East Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
East Dorset | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Poole |
East Dorset is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was formally known as the Eastern Division of Dorset. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by one Knight of the Shire.
History
Between 1832 and 1885 the historic county of Dorset, in south-west England, was an undivided three-seat county constituency - see the article on the Dorset constituency. In 1885 the county was divided for Parliamentary purposes between this constituency, Dorset North, Dorset South and Dorset West (no borough constituencies were created in Dorset in the 1885 redistribution). Each of these divisions comprised roughly a quarter of the area of the county of Dorset and returned one Member of Parliament.
In the 1918 redistribution, the four Dorset constituencies were retained, but their boundaries were redrawn. Dorset East constituency was reduced in area to about half its former size, with the northern part of the pre-1918 seat being transferred to Dorset North and the southern part to Dorset South.
In the 1950 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. A new borough constituency of Poole was created. Wimborne Minster Urban District and the part of Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District previously in the abolished seat were transferred to Dorset North.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of the Town and County of Poole, the Sessional Division of Wimborne, and part of the Sessional Division of Wareham.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Poole, the Urban District of Wimborne Minster, the Rural District of Poole, and part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | Pascoe Glyn | Liberal | Younger son of Lord Wolverton | |
1886 | George Hawkesworth Bond | Conservative | Died in 1891 | |
1891 by-election | Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt | Conservative | Succeeded as 2nd Baron Alington in 1904 | |
1904 by-election | Charles Henry Lyell | Liberal | MP for Edinburgh South from April 1910 | |
January 1910 | Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | Liberal | Unseated on petition in May 1910 | |
June 1910 | Hon. Christian Henry Charles Guest | Liberal | MP for Pembroke & Haverfordwest from Dec 1910 | |
December 1910 | Rt Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | Liberal | Liberal Chief Whip 1917–1921, Secretary of State for Air 1921–1922 | |
1918 | Coalition Liberal | |||
1922 | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | Independent Conservative | Took Conservative Whip January 1923 | |
1923 | Conservative | |||
1929 | Alec Ewart Glassey | Liberal | ||
1931 | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | Conservative | ||
1945 | Mervyn James Wheatley | Conservative | ||
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt | 4,776 | 50.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Arthur Acland Allen | 4,680 | 49.5 | n/a | |
Turnout | 81.4 | n/a | |||
Majority | 96 | 1.0 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hon. Charles Henry Lyell | 5,929 | 53.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Charles E. Van Raalte | 5,109 | 46.3 | -4.2 | |
Turnout | 87.0 | +5.6 | |||
Majority | 820 | 7.4 | 8.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hon. Charles Henry Lyell | 6,104 | 50.1 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Charles E. Van Raalte | 6,083 | 49.9 | +3.6 | |
Turnout | 89.9 | +2.9 | |||
Majority | 21 | 0.2 | 6.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | 6,957 | 51.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | John Sanctuary Nicholson | 6,531 | 48.4 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 426 | 3.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 91.2 | +1.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hon. Christian Henry Charles Guest | 6,967 | 52.2 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | John Sanctuary Nicholson | 6,375 | 47.8 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 592 | 4.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 90.2 | -1.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | 6,819 | 52.1 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Maurice George Carr Glyn | 6,266 | 47.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 4.2 | -0.2 | |||
Turnout | 88.4 | -1.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Frederick Guest
- Unionist:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 11,944 | ||||
Labour | Alfred Smith | 4,321 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Unionist | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 12,513 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | Rev. Frederick Jesse Hopkins | 6,914 | 27.1 | ||
National Liberal | Rt Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | 6,062 | 23.8 | ||
Majority | 5,599 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.2 | ||||
Independent Unionist gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 12,480 | 48.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Richard Evan Williams Kirby | 7,535 | 29.2 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Rev. Frederick Jesse Hopkins | 5,760 | 22.3 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 4,945 | 19.3 | -2.7 | ||
Turnout | 78.5 | -1.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 14,479 | 52.6 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Alec Ewart Glassey | 8,828 | 32.1 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Edward Joseph Stocker | 4,205 | 15.3 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 5,651 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | 80.3 | +1.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Alec Ewart Glassey | 17,810 | 42.2 | +10.1 | |
Unionist | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 17,533 | 41.6 | -11.0 | |
Labour | Edward Joseph Stocker | 6,819 | 16.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 277 | 0.6 | 21.1 | ||
Turnout | 81.5 | +1.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 20,711 | 44.5 | ||
Liberal National | Alec Ewart Glassey | 18,801 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | Edward Joseph Stocker | 7,009 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 1,910 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,521 | 82.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | 25,520 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank Walter Raffety | 11,349 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | Edward Joseph Stocker | 10,823 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 14,171 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 47,692 | 74.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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: Mervyn James Wheatley
- Liberal: David Graham Hutton
- Labour: Hugh Ross Williamson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt-Col. Mervyn James Wheatley | 26,561 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Lt-Com. Charles Fletcher Fletcher-Cooke | 25,093 | 41.4 | ||
Liberal | Lt-Col. John AH Mander | 8,975 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 1,468 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)