Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Horncastle | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | East Lindsey & Gainsborough and Horncastle |
Created from | Mid Lincolnshire |
Horncastle was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and first used for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency included the town of Horncastle.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope | 4,824 | 54.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Thomas Threlfall | 3,959 | 45.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 865 | 9.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 88.4 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope | 4,438 | 54.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | F Otter | 3,700 | 45.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 738 | 9.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 85.2 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | 4,582 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal | 45.0 | ||||
Majority | 10.0 | ||||
Turnout | 87.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | ||||
Liberal | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | 4,302 | 59.2 | ||
Liberal | T Wallis | 2,962 | 40.8 | ||
Majority | 1,340 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | 4,250 | |||
Liberal | A Adams | 4,100 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 150 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 86.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | 5,162 | 54.5 | ||
Liberal | Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare | 45.5 | |||
Majority | 9.0 | ||||
Turnout | 90.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | 4,705 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Caesar Linfield | 4,181 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 86.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ernest George Archibald Weigall | 4,955 | 50.5 | -2.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick Caesar Linfield | 4,848 | 49.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 107 | ||||
Turnout | 90.7 | +4.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,826 | ||||
Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 7,433 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,140 | 44.5 | |||
Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 6,727 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | William Holmes | 3,443 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | 1,413 | 7.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 10,797 | 54.1 | +17.4 | |
Unionist | Lord Fermoy | 9,158 | 45.9 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,639 | 8.2 | 16.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,955 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 10,954 | 54.5 | +0.4 | |
Unionist | Sir John Philip Du Cane | 9,135 | 45.5 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,819 | 9.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,089 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Dr Henry Cobden Haslam | 10,912 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal | Samuel Pattinson | 9,743 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 1,169 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 20,655 | 81.7 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Dr Henry Cobden Haslam | 12,837 | 48.1 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Frederick Caesar Linfield | 10,168 | 38.1 | -9.1 | |
Labour | J. R. Sanderson | 3,683 | 13.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,669 | 10.0 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,688 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr Henry Cobden Haslam | 18,100 | 67.32 | ||
Liberal | George Hery John Dutton | 8,788 | 32.68 | ||
Majority | 9,312 | 34.63 | |||
Turnout | 70.33 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr Henry Cobden Haslam | 17,594 | 68.79 | ||
Labour | F J Knowles | 7,982 | 31.21 | ||
Majority | 9,612 | 37.58 | |||
Turnout | 69.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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;
- Conservative: Henry Haslam
- Labour: F J Knowles
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 14,019 | 53.10 | ||
Labour | Sq-Ldr. George Holderness | 7,055 | 26.72 | ||
Liberal | Maj. Frank Emerson | 5,329 | 20.18 | ||
Majority | 6,964 | 26.38 | |||
Turnout | 70.45 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 22,329 | 65.67 | ||
Labour | Francis H Clark | 11,671 | 34.33 | ||
Majority | 10,658 | 31.35 | |||
Turnout | 78.73 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 22,043 | 66.42 | ||
Labour | Francis H Clark | 11,143 | 33.58 | ||
Majority | 10,900 | 32.85 | |||
Turnout | 76.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 20,392 | 66.83 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Pashby | 10,122 | 33.17 | ||
Majority | 10,270 | 33.66 | |||
Turnout | 71.01 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 19,799 | 66.60 | ||
Labour | Hugh W Peck | 9,928 | 33.40 | ||
Majority | 9,871 | 33.21 | |||
Turnout | 70.34 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Whitaker Maitland | 15,854 | 49.59 | ||
Labour | Robin Brumby | 8,069 | 25.24 | ||
Liberal | T Frank Smith | 8,044 | 25.16 | ||
Majority | 7,785 | 24.35 | |||
Turnout | 74.73 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 15,090 | 46.64 | ||
Labour | Robert NH Sackur | 9,715 | 30.02 | ||
Liberal | T Frank Smith | 7,552 | 23.34 | ||
Majority | 5,375 | 16.61 | |||
Turnout | 81.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 19,299 | 55.35 | ||
Labour | Eric A Skinns | 8,860 | 25.41 | ||
Liberal | Roger S Miller | 6,707 | 19.24 | ||
Majority | 10,439 | 29.94 | |||
Turnout | 74.20 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 19,344 | 49.53 | ||
Liberal | Roger S Miller | 12,555 | 32.15 | ||
Labour | AJR Berry | 6,791 | 17.39 | ||
Independent Democratic Alliance | EP Iszatt | 367 | 0.94 | ||
Majority | 6,789 | 17.38 | |||
Turnout | 79.33 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 16,750 | 47.71 | ||
Liberal | MJC Starky | 11,506 | 32.78 | ||
Labour | K Bratton | 6,849 | 19.51 | ||
Majority | 5,244 | 14.94 | |||
Turnout | 70.74 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 21,362 | 55.12 | ||
Liberal | MJC Starky | 10,833 | 27.95 | ||
Labour | DP Collins | 6,240 | 16.10 | ||
National Front | M Hook | 319 | 0.82 | ||
Majority | 10,529 | 27.17 | |||
Turnout | 75.21 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
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- 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 "H" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 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, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ The Times, 10 March 1920 & Cook and Ramsden, op cit, p271
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1931
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1931
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire (historic)