Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
Beverley | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
Replaced by | Yorkshire |
Beverley has been the name of a
A form of a Beverley seat was revived for a single-member
History
The Parliamentary Borough
Beverley was first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but after 1306 it did not elect members again until 1563. Thereafter it maintained two members until being disfranchised in 1870. The borough consisted of the three parishes of the town of Beverley, and by 1831 had a population of 7,432 and 1,928 houses. The right of election was vested not in the population as a whole, but in the freemen of the borough, whether resident or not; at the contested election of 1826, 2,276 votes were cast. The borough was large enough to retain two members under the compromise of the
For much of the borough's history, elections in Beverley were notorious for their corruption. In 1727, one of the victorious candidates was unseated on petition, his agents were imprisoned and Parliament passed a new
The novelist Anthony Trollope was one of the defeated candidates in the final corrupt election for which Beverley was disfranchised. He drew on his experience directly for his description of the Percycross election in his novel Ralph the Heir, and also told the story in his Autobiography. He found that corruption was taken for granted and that the price of a vote was between 15 shillings and £1. His unsuccessful campaign cost him £400. Sir Henry Edwards and Edmund Hegan Kennard were those candidates deemed elected Members of Parliament in this final contest for the constituency.
1950 to 1955
The Beverley constituency which existed from 1950 to 1955 was a predominantly rural one. Under the boundary revisions introduced by the
The Beverley constituency was abolished in further boundary changes implemented at the 1955 general election, being divided between the new Haltemprice and Howden seats.
1983 to 1997
Beverley again became a constituency name in
.The Beverley constituency was abolished in 1997 general election, Beverley itself moving to the new Beverley and Holderness constituency.
Boundaries
1950–1955: The Borough of Beverley, the Urban District of Norton, and the Rural Districts of Beverley, Derwent, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.
1983–1997: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Anlaby, Brough, Castle, Hessle East, Hessle West, Kirk Ella, Leconfield, Leven, Mill Beck and Croxby, Minster North, Minster South, Molescroft, Priory, St Mary's East, St Mary's West, Springfield, Swanland, Tickton, Willerby, and Woodmansey.
Members of Parliament
Beverley borough
1563–1660
1660–1869
Writ suspended 1869, constituency abolished 1870
Beverley County Constituency (1950–1955)
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | George Odey | Conservative | |
1955 | constituency abolished |
Beverley County Constituency (1983–1997)
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Patrick Wall | Conservative | |
1987 | James Cran | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Burton | 1,065 | 43.3 | ||
Whig | Daniel Sykes | 739 | 30.0 | ||
Tory | Capel Cure | 657 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 82 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,420 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Marshall | 734 | 41.1 | +11.1 | |
Whig | Henry Burton | 705 | 39.4 | −3.9 | |
Tory | Charles Winn | 349 | 19.5 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 356 | 19.9 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,204 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Langdale | 516 | 35.1 | −6.0 | |
Whig | Henry Burton | 490 | 33.3 | −6.1 | |
Tory | Charles Winn | 464 | 31.6 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 26 | 1.8 | −18.1 | ||
Turnout | 971 | 96.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hogg | 523 | 39.2 | +7.6 | |
Whig | Henry Burton | 497 | 37.3 | +4.0 | |
Whig | Joseph Sykes | 314 | 23.5 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 209 | 15.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 994 | 95.4 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,042 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hogg | 622 | 32.2 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | George Lane-Fox | 582 | 30.1 | +10.5 | |
Whig | James Clay | 380 | 19.7 | −17.6 | |
Whig | George Rennie | 347 | 18.0 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 242 | 12.5 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 976 | 91.9 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,062 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.0 |
Elections in the 1840s
Lane-Fox resigned by accepting the office of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sackville Lane-Fox | 556 | 57.6 | −4.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Lamie Murray[22][23] | 410 | 42.4 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 146 | 15.2 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 966 | 91.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,053 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Towneley | 531 | 34.3 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | James Hogg | 529 | 34.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Sackville Lane-Fox | 489 | 31.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 42 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,012 | 94.3 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,073 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Towneley | 543 | 40.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Sackville Lane-Fox | 542 | 40.4 | +8.8 | |
Whig | Isaac Goldsmid[24] | 257 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 671 (est) | 49.4 (est) | −44.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,357 | ||||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | -3.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Majority | 285 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Francis Charles Lawley | 611 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Radical | William Wells | 584 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative
|
Edward Glover[15]
|
497 | 29.4 | New | |
Majority | 87 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,095 (est) | 77.9 (est) | +28.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Lawley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon | 493 | 72.0 | N/A | |
Independent Whig | George Hastings[26] | 192 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 301 | 44.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 685 | 51.4 | −26.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,333 | ||||
Peelite gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Denison | 566 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative
|
Edward Glover
|
537 | 33.7 | +8.3 | |
Radical | William Wells | 492 | 30.8 | −3.7 | |
Turnout | 798 (est) | 70.2 (est) | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,136 | ||||
Majority | 74 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 45 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Ind. Conservative gain from Radical
|
Swing | +5.1 |
Glover's election was declared void on petition, after he was found to have lied about meeting the required property qualifications, causing a by-election.[27][28][29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 579 | 59.1 | New | |
Radical | William Wells[30] | 401 | 40.9 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 178 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 980 | 86.3 | +16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,136 | ||||
Ind. Conservative
|
Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ralph Walters | 605 | 37.0 | −29.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 539 | 32.9 | New | |
Conservative | James Walker | 439 | 26.8 | New | |
Independent
|
Edward Glover[31]
|
54 | 3.3 | −30.4 | |
Turnout | 819 (est) | 67.6 (est) | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,210 | ||||
