Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)
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Colchester | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Colchester in Essex. | |
Location of Essex within England. | |
County | Essex |
Electorate | 73,638 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Will Quince (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Colchester North, South Colchester and Maldon |
1295–1983 | |
Number of members | one (two 1295-1885) |
Replaced by | Colchester North and Colchester South & Maldon |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Colchester is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Will Quince, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Constituency profile
4 Members of Parliament
4.1 MPs 1295–1640
4.2 MPs 1640–1885
4.3 Notes
4.4 MPs 1885–1983
4.5 MPs since 1997
5 Elections
5.1 Elections in the 2010s
5.2 Elections in the 2000s
5.3 Elections in the 1990s
5.4 Elections in the 1970s
5.5 Elections in the 1960s
5.6 Elections in the 1950s
5.7 Elections in the 1940s
5.8 Elections in the 1930s
5.9 Elections in the 1920s
6 Election results 1885-1918
6.1 Elections in the 1880s
6.2 Elections in the 1890s
6.3 Elections in the 1900s
6.4 Elections in the 1910s
7 Election results 1832-1885
7.1 Elections in the 1840s
7.2 Elections in the 1850s
7.3 Elections in the 1860s
7.4 Elections in the 1870s
7.5 Elections in the 1880s
8 See also
9 Notes and references
10 Sources
History
The borough has sent representatives to Parliament since the Model Parliament of 1295: two members were sent until 1885, when representation was reduced to one, being one of 36 English boroughs and three Irish boroughs to which this occurred under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.[2]
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Colchester, and the Rural District of Lexden and Winstree except the detached part of the civil parish of Inworth which was wholly surrounded by the civil parishes of Great Braxted and Kelvedon.
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Colchester, the Urban District of West Mersea, and the Rural District of Lexden and Winstree.
1997-2010: The Borough of Colchester wards of Berechurch, Castle, Harbour, Lexden, Mile End, New Town, Prettygate, St Andrew's, St Anne's, St John's, St Mary's, Shrub End, and Stanway.
2010-present: The Borough of Colchester wards of Berechurch, Castle, Christ Church, Harbour, Highwoods, Lexden, Mile End, New Town, Prettygate, St Andrew’s, St Anne’s, St John’s, and Shrub End.
The present Colchester constituency most closely resembles the old seat of Colchester North, which was held by the Conservative Bernard Jenkin from 1992 to 1997.
Constituency profile
Once the basis for one or two semi-rural seats, the modern-day Colchester constituency is a compact, urban core, containing the town centre and surrounding neighbourhoods.
The seat has one of Britain's largest residential military populations. The non-military vote in Colchester swang further in favour of the Liberal Democrats since 1997 when Bob Russell stood. He was elected for the party with a small majority. Russell increased his votes and percentage share in three elections. In the 2010 election this was the only non-Conservative seat in Essex. Russell was defeated in the 2015 general election by Conservative Will Quince, by a 11.5% majority. In the 2017 election Quince was re-elected by a decreased margin by percentage (10.6%) yet increased votes (102 votes more) in an election where turnout nationally had greatly increased — the seat saw a 19.1% increase in the Labour vote in 2017, a Labour candidate had last achieved second place in the area in 1979, with the seat now becoming a somewhat marginal contest between them and the Conservatives.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1312 | Joseph Elianore | |
1386 | Thomas Francis | Ralph Algar[3] |
1388 (Feb) | Thomas Francis | Simon Fordham[3] |
1388 (Sep) | Ralph Algar | Simon Fordham[3] |
1390 (Jan) | Thomas Francis | Simon Fordham[3] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Thomas Francis | John Christian[3] |
1393 | William Mate | John Christian[3] |
1394 | ||
1395 | Thomas Francis | John Christian[3] |
1397 (Jan) | Henry Boss | John Seaburgh[3] |
1397 (Sep) | ||
1399 | Thomas Francis | Thomas Godstone[3] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Henry Boss | Thomas Godstone[3] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Henry Boss | William Mate[3] |
1407 | Thomas Godstone | William Mate[3] |
1410 | ||
1411 | Thomas Godstone | John Pod[3] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Thomas Godstone | Thomas Francis[3] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | Thomas Godstone | Simon Mate[3] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | John Ford | John Sumpter[3] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | Thomas Godstone | John Ford[3] |
1419 | Thomas Godstone | John Sumpter[3] |
1420 | Thomas Godstone | John Kimberley[3] |
1421 (May) | Thomas Godstone | John Kimberley[3] |
