Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Grimsby
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Great Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire.
Location of North East Lincolnshire within England.
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	61,929 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of parliament	Melanie Onn (Labour)
Number of members	One (Two until 1832)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Great Grimsby is a constituency^{[n 1]} in North East Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since May 2015 by Melanie Onn of the Labour Party.^{[n 2][n 3]}

Current boundaries

The present constituency follows the boundaries of the old Borough of Great Grimsby, which was abolished when the former county of Humberside was divided into four unitary authorities in 1996. From the 2010 general election new boundaries took effect, but the Boundary Commission's review led only to minimal changes, aligning the constituency boundaries with present ward boundaries so the seat still has electoral wards:

• East Marsh, Freshney, Heneage, Park, Scartho, South, West Marsh and Yarborough.

History

The constituency has been represented since the first House of Commons was assembled in the Model Parliament of 1295, and it elected two MPs until 1832. Great Grimsby was established as a parliamentary borough in 1295, sending two burgesses, and has been continuously represented ever since. The town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, a market town, fishing port and seaport.

Freemen of the town had the right to vote, provided they were resident and paying scot and lot; in 1831 this amounted to just under 400 voters. The town corporation bestowed this status, as today, rarely on those bringing acclaim to the place, but it was routinely acquired through apprenticeship in the guilds and by inheritance; in Great Grimsby, unusually, the husband of a freeman's daughter or widow acquired the freedom.^{[n 4]}

In 1831, when the Reform Bill was being discussed in Parliament, the wives and daughters of the Great Grimsby freemen petitioned the House of Lords to retain their rights to pass on the vote to their future husbands and children. However, their concern to retain these rights may not have been rooted in any their family desiring to help choose the borough's MPs as a vote in Great Grimsby was a valuable commodity in a more mercenary sense, and the contemporary polemicist Oldfield considered that "This borough stands second to none in the history of corruption." At the start of the 18th century it was noted that Grimsby's "freemen did enter into treaties with several gentlemen in London, for sale of the choice of burgess to such as would give the most money". In 1701, the House of Commons overturned the election of one of Great Grimsby's MPs, William Cotesworth, for bribery and sent him to the Tower of London and temporarily suspended the borough's right to representation. Almost every election in Great Grimsby at this period was followed by a petition from defeated candidates alleging bribery, although that of 1701 seems to have been the only one which was acted upon.

Great Grimsby, like most boroughs except for the very largest, recognised a "patron" who could generally exercise influence over the choice of its MPs; at the time of the Great Reform Act of 1832, this was Lord Yarborough. However, the extent of the patron's power was limited in Great Grimsby, and the voters were quite prepared (at a price) to defy his advice. The patron could strengthen his position by providing employment to the freemen, as could his rivals. Jupp quotes two letters, one of 1818 and one of 1819, in which local agents advise the Tennyson family how best to do this in Grimsby so as to encroach on Lord Yarborough's influence:

"Build upon every spot of vacant ground you are possessed of... Thus you would give employment to a great number of freemen... Let Mr Heneage's estates^{[n 5]} be divided into fields of four or six acres; and let these, together with your own estates be placed in the hands of freemen to whom they would be an object of importance. Provide, if possible, small farms for the sons of Lord Yarbro's tenants."

(George Oliver to George Tennyson, 24 November 1818, quoted in Jupp)

On a less extravagant level, it is recorded that after Charles Tennyson was first elected in 1818 he presented a bottle of wine to each of the fathers of 92 local children about to be christened.

The General Election of 1831 in Grimsby was as notorious as in some of the rotten boroughs, the local Tories being accused of using a revenue cutter lying in the Humber to ply the Whig voters with drink and prevent them getting to the polls; the fact of the outcome standing led to a nationally well-known action by John Shelley for libel.

In 1831, the population of the borough was 4,008, and contained 784 houses. The Boundary Act in concert with the Reform Act enlarged the borough to include eight neighbouring parishes^{[n 6]}, brought the population up to 6,413 with 1,365 houses but the landed property aspect to the franchise was not reformed so this increased the electorate only to 656 so Great Grimsby lost one of its two seats. However, Grimsby's population and housing continued to grow and, unlike most of the boroughs that lost one seat in 1832 it has retained its existence, without taking up large swathes of the county.

