Lowestoft | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Lowestoft in the East of England | |
County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 73,967 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Lowestoft |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Jessica Asato ( Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Waveney |
1885– 1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Suffolk |
Replaced by | Waveney and Great Yarmouth [2] |
Lowestoft is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was originally created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the constituency of Waveney.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Waveney was abolished and Lowestoft re-established for the 2024 general election. [3]
The Northern or Lowestoft Division was one of five single-member county divisions of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 to replace the existing two 2-member divisions for the 1885 general election. It was formed from parts of the Eastern Division of Suffolk. It became a county constituency from the 1950 general election and was abolished for the 1983 general election, being replaced by the county constituency of Waveney.
It was more often won by the Conservative Party than not, although its representatives include two from the Liberal Party and one from the Labour Party.
As Great Yarmouth formed a separate Parliamentary Borough, only non-resident freeholders of the Borough were entitled to vote in this constituency.
Throughout its existence, the Lowestoft constituency covered the North-Eastern corner of Suffolk and, although encompassing some rural areas, drew the majority of its voters from the towns of Lowestoft, a resort and fishing port, and Beccles; it also included the smaller towns of Bungay and Southwold, with its brewing interests. Southwold is now in the Suffolk Coastal constituency.
The constituency established in 1885, which was formally named The Northern or Lowestoft Division of Suffolk (and was sometimes referred to simply as "Suffolk North"), also included the town of Halesworth and the rural areas in between.
In the boundary changes of 1918, when the constituency became simply the "Lowestoft Division of East Suffolk" or East Suffolk, Lowestoft, Halesworth was transferred to the neighbouring Eye division.
At the 1950 general election, Halesworth was once more placed in the revised Lowestoft County Constituency, but it otherwise underwent only minor changes to reflect local government rationalisations. The boundaries were not altered in the boundary review implemented in 1974.
The constituency was revised in 1983 and renamed Waveney, as its new boundaries were now identical with those of the local government district of that name. The new constituency was very similar to the old Lowestoft one except a small area in the north, including Bradwell (comprising about 10,000 voters), which had been transferred from Suffolk to Norfolk as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and was now transferred to the county constituency of Great Yarmouth.
The re-established constituency, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, is composed of the following wards of the District of East Suffolk (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The bulk of the existing Waveney seat, including Lowestoft, Somerleyton and Beccles, was included in the re-established seat, whereas Bungay and The Saints were transferred to the newly created constituency of Waveney Valley.
East Suffolk prior to 1885
Waveney prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Jess Asato | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jess Asato [8] | 14,464 | 34.6 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Aldous* [9] | 12,448 | 29.8 | −31.1 | |
Reform UK | June Mummery [10] | 10,328 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Green | Toby Hammond [11] | 3,095 | 7.4 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Robertson [12] | 1,489 | 3.6 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 2,016 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,824 | 56.3 | –5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 74,332 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
* Incumbent MP for Waveney
2019 notional result [13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 27,648 | 60.9 | |
Labour | 12,798 | 28.2 | |
Green | 2,362 | 5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,333 | 5.1 | |
Others | 245 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 45,386 | 61.4 | |
Electorate | 73,967 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Savile Crossley | 4,324 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Heneage Bagot-Chester [16] | 3,743 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 581 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,067 | 73.6 | |||
Registered electors | 10,956 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,099 | 56.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Judd [17] | 3,909 | 43.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,190 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,008 | 76.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,827 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,199 | 57.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Alfred Sington | 3,820 | 42.4 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,379 | 15.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,019 | 74.2 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,153 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 5,077 | 60.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Adam Adams | 3,348 | 39.7 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 1,729 | 20.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,425 | 66.5 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,510 | 57.0 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 4,905 | 43.0 | −17.3 | |
Majority | 1,605 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,415 | 81.5 | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,002 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 6,530 | 50.9 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,294 | 49.1 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 236 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,824 | 85.0 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,084 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,248 | 51.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,983 | 48.9 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 265 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,231 | 81.1 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 15,084 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 14,154 | 57.0 | New | |
