Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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.

Boundaries

1885–1918:

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Beverley and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Cottingham, Hornsea, and Withernsea, the Rural Districts of Patrington and Skirlaugh, part of the Rural District of Beverley, and in the Rural District of Sculcoates the civil parishes of Preston and Sutton.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	George Bethell	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900	Arthur Stanley Wilson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Audley Bowdler	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Sir Samuel Savery	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1939	Gurney Braithwaite	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

File:George Bethell.jpg

Bethell

General election 1885: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Bethell	Template:Replace	54.1
		Gerard Smith	3,537	45.9
Majority			629	8.2
Turnout			7,703	84.3
Registered electors			9,143
	win (new seat)

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1886: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Bethell	Template:Replace	53.0
		James Henry Anderson	3,693	47.0
Majority			465	6.0
Turnout			7,851	81.2
Registered electors			9,670
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Bethell	Template:Replace	56.4
		Bourchier Francis Hawksley	3,483	43.6
Majority			1,029	12.8
Turnout			7,995	80.6
Registered electors			9,920
	hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Stanley Wilson	Template:Replace	62.1
		Allan James Lawrie	2,810	37.9
Majority			1,787	24.2
Turnout			7,407	76.3
Registered electors			9,710
	hold		Swing	+5.7

General election 1906: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Stanley Wilson	Template:Replace	50.2
		Ernest J Wilberforce	4,411	49.9
Majority			30	0.4
Turnout			8,852	87.5
Registered electors			10,117
	hold		Swing	−11.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Stanley Wilson	Template:Replace	52.0
		George Bethell	4,661	48.0
Majority			385	4.0
Turnout			9,707	89.5
Registered electors			10,850
	hold		Swing

File:Sydney Arnold.jpg

Arnold

General election December 1910: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Stanley Wilson	Template:Replace	52.0
		Sydney Arnold	4,480	48.0
Majority			381	4.0
Turnout			9,341	86.1
Registered electors			10,850
	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;

• Unionist: Arthur Stanley Wilson
• Liberal: Fred Maddison

File:Frederick Maddison.jpg

Maddison

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Election in the 1920s

1918 general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Fred Maddison	5,521	37.0
Majority			3,866	26.0
Turnout			14,908	57.9
Registered electors			25,741
	hold		Swing	+11.0

1922 general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Audley Bowdler	Template:Replace	52.9
		Arthur Stanley Wilson	10,200	47.1
Majority			1,279	5.8
Turnout			21,679	79.1
Registered electors			27,421
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+15.9

1923 general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Savery	Template:Replace	50.6
		Audley Bowdler	10,846	49.4
Majority			253	1.2
Turnout			21,945	78.1
Registered electors			28,085
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+3.5

1924 general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Savery	Template:Replace	56.0
		Neville Dixey	10,162	44.0
Majority			2,749	12.0
Turnout			23,073	81.1
Registered electors			28,449
	hold		Swing	+5.4

1929 general election: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Savery	Template:Replace	47.6
		Neville Dixey	13,525	44.3
		Joseph William Hewitt	2,481	8.1
Majority			1,019	3.3
Turnout			30,550	80.1
Registered electors			38,147
	hold		Swing	−4.4

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Savery	Template:Replace	61.7
		Aline Mackinnon	10,471	30.0
		Joseph Leopold Schultz	2,927	8.4
Majority			11,089	31.7
Turnout			34,958	81.8
	hold		Swing	+14.2

General election 1935: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Savery	Template:Replace	53.6
		Aline Mackinnon	10,348	24.9
		Joseph Leopold Schultz	8,906	21.5
Majority			11,901	28.7
Turnout			41,503	72.2
	hold		Swing	-1.5

1939 Holderness by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gurney Braithwaite	Template:Replace	39.4
		Aline Mackinnon	11,590	25.7
		Joseph Leopold Schultz	9,629	21.3
		Raleigh Chichester-Constable	6,103	13.5
Majority			6,152	13.7
Turnout			45,064	77.2
	hold		Swing	-7.5

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gurney Braithwaite	Template:Replace	43.1
		Frederick Lawson	23,036	39.5
		Roger Fulford	10,165	17.4
Majority			2,145	3.6
Turnout			58,382	76.1
	hold		Swing