1421 (Dec) | Thomas Godstone | William Nottingham[3] |
1485 | Thomas Christmas | John Vertue[4] |
1510 | No names known[5] | |
1512 | ?John Clere | ?John Makin[5] |
1515 | ?John Clere | ?John Makin[5] |
1523 | Thomas Audley | Ambrose Lowth[5] |
1529 | Sir John Raynsford | Richard Rich[5] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | John Lucas | Benjamin Clere[5] |
1547 | John Ryther | John Lucas[5] |
1553 (Mar) | Sir Francis Jobson | ?John Lucas[5] |
1553 (Oct) | John Lucas | John Best[5] |
1554 (Apr) | Sir Francis Jobson | William Cardinall[5] |
1554 (Nov) | George Sayer | Robert Browne[5] |
1555 | Sir Francis Jobson | John Hering[5] |
1558 | George Christmas | Thomas Lucas [5] |
1559 | Sir Francis Jobson | William Cardinall[6] |
1562/3 | Sir Francis Jobson | William Cardinall[6] |
1571 | Henry Golding | Francis Harvey[6] |
1572 | Robert Christmas | Henry Golding, died and repl, 1576 by Nicholas Clere, who alao died and was repl. 1579 by Robert Middleton[6] |
1584 | James Morice | Francis Harvey[6] |
1586 | James Morice | Francis Harvey[6] |
1588 | James Morice | Arthur Throckmorton[6] |
1593 | James Morice | Martin Bessell[6] |
1597 | Richard Symnell | Robert Barker[6] |
1601 | Robert Barker | Richard Symnell[6] |
1604–1611 | Robert Barker | Edward Alford |
1614 | Robert Barker | Edward Alford |
1621–1622 | Edward Alford | William Towse |
1624 | Edward Alford | William Towse |
1625 | Sir Robert Quarles | William Towse |
1626 | Edward Alford | William Towse |
1628 | Sir Thomas Cheek | Edward Alford repl. on petition by Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet |
1639–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1640–1885
Year | First member[7] | First party | Second member[7] | Second party | |||
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April 1640 | (Sir) Harbottle Grimston[mpnotes 1] | Parliamentarian | Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet | ||||
November 1640 | Sir Thomas Barrington | Parliamentarian | |||||
September 1644 | Barrington died September 1644 - seat vacant | ||||||
1645 | John Sayer | ||||||
December 1648 | Grimston excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Sayer not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | |||||
1653 | Colchester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | ||||||
1654 | Colonel John Barkstead | John Maidstone | |||||
1656 | Henry Lawrence | ||||||
January 1659 | Abraham Johnson | John Shaw | |||||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||||||
April 1660 | Sir Harbottle Grimston | John Shaw | |||||
1679 | Sir Walter Clarges, Bt | ||||||
1681 | Samuel Reynolds | ||||||
1685 | Sir Walter Clarges | Nathaniel Lawrence | |||||
1689 | Samuel Reynolds | Isaac Rebow | |||||
1690 | Edward Cary | ||||||
1692 | Sir Isaac Rebow | ||||||
1694 | Sir Thomas Cooke | ||||||
1695 | Sir John Morden, Bt | ||||||
1698 | Sir Thomas Cooke | ||||||
May 1705 | Edward Bullock | ||||||
December 1705 | Sir Thomas Webster, Bt[mpnotes 2] | ||||||
1711 | William Gore | ||||||
1713 | Sir Thomas Webster, Bt | ||||||
1714[mpnotes 3] | William Gore | Nicholas Corsellis | |||||
1715 | Richard Du Cane | Whig | Sir Isaac Rebow | Whig | |||
1722 | Sir Thomas Webster | Whig | Matthew Martin | Whig | |||
1727 | Stamp Brooksbank | Whig | Samuel Tufnell | Whig | |||
1734 | Isaac Lemyng Rebow | Whig | Matthew Martin | Whig | |||
1735 | Jacob Houblon | Tory | |||||
1741 | John Olmius | ||||||
1742[mpnotes 4] | Samuel Savill | Charles Gray[mpnotes 5] | Tory | ||||
1747 | Richard Savage Nassau | ||||||
1754 | John Olmius | ||||||
1755 | Isaac Martin Rebow | Whig | |||||
1761 | Charles Gray | Tory | |||||
1780 | Sir Robert Smyth, Bt | Radical Whig | |||||
1781 | Christopher Potter[mpnotes 6] | ||||||
1782 [mpnotes 6] | Sir Edmund Affleck, Bt[mpnotes 7] | ||||||
April 1784 | Christopher Potter[mpnotes 8] | ||||||
July 1784 | Sir Robert Smyth, Bt | Radical | |||||
1788 | George Tierney | Radical | |||||
1790 | Robert Thornton | Tory[8] | George Jackson | Tory | |||
1796 | The Lord Muncaster | Tory | |||||
1802 | John Denison | Tory | |||||
1806 | William Tufnell | Whig | |||||
1807 | Richard Hart Davis | Tory[8] | |||||
1812 | Hart Davis | Tory | |||||
1817 | Sir William Burroughs, Bt | Tory | |||||
February 1818 | James Beckford Wildman | Tory[8] | |||||
June 1818 | Daniel Whittle Harvey[mpnotes 9] | Radical[8] | |||||
1820 | Henry Baring | Tory | |||||
1826 | Daniel Whittle Harvey | Radical[8] | Sir George Smyth, Bt | Tory[8] | |||
1829 | Richard Sanderson | Tory[8] | |||||
1830 | Andrew Spottiswoode[mpnotes 10] | Tory[8] | |||||
1831 | William Mayhew | Whig[8] | |||||
1832 | Richard Sanderson | Tory[8] | |||||
1834 | Conservative[8] | ||||||
1835 | Sir George Smyth, Bt | Conservative[8] | |||||
1847 | Joseph Hardcastle | Whig[9][10][11] | |||||
1850 | Lord John Manners | Conservative | |||||
1852 | William Warwick Hawkins | Conservative | |||||
February 1857 | John Gurdon Rebow | Radical[12][13][14] | |||||
March 1857 | Taverner John Miller | Conservative | |||||
