Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Middlesbrough West 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 Acklam, Ayresome, Cannon, Cleveland, Linthorpe, and Newport.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe, and the Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees.[1]
1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Crescent, Gresham, Linthorpe, Park, and Whinney Banks, and the Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Trevelyan Thomson | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1928 | F. Kingsley Griffith | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1940 | Harcourt Johnstone | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | Don Bennett | Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1945 | Geoffrey Cooper | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1951 | Sir Jocelyn Simon | Conservative |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1962 | Jeremy Bray | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1970 | John Sutcliffe | Conservative |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Charlie Cramp | 5,350 | 32.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,608 | 34.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 16,308 | 50.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Template:Asterisk Thomson was issued with the Coalition Coupon but rejected it.
Elections in the 1920s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Harry Driffield Levick | 7,422 | 30.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 9,389 | 38.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 24,233 | 68.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J. D. White | 7,443 | 30.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 9,424 | 38.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 24,280 | 68.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alonza Ellis | 10,628 | 36.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Stanley Sadler | 8,213 | 27.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 89 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 29,558 | 83.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alonza Ellis | 13,328 | 36.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Albert E. Baucher | 8,137 | 22.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,346 | 3.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 36,139 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
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". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Kegie | 13,040 | 33.39 | ||
| Majority | 12,971 | 33.32 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 39,051 | 85.02 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Kegie | 12,764 | 33.73 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Arthur Spofforth | 11,387 | 30.09 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 925 | 2.45 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 37,840 | 79.39 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939–40:
A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;
- Liberal: Frank Griffith
- National Labour: Thomas K. Briggs[3]
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Don Bennett | 17,458 | 46.52 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 2,613 | 6.96 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 37,529 | 77.23 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in the 1950s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | L Wright | 17,760 | 38.09 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Philip Fothergill | 7,273 | 15.60 | ||
| Majority | 3,833 | 8.22 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 46,626 | 86.42 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Dunwoodie | 22,525 | 47.78 | ||
| Majority | 2,097 | 4.44 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 47,147 | 86.29 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Rita Alison Smythe | 18,134 | 41.56 | ||
| Majority | 7,361 | 16.88 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 43,629 | 82.45 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Fletcher | 15,892 | 35.45 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Wharton Ian Hodgson | 4,336 | 9.67 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 8,710 | 19.43 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 44,830 | 84.49 | 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". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bernard Connelly | 12,825 | 33.70 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Scott | 9,829 | 25.83 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Russell Ernest Eckley | 189 | 0.50 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Malcolm Thompson | 117 | 0.31 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 2,270 | 5.97 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 38,055 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Anthony Sumption | 18,759 | 42.17 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Rettie | 5,816 | 13.08 | ||
| Majority | 1,145 | 2.58 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 44,479 | 84.07 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Sutcliffe | 19,756 | 45.52 | ||
| Majority | 3,893 | 8.96 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 43,405 | 81.47 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Election in the 1970s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jeremy Bray | 21,986 | 49.56 | ||
| Majority | 388 | 0.88 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 44,360 | 75.05 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
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