The Representation of the People Act 1948 abolished the plural votes previously granted to electors who met a property qualification because of their business or shop premises
In 1918 it was redefined in terms of local government areas, and covered part of Guisborough Rural District and the Middlesbrough Rural District, along with the urban districts of Eston, Guisborough, Hinderwell, Loftus, Redcar, Saltburn by the Sea and Skelton and Brotton. In 1948 it was redefined again to cover Eston, Guisborough, Loftus, Redcar, Saltburn and Marske by the Sea and Skelton and Brotton; the new boundaries were first used for the 1950 general election. As such it was a socially mixed constituency throughout its existence, containing working class Middlesbrough suburbs and ironstone mining villages as well as middle class resorts and agricultural communities.
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;
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;
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Electoral district of Cleveland Cleveland was a county constituency in the Langbaurgh Wapentake also known as Cleveland North Riding of Yorkshire England ClevelandFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsCleveland 1918 19501885 February 1974Seats1Created fromNorth Riding of YorkshireReplaced byCleveland and Whitby and Redcar Contents 1 Electorate 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1880s 4 2 Elections in the 1890s 4 3 Elections in the 1900s 4 4 Elections in the 1910s 4 5 Elections in the 1920s 4 6 Elections in the 1930s 4 7 Elections in the 1940s 4 8 Elections in the 1950s 4 9 Elections in the 1960s 4 10 Elections in the 1970s 5 ReferencesElectorate editIt returned one Member of Parliament MP to the British House of Commons using the first past the post voting system All elections were conducted with a secret ballot which had been introduced under the Ballot Act 1872 The franchise was initially restricted and extended on several occasions The Representation of the People Act 1884 gave a vote to adult males who met a property qualification women and about 40 of men had no vote The Representation of the People Act 1918 extended the vote to all adult males and to women over the age of 30 who met certain property qualifications The Representation of the People Act 1928 allowed women to vote from age 21 on the same terms as men The Representation of the People Act 1948 abolished the plural votes previously granted to electors who met a property qualification because of their business or shop premises The Representation of the People Act 1969 lowered the voting age to 18History editThe Cleveland constituency was created when the North Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and Cleveland then covered the northern tip of the North Riding In 1918 it was redefined in terms of local government areas and covered part of Guisborough Rural District and the Middlesbrough Rural District along with the urban districts of Eston Guisborough Hinderwell Loftus Redcar Saltburn by the Sea and Skelton and Brotton In 1948 it was redefined again to cover Eston Guisborough Loftus Redcar Saltburn and Marske by the Sea and Skelton and Brotton the new boundaries were first used for the 1950 general election As such it was a socially mixed constituency throughout its existence containing working class Middlesbrough suburbs and ironstone mining villages as well as middle class resorts and agricultural communities It returned its last Member of Parliament in 1970 by which time Cleveland district of Yorkshire s North Riding had been abolished in 1967 to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until it was abolished leading up to the February 1974 general election It was replaced by the Redcar constituency and Cleveland amp Whitby constituency Members of Parliament editElection Member Party 1885 constituency created 1885 Henry Fell Pease Liberal 1897 by election Alfred Pease Liberal 1902 by election Herbert Samuel Liberal 1918 Sir Park Goff Coalition Conservative 1923 Sir Charles Starmer Liberal 1924 Sir Park Goff Unionist 1929 William Mansfield Labour 1931 Robert Tatton Bower Conservative 1945 George Willey Labour 1952 by election Arthur Palmer Labour 1959 Wilfred Proudfoot Conservative 1964 James Tinn Labour Feb 1974 constituency abolished see Cleveland amp WhitbyElections editElections in the 1880s edit nbsp Henry Pease General election 1885 Cleveland 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Fell Pease 6 948 70 9 Conservative Guy Dawnay 2 845 29 1 Majority 4 103 41 8 Turnout 9 793 83 1 Registered electors 11 788 Liberal win new seat General election 1886 Cleveland 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Fell Pease Unopposed Liberal hold Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Cleveland 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Fell Pease 4 397 52 1 N A Conservative Arthur Dorman 4 049 47 9 New Majority 348 4 2 N A Turnout 8 446 76 3 N A Registered electors 11 076 Liberal hold Swing N A General election 1895 Cleveland 4 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Fell Pease 4 762 53 3 1 2 Conservative Robert Ropner 4 175 46 7 1 2 Majority 587 6 6 2 4 Turnout 8 937 81 3 5 0 Registered electors 10 989 Liberal hold Swing 1 2 Pease s death causes a by election 1897 Cleveland by election 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Alfred Pease 5 508 57 4 4 1 Conservative Robert Ropner 4 080 42 6 4 1 Majority 1 428 14 8 8 2 Turnout 9 588 83 7 2 4 Registered electors 11 454 Liberal hold Swing 4 1 Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Cleveland 6 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Alfred Pease Unopposed Liberal hold nbsp Geoffrey Drage 1902 Cleveland by election 7 8 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel 5 834 60 6 N A Conservative Geoffrey Drage 3 798 39 4 New Majority 2 036 21 2 N A Turnout 9 632 77 9 N A Registered electors 12 360 Liberal hold Swing N A nbsp Herbert Samuel General election 