Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County East Riding of Yorkshire
1885–1950
Number of members One
Replaced by Beverley
Created from East Riding of Yorkshire

Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 George Richard Bethell Conservative
1900 Arthur Stanley Wilson Conservative
1922 Audley Bowdler Liberal
1923 Sir Samuel Savery Unionist
1939 Gurney Braithwaite Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Bethell
General Election 1885: Holderness [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Richard Bethell 4,166 n/a
Liberal Gerard Smith 3,537 n/a
Majority 629 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Holderness [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Richard Bethell unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Holderness [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Richard Bethell 4,158 n/a
Liberal James Henry Anderson 3,693 n/a
Majority 465 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: Holderness [1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Richard Bethell 4,512
Liberal Bourchier Francis Hawksley 3,485
Majority 1,027
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Holderness [1][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,597
Liberal Allan James Lawrie 2,810
Majority 1,787
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1906: Holderness [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,441
Liberal E J Wilberforce 4,411
Majority 30
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Holderness [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 5,046 n/a
Independent Unionist 4,661 n/a
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Arnold
General Election December 1910: Holderness [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Stanley Wilson 4,861
Liberal Sydney Arnold 4,480
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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;

Fred Maddison
United Kingdom general election, 1918: Holderness
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 9,387
Liberal Frederick Maddison 5,521
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

United Kingdom general election, 1922: Holderness[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Audley Bowdler 11,479 52.9
Unionist Arthur Stanley Wilson 10,200 47.1
Majority 5.8
Turnout
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +
United Kingdom general election, 1923: Holderness [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Samuel Servington Savery 11,099 50.6 +3.5
Liberal William Audley Bowdler 10,846 49.4 -3.5
Majority 253 1.2 7.0
Turnout 78.1 -1.0
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.5
United Kingdom general election, 1924: Holderness[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Samuel Servington Savery 12,911 56.0 +5.4
Liberal Charles Neville Douglas Dixey 10,162 44.0 -5.4
Majority 2,749 12.0 +10.8
Turnout 23,073 81.1 +3.0
Unionist hold Swing +5.4
United Kingdom general election, 1929: Holderness[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Samuel Servington Savery 14,544 47.6 -8.4
Liberal Charles Neville Douglas Dixey 13,525 44.3 +0.3
Labour Joseph William Hewitt 2,481 8.1 n/a
Majority 1,019 3.3 -8.7
Turnout 80.1 -1.0
Unionist hold Swing -4.4

Election in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931: Holderness[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 21,560 61.7 +14.1
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,471 30.0 -14.3
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz 2,927 8.4 +0.3
Majority 11,089 31.7 +28.4
Turnout 34,958 81.8 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing +14.2
General Election, 14 November 1935: Holderness[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Samuel Servington Savery 22,229 53.6 -8.1
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 10,348 24.9 -5.1
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz 8,906 21.5 +13.1
Majority 11,901 28.7 -3.0
Turnout 41,503 72.2 -9.6
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
Holderness by-election, 1939 [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Gurney Braithwaite 17,742 39.4 -14.2
Liberal Aline Mackinnon 11,590 25.7 +0.8
Labour Joseph Leopold Schultz 9,629 21.3 -0.2
Independent Raleigh Chichester-Constable 6,103 13.5 n/a
Majority 13.7 -15.0
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing -7.5

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Holderness
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Gurney Braithwaite 25,181 43.13
Labour Frederick Lawson 23,036 39.46
Liberal Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford 10,165 17.41
Majority 2,145 3.67
Turnout 76.06
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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