Tynemouth and North Shields (UK Parliament constituency)

Tynemouth and North Shields
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Northumberland (now Tyne and Wear)
1832–1885
Number of members One
Replaced by Tynemouth
Created from Northumberland

Tynemouth and North Shields was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1832 and 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was based upon the communities of Tynemouth and North Shields, in the part of the historic county of Northumberland which has (since 1974) been in Tyne and Wear.

Tynemouth was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1849 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The borough covered the whole area east of Wallsend and south of Whitley Bay, including the less historic but more economically significant town of North Shields as well as smaller villages such as New York and Cullercoats.

From 1885 approximately the same area as the Tynemouth and North Shields constituency comprised a seat named Tynemouth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1832 George Frederick Young Liberal 1 1837: Unseated on petition
1837 Sir Charles Edward Grey Liberal 1 1837: Declared duly elected on petition
1841 Henry Mitcalfe Liberal 1
1847 Ralph Grey Whig[1][2][3]
1852 Hugh Taylor Conservative Unseated and election declared void on petition
April 1853 Writ suspended[4]
1854 by-election William Schaw Lindsay Whig[5][6] 30 March 1854 by-election
1859 Hugh Taylor Conservative April 1861: Resigned
1861 by-election Richard Hodgson Conservative 23 April 1861 by-election
1865 George Trevelyan Liberal
1868 Thomas Eustace Smith Liberal Last MP for the constituency
Constituency abolished (1885)

Supplemental Note:-

  • 1 F. W. S. Craig, in his compilations of election results for Great Britain, classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election.

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Taylor 340 50.9 N/A
Whig Ralph Grey 328 49.1 N/A
Majority 12 1.8 N/A
Turnout 668 75.7 N/A
Registered electors 883
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Taylor's election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.[8]

By-election, 30 March 1854: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Schaw Lindsay 357 51.2 +2.1
Conservative Peter Dickson[9] 340 48.8 −2.1
Majority 17 2.4 N/A
Turnout 697 76.8 +1.1
Registered electors 908
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
General Election 1857: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Schaw Lindsay Unopposed
Registered electors 1,048
Whig gain from Conservative
General Election 1859: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Taylor Unopposed
Registered electors 1,049
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1860s

Taylor's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 April 1861: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Hodgson 421 53.0 N/A
Liberal Arthur Otway[10] 374 47.0 N/A
Majority 47 5.9 N/A
Turnout 795 74.7 N/A
Registered electors 1,064
Conservative hold
General Election 1865: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Trevelyan 494 53.0 N/A
Conservative Richard Hodgson 438 47.0 N/A
Majority 56 6.0 N/A
Turnout 932 73.3 N/A
Registered electors 1,271
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General Election 1868: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 1,098 60.7 +7.7
Conservative Henry John Trotter[11] 710 39.3 −7.7
Majority 388 21.5 +15.5
Turnout 1,808 69.5 −3.8
Registered electors 2,601
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 4,898
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Tynemouth and North Shields[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Eustace Smith 2,844 67.1 N/A
Conservative Henry John Trotter[12] 1,397 32.9 N/A
Majority 1,447 34.1 N/A
Turnout 4,241 73.9 N/A
Registered electors 5,736
Liberal hold Swing N/A
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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Globe". 19 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Election Facts and Rumours". Bell's New Weekly Messenger. 1 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Political". Norfolk News. 31 July 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "The Borough of Tynemouth Election". Newcastle Journal. 25 March 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Dartmouth". Western Times. 10 July 1852. p. 6. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Election Intelligence". Morning Chronicle. 3 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  8. ↑ "Durham County Advertiser". 22 April 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Tynemouth Election". Morning Chronicle. 31 March 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Tynemouth Election—Triumphant Return of Mr. Hodgson". Newcastle Journal. 24 April 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "To the Electors of the Borough of Tynemouth". Newcastle Journal. 11 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "Tynemouth". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 5 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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