National Liberal | Brograve Beauchamp | 6,205 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 4,511 | 18.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,949 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,870 | 71.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 35,012 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 11,103 | 45.8 | −11.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick Paterson | 8,362 | 34.5 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 4,788 | 19.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,741 | 11.3 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 24,253 | 67.6 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,881 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 13,422 | 50.6 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 6,570 | 24.8 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Frederick Paterson | 6,532 | 24.6 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 6,852 | 25.8 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,524 | 73.0 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,321 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 13,624 | 39.8 | −10.8 | |
Liberal | Albert Edward Owen-Jones | 10,707 | 31.3 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Basil Hall | 9,903 | 28.9 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,917 | 8.5 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,234 | 84.8 | +11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 46,359 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervais Rentoul | 22,886 | 67.8 | +28.0 | |
Labour | E. J. C. Neep | 10,894 | 32.2 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 11,992 | 35.6 | +27.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,780 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 15,912 | 47.9 | −19.9 | |
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 13,992 | 42.1 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | William Smith | 3,304 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,920 | 5.8 | −29.8 | ||
Turnout | 48,900 | 67.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −14.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 21,064 | 61.21 | ||
Labour | Frederick Wise | 13,348 | 38.79 | ||
Majority | 7,716 | 22.42 | |||
Turnout | 34,412 | 69.00 | |||
Conservative hold | 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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 12,759 | 42.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 10,996 | 36.3 | −24.9 | |
Liberal | Matthew P Crosse | 6,545 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,763 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,679 | 67.8 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 20,838 | 44.83 | ||
Conservative | Philip Geoffrey Whitefoord | 17,516 | 37.68 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Crisp English | 8,132 | 17.49 | ||
Majority | 3,322 | 7.15 | |||
Turnout | 55,456 | 83.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 23,591 | 50.91 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Henry Willetts | 22,744 | 49.09 | ||
Majority | 847 | 1.82 | |||
Turnout | 56,582 | 81.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 23,587 | 52.12 | ||
Conservative | J T Griffiths | 21,672 | 47.88 | ||
Majority | 1,915 | 4.24 | |||
Turnout | 56,850 | 79.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Prior | 24,324 | 51.58 | ||
Labour | Edward Evans | 22,835 | 48.42 | ||
Majority | 1,489 | 3.16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,653 | 64.4 | −15.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 23,976 | 47.80 | ||
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 21,272 | 42.41 | ||
Liberal | Charles Gordon A. Steele | 4,911 | 9.79 | ||
Majority | 2,704 | 5.39 | |||
Turnout | 60,775 | 82.53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 24,063 | 46.03 | ||
Labour | Michael D Cornish | 23,705 | 45.34 | ||
Liberal | David R Crome | 4,513 | 8.63 | ||
Majority | 358 | 0.69 | |||
Turnout | 62,881 | 83.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 28,842 | 50.69 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 23,319 | 40.98 | ||
Liberal | David R Crome | 4,737 | 8.33 | ||
Majority | 5,523 | 9.71 | |||
Turnout | 72,320 | 78.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 26,157 | 40.89 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 22,553 | 35.26 | ||
Liberal | P Hancock | 15,261 | 23.86 | ||
Majority | 3,604 | 5.63 | |||
Turnout | 76,350 | 83.79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 25,510 | 42.43 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 23,448 | 39.00 | ||
Liberal | P Hancock | 11,165 | 18.57 | ||
Majority | 2,062 | 3.43 | |||
Turnout | 76,936 | 78.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 33,376 | 50.46 | ||
Labour | Alan Lark | 25,555 | 38.63 | ||
Liberal | Barrie Skelcher | 6,783 | 10.25 | ||
Ecology | T Pye | 435 | 0.66 | New | |
Majority | 7,821 | 11.83 | |||
Turnout | 82,733 | 79.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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Lowestoft | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Lowestoft in the East of England | |
County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 73,967 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Lowestoft |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Jessica Asato ( Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Waveney |
1885– 1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Suffolk |
Replaced by | Waveney and Great Yarmouth [2] |
Lowestoft is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was originally created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the constituency of Waveney.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Waveney was abolished and Lowestoft re-established for the 2024 general election. [3]
The Northern or Lowestoft Division was one of five single-member county divisions of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 to replace the existing two 2-member divisions for the 1885 general election. It was formed from parts of the Eastern Division of Suffolk. It became a county constituency from the 1950 general election and was abolished for the 1983 general election, being replaced by the county constituency of Waveney.
