Howden (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1983
Howden | |
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Former
County constituency
for the House of Commons |
|
County | Yorkshire |
1955 – 1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Beverley and Bridlington |
Replaced by | Boothferry , Selby , Bridlington and Ryedale [1] |
For the similarly named current constituency, see
Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)
.
53°44′49″N 0°51′54″W / 53.747°N 0.865°W / 53.747; -0.865
Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was created for the 1955 general election , made up largely of the constituency of Beverley (losing some territory in the south to Haltemprice , and taking some in the east from Bridlington ).
The Howden constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election .
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Driffield and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Derwent, Driffield, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | Paul Bryan | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Boothferry |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 26,550 | 56.0 | +9.0 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Shields | 12,006 | 25.3 | -10.2 | |
Labour | A. B. Davenport | 8,827 | 18.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 14,544 | 30.7 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,383 | 74.4 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 19,583 | 47.0 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | S. Haywood | 14,803 | 35.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | F. H. V. Lewis | 7,271 | 17.5 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 4,780 | 11.5 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,657 | 72.4 | -6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 21,892 | 48.8 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | S. Haywood | 15,681 | 35.0 | +17.1 | |
Labour | J. Kirkwood | 7,259 | 16.2 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 6,211 | 13.8 | -18.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,832 | 78.6 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 22,102 | 57.0 | +6.4 | |
Labour | John W. R. Graham | 9,567 | 24.7 | -2.2 | |
Liberal | James Francis Crossley | 6,951 | 17.9 | -4.6 | |
Independent | Tonderai Makoni | 154 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,535 | 32.3 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,774 | 70.8 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 17,701 | 50.6 | -2.6 | |
Labour | G. McNamara | 9,421 | 26.9 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | John J. MacCullum | 7,885 | 22.5 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 8,280 | 23.7 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,007 | 71.8 | -4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 19,367 | 53.2 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | John O K Crawford | 9,067 | 24.9 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Allan Day | 7,974 | 21.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,300 | 28.3 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,408 | 75.9 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 20,681 | 57.7 | -0.5 | |
Labour | John Rhodes | 7,809 | 21.8 | -4.1 | |
Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 7,384 | 20.6 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 12,872 | 35.9 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,874 | 75.8 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bryan | 20,487 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Robert W. Bowes | 9,088 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | William Derek Ramsdale | 5,575 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 11,399 | 32.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,150 | 73.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Michael Kinnear, The British Voter: An Atlas and Survey Since 1885 (London: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd., 1981, 2nd ed.)
- ↑ " 'Howden', Feb 1974 - May 1983" . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016 . Retrieved 23 March 2016 .
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- ↑ UK General Election results: May 1979
- ↑ UK General Election results: October 1974
- ↑ UK General Election results: February 1974
- ↑ UK General Election results: 1970
- ↑ UK General Election results: March 1966
- ↑ UK General Election results: October 1964
- ↑ UK General Election results: October 1959
- ↑ UK General Election results: May 1955