The constituency underwent further significant boundary change in 1918 and 1950. In 1918, parishes that had joined, (Bradley, Great Coates, Little Coates, Laceby, Waltham, Weelsby and the adjoining neighbourhood/parish of Scartho) were detached to join Louth county constituency, and the seat ^{[n 7]} consisted of the county borough of Grimsby and the urban district (later borough) of Cleethorpes. In 1950, Cleethorpes was moved into the Louth county division, leaving the borough once more Grimsby alone. More recent boundary changes have only been adjustments to conform to changes at local government level.

Labour's Austin Mitchell won the seat in a 1977 by only 520 votes in a by-election caused by the death of the Foreign Secretary Tony Crosland. He held the seat until retiring in 2015. At the 2010 election Mitchell's majority was again reduced to three figures after a swing of over 10% to the Conservatives.

At the 2015 election, Great Grimsby was considered a target for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).^[2] UKIP had selected as their candidate the 2010 Conservative candidate, Victoria Ayling, who had switched parties since the previous election. Labour's candidate was Melanie Onn, while the Conservatives stood Marc Jones. In the event however, Onn was successful, increasing Mitchell's majority of 714 more than sixfold and enjoying a swing of 5.6% from the Conservatives, with UKIP finishing third.^[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

Year	First member	Second member
1330	Edmundus Rayner	Robertus Keilby[4]:109
1341	Johannes de Grymesby[4]:110
1346	Peter de la See[4]:115
1355	Johannes de Grymesby[4]:112
1365	Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1372	Johannes de Grymesby[4]:112
1377	Willielmus Wele[4]:113
1379	Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1382	Willielmus Grymesby[4]
1383	Petrus de Gryesby[4]:112
1385	Willielmus Wele[4]:113
1386	John Newland	William Elmsall[5]
1388 (Feb)	Robert Burton	William Paule[5]
1388 (Sep)	Geoffrey Askeby	Richard Barber[5]
1390 (Jan)	Richard Misen	Walter Slotheby[5]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Hesilden	William Welle[5]
1393	Robert Burton	John Kelby[5]
1394	Robert Burton	Walter Slotheby[5]
1395	Robert Burton	William Elmsall[5]
1397 (Jan)	Robert Burton	John Kelby[5]
1397 (Sep)
1399	Walter Slotheby	William Elmsall[5]
1401
1402	Richard White	John Kelby[5]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)	William Hosier	John Miles[5]
1406	William Lele	John Kelby[5]
1407	William Fosse	Simon Grimsby[5]
1411	William Fosse	John Thoresby[5]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Gilbert Keremond	Richard Duffield[5]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Roger Dale	Richard Duffield[5]
1415
1416 (Mar)	Roger Dale	Gilbert Keremond[5]
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419
1420	John Lufford	Richard Duffield[5]
1421 (May)	Simon Elkyngton	Roger Grainsby[5]
1421 (Dec)	Roger Dale	Richard Duffield[5]
1410
1448	Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1472	Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112	Hugo Eden[4]:115
1483	Hugo Eden[4]:115	Peter de la See[4]:115
1485	Stephen de la See[4]:118
1485	John Saynton	Thomas Pormard[6]
1487	John Saynton	John Moigne[6]
1494	Hugo Eden[4]:115
1496	John Heneage[4]:119
1509	Sir Robert Tyrwhitt[4]:115
1510	Sir William Tyrwhitt	Sir Robert Wingfield[7]
1512	George Barnardiston	Robert Vicars[7]
1515	Philip Hamby	William Hatcliffe[7]
1523	John Heneage	Robert Lord[7]
1529	Sir William Askew	John Heneage[7]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Richard Goodrich	?[7]
1545	Thomas Hussey	Richard Goodrich[7]
1547	Richard Goodrich	John Bellow[7]
1553 (Mar)	?
1553 (Oct)	George Heneage	John Bellow[7]
1554 (Apr)	Ambrose Sutton	John Bellow[7]
1554 (Nov)	John Bellow	Thomas Constable[7]
1555	John Bellow	Thomas Constable[7]
1558	John Bellow	Marmaduke Tyrwhitt[7]
1558/9	Sir Edward Warner	John Bellow[8]
1562/3	Christopher Wray	Edward Fitzgerald[8]
1571	Thomas St Poll	John Thymbleby[8]
1572	Thomas Moryson	Thomas Grantham[8]
1584 (Nov)	William Wray	Thomas Moryson[8]
1586 (Oct)	Tristram Tyrwhitt	Thomas Moryson[8]
1588/9	Thomas Moryson	Tristrsm Tyrwhitt[8]
1593	William Barne	Nicholas Saunderson[8]
1597 (Sep)	Thomas Hatcliffe	Thomas Ellis[8]
1601 (Oct)	Thomas Clinton alias Fiennes, Lord Clinton	Edward Skipwith[8]
1604	Sir William Wray	Sir George St Paul
1614	Sir John Wray	Richard Toothby
1621	Henry Pelham	Sir Christopher Wray
1624	Henry Pelham	Sir Christopher Wray
1625	Henry Pelham	Sir Christopher Wray
1626	Henry Pelham	William Skinner
1628	Henry Pelham	Christopher Wray
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
April 1640	Christopher Wray	Sir Gervase Hollis
November 1640	Christopher Wray	Sir Gervase Holles
1645	William Wray	Edward Rossiter
1654	William Wray	One seat only
1656	William Wray	One seat only
1659	William Wray	Edward Ayscough

