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East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

East Worcestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats1832–1885: two;
1885–1918: one
Replaced byKidderminster and Birmingham King's Norton

It was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one MP for the 1885 general election, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

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1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Stourbridge, Dudley, Droitwich, Northfield, Blockley and Pershore, and the Borough of Evesham.[1]

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1832–1885

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Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832William Congreve RussellWhig[2]Thomas CookesWhig[2]
1835Edward HollandWhig[3][4][2]
1837Sir Horace St Paul, BtConservative[2]John BarnebyConservative[2]
1841James Arthur TaylorConservative[2]
Jan. 1847 by-electionGeorge Rushout-BowlesConservative
Jul. 1847John Hodgetts-FoleyWhig[5][6][7]
Feb. 1859Hon. Frederick Gough-CalthorpeWhig[8][9][10]
Apr. 1859LiberalLiberal
1861 by-electionHarry VernonLiberal
Jun. 1868 by-electionHon. Charles LytteltonLiberal
Nov 1868Richard AmphlettConservative
1874Henry AllsoppConservativeThomas Eades WalkerConservative
1880William Henry GladstoneLiberalGeorge HastingsLiberal
1885representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

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YearMemberParty
1885George HastingsLiberal
1886Liberal Unionist
1892Austen ChamberlainLiberal Unionist
1912Unionist
1914Leverton HarrisUnionist
1918constituency abolished

Elections

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Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigWilliam Congreve Russell 2,576 36.8
WhigThomas Cookes 2,517 35.9
ToryJohn Pakington1,91627.3
Majority6018.6
Turnout4,34884.2
Registered electors5,161
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigEdward Holland 2,254 34.2 −2.6
WhigThomas Cookes 2,192 33.3 −2.6
ConservativeHorace St Paul2,14532.5+5.2
Majority470.7−7.9
Turnoutc. 3,296c. 63.8c. −20.4
Registered electors5,164
Whig holdSwing−2.6
Whig holdSwing−2.6
General election 1837: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHorace St Paul 2,595 27.4 +11.2
ConservativeJohn Barneby 2,528 26.7 +10.5
WhigEdward Holland2,17523.0−11.2
WhigJohn Hodgetts-Foley2,16822.9−10.4
Majority4274.5N/A
Majority3533.7N/A
Turnout4,77179.6c. +15.8
Registered electors5,995
Conservative gain from WhigSwing+11.0
Conservative gain from WhigSwing+10.7

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11][2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Arthur TaylorUnopposed
ConservativeJohn BarnebyUnopposed
Registered electors6,367
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Barneby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 11 January 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeorge RushoutUnopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigJohn Hodgetts-FoleyUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge RushoutUnopposed
Registered electors6,269
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigJohn Hodgetts-FoleyUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge RushoutUnopposed
Registered electors6,515
Whig hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigJohn Hodgetts-FoleyUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge RushoutUnopposed
Registered electors6,065
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Rushout succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Northwick and causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 February 1859: East Worcestershire[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigFrederick Gough-Calthorpe 2,304 54.0 N/A
ConservativeSir John Pakington, 2nd Baron Hampton1,96546.0N/A
Majority3398.0N/A
Turnout4,26971.4N/A
Registered electors5,983
Whig gain from ConservativeSwingN/A
General election 1859: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Hodgetts-FoleyUnopposed
LiberalFrederick Gough-CalthorpeUnopposed
Registered electors5,983
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1860s

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Hodgetts-Foley's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 20 December 1861: East Worcestershire[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalHarry VernonUnopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalHarry VernonUnopposed
LiberalFrederick Gough-CalthorpeUnopposed
Registered electors6,875
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Gough-Calthorpe succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Baron Calthorpe and causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 June 1868: East Worcestershire[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalCharles Lyttelton 2,688 52.5 N/A
ConservativeWilliam Laslett2,42947.5New
Majority2595.0N/A
Turnout5,11774.4N/A
Registered electors6,875
Liberal holdSwingN/A
General election 1868: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRichard Amphlett 4,108 34.3 N/A
LiberalCharles Lyttelton 4,093 34.1 N/A
LiberalRichard Martin3,78931.6N/A
Majority3192.7N/A
Turnout8,049 (est)78.0 (est)N/A
Registered electors10,313
Conservative gain from LiberalSwingN/A
Liberal holdSwingN/A

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHenry Allsopp 4,421 29.5 +12.3
ConservativeThomas Eades Walker 4,159 27.8 +10.6
LiberalCharles Lyttelton3,50823.4−10.7
LiberalArthur Albright[12]2,83118.9−12.7
ConservativeWilliam Laslett550.4N/A
Majority6514.4N/A
Turnout7,487 (est)67.8 (est)−10.2
Registered electors11,039
Conservative holdSwing+12.0
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+11.2
  • Laslett withdrew from the race in order to contest Worcester.[13]

Elections in the 1880s

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Hastings
General election 1880: East Worcestershire (2 seats)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWilliam Henry Gladstone 4,879 26.5 +3.2
LiberalGeorge Hastings 4,833 26.3 +7.4
ConservativeRichard Temple4,41724.0−3.8
ConservativeHenry Allsopp4,25823.2−6.3
Majority6213.3N/A
Majority4162.3N/A
Turnout9,194 (est)76.6 (est)+8.8
Registered electors12,000
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+3.5
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+6.9
General election 1885: East Worcestershire [14][15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeorge Hastings 3,685 53.6 +0.8
ConservativeAlbert Bosanquet3,19446.4−0.8
Majority4917.2+4.9
Turnout6,87984.0+7.4 (est)
Registered electors8,187
Liberal holdSwing+0.8
General election 1886: East Worcestershire [14][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistGeorge HastingsUnopposed
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

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Hastings was expelled from the House of Commons, causing a by-election.

Chamberlain
By-election, 30 Mar 1892: East Worcestershire[14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten ChamberlainUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1892: East Worcestershire [14][15][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten Chamberlain 5,111 67.0 N/A
LiberalOscar Browning2,51733.0New
Majority2,59434.0N/A
Turnout7,62877.6N/A
Registered electors9,827
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1895: East Worcestershire [14][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten ChamberlainUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: East Worcestershire [14][15][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten ChamberlainUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
1902 East Worcestershire by-election[14][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten ChamberlainUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
Chamberlain
General election 1906: East Worcestershire [14][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten Chamberlain 10,129 63.7 N/A
LiberalJohn Morgan5,76336.3New
Majority4,36627.4N/A
Turnout15,89284.7N/A
Registered electors18,769
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

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Young
General election January 1910: East Worcestershire [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten Chamberlain 12,644 64.5 +0.8
LiberalHilton Young6,95535.5-0.8
Majority5,68929.0+1.6
Turnout19,59984.2-0.5
Liberal Unionist holdSwing+0.8
General election December 1910: East Worcestershire [14][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAusten ChamberlainUnopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
1914 East Worcestershire by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistLeverton HarrisUnopposed
Unionist hold

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;

References

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  1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 11 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). "English Contested Elections". The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections; Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 (Second ed.). London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. p. 175. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "General Election Returns". Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette. 7 February 1835. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "The Elections". Worcester Journal. 29 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Election Intelligence". Morning Post. 22 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 130. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Imperial Parliament". The Ipswich Journal. 26 February 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "East Worcestershire Election". Worcester Journal. 12 February 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Election Intelligence". Cardiff Times. 26 February 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 484–485. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  12. ^ "East Worcestershire Election". Worcestershire Chronicle. 21 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "East Worcestershire". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 421. ISBN 9781349022984.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  16. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  17. ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  18. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  19. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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