Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)

Morpeth
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1553–1983
Number of members 1553–1832: two
1832–1983: one
Replaced by Wansbeck and Berwick-upon-Tweed[1]

Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

1553–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1553 (Oct)John WatsonWilliam Ward[2]
1554 (Apr) Thomas BatesWilliam Ward [2]
1554 (Nov)Sir Henry Percy William Ward [2]
1555 ?Cuthbert Horsley ?Thomas Bates [2]
1558 Robert Wheatley Thomas Bates [2]
1558/9 William Ward Nicholas Purslow[3]
1562 (Dec) William Ward Arthur Welshe [3]
1571 Francis Gawdy Nicholas Mynn [3]
1572 (Apr) Sir George Bowes died
and replaced Dec 1580 by Richard Drake		 Richard Wroth[3]
1584 William Carey George Gifford [3]
1586 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Anthony Felton [3]
1588/9 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Henry Noel [3]
1593 Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth,
sat for Callington, replaced by Edmund Bowyer		 Francis Tyndale [3]
1597 (Sep) Robert Printis Thomas Carleton [3]
1601 (Oct) George Savile John Browne [3]
1604–1611 Sir Christopher Perkins John Hare
1614 William Button Arnold Herbert
1621–1622 Robert Brandling John Robson
Robson declared ineligible, being a priest
replaced by Ralph Fetherstonhaugh
1624 Sir Thomas Reynell Sir William Carnaby
1625 Sir Thomas Reynell Sir Anthony Herbert
1626 Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes
1628 Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes
1629–1640 No Parliaments convened

1640–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
November 1640 Sir William CarnabyRoyalist John FenwickRoyalist
August 1642 Carnaby disabled from sitting – seat vacant
January 1643 Fenwick disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645 Hon. John Fiennes George Fenwick
December 1648 Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Morpeth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Robert Delaval Robert Mitford
May 1659 Morpeth was unrepresented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Thomas Widdrington jnr (died May 1660) Ralph Knight
June 1660 Sir George Downing
1661 Henry Widdrington
1666 Edward Howard
1679 Daniel Collingwood
1685 Sir Henry Pickering Theophilus Oglethorpe
1689 Charles Howard Roger Fenwick
1692 George Nicholas
1695 Sir Henry Belasyse
1698 Philip Howard Whig
January 1701 William Howard
May 1701 Sir Richard Sandford
December 1701 Emanuel Scrope Howe Whig Sir John Delaval
1705 Sir Richard Sandford Edmund Maine
1708 Sir John Bennett
1710 Christopher Wandesford
1713 Sir John Germain Oley Douglas
1715 Viscount Morpeth The Viscount Castlecomer [4]
1717 Hon. George Carpenter
1727 Thomas Robinson
1734 Sir Henry Liddell
1738 Henry Furnese
1741 Robert Ord
1747 Viscount Limerick
1754 Thomas Duncombe Tory
1755 Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
1761 Viscount Garlies Whig
1768 Peter Beckford Sir Matthew White Ridley
1774 Francis Eyre [5] Peter Delmé
1775 Hon. William Byron
1776 Gilbert Elliot
1777 John William Egerton Tory
1780 Anthony Morris Storer
1784 Major Sir James Erskine [6] Whig
1790 Francis Gregg
1795 Viscount Morpeth
1796 William Huskisson Tory
1802 William Ord Whig
1806 Hon. William Howard
1826 Viscount Morpeth
1830 Hon. William Howard
1832 representation reduced to one member

1832–1983

YearMemberParty
1832 Frederick George Howard Liberal
1834 Edward Howard Liberal
1837 Granville Leveson-Gower Liberal
1840 Edward Howard Liberal
1853 Sir George Grey Liberal
1874 Thomas Burt Liberal
1918 John Cairns Labour
1923 Robert Smillie Labour
1929 Ebenezer Edwards Labour
1931 Godfrey Nicholson Conservative
1935 Robert Taylor Labour
1954 Will Owen Labour
1970 George Grant Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Morpeth [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt unopposed n/a
Lib-Lab hold Swing n/a
General Election 1886: Morpeth [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt unopposed n/a
Lib-Lab hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Morpeth [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt unopposed n/a
Lib-Lab hold Swing n/a
Thomas Burt
General Election 1895: Morpeth [13][14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 3,404 73.4 n/a
Conservative MM Barry 1,235 26.6 n/a
Majority 2,189 46.8 n/a
Turnout 60.8 n/a
Lib-Lab hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Morpeth [16][17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Thomas Burt 3,117 53.5 -19.9
Conservative MM Barry 2,707 46.5 +19.9
Majority 410 7.0 -39.8
Turnout 68.6
Lib-Lab hold Swing -19.9
General Election 1906: Morpeth [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Rt Hon. Thomas Burt 5,518 74.2 +20.7
Liberal Unionist Stuart Auchincloss Coats 1,919 25.8
Majority 3,599 48.4
Turnout 78.9 +10.3
Lib-Lab hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Burt
General Election January 1910: Morpeth [21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Rt Hon. Thomas Burt 5,874 66.1
Conservative Jasper Nicholas Ridley 3,009 33.9
Majority 2,865 32.2
Turnout 88.7
Lib-Lab hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Morpeth [23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Lib-Lab Rt Hon. Thomas Burt unopposed n/a n/a
Lib-Lab hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1920s

