Haltemprice (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Haltemprice
Type = County
Year = 1955
Abolition = 1983
members = one

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1955
members = one

Haltemprice (which from 1950-1955 was officially known as Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice) was a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which was a traditional sub-division of the historic county of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was the supposed constituency of the fictional ultra-right Tory MP, Alan B'Stard, in The New Statesman.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The constituency comprised two wards of the County Borough of Kingston upon Hull (Pickering, and St. Andrew's) and the Urban District of Haltemprice.

1955-1983: The constituency lost the Kingston upon Hull wards (which were transferred to Kingston upon Hull West). It gained the Metropolitan Borough of Beverley and the Rural District of Beverley (from the former Beverley constituency).

In 1983, after considerable local government changes, most of Haltemprice became a new seat of Beverley. The remainder of the constituency contributed 11.6% of the new Boothferry seat.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 34,525
percentage = 55.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = V. Bingham
votes = 17,148
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J. G. Lowe
votes = 8,846
percentage = 15.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,272
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 83.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 28,206
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R. Walker
votes = 16,545
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = L. Cross
votes = 12,362
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,661
percentage = 20.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 31,720
percentage = 46.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = R. Walker
votes = 19,896
percentage = 31.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = L. Cross
votes = 11,031
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,824
percentage = 18.9
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 30,042
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. M. Denton
votes = 15,862
percentage = 28.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S. C. Haywood
votes = 10,129
percentage = 18.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 14,180
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 25,566
percentage = 54.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = P. Clarke
votes = 13,017
percentage = 27.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S. Burnley
votes = 8,277
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 12,549
percentage = 26.8
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 26,131
percentage = 56.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = P. Allison
votes = 10,360
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S. Burnley
votes = 9,986
percentage = 21.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,771
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 79.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1950s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 26,102
percentage = 60.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D. N. Bancroft
votes = 9,750
percentage = 22.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W. I. Cooper
votes = 7,562
percentage = 17.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 16,352
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 80.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 26,162
percentage = 68.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = H. Roberts
votes = 11,820
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,352
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Wall
votes = 16,107
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. W. Bridges
votes = 9,974
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,133
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Law
votes = 27,167
percentage = 58.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. W. Bridges
votes = 19,584
percentage = 41.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,583
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Law
votes = 23,482
percentage = 49.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = T. L. A. Taylor
votes = 18,156
percentage = 38.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = A. Burrell
votes = 5,723
percentage = 12.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,326
percentage = 11.3
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 85.1
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

References

* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium", by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
*Rayment