The Isle of Wight | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Isle of Wight |
Electorate | 113,021 (2019) |
Major settlements | Brading, Lake, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Bob Seely (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE)[1] is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Bob Seely, a Conservative.
Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covers the whole of the Isle of Wight. It had the largest electorate of any constituency at the 2019 general election.[n 2]
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be abolished with the island being divided into Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West.[2]
The Isle of Wight has been a single seat of the House of Commons since 1832. It covers the same land as the ceremonial county of the Isle of Wight and the area administered by the unitary authority, Isle of Wight Council: a diamond-shaped island with rounded oblique corners, measuring 22.5 miles (36.2 km) by 13 miles (21 km), the Needles and similar small uninhabitable rocks of very small square surface area. The island is linked by ferry crossings from four points (five points if counting Cowes and East Cowes separately) to three points in Hampshire: Lymington, Southampton and Portsmouth.
Its electorate of 113,021 at the 2019 general election[3] is the largest in the UK, more than 50% above the UK average: 73,181,[3] and five times the size of the smallest seat: Na h-Eileanan an Iar, formerly known as the Western Isles.[4]
The reviews of the Boundary Commission for England since 1954 have consulted locally on splitting the island into two seats (and included occasional proposals for a seat crossing the Solent onto the mainland) but met an overall distaste by the independent commissioners and most consultees and consultation respondents. The consensus of varying panels of Boundary Commissioners, party-interested and neutral commentators is that the island would be best represented by one MP. The Commissioners did make mention perfunctorily of their duty by law to avoid such an extent of malapportionment (termed by most commissioners "leaving the island somewhat oversized"). One problem the independent body cited in 2008 was a difficulty of dividing the island in two in a way that would be acceptable to all major interests. The arbitrary division line problem is routinely encountered in those council areas which have no rural elements or natural divides.[5]
Eventually, under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, which proposed that the total number of constituencies in the UK Parliament should be reduced from 650 to 600, it was specified that the Isle of Wight should comprise two "protected" seats, meaning that their electorates did not have to be within the statutory range of ±5%. The 2011 Act was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 which reversed the decrease in the total number of seats but retained the two protected seats for the Isle of Wight.
Main article: 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies |
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[6] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.[7]
The commission has proposed splitting the island into Isle of Wight East (electorate 56,805) and Isle of Wight West (electorate 54,911).[8][9][10]
Before the Reform Act 1832 (apart from the First Protectorate Parliament (1654–1655), when a whole island constituency existed) the island was usually represented by three Parliamentary boroughs: Newport, Newtown, and Yarmouth, each electing two MPs. The county electorate of the island, which included freeholders qualified by property, was represented by the two MPs for Hampshire.[11] The Reform Act abolished the Newtown and Yarmouth parliamentary boroughs, and a single-member county division of Hampshire was created for the island. The separate and overlapping Newport representation was reduced to one MP in 1868[12] and finally abolished in 1885.[13] Since then, the whole of the Isle of Wight has been represented by one constituency.
The constituency has traditionally been a battleground between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and their predecessors. The seat was held by a Liberal from 1974 until 1987,[14][15][16] a Conservative until 1997, a Liberal Democrat until 2001,[16][17] and a Conservative since then.[17]
At the 2015 election, the incumbent Conservative scored one of his party's largest swings against the Liberal Democrats whose candidate finished in fifth place.
In the 2017 general election, the Labour candidate gained second place with the party's best result since 1966. Nick Belfitt, the Liberal Democrat candidate, became the youngest ever candidate to stand for the seat at the age of 23.[18]
At the December 2019 general election, Labour came second, marginally increasing the party's vote total and share of the poll compared to 2017. The Liberal Democrats agreed to stand aside and support the Green Party candidate as part the Unite to Remain agreement between the two parties and Plaid Cymru involving 60 constituencies in England and Wales, with the purpose of increasing the chances of candidates who supported remaining in the European Union.[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Seely | 41,815 | 56.2 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Richard Quigley | 18,078 | 24.3 | +1.3 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion | 11,338 | 15.2 | –2.1 | |
Ind. Network | Carl Feeney | 1,542 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Karl Love | 874 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Daryll Pitcher | 795 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 23,737 | 31.9 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 74,442 | 65.9 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 113,021 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Seely | 38,190 | 51.3 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Julian Critchley | 17,121 | 23.0 | +10.2 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion | 12,915 | 17.3 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Belfitt | 2,740 | 3.7 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Daryll Pitcher | 1,921 | 2.6 | −18.6 | |
Independent | Julie Jones-Evans | 1,592 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 21,069 | 28.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 74,479 | 67.3 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 110,683 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner[34] | 28,591 | 40.7 | -6.0 | |
UKIP | Iain McKie | 14,888 | 21.2 | +17.7 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion[35] | 9,404 | 13.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Stewart Blackmore[34] | 8,984 | 12.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Goodall[36] | 5,235 | 7.5 | -24.2 | |
Independent | Ian Stephens[37] | 3,198 | 4.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,703 | 19.5 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 70,300 | 65.0 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 108,804 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 32,810 | 46.7 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jill Wareham | 22,283 | 31.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Mark Chiverton | 8,169 | 11.6 | −5.6 | |
UKIP | Michael Tarrant | 2,435 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
BNP | Geoff Clynch | 1,457 | 2.1 | New | |
English Democrat | Ian Dunsire | 1,233 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Bob Keats | 931 | 1.3 | New | |