1859 | Philip Oxenden Papillon | Conservative | |||||
1865 | John Gurdon Rebow | Liberal | |||||
1867 | Edward Karslake | Conservative | |||||
1868 | William Brewer | Liberal | |||||
1870 | Alexander Learmonth | Conservative | |||||
1874 | Herbert Mackworth-Praed | Conservative | |||||
1880 | Richard Causton | Liberal | William Willis | Liberal | |||
1885 | Representation reduced to one member |
Notes
^ Succeeded to a baronetcy, April 1648
^ Webster and Rebow were re-elected in 1714, but on petition the result was reversed and Gore declared to have been duly elected instead, following a dispute over whether foreigners could be made freemen of the borough and thereby acquire voting rights
^ Webster was re-elected in 1710, but on petition the result was reversed and Gore and Corsellis declared to have been duly elected instead, following a further dispute over foreign freemen's voting rights
^ At the election of 1741, Olmius and Martin were returned as elected, but on petition their election was declared void and their opponents, Savill and Gray, declared elected in their place
^ At the election of 1754, Gray was re- elected, but on petition his election was declared void and his opponent, Rebow, declared elected in his place
^ ab On petition, Potter's election was declared void on the grounds of defective qualification and his opponent, Affleck, declared duly elected
^ Admiral from 1784
^ On petition, Potter was declared ineligible on the grounds of bankruptcy, and a writ for a new election was issued
^ Harvey was re-elected in 1820 but on petition his election was declared void on the grounds of defective qualification and a by-election was held
^ On petition, Spottiswoode's election was declared void and a by-election was held
MPs 1885–1983
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Henry John Trotter | Conservative | |
1888 | Lord Brooke | Conservative | |
1892 | Herbert Naylor-Leyland | Conservative | |
1895 | Weetman Pearson | Liberal | |
1910 | Laming Worthington-Evans | Conservative | |
1929 | Oswald Lewis | Conservative | |
1945 | George Smith | Labour | |
1950 | Cuthbert Alport | Conservative | |
1961 | Antony Buck | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
MPs since 1997
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Bob Russell | Liberal Democrat | |
2015 | Will Quince | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Will Quince | ||||
Labour | Tina McKay |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Will Quince | 24,565 | 45.9 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Tim Young | 18,888 | 35.3 | +19.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 9,087 | 17.0 | -10.5 | |
Green | Mark Goacher | 828 | 1.5 | -3.6 | |
Christian Peoples | Robin Rennie[16] | 177 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 5,677 | 10.6 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,545 | 66.9 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Will Quince | 18,919 | 38.9 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 13,344 | 27.5 | −20.5 | |
Labour | Jordan Newell | 7,852 | 16.2 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | John Pitts | 5,870 | 12.1 | +9.2 | |
Green | Mark Goacher | 2,499 | 5.1 | +3.6 | |
Christian Peoples | Ken Scrimshaw | 109 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 5,575 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,593 | 65.5 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | 7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 22,151 | 48.0 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Will Quince | 15,169 | 32.9 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Jordan Newell | 5,680 | 12.3 | −7.9 | |
UKIP | John Pitts | 1,350 | 2.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Sidney Chaney | 705 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Lynn | 694 | 1.5 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Eddie Bone | 335 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Peoples Party Essex | Garryck Noble | 35 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Shaw | 20 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,982 | 15.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,139 | 62.3 | +5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 21,145 | 47.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bentley | 14,868 | 33.1 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Laura Bruni | 8,886 | 19.8 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 6,277 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,899 | 56.8 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 18,627 | 42.6 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bentley | 13,074 | 29.9 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Christopher Fegan | 10,925 | 25.0 | −5.6 | |
UKIP | Roger Lord | 631 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Grey Party | Leonard Overy-Owen | 479 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,553 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,736 | 56.1 | −13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Russell | 17,886 | 34.4 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Stephan Shakespeare | 16,335 | 31.4 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Rod Green | 15,891 | 30.5 | +6.4 | |
