The constituency was renamed Hartlepool in 1974, following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the borough of Hartlepool and the county borough of West Hartlepool.[2]
Boundariesedit
1868–1918edit
The municipal borough of Hartlepool, and the townships of Throston, Stranton, and Seaton Carew.[1]
Another General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been preparing for this election, and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:
A General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1940. The parties had been preparing for this election, and by autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected:
^ ab"Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 130. ISBN0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
^"HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1868, The Hartlepools".
^"Representation of the People Act 1918". 1918. p. 436.
^Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 60. ISBN0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
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The Hartlepools ˈ h ɑːr t l ɪ p ʊ l was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974 The seat s name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool The HartlepoolsFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty Durham1868 February 1974SeatsOneCreated fromSouth DurhamReplaced byHartlepool Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 2 1 1868 1918 2 2 1918 1974 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 1860s 4 2 Elections in the 1870s 4 3 Elections in the 1880s 4 4 Elections in the 1890s 4 5 Elections in the 1900s 4 6 Elections in the 1910s 4 7 Elections in the 1920s 4 8 Elections in the 1930s 4 9 Elections in the 1940s 4 10 Elections in the 1950s 4 11 Elections in the 1960s 4 12 Elections in the 1970s 5 See also 6 Notes and ReferencesHistory editThe Hartlepools was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act 1867 being given one MP 1 It had previously been part of the two MP county division of South Durham The constituency was renamed Hartlepool in 1974 following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the borough of Hartlepool and the county borough of West Hartlepool 2 Boundaries edit1868 1918 edit The municipal borough of Hartlepool and the townships of Throston Stranton and Seaton Carew 1 See map on Vision of Britain website 3 1918 1974 edit County borough of West Hartlepool and municipal borough of Hartlepool 4 Boundaries redrawn in 1918 1950 and 1955 to reflect changes to the boundaries of the two boroughs 5 Members of Parliament editElection Member 6 Political party Offices held 1868 Ralph Ward Jackson Conservative 1874 Thomas Richardson Liberal 1875 by election Lowthian Bell Liberal 1880 Thomas Richardson Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1891 by election Christopher Furness Liberal 1895 Sir Thomas Richardson Liberal Unionist 1900 Sir Christopher Furness Liberal 1910 by election Stephen Furness Liberal 1914 by election Sir Walter Runciman Liberal 1918 W G Howard Gritten Unionist 1922 William Jowitt Liberal 1924 Sir Wilfrid Sugden Unionist 1929 W G Howard Gritten Unionist 1943 by election Thomas George Greenwell Conservative 1945 D T Jones Labour 1959 John Kerans Conservative 1964 Ted Leadbitter LabourElections editElections in the 1860s edit General election 1868 The Hartlepools 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ralph Ward Jackson 1 550 50 0 Liberal Thomas Richardson 1 547 50 0 Majority 3 0 0 Turnout 3 097 79 0 Registered electors 3 922 Conservative win new seat Elections in the 1870s edit General election 1874 The Hartlepools 7 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas Richardson 2 308 62 4 12 4 Conservative Ralph Ward Jackson 1 390 37 6 12 4 Majority 918 24 8 N A Turnout 3 698 81 7 2 7 Registered electors 4 524 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 12 4 Richardson resigned causing a by election By election 29 Jul 1875 The Hartlepools 7 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lowthian Bell 1 982 53 5 8 9 Conservative William Joseph Young 8 1 464 39 5 1 9 Magna Charta Ahmed John Kenealy 9 10 259 7 0 New Majority 518 14 0 10 8 Turnout 3 705 76 9 4 8 Registered electors 4 820 Liberal hold Swing 5 4 Elections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 The Hartlepools 7 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas Richardson 1 965 37 2 25 2 Liberal Lowthian Bell 1 717 32 5 N A Conservative Thomas Hutchinson Tristram 1 597 30 3 7 3 Majority 120 4 7 20 1 Turnout 5 279 79 0 