Majority | 166 | 10.2 | +5.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 485 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Ind. Conservative
|
Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
Walters' election was declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Walker | 599 | 55.9 | −3.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Gridley[32] | 473 | 44.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 126 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,072 | 88.4 | +16.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,213 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 689 | 37.8 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 637 | 35.0 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | David Keane[33] | 495 | 27.2 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 142 | 7.8 | −21.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,158 (est) | 93.5 (est) | +25.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 1,132 | 30.2 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Edmund Hegan Kennard | 986 | 26.3 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | Marmaduke Maxwell | 895 | 23.8 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | Anthony Trollope | 740 | 19.7 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 91 | 2.5 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,877 (est) | 70.2 (est) | −23.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,672 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.4 |
A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the seat and, after finding extensive bribery, the borough's writ was suspended, the election result voided, and the seat was absorbed into East Riding of Yorkshire.[21]
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Odey | 26,699 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Arnold William Gray | 12,399 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | Harold Stewart Freemantle | 7,719 | 16.1 | ||
Ind. Conservative
|
G. Thorley | 1,121 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 14,300 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,938 | 83.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Odey | 27,937 | 59.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Brennan | 12,778 | 27.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Harold Stewart Freemantle | 6,522 | 13.8 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 15,159 | 32.0 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,237 | 80.0 | -3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Wall | 31,233 | 56.3 | ||
Liberal | Michael Ford Pitts | 17,364 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Elliot Morley | 6,921 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 13,869 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 55,518 | 73.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cran | 31,459 | 52.2 | −4.1 | |
Liberal | John Bryant (British politician) | 18,864 | 31.3 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Martin Shaw | 9,901 | 16.4 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 12,595 | 20.9 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,224 | 76.3 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cran | 34,503 | 53.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Collinge | 17,986 | 27.8 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Colin Challen | 12,026 | 18.6 | +2.2 | |
Natural Law | D Hetherington | 199 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 16,517 | 25.5 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 64,714 | 79.9 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
- ^ Bethell was also elected for Hedon, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Beverley
- ^ Pelham and Bradshaw beat Hotham in the 1727 election, but on petition Hotham was declared elected in Bradshaw's place. Bradshaw's agents at Beverley were imprisoned, and the investigations led directly to the passing of the Bribery Act, 1729
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 142–144. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Baggs, A. P.; Brown, L. M.; Forster, G. C. F.; Hall, I.; Horrox, R. E.; Kent, G. H. R.; Neave, D. (1989). "Beverley, 1700–1835: Parliamentary Elections". In Allison, K. J. (ed.). A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6, the Borough and Liberties of Beverley. Victoria County History. London: Institute of Historical Research. pp. 126–131. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 33. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Knaresborough". London Morning Post. 29 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "The General Election". The Spectator. 26 June 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "State of the Poll". The Globe. 2 July 1841. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "The New Parliament". Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette. 9 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "To Correspondents". Yorkshire Gazette. 29 July 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Glover's election was declared void on petition, because he lacked the necessary property qualification to be a candidate, and a by-election held
- ^ a b "Beverley". The Morning Chronicle. 7 July 1852. p. 20. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "The Elections". Leeds Intelligencer. 10 July 1852. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Baggs, A. P.; Brown, L. M.; Forster, G. C. F.; Hall, I.; Horrox, R. E.; Kent, G. H. R.; Neave, D. (1989). "Modern Beverley: Political and Social History, 1835–1918". In Allison, K. J. (ed.). A History of the County of York East Riding" Volume 6, the Borough and Liberties of Beverley. Victoria County History. London: Institute of Historical Research. pp. 141–148. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- Hull Packet. 13 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Our London Correspondent". Bicester Advertiser. 25 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Walters' election was declared void on petition because of corrupt practices, and a by-election held
- ^ ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "Beverley Election". York Herald. 25 January 1840. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 27 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dublin Morning Register". 28 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser. 28 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 0-8020-4137-X. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
- ISBN 0511037112. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Rix, Kathryn (13 April 2013). "MPs at the Old Bailey". The Victorian Commons. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Rix, Kathryn (13 December 2012). "Christmas at Newgate: Edward Glover MP and the abolition of the property qualification". The Victorian Commons. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ISBN 9781107640047. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "To the Electors of the Borough of Beverley". Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette. 8 August 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Beverley". John Bull. 2 May 1859. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". Hull Packet. 3 February 1860. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 28 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". Bury and Norwich Post. 13 June 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Modern Beverley: Political and Social History, 1835-1918", A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6: The borough and liberties of Beverley (1989), pp. 141-148
- ^ UK General Election results: February 1950
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1951
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1983
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1987
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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