Harry Barnes (Liberal politician)
Harry Barnes | |
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Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East | |
In office 14 December 1918 – 26 October 1922 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Joseph Bell |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 December 1870 |
Died | 12 October 1935 | (aged 64)
Political party | Liberal |
Major Harry Barnes (5 December 1870 – 12 October 1935) was a radical United Kingdom Liberal Party politician, architect and author specialising in housing and town planning.
He first stood for parliament in 1918 when he was selected as the
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 8,682 | 58.1 | n/a | |
Labour | Walter Hudson | 5,195 | 34.7 | n/a | |
NFDDSS | John Thompson | 1,079 | 7.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,487 | 23.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 48.7 | n/a |
Despite being elected as a supporter of the government, Barnes resigned the Coalition Liberal Whip in November 1919 to take the opposition Liberal Whip.
He was strong supporter of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Nicholas Bell | 10,084 | 43.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,999 | 30.0 | -28.1 | |
National Liberal | Gilbert Stone | 6,273 | 26.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,085 | 13.1 | 36.5 | ||
Turnout | 73.7 | +25.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
In December 1922 his successful Labour opponent died causing a by-election. He was again selected as the Liberal candidate. By then relations between Lloyd George and Asquith were improving and he faced no National Liberal candidate. However, a Unionist candidate intervened in the by-election with the same effect;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson | 11,066 | 45.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,682 | 27.6 | -2.4 | |
Unionist
|
Robert Gee | 6,480 | 26.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,384 | 18.1 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 76.4 | +2.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
He decided to try his luck elsewhere and stood in Tynemouth at the 1923 general election. Tynemouth had been a Unionist seat since they gained it from the Liberals in 1918. He did well, but not quite well enough;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Alexander West Russell
|
9,612 | 41.0 | -7.1 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 9,008 | 38.3 | +9.3 | |
Labour | William Pitt | 4,875 | 20.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 604 | 2.7 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 81.1 | -2.4 | |||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | -8.2 |
He contested Tynemouth again at the 1924 election, but in a difficult year for the Liberal Party his return to parliament was again thwarted;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Alexander West Russell
|
11,210 | 45.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 6,820 | 27.4 | -10.9 | |
Labour | J. Stuart Barr | 6,818 | 27.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 4,390 | 17.8 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 84.6 | +3.5 | |||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | +7.5 |
He was also involved in local government politics in London. He served as an Alderman on the London County Council from 1923–1925, for the Liberal backed Progressive Party.[11]
In September 1927 Barnes was selected as Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate for the Unionist seat of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 17,536 | 42.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 12,585 | 30.8 | n/a | |
Unionist
|
F. S. Crossley | 10,804 | 26.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,951 | 12.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 40,925 | 78.7 | n/a | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
He did not stand for Parliament again.
At the 1934 LCC Elections he stood as a
Publications
He had published a number of publications on social matters;[15]
- Housing, the Facts and the Future, 1923
- The Architect in Practice, 1924
- A National Municipal House Service, 1924
- Rating and Valuation, 1928
- The Slum, its Story and Solution, 1931
- The Rating of Coal Mines, 1933
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Barnes
- The National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp62409/harry-barnes
- The Times Obituary: http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=esusslib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS336670030&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0
References
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1922
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Major Harry Barnes." Times [London, England] 14 October 1935: 20. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 August 2014.
- ^ The Downfall of the Liberal Party 1914–1935 by Trevor Wilson
- ^ Manchester Guardian, 28 November 1919
- ^ 'BARNES, Major Harry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Aug 2014
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ 'BARNES, Major Harry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Aug 2014
- ^ Western Daily Press, Bristol 26 September 1927
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Major Harry Barnes." Times [London, England] 14 October 1935: 20. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 August 2014.
- ^ 'BARNES, Major Harry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Aug 2014