2 7 Registered electors 6 681 Liberal hold Swing 9 0 General election 1885 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas Richardson 3 669 58 3 21 1 Conservative Thomas Hutchinson Tristram 2 629 41 7 11 4 Majority 1 040 16 6 11 9 Turnout 6 298 74 1 4 9 Registered electors 8 500 Liberal hold Swing 7 2 General election 1886 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Thomas Richardson 3 381 57 8 16 1 Liberal Mervyn Lanark Hawkes 12 2 469 42 2 16 1 Majority 912 15 6 N A Turnout 5 850 68 8 5 3 Registered electors 8 500 Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 16 1 Elections in the 1890s edit 1891 The Hartlepools by election 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Christopher Furness 4 603 51 7 9 5 Liberal Unionist William Gray 4 305 48 3 9 5 Majority 298 3 4 N A Turnout 8 908 85 8 17 0 Registered electors 10 378 Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing 9 5 General election 1892 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Christopher Furness 4 626 50 4 8 2 Liberal Unionist Thomas Richardson n 1 4 550 49 6 8 2 Majority 76 0 8 N A Turnout 9 176 87 3 18 5 Registered electors 10 513 Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing 8 2 nbsp T Richardson General election 1895 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist Thomas Richardson 4 853 50 4 0 8 Liberal Christopher Furness 4 772 49 6 0 8 Majority 81 0 8 N A Turnout 9 625 87 5 0 2 Registered electors 10 999 Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 0 8 Elections in the 1900s edit nbsp C Furness General election 1900 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Christopher Furness 6 491 58 5 8 9 Liberal Unionist Thomas Richardson 4 612 41 5 8 9 Majority 1 879 17 0 N A Turnout 11 103 86 4 1 1 Registered electors 12 849 Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing 8 9 General election 1906 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Christopher Furness Unopposed Liberal hold Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Christopher Furness 6 531 53 2 N A Conservative William Gritten 5 754 46 8 New Majority 777 6 4 N A Turnout 12 285 89 6 N A Liberal hold Swing N A nbsp S Furness 1910 Hartlepool by election 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Stephen Furness 6 159 50 7 2 5 Conservative William Gritten 5 993 49 3 2 5 Majority 166 1 4 5 0 Turnout 12 152 88 6 1 0 Liberal hold Swing 2 5 General election December 1910 The Hartlepools 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Stephen Furness 6 017 50 2 0 5 Conservative William Gritten 5 969 49 8 0 5 Majority 48 0 4 1 0 Turnout 11 936 87 4 1 2 Liberal hold Swing 0 5 General Election 1914 15 Another General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1915 The political parties had been preparing for this election and by July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Liberal Stephen Furness Unionist William Gritten nbsp W Runciman The Hartlepools by election 1914 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Walter Runciman Unopposed Liberal hold General election 1918 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Gritten 13 003 51 3 1 5 C Liberal Charles Macfarlane 7 647 30 1 20 1 Labour Will Sherwood 4 733 18 6 New Majority 5 356 21 2 N A Turnout 25 383 64 1 23 3 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Jowitt 18 252 50 8 20 7 Unionist William Gritten 17 685 49 2 2 1 Majority 567 1 6 N A Turnout 35 937 87 2 23 1 Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 11 4 General election 1923 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Jowitt 17 101 46 4 4 4 Unionist William Gritten 16 956 46 1 3 1 Labour George Belt 2 755 7 5 New Majority 145 0 3 1 3 Turnout 36 812 87 5 0 3 Liberal hold Swing 0 7 General election 1924 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Wilfrid Sugden 19 077 49 5 3 4 Liberal William Jowitt 15 724 40 8 5 6 Labour Craigie Aitchison 3 717 9 7 2 2 Majority 3 353 8 7 N A Turnout 38 518 90 3 2 8 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 4 5 General election 1929 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Gritten 17 271 38 0 11 5 Liberal Stephen Furness 17 133 37 7 3 1 Labour Gilbert Oliver 11 052 24 3 14 6 Majority 138 0 3 8 4 Turnout 45 456 85 9 4 4 Unionist hold Swing 4 2 Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Gritten 30 842 68 1 30 1 Labour Alasdair MacGregor 14 462 31 9 7 6 Majority 16 380 36 2 35 9 Turnout 45 304 84 4 1 5 Conservative hold Swing 15 0 General election 1935 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Gritten 21 828 47 8 20 3 