Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Exchange, Grove Hill, Ormesby, St Hilda's, and Vulcan.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough except the wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe.[1]
1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Berwick Hills, Cannon, Clairville, Exchange, Grove Hill, Newport, North Ormesby, St Hilda's, Thorntree, and Tollesby.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Penry Williams | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1922 | John Wesley Brown | Unionist |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1923 | Penry Williams | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1924 | Ellen Wilkinson | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1931 | Ernest Young | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"| | 1935 | Alfred Edwards | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"| | 1948 | Independent | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"| | 1949 | Conservative | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1950 | Hilary Marquand | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1962 | Arthur Bottomley | Labour |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frederick William Carey | 3,776 | 30.8 | ||
| Majority | 4,694 | 38.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 12,516 | 48.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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- Williams was issued with the Coalition Coupon, but repudiated it.
Elections in the 1920s
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Martin Connolly | 7,607 | 33.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Penry Williams | 6,295 | 27.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,278 | 5.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 22,787 | 78.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Martin Connolly | 7,712 | 33.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Reid | 5,790 | 25.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,529 | 6.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 22,743 | 77.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Warde-Aldam | 8,647 | 34.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Penry Williams | 6,688 | 26.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 927 | 3.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 24,909 | 83.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ernest Young | 9,016 | 30.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Wesley Brown | 8,278 | 28.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 3,199 | 10.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 29,509 | 80.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1930s
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,080 | 39.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 6,329 | 20.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 30,489 | 84.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 12,632 | 43.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ernest Young | 3,565 | 12.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 67 | 0.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 25,331 | 81.14 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Labour: Alfred Edwards
- Conservative: Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Benjamin Chetwynd-Talbot | 9,352 | 34.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 8,075 | 30.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 26,779 | 76.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1950s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alfred Edwards | 12,402 | 26.67 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Russell Thomas | 4,540 | 9.76 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | N Levy | 367 | 0.79 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 16,783 | 36.10 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 46,494 | 82.90 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ralph Meredyth Turton | 15,749 | 33.49 | ||
| Majority | 15,528 | 33.02 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 47,026 | 80.93 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bernard A Connelly | 16,278 | 37.58 | ||
| Majority | 10,758 | 24.84 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 43,314 | 72.72 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Derek R Chapman | 18,365 | 38.46 | ||
| Majority | 11,026 | 23.08 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 47,756 | 76.21 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1960s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Scott | 7,145 | 22.87 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frederick A. S. Wood | 4,613 | 14.77 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jeffrey Hamm | 550 | 1.76 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 11,783 | 37.73 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 31,236 | 52.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frederick A. S. Wood | 12,917 | 30.50 | ||
| Majority | 16,515 | 39.00 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 42,349 | 72.94 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Darby | 9,420 | 24.90 | ||
| Majority | 18,984 | 50.20 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 37,824 | 68.27 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1970s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nigel Neville Laville | 9,623 | 29.98 | ||
| Majority | 13,958 | 42.04 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 33,204 | 60.35 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
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