Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)

Grantham
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lincolnshire
Major settlements Grantham
1918–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Sleaford & North Hykeham, and Grantham & Stamford
1885–1918
Number of members One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
1468–1885
Number of members Two
Type of constituency Borough constituency

Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.

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.

Boundaries

The constituency was based on Grantham, a market town on the River Witham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1468–1640

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YearFirst memberSecond member
1491John Mordaunt
1510–1523No names known [1]
1529William HusseyFrancis Hall [1]
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545Sir Edward WarnerEdmund Hall [1]
1547Sir Edward WarnerEdmund Hall [1]
1553 (Mar)Sir Edward WarnerThomas Hussey [1]
1553 (Oct)Sir Edward WarnerJames Wallis [1]
1554 (Apr)Thomas HusseyRichard Disney [1]
1554 (Nov)Roger JohnsonRichard Sharpe [1]
1555George WilliamsWilliam Porter [1]
1558Henry SavileAnthony Thorold [1]
1559 (Jan)Thomas RandolphWilliam More[2]
1562/3Roger MannersWilliam Cooke [2]
1571William KilligrewArthur Hall [2]
1572John VaughanArthur Hall [2][3]
1584 (Nov)Arthur HallWilliam Thorold [2]
1586 (Oct)Sir Henry Bagenall,sat for Anglesey,
repl. by William Ashby		Robert Markham [2]
1588/9Richard MoreWilliam Armyn [2]
1593Thomas HorsmanFrancis Neale [2]
1597 (Oct)Thomas HorsmanFrancis Neale [2]
1601 (Oct)Oliver MannersThomas Horsman [2]
1604Sir George MannersSir Thomas Horsman
1614Sir George ReynellRichard Tufton
1621Sir William ArmyneSir Clement Cotterell
1624Sir George MannersSir Clement Cotterell
1625Sir George MannersSir William Airmine
1626John WingfieldEdward Stirmin
1628–1629Thomas HatcherAlexander Moor

MPs 1640–1885

ElectionFirst Member[4]First PartySecond Member[4]Second Party
April 1640 Sir Edward Bashe Henry Pelham
November 1640 Thomas HusseyRoyalist Henry PelhamParliamentarian
1641 Sir William AirmineParliamentarian
December 1648 Pelham excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Grantham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 William Bury Grantham had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 William Ellys
January 1659 Thomas Skipwith Sir William Ellys
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Thomas Skipwith Sir John Newton
1661 Sir William Thorold
1678 Sir Robert Markham
1679 Sir William Ellys
1685 Thomas Harrington John Thorold
1689 Sir John Brownlow Sir William Ellys
1697 Sir John Thorold
Jan. 1701 Thomas Baptist Manners
Nov. 1701 Richard Ellys
1705 Marquess of Granby
1711 Sir John Thorold
1713 Sir John Brownlow
1715 Edward Rolt John Heathcote
1722 Francis Fisher The Viscount Tyrconnel
1727 Sir Michael Newton
1741 Marquess of Granby
1743 Sir John Cust
1754 Lord George Manners
1770 Francis Cust
1774 Sir Brownlow Cust
1776 Peregrine Cust
1780 Francis Cockayne-Cust George Manners-Sutton
1792 Philip Yorke
1793 Simon Yorke
1802 Thomas Thoroton Sir William Earle Welby, Bt
1806 Russell Manners
1807 Sir William Earle Welby, Bt
1812 Robert Percy Smith
1818 Edward Cust
March 1820 James Hughes
July 1820 Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt
1826 Frederick TollemacheTory Montague Cholmeley
1830 Glynne WelbyTory/Conservative
1831 James Hughes
1832 Hon. Algernon TollemacheConservative
1837 Hon. Frederick TollemacheConservative
1852 Lord Montagu GrahamConservative
1857 William WelbyConservative Hon. Frederick TollemachePeelite[5][6][7]
1859 Liberal
1865 John ThoroldConservative
1868 by-election Edmund TurnorConservative
1868 Sir Hugh Cholmeley, BtLiberal Hon. Frederick TollemacheLiberal
1874 Henry Cockayne-CustConservative
1880 John William MellorLiberal Charles Savile RoundellLiberal
1885 representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1997

ElectionMember[4]Party
1885 John William MellorLiberal
1886 Malcolm Low Conservative
1892 Henry Lopes Conservative
1900 Arthur Priestley Liberal
1918 Edmund Royds Coalition Conservative
1922 Robert Pattinson Liberal
1923 Victor Warrender Conservative
1942 by-election Denis Kendall Independent
1950 Eric Smith Conservative
1951 Joseph Godber Conservative
1979 Douglas Hogg Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Grantham and Stamford

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Glynne Welby 483 40.7 N/A
Conservative Montagu Graham 375 31.6 N/A
Peelite Frederick Tollemache[9][10] 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
General Election 1857: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
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
General Election 1859: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Welby Unopposed
Liberal Frederick Tollemache Unopposed
Registered electors 743
Conservative hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
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.