Labour Charles A Goatcher 16 931 37 0 5 1 Liberal Joseph Scott Cowell 6 939 15 2 New Majority 4 897 10 8 25 4 Turnout 45 698 83 0 1 4 Conservative hold Swing 12 7 Elections in the 1940s edit General Election 1939 40A General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1940 The parties had been preparing for this election and by autumn 1939 the following candidates had been selected Conservative William Gritten Labour D T Jones 14 Liberal Hartlepool by election 1943 13 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Greenwell 13 333 64 1 16 3 Common Wealth Elaine Burton 3 634 17 4 New Independent Labour Oswald Lupton 2 351 11 3 New Independent Progressive Reg Hipwell 1 510 7 2 New Majority 9 699 46 7 35 9 Turnout 20 828 39 5 43 5 Conservative hold Swing Lupton stood as a People s candidate General election 1945 The Hartlepools 13 Party Candidate Votes Labour D T Jones 16 502 41 2 4 2 Conservative Thomas Greenwell 16 227 40 5 7 3 Liberal Russell Vick 6 903 17 3 2 1 Independent Harry Lane 390 1 0 New Majority 275 0 7 N A Turnout 40 022 76 1 6 9 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour D T Jones 25 609 50 61 Conservative Thomas Greenwell 20 373 40 26 Liberal Francis John Long 4 623 9 14 Majority 5 236 10 35 Turnout 50 605 87 15 Labour hold Swing General election 1951 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour D T Jones 27 147 52 63 Conservative Paul T Carter 24 437 47 37 Majority 2 710 5 26 Turnout 51 584 86 56 Labour hold Swing General election 1955 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour D T Jones 25 145 51 63 Conservative Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart 23 560 48 37 Majority 1 585 3 26 Turnout 48 705 81 84 Labour hold Swing General election 1959 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Kerans 25 463 50 2 1 8 Labour D T Jones 25 281 49 8 1 8 Majority 182 0 4 N A Turnout 50 744 83 3 1 5 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Leadbitter 25 883 52 9 3 1 Conservative Geoffrey Dodsworth 23 016 47 1 3 1 Majority 2 867 5 8 N A Turnout 48 899 81 9 1 4 Labour gain from Conservative Swing 3 1 General election 1966 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Leadbitter 27 509 59 3 6 4 Conservative H Ian Bransom 18 857 40 7 6 4 Majority 8 652 18 6 12 8 Turnout 46 366 78 5 3 4 Labour hold Swing 6 4 Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 The Hartlepools Party Candidate Votes Labour Edward Leadbitter 27 704 57 8 1 5 Conservative Michael Marshall 20 188 42 2 1 5 Majority 7 516 15 6 3 0 Turnout 47 892 74 4 4 1 Labour hold Swing 1 5See also editHistory of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in DurhamNotes and References editNotes Son of previous candidate with same name References a b Representation of the People Act 1867 PDF Retrieved 23 May 2020 Craig Fred W S 1972 Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885 1972 Chichester Political Reference Publications p 130 ISBN 0 900178 09 4 OCLC 539011 HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1868 The Hartlepools Representation of the People Act 1918 1918 p 436 Craig Fred W S 1972 Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885 1972 Chichester Political Reference Publications p 60 ISBN 0 900178 09 4 OCLC 539011 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with H part 1 a b c d Craig F W S ed 1977 British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 e book 1st ed London Macmillan Press ISBN 978 1 349 02349 3 Hartlepool Election Manchester Times 31 July 1875 p 2 Retrieved 31 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Hartlepool Election Sheffield Daily Telegraph 31 July 1875 p 11 Retrieved 31 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Mr Ahmed Kenealy in Hartlepool County Court Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 9 October 1875 p 4 Retrieved 31 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive a b c d e f g h i j k Craig FWS ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press ISBN 9781349022984 Yesterday s Nominations London Evening Standard 2 July 1886 p 3 Retrieved 28 November 2017 via British Newspaper Archive a b c d e f g h i Craig F W S ed 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 Glasgow Political Reference Publications ISBN 0 900178 01 9 Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party 1939 54 39 N 1 16 W 54 650 N 1 267 W 54 650 1 267 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Hartlepools UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1202420990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