It was more often won by the Conservative Party than not, although its representatives include two from the Liberal Party and one from the Labour Party.
As Great Yarmouth formed a separate Parliamentary Borough, only non-resident freeholders of the Borough were entitled to vote in this constituency.
Throughout its existence, the Lowestoft constituency covered the North-Eastern corner of Suffolk and, although encompassing some rural areas, drew the majority of its voters from the towns of Lowestoft, a resort and fishing port, and Beccles; it also included the smaller towns of Bungay and Southwold, with its brewing interests. Southwold is now in the Suffolk Coastal constituency.
The constituency established in 1885, which was formally named The Northern or Lowestoft Division of Suffolk (and was sometimes referred to simply as "Suffolk North"), also included the town of Halesworth and the rural areas in between.
In the boundary changes of 1918, when the constituency became simply the "Lowestoft Division of East Suffolk" or East Suffolk, Lowestoft, Halesworth was transferred to the neighbouring Eye division.
At the 1950 general election, Halesworth was once more placed in the revised Lowestoft County Constituency, but it otherwise underwent only minor changes to reflect local government rationalisations. The boundaries were not altered in the boundary review implemented in 1974.
The constituency was revised in 1983 and renamed Waveney, as its new boundaries were now identical with those of the local government district of that name. The new constituency was very similar to the old Lowestoft one except a small area in the north, including Bradwell (comprising about 10,000 voters), which had been transferred from Suffolk to Norfolk as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and was now transferred to the county constituency of Great Yarmouth.
The re-established constituency, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, is composed of the following wards of the District of East Suffolk (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The bulk of the existing Waveney seat, including Lowestoft, Somerleyton and Beccles, was included in the re-established seat, whereas Bungay and The Saints were transferred to the newly created constituency of Waveney Valley.
East Suffolk prior to 1885
Waveney prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Jess Asato | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jess Asato [8] | 14,464 | 34.6 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Aldous* [9] | 12,448 | 29.8 | −31.1 | |
Reform UK | June Mummery [10] | 10,328 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Green | Toby Hammond [11] | 3,095 | 7.4 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Robertson [12] | 1,489 | 3.6 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 2,016 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,824 | 56.3 | –5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 74,332 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
* Incumbent MP for Waveney
2019 notional result [13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 27,648 | 60.9 | |
Labour | 12,798 | 28.2 | |
Green | 2,362 | 5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,333 | 5.1 | |
Others | 245 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 45,386 | 61.4 | |
Electorate | 73,967 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Savile Crossley | 4,324 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Heneage Bagot-Chester [16] | 3,743 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 581 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,067 | 73.6 | |||
Registered electors | 10,956 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,099 | 56.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Judd [17] | 3,909 | 43.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,190 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,008 | 76.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,827 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,199 | 57.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Alfred Sington | 3,820 | 42.4 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,379 | 15.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,019 | 74.2 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,153 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 5,077 | 60.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Adam Adams | 3,348 | 39.7 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 1,729 | 20.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,425 | 66.5 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,510 | 57.0 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 4,905 | 43.0 | −17.3 | |
Majority | 1,605 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,415 | 81.5 | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,002 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Foster | 6,530 | 50.9 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,294 | 49.1 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 236 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,824 | 85.0 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,084 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | 6,248 | 51.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Harry Foster | 5,983 | 48.9 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 265 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,231 | 81.1 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 15,084 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Edward Beauchamp | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 14,154 | 57.0 | New | |