Referendum | John Hazell | 1,776 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Loretta Basker | 148 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,551 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 52,036 | 69.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 36,740 | 52.93 | ||
Labour | Bob Russell | 22,877 | 32.96 | ||
Liberal | M Gage | 9,794 | 14.11 | ||
Majority | 13,863 | 19.97 | |||
Turnout | 76.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 27,693 | 44.45 | ||
Labour | David Whytock | 22,193 | 35.62 | ||
Liberal | D Christian | 12,421 | 19.94 | ||
Majority | 5,500 | 8.83 | |||
Turnout | 76.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 29,072 | 43.38 | ||
Labour | David Whytock | 22,210 | 33.14 | ||
Liberal | DW Thomas | 15,737 | 23.48 | ||
Majority | 6,862 | 10.24 | |||
Turnout | 82.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 30,562 | 52.57 | ||
Labour | John G Bartlett | 20,325 | 34.96 | ||
Liberal | Peter S Watts | 7,248 | 12.47 | ||
Majority | 10,237 | 17.61 | |||
Turnout | 77.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 24,320 | 45.60 | ||
Labour | Michael Meacher | 23,305 | 43.69 | ||
Liberal | Peter S Watts | 5,714 | 10.71 | ||
Majority | 1,015 | 1.90 | |||
Turnout | 82.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 23,319 | 46.03 | ||
Labour | Charles Williams | 19,780 | 39.04 | ||
Liberal | Eric W Rodnight | 7,566 | 14.93 | ||
Majority | 3,539 | 6.99 | |||
Turnout | 82.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Buck | 17,891 | 47.14 | -4.46 | |
Labour | John Wilson Fear | 12,547 | 33.06 | -2.81 | |
Liberal | Howard Fry | 7,487 | 19.74 | +7.26 | |
Majority | 5,344 | 14.09 | -1.65 | ||
Turnout | 37,925 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cuthbert Alport | 24,592 | 51.63 | ||
Labour | Joan I. Edmonson | 17,096 | 35.89 | ||
Liberal | Peter M Linfoot | 5,942 | 12.48 | ||
Majority | 7,496 | 15.74 | |||
Turnout | 82.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cuthbert Alport | 24,796 | 55.48 | ||
Labour Co-op | Norman R Thomas | 19,898 | 44.52 | ||
Majority | 4,898 | 10.96 | |||
Turnout | 80.49 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cuthbert Alport | 25,063 | 54.16 | ||
Labour | Xenia Field | 21,217 | 45.84 | ||
Majority | 3,846 | 8.31 | |||
Turnout | 84.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cuthbert Alport | 21,403 | 46.50 | ||
Labour | Charles Delacourt-Smith | 20,472 | 44.47 | ||
Liberal | David Goldblatt | 4,157 | 9.03 | ||
Majority | 931 | 2.02 | |||
Turnout | 86.77 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Delacourt-Smith | 16,587 | 45.31 | ||
Conservative | Oswald Lewis | 14,123 | 38.58 | ||
Liberal | George Alexander Routledge | 5,899 | 16.11 | ||
Majority | 2,464 | 6.73 | |||
Turnout | 73.87 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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;
Conservative: Oswald Lewis
Labour: Charles Delacourt-Smith
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oswald Lewis | 19,915 | 58.65 | ||
Labour | Hubert Beaumont | 14,039 | 41.35 | ||
Majority | 5,876 | 17.31 | |||
Turnout | 74.63 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oswald Lewis | 22,285 | 67.51 | ||
Labour | Edward Aylmer Digby | 10,725 | 32.49 | ||
Majority | 11,560 | 35.02 | |||
Turnout | 76.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Oswald Lewis | 13,411 | 40.3 | −16.3 | |
Labour | Richard Reiss | 12,809 | 38.5 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | William Elliston | 6,896 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Independent Unionist | C.C. Gray | 172 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 602 | 1.8 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,288 | 79.4 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 41,947 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Laming Worthington-Evans | 14,283 | 56.6 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Richard Reiss | 10,953 | 43.4 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 3,330 | 13.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,236 | 78.8 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 32,009 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Laming Worthington-Evans | 10,535 | 43.4 | −13.3 | |
Labour | Richard Reiss | 8,316 | 34.2 | −9.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Horne Goldfinch | 5,430 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,219 | 9.2 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,281 | 78.2 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 31,058 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Laming Worthington-Evans | 13,142 | 56.7 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Richard Reiss | 10,045 | 43.3 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 3,097 | 13.4 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,187 | 77.9 | +17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 29,779 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Election results 1885-1918