Middle England Party | Paul Martin | 616 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Pete Harris | 175 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Paul Randle-Jolliffe | 89 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Edward Corby | 66 | 0.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 10,527 | 15.0 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 70,264 | 63.9 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 109,922 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 32,717 | 48.9 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Rowlands | 19,739 | 29.5 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Mark Chiverton | 11,484 | 17.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Michael Tarrant | 2,352 | 3.5 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Edward Corby | 551 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,978 | 19.4 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 66,843 | 61.3 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 107,737 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 25,223 | 39.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 22,397 | 35.3 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 9,676 | 15.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | David Lott | 2,106 | 3.3 | +1.8 | |
Independent | David Holmes | 1,423 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | Paul Scivier | 1,279 | 2.0 | +1.3 | |
Isle of Wight Party | Philip Murray | 1,164 | 1.8 | New | |
Socialist Labour | James Spensley | 214 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,826 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,482 | 60.8 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 104,431 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 31,274 | 42.7 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 24,868 | 34.0 | −13.9 | |
Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 9,646 | 13.2 | +7.2 | |
Referendum | Tim Bristow | 4,734 | 6.5 | New | |
UKIP | Malcom Turner | 1,072 | 1.5 | New | |
Independent | Harry Rees | 848 | 1.2 | New | |
Green | Paul Scivier | 544 | 0.7 | New | |
Natural Law | Clive Daly | 87 | 0.1 | −0.3 | |
Rainbow Warriors | Jonathan Eveleigh | 86 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,406 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 74,193 | 72.0 | −7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 101,680 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Field | 38,163 | 47.9 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 36,336 | 45.6 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Ken Pearson | 4,784 | 6.0 | +0.1 | |
Natural Law | Clive Daly | 350 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,827 | 2.3 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 79,633 | 79.8 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 99,839 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Field | 40,175 | 51.2 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Michael Young | 33,733 | 42.9 | −8.1 | |
Labour | Kenn Pearson | 4,626 | 5.9 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 6,442 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78,560 | 79.6 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 98,694 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 38,407 | 51.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Virginia Bottomley | 34,904 | 46.3 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Catherine Wilson | 1,828 | 2.4 | -1.6 | |
Isle of Wight Residents Party | Thomas McDermott | 208 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,503 | 4.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 75,347 | 80.0 | -1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 94,226 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 35,889 | 48.2 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 35,537 | 47.7 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Catherine Wilson | 3,014 | 4.0 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 352 | 0.5 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 74,440 | 81.8 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 90,961 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 29,697 | 45.1 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 27,657 | 42.0 | +3.0 | |
Labour | L.D. Brooke | 8,562 | 13.0 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 2,040 | 3.1 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 65,916 | 76.7 | -4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 85,897 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 34,808 | 50.2 | +28.0 | |
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 27,042 | 39.0 | -13.4 | |
Labour | TC Bisson | 7,495 | 10.8 | -11.8 | |
Majority | 7,766 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 69,345 | 81.4 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 85,208 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 30,437 | 52.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Kent Boulton | 13,111 | 22.6 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 12,883 | 22.2 | -0.2 | |
Vectis National Party | Ronald W.J Cowdell | 1,607 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 17,326 | 29.8 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,038 | 72.0 | -3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 80,537 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 25,862 | 48.6 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Peter Stephenson | 15,411 | 29.0 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 11,915 | 22.4 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 10,451 | 19.6 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,188 | 75.0 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 27,497 | 53.5 | -9.4 | |
Labour | William Mann | 16,244 | 31.6 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Barbara Bliss | 7,666 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,253 | 21.9 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,407 | 74.3 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 69,215 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 31,228 | 62.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Edward Cecil Amey | 18,396 | 37.1 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 12,832 | 25.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,624 | 74.1 | -0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 66,939 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 31,335 | 62.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 18,698 | 37.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 12,637 | 25.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,033 | 74.4 | -5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 67,297 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 33,501 | 61.8 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 20,712 | 38.2 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 12,789 | 23.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,213 | 80.3 | -0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 67,501 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 32,984 | 60.5 | +13.9 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 21,496 | 39.5 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 11,488 | 21.0 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,480 | 80.6 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 67,581 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 22,036 | 46.6 | -16.58 | |
Labour | William Miller | 19,252 | 40.7 | +3.87 | |
Liberal | May O'Conor | 5,967 | 12.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,784 | 5.9 | -20.47 | ||
Turnout | 47,255 | 76.0 | +6.56 | ||
Registered electors | 62,364 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 26,748 | 63.18 | -14.07 | |
Labour | William Miller | 15,586 | 36.83 | +14.07 | |
Majority | 11,162 | 26.35 | -28.15 | ||
Turnout | 42,334 | 69.44 | -1.68 | ||
Registered electors | 60,965 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 32,728 | 77.25 | +29.05 | |
Labour | James Drummond | 9,639 | 22.75 | +9.05 | |
Majority | 23,089 | 54.50 | +44.50 | ||
Turnout | 42,367 | 71.12 | -7.88 | ||