MPs 1660–1832

Year		First member[9]	First party		Second member[9]	Second party
1660		Edward King			William Wray
1661		Gervase Holles			Adrian Scrope
1666					Sir Henry Belasyse, killed in duel, 1667	Royalist
October 1667					Sir Philip Tyrwhitt
November 1667					Sir Frescheville Holles
1673					William Broxholme
1675		Sir Christopher Wray
1679		George Pelham
1685		Sir Edward Ayscough			Sir Thomas Barnardiston
1690					John Chaplin
1695					Arthur Moore
1699		Thomas Vyner
January 1701					William Cotesworth
March 1701				Seat vacant[10]
December 1701		Arthur Moore
1702					John Chaplin
1705					William Cotesworth
1710					Robert Vyner
1713					William Cotesworth
1715		Robert Chaplin[11]			Joseph Banks
1721		Arthur Moore
1722		Benjamin Collyer			Charles Pelham
1727		John Page			George Monson
1734		Sir Robert Sutton			Robert Knight
1741		William Lock
1747					John Gore
1761		Hon. Henry Knight			Joseph Mellish
1762		Robert Knight, 1st Baron Luxborough[12]
1768		Colonel Anthony St Leger
1774		Francis Evelyn Anderson
1780		John Harrison			Francis Eyre
1784					Dudley Long[13]
1796		Ayscoghe Boucherett			William Mellish
1802					Colonel John Henry Loft[14]
March 1803					William Mellish
July 1803		Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham
1806					Hon. George Anderson-Pelham
1807					William Ellice
1808		Colonel John Henry Loft
1812		John Peter Grant			Sir Robert Heron, Bt
1818		John Nicholas Fazakerley			Charles Tennyson
1820		William Duncombe
1826		Charles Wood			George Fieschi Heneage
1830					George Harris
May 1831		John Villiers Shelley	Tory
August 1831		Henry Fitzroy			Lord Loughborough
1832	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1832

Election		Member[9]	Party
	1832	William Maxfield	Whig
	1835	Edward Heneage	Whig
	1852	The Earl Annesley	Conservative
	1857	Lord Worsley	Whig
	1859		Liberal
	1862 by-election	John Chapman	Conservative
	1865	John Fildes	Liberal
	1868	George Tomline	Liberal
	1874	John Chapman	Conservative
	1877 by-election	Alfred Watkin	Liberal
	1880	Edward Heneage	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Henri Josse	Liberal
	1893 by-election	Edward Heneage	Liberal Unionist
	1895	Sir George Doughty	Liberal
	1898 by-election		Liberal Unionist
	Jan 1910	Thomas Edward Wing	Liberal
	Dec 1910	Sir George Doughty	Liberal Unionist
	1914 by-election	Thomas George Tickler	Conservative
	1922	Tom Sutcliffe	Conservative
	1924	Sir Walter Womersley	Conservative
	1945	Kenneth Younger	Labour
	1959	Tony Crosland	Labour
	1977 by-election	Austin Mitchell	Labour
	2015	Melanie Onn	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Great Grimsby^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Melanie Onn	13,414	39.8	+7.1
	Conservative	Marc Jones	8,874	26.3	−4.2
	UKIP	Victoria Ayling	8,417	25.0	+18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Beasant	1,680	5.0	−17.4
	Green	Vicky Dunn	783	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Gary Calder	390	1.2	+1.2
	TUSC	Val O'Flynn	173	0.5	+0.5
Majority			4,540	13.5	+11.3
Turnout			33,731	57.7	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