1906 Cleveland 9 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel Unopposed Liberal hold 1909 Cleveland by election 10 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel 6 296 54 2 N A Conservative James Windsor Lewis 5 325 45 8 New Majority 971 8 4 N A Turnout 11 621 83 5 N A Registered electors 13 922 Liberal hold Swing N A Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Cleveland 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel 7 484 57 7 N A Conservative James Windsor Lewis 5 491 42 3 N A Majority 1 993 15 4 N A Turnout 12 975 87 6 N A Registered electors 14 811 Liberal hold Swing N A General election December 1910 Cleveland 12 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel 6 870 56 3 1 4 Conservative James Windsor Lewis 5 343 43 7 1 4 Majority 1 527 12 6 2 8 Turnout 12 213 82 5 5 1 Registered electors 14 811 Liberal hold Swing 1 4 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 Liberal Herbert Samuel Unionist Park Goff Labour Harry Dack 1915 Cleveland by election 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Herbert Samuel 7 312 83 4 27 1 John Bull League R Knight 1 453 16 6 New Majority 5 859 66 8 54 2 Turnout 8 765 53 4 29 1 Registered electors 16 424 Liberal hold Swing N A General election 1918 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Park Goff 8 701 35 6 8 1 Labour Harry Dack 8 610 35 3 New Liberal Herbert Samuel 7 089 29 1 27 2 Majority 91 0 3 N A Turnout 24 400 66 2 16 3 Registered electors 36 843 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 4 1 C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Unionist Park Goff 13 369 37 7 2 1 Liberal Charles Starmer 11 668 32 8 3 7 Labour Harry Dack 10 843 29 5 5 8 Majority 1 701 4 9 4 6 Turnout 35 520 82 4 16 2 Registered electors 43 105 Unionist hold Swing 0 8 nbsp Starmer General election 1923 Cleveland 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Starmer 13 326 38 2 5 4 Unionist Park Goff 11 855 34 0 3 7 Labour Robert Dennison 9 683 27 8 1 7 Majority 1 471 4 2 N A Turnout 34 864 80 4 2 0 Registered electors 43 339 Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 4 6 General election 1924 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Unionist Park Goff 16 578 43 6 9 6 Labour William Mansfield 11 153 29 4 1 6 Liberal Charles Starmer 10 260 27 0 11 2 Majority 5 425 14 2 N A Turnout 37 991 86 3 5 9 Registered electors 44 040 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 10 4 General election 1929 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour William Mansfield 16 938 36 3 6 9 Unionist Park Goff 15 255 32 6 11 0 Liberal Charles Starmer 14 535 31 1 4 1 Majority 1 683 3 7 N A Turnout 47 131 84 4 1 9 Registered electors 55 463 Labour gain from Unionist Swing 9 0 Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Tatton Bower 30 608 60 41 Labour William Mansfield 20 060 39 59 Majority 10 548 20 82 N A Turnout 50 668 85 92 Conservative gain from Labour Swing General election 1935 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Tatton Bower 26 508 52 72 Labour William Mansfield 23 776 47 28 Majority 2 732 5 44 Turnout 50 284 81 15 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1940s edit 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 Conservative Robert Tatton Bower Labour William Mansfield Liberal Matthew Robinson Shawcross General election 1945 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour George Willey 27 660 48 95 Conservative Robert Tatton Bower 19 739 34 93 Liberal Matthew Robinson Shawcross 9 108 16 12 New Majority 7 921 14 02 N A Turnout 56 507 76 05 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour George Willey 28 940 51 43 Conservative Edward Charles Peake 21 332 37 91 Liberal Arthur Laurence Braithwaite Childe 5 996 10 66 Majority 7 608 13 52 Turnout 56 268 85 79 Labour hold Swing General election 1951 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour George Willey 31 237 54 81 Conservative Patrick Wall 25 756 45 19 Majority 5 481 9 62 Turnout 56 993 85 11 Labour hold Swing 1952 Cleveland by election 15 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Arthur Palmer 25 985 54 09 0 72 Conservative Patrick Wall 22 064 45 92 0 72 Majority 3 921 8 16 1 46 Turnout 48 049 Labour Co op hold Swing General election 1955 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Arthur Palmer 27 649 50 15 Conservative Wilf Proudfoot 27 468 49 84 Majority 181 0 32 Turnout 55 117 80 81 Labour Co op hold Swing General election 1959 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Wilf Proudfoot 30 445 51 40 Labour Co op Arthur Palmer 28 790 48 60 Majority 1 655 2 80 N A Turnout 59 235 83 10 Conservative gain from Labour Co op Swing Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour James Tinn 28 596 44 61 Conservative Wilf Proudfoot 24 124 37 63 Liberal John William Stevens 11 387 17 76 New Majority 4 472 6 98 Turnout 64 107 83 59 Labour gain from Conservative Swing General election 1966 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour James Tinn 34 303 53 64 Conservative Wilf Proudfoot 22 423 35 06 Liberal Michael Ford Pitts 7 229 11 30 Majority 11 880 18 58 Turnout 63 955 81 13 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Cleveland Party Candidate Votes Labour James Tinn 36 213 53 77 Conservative Peter Coles Price 31 130 46 23 Majority 5 083 7 54 Turnout 67 343 72 94 Labour hold SwingReferences edit British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 by Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig The Times 7 November 1902 p8 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig The Times House of Commons 1955 Craig F W S 1983 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3 ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 06 X Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with C part 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cleveland UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1209644336, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
