Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Gravesend County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Gravesend was a county constituency centred on the town of Gravesend, Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Sir Charles John Wingfield | ||
| 1874 | Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim | ||
| 1880 | Thomas Bevan | ||
| 1880 by-election | Sir Sydney Waterlow | Liberal | |
| 1885 | John Bazley White | ||
| 1892 | James Dampier Palmer | ||
| 1898 by-election | John Ryder | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Sir Alexander Richardson | Conservative | |
| 1923 | George Alfred Isaacs | Labour | |
| 1924 | Sir Irving James Albery | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Garry Allighan | Labour | |
| 1947 by-election | Richard Acland | Labour | |
| 1955 | Peter Michael Kirk | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Albert Murray | Labour | |
| 1970 | Roger Lowrey White | Conservative | |
| 1974, February | John Ovenden | Labour | |
| 1979 | Timothy Brinton | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
| 1918 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Conservative | Sir Alexander Richardson | 7,841 | 51.6 | ||
| Labour | J. Butts | 3,254 | 21.5 | ||
| Independent Conservative | H.E. Davis | 1,817 | 12.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | C. E. Best | 1,271 | 8.4 | ||
| National Party | H. Hinkley | 985 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,587 | 30.1 | |||
| Turnout | 15,168 | 48.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
| 1922 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alexander Richardson | 8,166 | 40.6 | −11.0 | |
| Labour | George Alfred Isaacs | 7,180 | 35.6 | +14.1 | |
| Independent Conservative | H.E. Davis | 4,796 | 23.8 | +15.4 | |
| Majority | 986 | 5.0 | −25.1 | ||
| Turnout | 20,142 | 63.0 | +14.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −12.6 | |||
| 1923 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | George Alfred Isaacs | 9,776 | 43.4 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Sir Alexander Richardson | 9,657 | 42.8 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal | L.H.D. Jones | 3,123 | 13.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 119 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 22,556 | 68.8 | +5.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.9 | |||
| 1924 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Irving Albery | 15,410 | 58.4 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | George Alfred Isaacs | 10,969 | 41.6 | −1.8 | |
| Majority | 4,441 | 16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 26,379 | 78.0 | +9.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.7 | |||
| 1929 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Irving Albery | 14,644 | 46.1 | −12.3 | |
| Labour | W.J. Humphreys | 12,871 | 40.6 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal | F.W. Kershaw | 4,220 | 13.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,773 | 5.5 | −13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 31,735 | 71.8 | −6.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.7 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
| 1931 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Irving Albery | 22,410 | 64.2 | +18.1 | |
| Labour | B. Greene | 12,488 | 35.8 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 9,922 | 28.4 | +22.9 | ||
| Turnout | 24,898 | 75.7 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.5 | |||
| 1935 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Irving Albery | 20,438 | 56.1 | −8.1 | |
| Labour | B. Greene | 15,994 | 43.9 | +8.1 | |
| Majority | 4,444 | 12.2 | −16.2 | ||
| Turnout | 36,432 | 72.4 | −3.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −8.1 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
| 1945 general election: Gravesend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Garry Allighan | 21,609 | 52.5 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Sir Irving James Albery | 14,553 | 35.3 | −20.8 | |
| Liberal | R.E. Goodfellow | 5,033 | 12.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,444 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 41,195 | 74.5 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.7 | |||
| Gravesend by-election, 1947 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sir Richard Acland | 24,692 | 51.8 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Frank K. Taylor | 23,017 | 48.2 | +12.9 | |
| Majority | 1,675 | 3.6 | −13.6 | ||
| Turnout | 47,709 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.1 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
[edit] Elections in the 1960s
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