General Election 2010: Great Grimsby^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	10,777	32.7	−14.4
	Conservative	Victoria Ayling	10,063	30.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew de Freitas	7,388	22.4	+3.1
	UKIP	Henry Hudson	2,043	6.2	+2.4
	BNP	Stephen Fyfe	1,517	4.6	+0.5
	Independent	Ernie Brown	835	2.5	N/A
	People's National Democratic Party	Adrian Howe	331	1.0	N/A
Majority			714	2.2	-21
Turnout			32,954	53.8	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	15,512	47.1	−10.8
	Conservative	Giles Taylor	7,858	23.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew de Freitas	6,356	19.3	+0.3
	BNP	Stephen Fyfe	1,338	4.1	N/A
	UKIP	Martin Grant	1,239	3.8	N/A
	Green	David Brooks	661	2.0	N/A
Majority			7,654	23.2
Turnout			32,964	51.7	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.7

General Election 2001: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	19,118	57.9	−1.9
	Conservative	James Cousins	7,634	23.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew De Freitas	6,265	19.0	+0.9
Majority			11,484	34.8
Turnout			33,017	52.3	−13.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Great Grimsby ^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	25,765	59.8	+8.8
	Conservative	Dean Godson	9,521	22.1	−14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew De Freitas	7,810	18.1	+5.3
Majority			16,244	37.7	+22.9
Turnout			43,096	66.3	−9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

General Election 1992: Great Grimsby^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	25,897	51.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Philip Jackson	18,391	36.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Frankish	6,475	12.8	−13.3
Majority			7,506	14.8	−2.2
Turnout			50,763	75.3	−0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	23,463	50.4
	Conservative	Francis Robinson	14,679	31.5
	Social Democratic	Paul Walter Genney	8,387	18.0
Majority			8,784	18.9
Turnout			46,529	74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	18,330	36.3
	Conservative	C.A. Hancock	17,599	34.9
	Social Democratic	P.W. Genney	14,552	28.8
Majority			731	1.5
Turnout			50,481	73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	26,282	52.03	+4.93
	Conservative	Robert Blair	20,041	39.68	+7.77
	Liberal	D.M. Rigby	3,837	7.60	-13.03
	Independent	J. Lennard	214	0.42	N/A
	National Front	J. Hayes	137	0.27	N/A
Majority			6,241	12.36	-2.82
Turnout			50,511	75.79	+6.43
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Grimsby by-election, 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Austin Mitchell	21,890	46.88	-0.22
	Conservative	Robert Blair	21,370	45.76	+13.85
	Liberal	Andrew de Freitas	3,128	6.7	-13.93
	Socialist Workers	Michael Stanton	215	0.5
	Sunshine Party	Peter Bishop	64	0.1
	Malcolm Muggeridge Fan Club	Max Nottingham	30	0.0
Majority			520	1.1	-14.06
Turnout			46,697
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	21,657	47.10
	Conservative	K.C. Brown	14,675	31.91
	Liberal	D.M. Rigby	9,487	20.63
	Independent Labour	J. McElrea	166	0.36
Majority			6,982	15.18
Turnout				69.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	21,585	42.83
	Conservative	K. Brown	15,914	31.58
	Liberal	D.M. Rigby	12,084	23.98
	Independent Conservative	P.H. Kale	816	1.62
Majority			5,671	11.25
Turnout				76.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election June 1970: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	23,571	52.52
	Conservative	Michael F. Spungin	17,460	38.90
	Liberal	Dilwyn J. Hardwidge	3,850	8.58
Majority			6,111	13.62
Turnout				68.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election February 1966: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	26,788	58.94
	Conservative	Patrick Thomas Cormack	18,662	41.06
Majority			8,126	17.88
Turnout				74.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1964: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	26,675	54.34
	Conservative	Wilfrid Pearson	21,577	45.66
Majority			4,098	8.67
Turnout				75.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election October 1959: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Anthony Raven Crosland	24,729	50.10
	Conservative	Wilfrid Pearson	24,628	49.90
Majority			101	0.20
Turnout				76.70
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1955: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Gilmour Younger	24,926	53.80
	Conservative	Lord Worsley	21,404	46.20
Majority			3,522	7.60
Turnout				73.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1951: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Gilmour Younger	29,462	56.58
	National Liberal	Charles W. Hewson	22,611	43.42
Majority			6,851	13.16
Turnout				82.01
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1950: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Gilmour Younger	28,906	56.24
	Conservative	J. Hall	22,494	43.76
Majority			6,412	12.47
Turnout				82.73
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election October 1945: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Gilmour Younger	28,484	60.10
	Conservative	Sir Walter James Womersley	18,841	39.81
Majority			9,643	20.38
Turnout				68.39
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election October 1935: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Walter James Womersley	25,470	51.75
	Labour	Henry A Brinton	23,743	48.25
Majority			1,727	3.51
Turnout				69.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1931: Great Grimsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter James Womersley	33,725	67.65
	Labour	GE Farmery	16,124	32.35
Majority			17,601	35.31
Turnout				69.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Grimsby ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Walter James Womersley	27,001	54.8	+3.4
	Labour	Ernest Marklew	22,254	45.2	+9.6
Majority			4,747	9.6	-6.2
Turnout				71.9	-4.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.1