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry John Trotter | 2,044 | 52.1 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Richard Causton | 1,878 | 47.9 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 166 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,922 | 92.5 | +4.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 4,241 | ||||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry John Trotter | 1,996 | 54.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Richard Causton | 1,701 | 46.0 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 295 | 8.0 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,697 | 87.2 | -5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,241 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Trotter's death a caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Greville | 2,126 | 55.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | William Brampton Gurdon | 1,687 | 44.2 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 439 | 11.6 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,813 | 86.3 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,417 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Naylor-Leyland | 2,173 | 50.7 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Weetman Pearson | 2,112 | 49.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.4 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,285 | 85.7 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,000 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Weetman Pearson | 2,559 | 52.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | John Medlicott Vereker | 2,296 | 47.3 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 263 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,855 | 92.4 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,257 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Weetman Pearson | 2,475 | 52.2 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Samuel Norris | 2,270 | 47.8 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 205 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,745 | 90.3 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,257 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Weetman Pearson | 2,548 | 52.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Trevenen Holland | 2,274 | 47.2 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 274 | 5.6 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,822 | 85.1 | -5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,663 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Weetman Pearson | 3,122 | 52.6 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Laming Worthington-Evans | 2,812 | 47.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 310 | 5.2 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,934 | 92.3 | +7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,426 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laming Worthington-Evans | 3,717 | 56.0 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Frederick Whitley-Thomson | 2,926 | 44.0 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 791 | 12.0 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 91.9 | -0.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laming Worthington-Evans | 3,489 | 54.8 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Edgar Vincent | 2,874 | 45.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 615 | 9.6 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 88.1 | -3.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Unionist: Laming Worthington-Evans
Liberal: Arthur Horne Goldfinch[33]
Labour: Robert Morley[34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Laming Worthington-Evans | 11,186 | 61.1 | +6.3 |
Labour | Andrew Conley | 7,112 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,074 | 22.2 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,298 | 60.2 | −27.9 | ||
Registered electors | 30,372 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election results 1832-1885
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Sanderson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Smyth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,176 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Smyth | 678 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Joseph Hardcastle | 596 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Sanderson | 531 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 903 (est) | 71.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,258 | ||||
Majority | 82 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 65 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Smyth's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Manners | 622 | 61.5 | −5.5 | |
