Tyneside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Tyneside | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Northumberland |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | South Northumberland |
| Replaced by | Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Newcastle upon Tyne West, Wansbeck |
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election as one of four single-member Divisions of the county of Northumberland,[1] and abolished for the 1918 general election.
The contents of the county division, as defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, were:
The Sessional Division of Castle West (part), the Municipal Boroughs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Tynemouth, and the Parish of Wallsend.[1][2]
NB included non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth.
Abolition
On abolition in 1918, the contents of the seat were distributed as follows:
- the majority of the electorate, comprising the municipal borough of Wallsend and the urban districts of Gosforth, Longbenton and Weetslade formed the new Parliamentary Borough of Wallsend;[3]
- the former urban districts of Walker, and Benwell and Fenham which had been abolished in 1904 and absorbed into the County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne were included in Newcastle upon Tyne East and West respectively; and
- the urban district of Newburn and surrounding rural areas were transferred to Wansbeck.[4]
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Albert Grey | Liberal | Elected as a Liberal, but joined the Liberal Unionists when the party split in 1886 | |
| 1886 | Wentworth Beaumont | Liberal | ||
| 1892 | Jack Pease | Liberal | One of the Pease family of Darlington | |
| 1900 | Hugh Crawford Smith | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1906 | J. M. Robertson | Liberal | Journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Albert Grey | 5,782 | 62.7 | ||
| Conservative | Gainsford Bruce | 3,440 | 37.3 | ||
| Majority | 2,342 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 9,222 | 77.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,852 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Wentworth Beaumont | 4,112 | 50.8 | −11.9 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Albert Grey | 3,990 | 49.2 | +11.9 | |
| Majority | 122 | 1.6 | −23.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,102 | 68.4 | -9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,852 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −11.9 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jack Pease | 5,468 | 52.1 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Arnold White | 5,018 | 47.9 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 450 | 4.2 | +2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,486 | 76.4 | +8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,727 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jack Pease | 6,066 | 51.9 | -0.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Arnold White | 5,631 | 48.1 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 435 | 3.8 | -0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 11,697 | 78.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,932 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Hugh Crawford Smith | 7,093 | 51.3 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal | Jack Pease | 6,730 | 48.7 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 363 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,823 | 74.9 | −3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,460 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 11,496 | 62.5 | +13.8 | |
| Conservative | James Knott | 6,885 | 37.5 | −13.8 | |
| Majority | 4,611 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,381 | 79.3 | +4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,167 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +13.8 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 13,158 | 62.8 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Cochrane | 7,807 | 37.2 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,351 | 25.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 20,965 | 81.5 | +2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,711 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. M. Robertson | 11,693 | 63.0 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Helenus Macaulay Robertson | 6,857 | 37.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 4,836 | 26.0 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 18,550 | 72.1 | −9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,711 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
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: J. M. Robertson
- Unionist:
- Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884. p. 167.
- Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell. p. 460.
- Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell. p. 517.
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 363. ISBN 9781349022984.