General Election 1924: Grimsby^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Walter James Womersley	21,487	51.4	-1.0
	Labour	Charles Edwin Franklin	14,874	35.6	-12.0
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Wing	5,442	13.0	n/a
Majority			6,613	15.8	+11.0
Turnout				76.4	+14.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.5

General Election 1923: Grimsby ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Tom Sutcliffe	17,577	52.4	-10.1
	Labour	Charles Edwin Franklin	15,959	47.6	+10.1
Majority			1,618	4.8	-20.2
Turnout				62.2	-10.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.1

General Election 1922: Grimsby^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Tom Sutcliffe	23,726	62.5	+11.3
	Labour	Charles Edwin Franklin	14,227	37.5	+1.8
Majority			9,499	25.0	+7.5
Turnout				72.3	+15.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Grimsby^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Thomas George Tickler	13,688	51.2
	Labour	Charles Edwin Franklin	9,015	33.7	n/a
	Independent Unionist	James William Eason	2,791	10.4	n/a
	NFDDSS	H. J. F. Crosby	1,260	4.7	n/a
Majority			4,673	18.3	+16.7
Turnout			25,494	54.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

• endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government

General Election 1915 A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election.

• Unionist: Thomas George Tickler
• Liberal: James Whitely Wilkin

Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Great Grimsby by-election, 1914^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Thomas George Tickler	8,471	50.8	-1.5
	Liberal	Alfred Bannister	8,193	49.2	+1.5
Majority			278	1.6	-3.0
Turnout			16,664	80.5	-3.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-1.5

General Election December 1910: Grimsby^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	George Doughty	7,903	52.3
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Wing	7,205	47.7
Majority			698	4.6
Turnout			15,108	86.1
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

General Election January 1910 Grimsby^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Wing	7,772	51.1	+19.1
	Liberal Unionist	George Doughty	7,450	48.9	-1.3
Majority			322	2.2	20.4
Turnout				84.4	+5.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 Grimsby^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	George Doughty	6,349	50.2
	Liberal	Henry Hyman Haldinstein	4,040	32.0
	Labour	Thomas Proctor	2,248	17.8	n/a
Majority			2,309	18.2
Turnout				78.7
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1900 Grimsby^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	George Doughty	unopposed	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Great Grimsby by-election, 1898^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	George Doughty	4,940	59.3
	Liberal	Thomas Wintringham	3,189	38.3
	Independent Conservative	R.D. Melhuish	204	2.4	n/a
Majority			1,751	21.0
Turnout				67.7
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1895: Grimsby ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Doughty	4,347	51.1	+7.2
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Heneage	4,166	48.9	-7.2
Majority			181	2.2	14.4
Turnout				73.7	-0.3
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+7.2

Great Grimsby by-election, 1893^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Heneage	4,427	56.1
	Liberal	Henry Broadhurst	3,463	43.9
Majority			964	12.2
Turnout				74.0
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1892: Grimsby ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henri Josse	4,202	54.1	+7.1
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Heneage	3,566	45.9	-7.1
Majority			636	8.2	14.2
Turnout				75.3
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Grimsby ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Heneage	2,982	53.0
	Liberal	Thomas Sutherst	2,649	47.0
Majority			333	6.0
Turnout				65.0	-1.1
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Great Grimsby by-election, 1886^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Heneage	3,390	59.3	+3.1
	Conservative	Arthur Campbell Walker	2,330	40.7	-3.1
Majority			1,060	18.6	+6.2
Turnout				66.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1885: Grimsby ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Heneage	3,711		n/a
	Conservative	Arthur Campbell Walker	2,897		n/a
Majority			814	12.4	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes and references

Notes

References

Sources

• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• Peter Jupp, British and Irish Elections 1784-1831 (Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1973)
• T. H. B. Oldfield, The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1816)
• Edward Porritt and Annie G Porritt, The Unreformed House of Commons (Cambridge University Press, 1903)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
• Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)

Coordinates: 53°34′N 0°05′W / 53.56°N 0.08°W / 53.56; -0.08