Middlesbrough West | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Riding of Yorkshire |
1918– 1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Middlesbrough |
Replaced by |
Thornaby, Middlesbrough |
Middlesbrough West was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. It 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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Cannon, Cleveland, Linthorpe, and Newport.
1950–1964: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, and Linthorpe, and the Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees. [1]
1964–1974: The County Borough of Middlesbrough wards of Acklam, Ayresome, Crescent, Gresham, Linthorpe, Park, and Whinney Banks, and the Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees. [2]
Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Trevelyan Thomson | Liberal | |
1928 | F. Kingsley Griffith | Liberal | |
1940 | Harcourt Johnstone | Liberal | |
1945 | Don Bennett | Liberal | |
1945 | Geoffrey Cooper | Labour | |
1951 | Sir Jocelyn Simon | Conservative | |
1962 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
1970 | John Sutcliffe | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson * | 10,958 | 67.2 | ||
Labour | Charlie Cramp | 5,350 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 5,608 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,308 | 50.5 | |||
Registered electors | 32,286 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
* Thomson was issued with the Coalition Coupon but rejected it.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | 16,811 | 69.4 | +2.2 | |
National Liberal | Harry Driffield Levick | 7,422 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,389 | 38.8 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,233 | 68.4 | +17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 35,448 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | 16,837 | 69.4 | 0.0 | |
Labour | J. D. White | 7,443 | 30.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,424 | 38.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,280 | 68.6 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevelyan Thomson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 10,717 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Alonza Ellis | 10,628 | 36.0 | New | |
Unionist | Stanley Sadler | 8,213 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 89 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,558 | 83.2 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 14,674 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Alonza Ellis | 13,328 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Unionist | Albert E. Baucher | 8,137 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,346 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,139 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 26,011 | 66.61 | ||
Labour | Henry Kegie | 13,040 | 33.39 | ||
Majority | 12,971 | 33.32 | |||
Turnout | 39,051 | 85.02 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Griffith | 13,689 | 36.18 | ||
Labour | Henry Kegie | 12,764 | 33.73 | ||
National Labour | William Arthur Spofforth | 11,387 | 30.09 | N/A | |
Majority | 925 | 2.45 | |||
Turnout | 37,840 | 79.39 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40:
A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Bennett | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Cooper | 20,071 | 53.48 | New | |
Liberal | Don Bennett | 17,458 | 46.52 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,613 | 6.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,529 | 77.23 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Cooper | 21,593 | 46.31 | ||
Conservative | L Wright | 17,760 | 38.09 | New | |
Liberal | Philip Fothergill | 7,273 | 15.60 | ||
Majority | 3,833 | 8.22 | |||
Turnout | 46,626 | 86.42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 24,622 | 52.22 | ||
Labour Co-op | David Dunwoodie | 22,525 | 47.78 | ||
Majority | 2,097 | 4.44 | |||
Turnout | 47,147 | 86.29 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 25,495 | 58.44 | ||
Labour Co-op | Rita Alison Smythe | 18,134 | 41.56 | ||
Majority | 7,361 | 16.88 | |||
Turnout | 43,629 | 82.45 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Simon | 24,602 | 54.88 | ||
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 15,892 | 35.45 | ||
Liberal | George Wharton Ian Hodgson | 4,336 | 9.67 | New | |
Majority | 8,710 | 19.43 | |||
Turnout | 44,830 | 84.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 15,095 | 39.67 | +4.22 | |
Conservative | Bernard Connelly | 12,825 | 33.70 | -21.18 | |
Liberal | George Scott | 9,829 | 25.83 | +16.16 | |
Independent | Russell Ernest Eckley | 189 | 0.50 | New | |
Independent | Malcolm Thompson | 117 | 0.31 | New | |
Majority | 2,270 | 5.97 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,055 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,904 | 44.75 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Sumption | 18,759 | 42.17 | ||
Liberal | John Rettie | 5,816 | 13.08 | ||
Majority | 1,145 | 2.58 | |||
Turnout | 44,479 | 84.07 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 23,649 | 54.48 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 19,756 | 45.52 | ||
Majority | 3,893 | 8.96 | |||
Turnout | 43,405 | 81.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 22,374 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,986 | 49.56 | ||
Majority | 388 | 0.88 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,360 | 75.05 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |