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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.
Grantham | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Major settlements | Grantham |
1918–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Sleaford & North Hykeham, and Grantham & Stamford |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
1468–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.[1]
The constituency was based on Grantham, a market town on the River Witham.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Glynne Welby | 547 | 39.0 | ||
Whig | Montague Cholmeley | 469 | 33.5 | ||
Tory | Frederick Tollemache | 385 | 27.5 | ||
Turnout | 864 | c. 86.4 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,000 | ||||
Majority | 78 | 5.5 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 84 | 6.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Glynne Welby | 426 | 28.5 | −10.5 | |
Whig | James Hughes | 408 | 27.3 | −6.2 | |
Tory | Algernon Tollemache | 378 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Tory | Felix Tollemache | 283 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 842 | c. 84.2 | c. −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,000 | ||||
Majority | 18 | 1.2 | −4.3 | ||
Tory hold | |||||
Majority | 30 | 2.0 | −4.0 | ||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Algernon Tollemache | 388 | 41.6 | +16.3 | |
Tory | Glynne Welby | 303 | 32.5 | +4.0 | |
Whig | Montague Cholmeley | 241 | 25.9 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 62 | 6.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 650 | 93.1 | c. +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 698 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Algernon Tollemache | 351 | 41.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Glynne Welby | 351 | 41.2 | +8.7 | |
Whig | George Frederick Holt[12] | 149 | 17.5 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 202 | 23.7 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 559 | 83.8 | −9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glynne Welby | 398 | 39.9 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Frederick Tollemache | 308 | 30.9 | −10.3 | |
Whig | Robert Turner | 291 | 29.2 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.7 | −22.0 | ||
Turnout | 582 | 87.0 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glynne Welby | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Frederick Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 691 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glynne Welby | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Frederick Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 760 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glynne Welby | 483 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Montagu Graham | 375 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Peelite | Frederick Tollemache[13][14] | 329 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 46 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 594 (est) | 76.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Welby | 472 | 40.2 | −0.5 | |
Peelite | Frederick Tollemache | 393 | 33.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Montagu Graham | 308 | 26.3 | −5.3 | |
Turnout | 587 (est) | 79.3 (est) | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 740 | ||||
Majority | 79 | 6.7 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Majority | 85 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Welby | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Frederick Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 743 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thorold | 432 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Welby | 404 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick Tollemache | 315 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 733 (est) | 97.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 755 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Welby resigned in order to contest the 1868 by-election in South Lincolnshire, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Turnor | 374 | 55.6 | −17.0 | |
Liberal | Hugh Cholmeley | 299 | 44.4 | +17.0 | |
Majority | 75 | 11.2 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 673 | 89.1 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 755 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −17.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Hugh Cholmeley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,018 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Cholmeley | 1,055 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Cockayne-Cust | 965 | 33.1 | New | |
Liberal | John William Mellor | 899 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,942 (est) | 88.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,199 | ||||
Majority | 90 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 66 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | 1,329 | 30.3 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Savile Roundell | 1,304 | 29.8 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Cockayne-Cust | 915 | 20.9 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Brinsley Marlay[15] | 835 | 19.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 389 | 8.9 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,192 (est) | 91.7 (est) | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,390 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | 1,377 | 54.9 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Alfred Welby | 1,131 | 45.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 246 | 9.8 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,508 | 87.0 | −4.7 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 2,883 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Mellor was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Mellor | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Low | 1,197 | 50.8 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | John William Mellor | 1,161 | 49.2 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,358 | 81.8 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,883 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lopes | 1,296 | 50.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas Chatfeild Clarke[17] | 1,263 | 49.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,559 | 95.0 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,693 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lopes | 1,507 | 56.4 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Samuel Danks Waddy | 1,167 | 43.6 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 340 | 12.8 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,674 | 92.3 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,896 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 1,347 | 50.7 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Lopes | 1,309 | 49.3 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,656 | 87.2 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,046 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 1,663 | 51.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Brassey | 1,554 | 48.3 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 109 | 3.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,217 | 95.1 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 1,848 | 52.0 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth | 1,703 | 48.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 145 | 4.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,551 | 97.4 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,647 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 1,730 | 50.5 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Herbert Guy Snowden | 1,697 | 49.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.0 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,427 | 94.0 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,647 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.5 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Edmund Royds | 9,972 | 48.4 | −1.1 |
Liberal | Robert Pattinson | 8,701 | 42.2 | −8.3 | |
Independent Labour and Agriculturalist | William Bilton Harris | 1,927 | 9.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,271 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,600 | 58.1 | −35.9 | ||
Registered electors | 35,462 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.6 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Pattinson | 11,723 | 41.4 | −0.8 | |
Unionist | Edmund Royds | 11,295 | 39.8 | −8.6 | |
Labour | John Henry Jones | 5,332 | 18.8 | New | |
Majority | 428 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,350 | 79.5 | +21.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,655 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Victor Warrender | 12,552 | 43.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Pattinson | 10,819 | 37.6 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Montague William Moore | 5,440 | 18.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,733 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,811 | 79.1 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,444 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Victor Warrender | 14,746 | 49.5 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Lyle-Samuel | 7,730 | 26.0 | −11.6 | |
Labour | Montague William Moore | 7,279 | 24.5 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 7,016 | 23.5 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,755 | 80.4 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,021 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Victor Warrender | 16,121 | 40.8 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | R Hamilton Brown | 12,023 | 30.4 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Montague William Moore | 11,340 | 28.7 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 4,098 | 10.4 | −13.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,484 | 81.9 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 48,216 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Victor Warrender | 27,164 | 69.2 | +28.4 | |
Labour | Montague William Moore | 12,115 | 30.8 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 15,049 | 38.4 | +28.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,279 | 79.5 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Victor Warrender | 22,194 | 58.1 | −11.1 | |
Labour | Montague William Moore | 16,009 | 41.9 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 6,185 | 16.2 | −22.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,203 | 74.2 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Denis Kendall | 11,758 | 50.8 | New | |
Conservative | Arthur Longmore | 11,391 | 49.2 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 367 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,149 | 42.6 | −31.6 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Denis Kendall | 27,719 | 58.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Arthur Worth | 12,206 | 25.6 | −32.5 | |
Labour | Thomas Sansby Bavin | 7,728 | 16.2 | −25.7 | |
Majority | 15,513 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,653 | 75.9 | +1.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Smith | 19,195 | 41.33 | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Millett | 14,457 | 31.13 | ||
Independent | Denis Kendall | 12,792 | 27.54 | ||
Majority | 4,738 | 10.20 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,444 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 20,712 | 43.47 | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Millett | 18,540 | 38.91 | ||
Liberal | Denis Kendall | 8,396 | 17.62 | New | |
Majority | 2,172 | 4.56 | |||
Turnout | 47,648 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 24,188 | 50.8 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Woodrow Wyatt | 21,813 | 45.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Reginald Clifford Gaul | 1,624 | 3.4 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 2,375 | 5.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,625 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 27,482 | 56.8 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Skeffington-Lodge | 20,867 | 43.2 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 6,615 | 13.6 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,349 | 81.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 27,634 | 55.9 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Peter Horton | 21,770 | 44.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 5,864 | 11.8 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,404 | 78.8 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 24,748 | 47.7 | −8.2 | |
Labour | Mary Large | 22,590 | 43.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | David C. Howie | 4,503 | 8.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,158 | 4.1 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,841 | 80.6 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 33,070 | 58.7 | +11.0 | |
Labour | W. Frank Higgins | 23,296 | 41.3 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 9,774 | 17.4 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,366 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 31,910 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | SM Smedley | 20,567 | 32.51 | ||
Liberal | WT Bailey | 10,781 | 17.04 | New | |
Majority | 11,343 | 17.93 | |||
Turnout | 63,258 | 81.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Godber | 27,738 | 47.66 | ||
Labour | SM Smedley | 19,708 | 33.86 | ||
Liberal | WT Bailey | 10,752 | 18.47 | ||
Majority | 8,030 | 13.80 | |||
Turnout | 58,198 | 74.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 36,697 | 55.52 | ||
Labour | V Bell | 18,547 | 28.06 | ||
Liberal | WT Bailey | 10,852 | 16.42 | ||
Majority | 18,150 | 27.46 | |||
Turnout | 66,096 | 78.24 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 31,692 | 57.47 | ||
Liberal | Simon Titley | 12,781 | 23.17 | ||
Labour | Terence Savage | 10,677 | 19.36 | ||
Majority | 18,911 | 34.30 | |||
Turnout | 55,150 | 73.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 33,988 | 57.06 | ||
Liberal | James Heppell | 12,685 | 21.29 | ||
Labour | Maurice Gent | 12,197 | 20.48 | ||
Green | Patricia Hewis | 700 | 1.18 | New | |
Majority | 21,303 | 35.77 | |||
Turnout | 59,570 | 74.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hogg | 37,194 | 56.2 | −0.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Steven Taggart | 17,606 | 26.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Heppell | 9,882 | 14.9 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | John D. Hiley | 1,500 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 19,588 | 29.6 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 66,182 | 79.2 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 |
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