Whig | George Wingrove Cooke[36][37][38] | 389 | 38.5 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 233 | 23.0 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,011 (est) | 80.9 (est) | +9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,250 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Manners | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Warwick Hawkins | 686 | 36.7 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | John Manners | 615 | 32.9 | +3.5 | |
Whig | Joseph Hardcastle | 468 | 25.1 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Thoby Prinsep[39] | 98 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 147 | 7.9 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 934 (est) | 74.2 (est) | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,258 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.7 |
Manners resigned to contest the 1852 by-election in North Leicestershire, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Gurdon Rebow | 563 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Taverner John Miller | 462 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Radical | William Rawdon Havens[40][41][42] | 7 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 101 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,032 (est) | 80.5 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,282 | ||||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Taverner John Miller | 599 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Radical | John Gurdon Rebow | 581 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Radical | William Rawdon Havens | 48 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 18 | 1.5 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 614 (est) | 47.9 (est) | −26.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,282 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Taverner John Miller | 651 | 36.8 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Oxenden Papillon | 598 | 33.8 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | John Gurdon Rebow | 518 | 29.3 | −18.0 | |
Majority | 80 | 4.5 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 884 (est) | 70.3 (est) | +22.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,257 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.2 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gurdon Rebow | 691 | 36.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Taverner John Miller | 640 | 33.8 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Philip Oxenden Papillon[43] | 561 | 29.7 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 51 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,292 (est) | 91.9 (est) | +21.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Miller resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Karslake | 675 | 53.0 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | William Brewer | 598 | 47.0 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 77 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,273 | 90.6 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gurdon Rebow | 1,467 | 27.2 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | William Brewer | 1,417 | 26.3 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Karslake | 1,284 | 23.8 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Alexander Learmonth | 1,217 | 22.6 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 133 | 2.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,693 (est) | 90.7 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,183 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
Rebow's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Learmonth | 1,363 | 61.5 | +15.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Knight Storks[44] | 853 | 38.5 | −15.0 | |
Majority | 510 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,216 | 70.5 | −20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,145 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Learmonth | 1,515 | 28.0 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Herbert Mackworth-Praed | 1,407 | 26.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | William Brewer | 1,279 | 23.6 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Richard Causton | 1,218 | 22.5 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 128 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,710 (est) | 85.1 (est) | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,183 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Causton | 1,738 | 26.5 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | William Willis | 1,650 | 25.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Alexander Learmonth | 1,648 | 25.1 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Francis Jeune[45] | 1,529 | 23.3 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,283 (est) | 88.4 (est) | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,713 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex
Notes and references
- Notes
^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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