Middlesbrough_East

Middlesbrough East
Middlesbrough East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	North Riding of Yorkshire
1918–1974
Seats	One
Created from	Middlesbrough
Replaced by	Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1974

Middlesbrough East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. It returned 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.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

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"Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 27 October 2023

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"The Parliamentary Constituencies (Gateshead) Order 1955. SI 1960/451". Statutory Instruments 1960. Part III. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1961. pp. 2856–2857.

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British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig

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The Times House of Commons, 1964

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Year		Member	Party
	1918	Penry Williams	Liberal
	1922	John Wesley Brown	Unionist
	1923	Penry Williams	Liberal
	1924	Ellen Wilkinson	Labour
	1931	Ernest Young	Liberal
	1935	Alfred Edwards	Labour
	1948		Independent
	1949		Conservative
	1950	Hilary Marquand	Labour
	1962	Arthur Bottomley	Labour
1974		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Penry Williams	8,470	69.2
	Labour	Frederick William Carey	3,776	30.8
Majority			4,694	38.4
Turnout			12,516	48.4
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Wesley Brown	8,885	39.0	*New*
	Labour	Martin Connolly	7,607	33.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Penry Williams	6,295	27.6	-41.6
Majority			1,278	5.6	N/A
Turnout			22,787	78.8	+30.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Penry Williams	9,241	40.6	+13.0
	Labour	Martin Connolly	7,712	33.9	+0.5
	Unionist	James Reid	5,790	25.5	-13.5
Majority			1,529	6.7	N/A
Turnout			22,743	77.3	-1.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	9,574	38.5	+1.6
	Unionist	John Warde-Aldam	8,647	34.7	+9.2
	Liberal	Penry Williams	6,688	26.8	-13.8
Majority			927	3.8	N/A
Turnout			24,909	83.7	+6.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

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Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesbrough East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	North Riding of Yorkshire
1918–1974 (1974)
Seats	One
Created from	Middlesbrough
Replaced by	Middlesbrough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	12,215	41.3	+2.8
	Liberal	Ernest Young	9,016	30.6	+3.8
	Unionist	John Wesley Brown	8,278	28.1	-6.6
Majority			3,199	10.7	+6.9
Turnout			29,509	80.8	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Young	18,409	60.4	+29.8
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	12,080	39.6	-1.7
Majority			6,329	20.8	N/A
Turnout			30,489	84.5	+3.7
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Edwards	12,699	44.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot	12,632	43.7	New
	Liberal	Ernest Young	3,565	12.3	-48.1
Majority			67	0.3	N/A
Turnout			25,331	81.14	-3.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Edwards	17,427	65.1	+21.1
	Conservative	Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot	9,352	34.9	-8.8
Majority			8,075	30.2	+29.9
Turnout			26,779	76.7	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Marquand	29,185	62.77
	Conservative	Alfred Edwards	12,402	26.67
	Liberal	Russell Thomas	4,540	9.76	New
	Communist	N Levy	367	0.79	New
Majority			16,783	36.10
Turnout			46,494	82.90
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilary Marquand	31,277	66.51
	Conservative	Ralph Meredyth Turton	15,749	33.49
Majority			15,528	33.02
Turnout			47,026	80.93
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilary Marquand	27,036	62.42
	Conservative	Bernard A Connelly	16,278	37.58
Majority			10,758	24.84
Turnout			43,314	72.72
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilary Marquand	29,391	61.54
	Conservative	Derek R Chapman	18,365	38.46
Majority			11,026	23.08
Turnout			47,756	76.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	18,928	60.60	-0.94
	Liberal	George Scott	7,145	22.87	New
	Conservative	Frederick A. S. Wood	4,613	14.77	-23.69
	Union Movement	Jeffrey Hamm	550	1.76	New
Majority			11,783	37.73	+14.65
Turnout			31,236	52.1	-24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	29,432	69.50
	Conservative	Frederick A. S. Wood	12,917	30.50
Majority			16,515	39.00
Turnout			42,349	72.94
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	28,404	75.10
	Conservative	Peter Darby	9,420	24.90
Majority			18,984	50.20
Turnout			37,824	68.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	23,581	71.02
	Conservative	Nigel Neville Laville	9,623	29.98
Majority			13,958	42.04
Turnout			33,204	60.35
	Labour hold		Swing