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Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

Field	Value
name	Howdenshire
parliament	uk
year	1885
abolished	1950
type	County
previous	East Riding of Yorkshire
next	Beverley and Kingston upon Hull Haltemprice
region	England
county	East Riding of Yorkshire

Howdenshire was a county constituency in Yorkshire which 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.

It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Holme Beacon, Howdenshire, South Hunsley Beacon, Wilton Beacon, and Ouse and Derwent (except the part included in the extended Municipal Borough of York).

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Hessle and Pocklington, the Rural Districts of Escrick, Howden, Pocklington, and Riccall, in the Rural District of Beverley the civil parishes of Brantingham, Ellerker, Elloughton with Brough, and South Cave, and part of the Rural District of Sculcoates.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1885	Arthur Duncombe
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1892	Sir William Wilson-Todd
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1906	Henry Harrison-Broadley
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1915 by-election	Stanley Jackson
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1926 by-election	William Carver
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1945	Clifford Glossop
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1947 by-election	George Odey
1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 9,502

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 9,499

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 9,893

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 10,597

|reg. electors = 10,597 General Election 1914–15:

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;

Unionist: Henry Harrison-Broadley
Liberal: Thomas Fenby

|reg. electors = 23,481

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 24,975

|reg. electors = 26,682

|reg. electors = 35,164

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

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;

Conservative: Clifford Glossop

References

Sources

References

The Liberal Year Book, 1907
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN. 0-900178-06-X.
[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i10.htm UK General Election results: July 1945]
[https://archive.today/20240524143714/https://www.webcitation.org/5knRoupYu?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/47.html 1947 By Elections]

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