Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Gravesend
Type = County
Year = 1868
Abolition = 1983
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.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Election box begin
title=1918 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Sir Alexander Richardson
votes = 7,841
percentage = 51.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. Butts
votes = 3,254
percentage = 21.5
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = H.E. Davis
votes = 1,817
percentage = 12.0
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C. E. Best
votes = 1,271
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Party (UK, 1917)
candidate = H. Hinkley
votes = 985
percentage = 6.5
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,587
percentage = 30.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 15,168
percentage = 48.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

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title=1922 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Alexander Richardson
votes = 8,166
percentage = 40.6
change = −11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Alfred Isaacs
votes = 7,180
percentage = 35.6
change = +14.1Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = H.E. Davis
votes = 4,796
percentage = 23.8
change = +15.4Election box majority
votes = 986
percentage = 5.0
change = −25.1Election box turnout
votes = 20,142
percentage = 63.0
change = +14.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −12.6Election box begin
title=1923 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Alfred Isaacs
votes = 9,776
percentage = 43.4
change = +7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Alexander Richardson
votes = 9,657
percentage = 42.8
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = L.H.D. Jones
votes = 3,123
percentage = 13.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 119
percentage = 0.6
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 22,556
percentage = 68.8
change = +5.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 2.9Election box begin
title=1924 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irving Albery
votes = 15,410
percentage = 58.4
change = +15.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Alfred Isaacs
votes = 10,969
percentage = 41.6
change = −1.8Election box majority
votes = 4,441
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,379
percentage = 78.0
change = +9.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +8.7Election box begin
title=1929 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irving Albery
votes = 14,644
percentage = 46.1
change = −12.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = W.J. Humphreys
votes = 12,871
percentage = 40.6
change = −1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = F.W. Kershaw
votes = 4,220
percentage = 13.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,773
percentage = 5.5
change = −13.3Election box turnout
votes = 31,735
percentage = 71.8
change = −6.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −5.7

Elections in the 1930s

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title=1931 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irving Albery
votes = 22,410
percentage = 64.2
change = +18.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = B. Greene
votes = 12,488
percentage = 35.8
change = −4.8Election box majority
votes = 9,922
percentage = 28.4
change = +22.9Election box turnout
votes = 24,898
percentage = 75.7
change = +3.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +11.5Election box begin
title=1935 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irving Albery
votes = 20,438
percentage = 56.1
change = −8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = B. Greene
votes = 15,994
percentage = 43.9
change = +8.1Election box majority
votes = 4,444
percentage = 12.2
change = −16.2Election box turnout
votes = 36,432
percentage = 72.4
change = −3.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −8.1

Elections in the 1940s

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title=1945 general election: GravesendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Garry Allighan
votes = 21,609
percentage = 52.5
change = +8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Irving James Albery
votes = 14,553
percentage = 35.3
change = −20.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R.E. Goodfellow
votes = 5,033
percentage = 12.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,444
percentage = 12.2
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 41,195
percentage = 74.5
change = +2.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 14.7Election box begin
title=Gravesend by-election, 1947Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Richard Acland
votes = 24,692
percentage = 51.8
change = −0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank K. Taylor
votes = 23,017
percentage = 48.2
change = +12.9Election box majority
votes = 1,675
percentage = 3.6
change = −13.6Election box turnout
votes = 47,709
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −6.1

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

See also

* Gravesend by-election, 1947

References

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