Registered electors | 59,574 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Peter Macdonald | 21,949 | 48.2 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | St John Hutchinson | 17,383 | 38.1 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 6,256 | 13.7 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 4,566 | 10.1 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,588 | 79.0 | -1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,693 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Peter Macdonald | 19,346 | 52.4 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | John Seely | 13,944 | 37.8 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 3,620 | 9.8 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 5,402 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,910 | 80.1 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 46,052 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Seely | 16,249 | 46.6 | +10.4 | |
Unionist | Peter Macdonald | 16,159 | 46.3 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Emily Palmer | 2,475 | 7.1 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 90 | 0.3 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,883 | 76.6 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 45,530 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke | 12,202 | 36.2 | -4.6 | |
Unionist | John Perowne | 10,620 | 31.6 | -27.6 | |
Ind. Unionist | Arthur Veasey | 7,061 | 21.0 | New | |
Labour | Harold Shearman | 3,756 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,582 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,639 | 75.4 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 44,637 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Douglas Hall | 16,274 | 59.2 | +8.4 |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 11,235 | 40.8 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 5,039 | 18.4 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,509 | 65.5 | -23.2 | ||
Registered electors | 42,013 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hall | 7,192 | 50.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli | 6,969 | 49.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 223 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,161 | 88.7 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 15,969 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hall | 7,414 | 51.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 7,123 | 49.0 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 291 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,537 | 91.0 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 15,969 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 7,453 | 55.8 | New | |
Conservative | Anthony Hickman Morgan | 5,892 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,561 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,345 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,193 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | John Seely | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Seely | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,494 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Seely | 6,432 | 54.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 5,370 | 45.5 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 1,062 | 9.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,802 | 81.4 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,809 | 52.0 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Armine Wodehouse | 5,363 | 48.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 446 | 4.0 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,172 | 80.9 | -3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,816 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,699 | 52.1 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Sigismund Mendl | 5,238 | 47.9 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 461 | 4.2 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,937 | 84.4 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,957 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,271 | 56.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | John Stuart[57] | 4,013 | 43.2 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 1,258 | 13.6 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,284 | 77.7 | -10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,495 | 52.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 5,059 | 47.9 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 436 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,554 | 88.4 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 1,986 | 50.2 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Temple Cotton[59] | 1,973 | 49.8 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,959 | 79.9 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,954 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,614 | 50.1 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 1,605 | 49.9 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,219 | 78.8 | +13.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,084 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,317 | 50.7 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | George Moffatt[60] | 1,282 | 49.3 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,599 | 68.3 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,807 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simeon | 1,353 | 54.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,118 | 45.2 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 235 | 9.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,471 | 64.9 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,807 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simeon | 786 | 52.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Locock | 710 | 47.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 76 | 5.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,496 | 64.6 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,315 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Clifford | 756 | 52.1 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | 694 | 47.9 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 62 | 4.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,450 | 71.1 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,038 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Clifford | 730 | 54.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 610 | 45.5 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 120 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,340 | 68.8 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,949 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | 681 | 53.5 | +9.6 | |
Radical | Edward Dawes | 593 | 46.5 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 88 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,274 | 77.2 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,650 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Dawes | 565 | 52.1 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Snape Hamond[61] | 519 | 47.9 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 46 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,084 | 65.7 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,650 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Simeon | 476 | 56.1 | New | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 373 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 103 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 849 | 72.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William à Court-Holmes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William à Court-Holmes | 628 | 52.9 | +11.8 | |
Whig | Dudley Pelham[63] | 560 | 47.1 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 68 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,188 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Simeon | 483 | 58.9 | −27.5 | |
Conservative | George Henry Ward | 337 | 41.1 | +27.5 | |
Majority | 146 | 17.8 | −55.0 | ||
Turnout | 820 | c. 70.3 | c. −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,167 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −27.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Simeon | 712 | 86.4 | ||
Tory | Alexander Glynn Campbell | 112 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 600 | 72.8 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 70.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |