberal | ||||
1837 | Henry Fitzroy | Conservative | ||||
1840 | Viscount Cantelupe | Conservative | ||||
1841 | Summers Harford | Liberal | Sir Howard Elphinstone | Liberal | ||
1842 | Henry Fitzroy | Peelite | ||||
1847 | Robert Perfect | Liberal | ||||
1852 | Henry Brand | Liberal | ||||
1860 | John George Blencowe | Liberal | ||||
1865 | Lord Pelham | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Representation reduced to one |
MPs since 1868
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Kelly-Marie Blundell | ||||
Conservative | Maria Caulfield | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Caulfield | 19,206 | 38.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 18,123 | 35.9 | -16.1 | |
UKIP | Ray Finch | 5,427 | 10.7 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 5,000 | 9.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Alfie Stirling | 2,784 | 5.5 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 50,540 | 72.7 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 26,048 | 52.0 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Jason Sugarman | 18,401 | 36.7 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Hratche Koundarjian | 2,508 | 5.0 | −4.3 | |
UKIP | Peter Charlton | 1,728 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Susan Murray | 729 | 1.5 | −0.8 | |
BNP | David Lloyd | 594 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Ondrej Soucek | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,647 | 15.3 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,088 | 72.9 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 24,376 | 52.4 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Rory Love | 15,902 | 34.2 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Richard Black | 4,169 | 9.0 | +1.7 | |
Green | Susan Murray | 1,071 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | John Petley | 1,034 | 2.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 8,474 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 46,552 | 69.4 | 0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 25,588 | 56.3 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Sinnatt | 15,878 | 34.9 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Paul Richards | 3,317 | 7.3 | −3.3 | |
UKIP | John Harvey | 650 | 1.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 9,710 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,433 | 68.5 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 21,250 | 43.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 19,950 | 40.6 | −10.8 | |
Labour | Mark Patton | 5,232 | 10.6 | +2.4 | |
Referendum | Lucille Butler | 2,481 | 5.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Harvey | 256 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,300 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 49,169 | 76.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 33,042 | 54.6 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 20,867 | 34.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Alison Chapman | 5,758 | 9.5 | +0.7 | |
Green | A. E. Beaumont | 719 | 1.2 | −0.5 | |
Natural Law | N. F. Clinch | 87 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,175 | 20.1 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 60,473 | 81.8 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 32,016 | 56.8 | −1.8 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Bellotti | 18,396 | 32.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Ralph Philip Taylor | 4,973 | 8.8 | +0.3 | |
Green | Andrew Godfrey Purvis Sherwood | 970 | 1.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 13,620 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 56,355 | 77.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 29,261 | 58.4 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Bellotti | 15,357 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Debbie Sander | 4,244 | 8.5 | ||
Ecology | Reginald Patrick Charles Mutter | 1,221 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 13,904 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,083 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 33,992 | 58.42 | ||
Liberal | G. Hook | 12,279 | 21.10 | ||
Labour | T. Forrester | 11,152 | 19.17 | ||
National Front | B. Webb | 764 | 1.31 | ||
Majority | 21,713 | 37.32 | |||
Turnout | 58,187 | 76.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 27,588 | 51.87 | ||
Liberal | G. Hook | 13,741 | 25.84 | ||
Labour | J. F. Little | 11,857 | 22.29 | ||
Majority | 13,847 | 26.04 | |||
Turnout | 53,186 | 73.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
New constituency boundaries.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 30,423 | 52.94 | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Holt | 16,166 | 28.13 | ||
Labour | J. F. Little | 10,875 | 18.92 | ||
Majority | 14,257 | 24.81 | |||
Turnout | 57,464 | 80.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 33,592 | 58.34 | ||
Labour | Quintin Barry | 14,904 | 25.88 | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Holt | 9,083 | 15.77 | ||
Majority | 18,688 | 32.46 | |||
Turnout | 57,579 | 72.79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 27,529 | 53.44 | ||
Labour | Roy Ellison Manley | 14,561 | 28.32 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Arthur Dowden | 9,328 | 18.14 | ||
Majority | 12,968 | 25.22 | |||
Turnout | 51,418 | 76.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 26,818 | 55.30 | ||
Labour | Reginald Edgar Fitch | 12,757 | 26.30 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Arthur Dowden | 8,924 | 18.40 | ||
Majority | 14,061 | 28.99 | |||
Turnout | 48,499 | 76.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 29,642 | 69.41 | ||
Labour | William Reay | 13,065 | 30.59 | ||
Majority | 16,577 | 38.82 | |||
Turnout | 42,707 | 75.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 24,938 | 66.80 | ||
Labour | John Lloyd-Eley | 12,392 | 33.20 | ||
Majority | 12,546 | 33.61 | |||
Turnout | 37,330 | 74.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 34,345 | 66.78 | ||
Labour | Albert William Briggs | 17,082 | 33.22 | ||
Majority | 17,263 | 33.57 | |||
Turnout | 51,478 | 78.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 30,430 | 58.50 | ||
Labour | Albert William Briggs | 15,023 | 28.88 | ||
Liberal | Florinda Kingdon-Ward | 6,565 | 12.62 | ||
Majority | 15,407 | 29.62 | |||
Turnout | 80.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 26,176 | 51.26 | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Oram | 18,511 | 36.25 | ||
Liberal | Peter Cadogan | 6,374 | 12.48 | ||
Majority | 7,665 | 15.01 | |||
Turnout | 71.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 14,646 | |||
Labour | Alban Godwin Gordon | 7,557 | |||
Majority | 7,089 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John de Vere Loder | 24,644 | 70.01 | ||
Labour | Frank Rivers Hancock | 10,559 | 29.99 | ||
Majority | 14,085 | 40.01 | |||
Turnout | 64.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John de Vere Loder | 25,181 | 81.29 | ||
Labour | Frank Rivers Hancock | 5,795 | 18.71 | ||
Majority | 19,386 | 62.58 | |||
Turnout | 70.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 15,230 | 53.7 | -19.0 | |
Labour | Alban Goodwin Gordon | 7,698 | 27.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Plunket Woodgate | 5,452 | 19.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,532 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 70.4 | +5.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 13,399 | 72.7 | ||
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 5,043 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | 8,356 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 64.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 9,584 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 6,112 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal | H Williams | 2,718 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 3,472 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Robert Campion | 9,474 | 59.6 | -8.4 | |
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 6,422 | 40.4 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 3,052 | 19.2 | -16.8 | ||
Turnout | 58.1 | -6.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Robert Campion | 11,345 | 68.0 | ||
Labour | Hugh Millier Black | 5,328 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 6,017 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 64.6 | +9.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | *William Robert Campion | 7,792 | 62.8 | ||
Labour | Tom Pargeter | 4,164 | 33.6 | ||
Independent | Albert Edward Gardiner | 452 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 3,628 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.1 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
* endorsed by the Coalition Government
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ 2001 Census
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