Morpeth by-election, 1923
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert Smillie 20,053 60.5 +12.2
Liberal Frank Crane Thornborough 13,087 39.5 +7.3
Majority 6,966 21.0 −4.9
Turnout 33,140 76.9 48
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1923: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert Smillie 16,902 64.2
Liberal John Dodd 9,411 35.8
Majority 7,491 28.4
Turnout 59.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1924: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert Smillie 19,248
Unionist Irene Mary Bewick Ward 10,828
Liberal John Dodd 3,805
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1929: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ebenezer Edwards 25,508 61.3
Unionist Irene Mary Bewick Ward 9,206 22.1
Liberal John Ritson 6,888 16.6
Majority 16,302 39.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Godfrey Nicholson 20,806 51.35
Labour Ebenezer Edwards 18,714 48.65
Majority 1,092 2.69
Turnout 70.28
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert John Taylor 28,900 59.17
Conservative Godfrey Nicholson 19,944 40.83
Majority 8,956 18.34
Turnout 78.68
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert John Taylor 38,521 73.23
Conservative Gilbert James Morley Longden 14,079 26.77
Majority 24,442 46.47
Turnout 79.50
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert John Taylor 27,548 71.51
Conservative T. Turnbull 10,973 28.49
Majority 16,575 43.03
Turnout 86.55
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert John Taylor 27,718 71.88
Conservative Peter M. Colvin-Smith 10,843 28.12
Majority 16,875 43.76
Turnout 85.47
Labour hold Swing
Morpeth by-election, 1954
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op William James Owen 23,491 71.3
Conservative Sir Robert William Elliott 9,469 28.7
Majority 14,022 42.5
Turnout 32960
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1955: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op William James Owen 25,452 70.56
Conservative Sir Robert William Elliott 10,619 29.44
Majority 14,833 41.12
Turnout 80.40
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1959: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op William James Owen 27,435 71.91
Conservative Derek Bloom 10,716 28.09
Majority 16,719 43.82
Turnout 84.11
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op William James Owen 26,114 72.70
Conservative Derek Bloom 9,805 27.30
Majority 16,309 45.40
Turnout 80.81
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1966: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op William James Owen 25,223 74.36
Conservative Nigel Porter 8,698 25.64
Majority 16,525 48.72
Turnout 76.93
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Grant 21,826 60.35
Conservative K. Ian Tunnicliffe 9,515 26.31
Liberal Raymond McClure 4,825 13.34
Majority 12,311 34.04
Turnout 75.98
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Grant 22,026 56.40
Conservative David Maurice Curry 8,992 23.03
Liberal H. Devereux 8,035 20.57
Majority 13,034 33.38
Turnout 81.18
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Grant 22,696 63.80
Conservative David Maurice Curry 8,009 22.52
Liberal B. Rodgers 4,866 13.68
Majority 14,687 41.29
Turnout 73.32
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Morpeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Grant 21,744 56.29
Conservative S. Edwards 9,913 25.66
Liberal A. Thompson 6,972 18.05
Majority 11,831 30.63
Turnout 77.44
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "'Morpeth', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  4. ↑ Castlecomer was also elected for Ripon but there was a petition against his election there; he sat for Morpeth until the petition was withdraw, then chose to represent Ripon, a by-election was held for Morpeth
  5. ↑ On petition, Eyre was declared not to have been duly elected, and his opponent Byron was seated in his place
  6. ↑ Adopted the surname St Clair-Erskine, July 1789. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 1792, Colonel 1795.
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  15. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  16. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  17. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  18. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  19. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  20. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  21. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  22. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  23. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  24. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

See also

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