National Liberal | Brograve Beauchamp | 6,205 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 4,511 | 18.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,949 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,870 | 71.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 35,012 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 11,103 | 45.8 | −11.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick Paterson | 8,362 | 34.5 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 4,788 | 19.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,741 | 11.3 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 24,253 | 67.6 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,881 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 13,422 | 50.6 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 6,570 | 24.8 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Frederick Paterson | 6,532 | 24.6 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 6,852 | 25.8 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,524 | 73.0 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,321 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gervais Rentoul | 13,624 | 39.8 | −10.8 | |
Liberal | Albert Edward Owen-Jones | 10,707 | 31.3 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Basil Hall | 9,903 | 28.9 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,917 | 8.5 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,234 | 84.8 | +11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 46,359 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gervais Rentoul | 22,886 | 67.8 | +28.0 | |
Labour | E. J. C. Neep | 10,894 | 32.2 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 11,992 | 35.6 | +27.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,780 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 15,912 | 47.9 | −19.9 | |
Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 13,992 | 42.1 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | William Smith | 3,304 | 10.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,920 | 5.8 | −29.8 | ||
Turnout | 48,900 | 67.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −14.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 21,064 | 61.21 | ||
Labour | Frederick Wise | 13,348 | 38.79 | ||
Majority | 7,716 | 22.42 | |||
Turnout | 34,412 | 69.00 | |||
Conservative hold | 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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 12,759 | 42.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 10,996 | 36.3 | −24.9 | |
Liberal | Matthew P Crosse | 6,545 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,763 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,679 | 67.8 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 20,838 | 44.83 | ||
Conservative | Philip Geoffrey Whitefoord | 17,516 | 37.68 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Crisp English | 8,132 | 17.49 | ||
Majority | 3,322 | 7.15 | |||
Turnout | 55,456 | 83.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 23,591 | 50.91 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Henry Willetts | 22,744 | 49.09 | ||
Majority | 847 | 1.82 | |||
Turnout | 56,582 | 81.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Evans | 23,587 | 52.12 | ||
Conservative | J T Griffiths | 21,672 | 47.88 | ||
Majority | 1,915 | 4.24 | |||
Turnout | 56,850 | 79.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Prior | 24,324 | 51.58 | ||
Labour | Edward Evans | 22,835 | 48.42 | ||
Majority | 1,489 | 3.16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,653 | 64.4 | −15.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 23,976 | 47.80 | ||
Labour | Ronald Atkins | 21,272 | 42.41 | ||
Liberal | Charles Gordon A. Steele | 4,911 | 9.79 | ||
Majority | 2,704 | 5.39 | |||
Turnout | 60,775 | 82.53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 24,063 | 46.03 | ||
Labour | Michael D Cornish | 23,705 | 45.34 | ||
Liberal | David R Crome | 4,513 | 8.63 | ||
Majority | 358 | 0.69 | |||
Turnout | 62,881 | 83.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 28,842 | 50.69 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 23,319 | 40.98 | ||
Liberal | David R Crome | 4,737 | 8.33 | ||
Majority | 5,523 | 9.71 | |||
Turnout | 72,320 | 78.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 26,157 | 40.89 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 22,553 | 35.26 | ||
Liberal | P Hancock | 15,261 | 23.86 | ||
Majority | 3,604 | 5.63 | |||
Turnout | 76,350 | 83.79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 25,510 | 42.43 | ||
Labour | Douglas A Baker | 23,448 | 39.00 | ||
Liberal | P Hancock | 11,165 | 18.57 | ||
Majority | 2,062 | 3.43 | |||
Turnout | 76,936 | 78.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Prior | 33,376 | 50.46 | ||
Labour | Alan Lark | 25,555 | 38.63 | ||
Liberal | Barrie Skelcher | 6,783 | 10.25 | ||
Ecology | T Pye | 435 | 0.66 | New | |
Majority | 7,821 | 11.83 | |||
Turnout | 82,733 | 79.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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