Warrington (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency Warrington was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. From 1832 to 1983 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The Warrington constituency covered the central part of the town of Warrington in Lancashire and surrounding area.

In 1983 it was abolished and replaced by Warrington North and Warrington South constituencies.

Boundaries

The Parliamentary Borough of Warrington was defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising:

The respective Townships of Warrington and Latchford; and also those two detached portions of the township of Thelwall which lie between the boundary of the township of Latchford and the River Mersey

It was this area that was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in 1847. The boundaries were unchanged until 1918 when the constituency was redefined as being identical with the area of the County Borough of Warrington. The constituency boundaries were widened to reflect those of the County Borough in 1950, at the same time it was renamed as Warrington Borough Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1832	Edmund George Hornby	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1835	John Ireland Blackburne	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1847	Gilbert Greenall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1868	Peter Rylands	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1874	Gilbert Greenall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1880	John Gordon McMinnies	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Sir Gilbert Greenall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Robert Pierpont	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Arthur Crosfield	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910	Harold Smith	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Alec Cunningham-Reid	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Charles Dukes	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Alec Cunningham-Reid	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Charles Dukes	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Noel Goldie	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Edward Porter	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950	Hyacinth Morgan	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1955	Edith Summerskill	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1961	Thomas Williams	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1981	Doug Hoyle	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Edmund George Hornby		53.6
		John Ireland Blackburne		46.4
Turnout			379	83.1
	win (new seat)

General election 1835: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Ireland Blackburne	Template:Replace	53.2
		Charles Hindley	130	46.8
Majority			18	6.4
Turnout			278	49.9
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase3.0

General election 1837: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Ireland Blackburne	Template:Replace	52.3
		Edward Davies Davenport	254	47.7
Majority			24	4.6
Turnout			532	83.8
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	Decrease0.9

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold

General election 1847: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gilbert Greenall	Template:Replace	52.3
		William Allcard	298	47.7
Majority			29	4.6
Turnout			625	89.4
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
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General election 1857: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1859: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold

General election 1868: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Rylands	Template:Replace	50.3
		Gilbert Greenall	1,957	49.7
Majority			27	0.6
Turnout			3,941	88.2
Registered electors			4,470
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gilbert Greenall	Template:Replace	52.0
		Peter Rylands	2,201	48.0
Majority			180	4.0
Turnout			4,582	91.2
Registered electors			5,022
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Gordon McMinnies	Template:Replace	54.8
		Gilbert Greenall	2,473	45.2
Majority			529	9.6
Turnout			5,475	92.5
Registered electors			5,919
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase4.6

General election 1885: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gilbert Greenall	Template:Replace	55.4
		William Crosfield	3,234	44.6
Majority			776	10.8
Turnout			7,244	93.7
Registered electors			7,730
	hold		Swing	Increase8.5

General election 1886: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gilbert Greenall	Template:Replace	53.6
		John Crosfield	3,216	46.4
Majority			501	7.2
Turnout			6,933	89.7
Registered electors			7,730
	hold		Swing	Decrease6.0

Elections in the 1890s

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Pierpoint

General election 1892: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Pierpont	Template:Replace	54.1
		Arthur Houston	3,258	45.9
Majority			585	8.2
Turnout			7,101	89.8
Registered electors			7,906
	hold		Swing	Increase1.2

General election 1895: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Pierpont	Template:Replace	54.6
		Percival Brown Scott	3,326	45.4
Majority			675	9.2
Turnout			7,327	86.7
Registered electors			8,449
	hold		Swing	Increase0.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Pierpont	Template:Replace	57.5
		Arthur Crosfield	3,303	42.5
Majority			1,165	15.0
Turnout			7,771	83.0
Registered electors			9,360
	hold		Swing	Increase1.7

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Crosfield

General election 1906: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Crosfield	Template:Replace	57.7
		Robert Pierpont	4,099	42.3
Majority			1,500	15.4
Turnout			9,698	93.6
Registered electors			10,365
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase9.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Crosfield	Template:Replace	50.7
		Robert Pierpont	5,103	49.3
Majority			153	1.4
Turnout			10,359	95.8
Registered electors			10,814
	hold		Swing	Decrease11.1

General election December 1910: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Smith	Template:Replace	51.2
		Arthur Crosfield	4,916	48.8
Majority			246	2.4
Turnout			10,078	93.2
Registered electors			10,814
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase4.5

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;

• Unionist: Harold Smith
• Liberal:

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Peacock	8,011	33.7
		Isaac Brassington	5,377	22.6
Majority			2,392	10.0
Turnout			23,791	70.2
	hold		Swing	Decrease4.7