By-election, 27 April 1868: Grantham (1 seat)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edmund Turnor 374 55.6 −17.0
Liberal Hugh Cholmeley 299 44.4 +17.0
Majority 75 11.1 +3.4
Turnout 673 89.1 −8.0
Registered electors 755
Conservative hold Swing −17.0
General Election 1868: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Tollemache Unopposed
Liberal Hugh Cholmeley Unopposed
Registered electors 2,018
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hugh Cholmeley 1,055 36.1 N/A
Conservative Henry Cockayne-Cust 965 33.1 N/A
Liberal John William Mellor 899 30.8 N/A
Turnout 1,942 (est) 88.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,199
Majority 90 3.1 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority 66 2.3 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Grantham (2 seats)[8]
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[11] 835 19.1 +2.5
Majority 389 8.9 +5.8
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
General Election 1885: Grantham[12]
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.

Grantham by-election, 1886[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John William Mellor Unopposed
Liberal hold
General Election 1886: Grantham[12]
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

Elections in the 1890s

Henry Lopes
General Election 1892: Grantham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Lopes 1,296 50.6 −0.2
Liberal Thomas Chatfeild Clarke[13] 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
Samuel Waddy
General Election 1895: Grantham[12]
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

Elections in the 1900s

Priestley
General Election 1900: Grantham[12]
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
General Election 1906: Grantham[12]
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

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Grantham[12]
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
General Election December 1910: Grantham[12]
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1918: Grantham[14]
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 N/A
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.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Grantham[15]
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 N/A
Majority 428 1.6 N/A
Turnout 28,350 79.5 +21.4
Registered electors 35,655
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +3.9
General Election 1923: Grantham [15]
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
General Election 1924: Grantham[15]
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
General Election 1929: Grantham [15]
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 10.3 −13.2
Turnout 39,484 81.9 +1.5
Registered electors 48,216
Unionist hold Swing −6.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Grantham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Victor Warrender 27,164 69.2
Labour Montague William Moore 12,115 30.8
Majority 15,049 38.3
Turnout 39,279 79.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935: Grantham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Victor Warrender 22,194 58.1
Labour Montague William Moore 16,009 41.9
Majority 6,185 16.2
Turnout 38,203 74.2
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;

Elections in the 1940s

Grantham by-election, 1942[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Denis Kendall 11,758 50.8 n/a
Conservative Arthur Longmore 11,391 49.2 −8.9
Majority 367 1.6
Turnout 42.6
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1945 Grantham [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Denis Kendall 27,719 58.2 +7.4
Conservative George Arthur Worth 12,206 25.6 −23.6
Labour Thomas Sansby Bavin 7,728 16.2 n/a
Majority 15,513 32.6
Turnout 75.9
Independent hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Grantham [17]
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 10.2
Turnout 46,444
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
General Election 1951: Grantham [17]
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
Majority 2,172 4.56
Turnout 47,648
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Grantham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 24,188 50.8
Labour Woodrow Wyatt 21,813 45.8
Liberal Reginald Clifford Gaul 1,624 3.4
Majority 2,375 5.0
Turnout 47,625
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Grantham [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 27,482 56.8
Labour Thomas Skeffington-Lodge 20,867 43.2
Majority 6,615 13.7
Turnout 48,349 81.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Grantham [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 27,634 55.9
Labour Peter Horton 21,770 44.1
Majority 5,864 11.8
Turnout 49,404 78.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Grantham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 24,748 47.7
Labour Mary Large 22,590 43.6
Liberal David C. Howie 4,503 8.7
Majority 2,158 4.2
Turnout 51,841 80.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Grantham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 33,070 58.7
Labour W. Frank Higgins 23,296 41.3
Majority 9,774 17.4
Turnout 56,366
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Grantham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Godber 31,910 50.44
Labour SM Smedley 20,567 32.51
Liberal WT Bailey 10,781 17.04
Majority 11,343 17.93
Turnout 81.37
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Grantham [17]
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 74.23
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1979: Grantham [17]
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 78.24
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Grantham[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Douglas Hogg 31,692 57.47
Liberal Simon Titley 12,781 23.17
Labour TE Savage 10,677 19.36
Majority 18,911 34.29
Turnout 73.49
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: Grantham[21]
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
Majority 21,303 35.76
Turnout 74.99
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Grantham[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Douglas Hogg 37,194 56.2 −0.9
Labour Co-op Steven Taggart 17,606 26.6 +6.1
Liberal Democrat James Heppell 9,882 14.9 −6.4
Liberal John D. Hiley 1,500 2.3 −19.0
Majority 19,588 29.6 −6.2
Turnout 66,182 79.2 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing −3.5

See also

Notes and references

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  16. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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  21. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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