Constituency_of_The_Hartlepools

The Hartlepools
The Hartlepools
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Durham
1868–February 1974
Seats	One
Created from	South Durham
Replaced by	Hartlepool

The Hartlepools (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1974

The Hartlepools /ˈhɑːrtlɪpʊl/ 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.

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	Member^[6]	Political party
1868	Ralph Ward Jackson	Conservative
1874	Thomas Richardson	Liberal
1875 by-election	Lowthian Bell	Liberal
1880	Thomas Richardson	Liberal
1886	Thomas Richardson	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	Labour

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)

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

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

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

Constituency_of_The_Hartlepools

The Hartlepools (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Boundaries

1868–1918

1918–1974

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

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The Hartlepools
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Durham
1868–February 1974
Seats	One
Created from	South Durham
Replaced by	Hartlepool

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Furness	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	-1.5