General election 1922: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alec Cunningham-Reid	Template:Replace	53.1
		James Gregory	13,570	46.9
Majority			1,824	6.2
Turnout			28,964	84.7
	hold		Swing	Increase8.5

General election 1923: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Dukes	Template:Replace	43.6
		Alec Cunningham-Reid	12,314	41.3
		John Francis Crowley	4511	15.1
Majority			670	2.3
Turnout			29,809	86.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Decrease6.4

General election 1924: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alec Cunningham-Reid	Template:Replace	52.4
		Charles Dukes	15,251	47.6
Majority			1,537	4.8
Turnout			32,039	91.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase11.5

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Garland

General election 1929: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Dukes	Template:Replace	50.6
		Noel Goldie	18,025	42.2
		Alison Garland	3,070	7.2
Majority			3,585	8.4
Turnout			42,705	89.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase3.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Noel Goldie	Template:Replace	56.2
		Charles Dukes	19,055	43.9
Majority			5,345	12.4
Turnout			43,455	72.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase12.1

General election 1935: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Noel Goldie	Template:Replace	50.7
		Edward Porter	20,720	49.3
Majority			604	1.4
Turnout			42,044	84.8
	hold		Swing	Increase9.7

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Porter	Template:Replace	62.9
		Noel Goldie	13,110	37.1
Majority			9,155	25.8
Turnout			35,375	73.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase9.6

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hyacinth Morgan	Template:Replace	56.8
		Francis Leslie Neep	17,730	38.0
		James Campbell Park	1,899	4.1
		James Joseph Grady	496	1.1
Majority			8,752	18.8
Turnout			46,607	86.0
	hold		Swing	Decrease9.9

General election 1951: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hyacinth Morgan	Template:Replace	57.8
		F Joan Crowther	17,623	38.8
		James Campbell Park	1,537	3.4
Majority			8,602	19.0
Turnout			45,385	82.8
	hold		Swing	Increase3.1

General election 1955: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edith Summerskill	Template:Replace	57.1
		Herbert Davies	17,075	42.9
Majority			5,646	14.2
Turnout			39,796	73.9
	hold		Swing	Decrease0.9

General election 1959: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edith Summerskill	Template:Replace	56.3
		Frank O Stansfield	17,791	43.7
Majority			5,099	12.5
Turnout			40,681	73.9
	hold		Swing	Decrease0.8

Elections in the 1960s

1961 Warrington by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	55.8
		Beata Brookes	9,149	32.1
		Frank Tetlow	3,623	12.5
Majority			7,000	23.8
Turnout			28,921	56.7
	hold		Swing	Decrease0.6

General election 1964: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	57.1
		William A Lowe	11,297	31.4
		Michael Ford Pitts	4,119	11.5
Majority			9,254	25.7
Turnout			35,967	71.4
	hold		Swing	Increase0.9

General election 1966: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	64.7
		W Peter Adshead	8,918	26.3
		Edward J Woods	3,070	9.1
Majority			13,012	38.4
Turnout			33,918	68.9
	hold		Swing	Increase4.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	64.3
		Alfred B Gooch	11,647	35.7
Majority			9,323	28.6
Turnout			32,617	65.2
	hold		Swing	Decrease4.0

General election February 1974: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	57.2
		JW Hayton	8,444	24.7
		FJ Deakin	6,187	18.1
Majority			11,106	32.5
Turnout			34,181	73.9
	hold		Swing	Decrease3.8

General election October 1974: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	62.8
		JW Hayton	7,621	24.1
		FJ Deakin	4,158	13.1
Majority			12,261	38.7
Turnout			31,661	68.0
	hold		Swing	Increase6.4

General election 1979: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Williams	Template:Replace	61.6
		G Povey	9,032	28.8
		Iain Brodie Browne	2,883	9.1
		C Campbell	144	0.5
Majority			10,274	32.8
Turnout			31,365	71.3
	hold		Swing	Decrease3.4

Elections in the 1980s

1981 Warrington by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Doug Hoyle	Template:Replace	48.4
		Roy Jenkins	12,521	42.4
		Stanley Sorrell	2,102	7.1
		Neil Chantrell	219	0.8
	United Democratic Labour Party	Daniel Hussey	149	0.5
	Citizen's Band Radio Party	Iain Leslie	111	0.4
		John Fleming	53	0.2
		Donald Kean	38	0.1
	Democratic Monarchist	Bill Boaks	14	0.1
	English Democratic Party	Harry Wise	11	0.0
		Tom Keen	10	0.0
Majority			1,759	6.0
Turnout			29,508	67.0
	hold		Swing	Decrease7.2