Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
















































Newcastle-under-Lyme

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire.


Outline map
Location of Staffordshire within England.

County Staffordshire
Electorate 68,692 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele and Audley
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of parliament
Paul Farrelly (Labour)
Number of members One
1354–1885
Number of members Two
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency[n 1] in north Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Paul Farrelly of the Labour Party.[n 2] The constituency was last co-represented by a member of the Conservative Party when it was a dual-member constituency before the 1885 General Election. In 1919 the local MP, industrialist and major local employer Josiah Wedgwood shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party — the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives — to the Labour Party and the seat has elected the Labour candidate who has stood since that date, a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969, 1986, 2015 and 2017.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Prominent frontbenchers or members


    • 1.2 Summary of results


    • 1.3 Results of candidates of other parties


    • 1.4 Turnout since 1945




  • 2 Boundaries


  • 3 Members of Parliament


    • 3.1 MPs 1353–1509


    • 3.2 Burgesses in the English Parliament 1510-1707


    • 3.3 MPs 1660–1885


    • 3.4 MPs since 1885




  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1920s




  • 5 Election results 1868-1918


    • 5.1 Elections in the 1860s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 1870s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1880s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1890s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1900s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1910s




  • 6 Election results 1832-1868


    • 6.1 Elections in the 1840s


    • 6.2 Elections in the 1850s


    • 6.3 Elections in the 1860s




  • 7 See also


  • 8 Notes and references


  • 9 Sources





History


From its creation in 1354, Newcastle-under-Lyme returned two MPs to the House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency's representation was cut to one member.



Prominent frontbenchers or members


Josiah Wedgwood of the pottery family was repeatedly elected to the seat from 1906 until he was ennobled to join the Lords in 1942, as 1st Baron Wedgwood and campaigned in the US for that country to join World War II and for Indian Independence; he was among many Liberals and their supporters deserting the party in or around 1918 due to the steering of David Lloyd George to the right and inviting Conservatives into government with him. Before the 20th century the constituency was often influenced and represented by members of the Leveson, Leveson-Gower[n 3] and related Egerton family who owned in this constituency the Trentham estate[n 4] - their most important MP was the Viscount Trentham who obtained a Dukedom.



Summary of results


This constituency had been a loyal Labour Party seat having returned a Labour MP in all 29 elections since 1918 and specifically since 1922 when MP Wedgwood defected from the highly centrist and compromising Liberal Party at the time to the Labour Party — his was among a great series of defections at this time see for example ex-Prime Minister H. H. Asquith's strong criticism of the Coalition Liberals particularly David Lloyd George. The 2015 result gave the seat the 9th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and 3rd-lowest in 2017.[2]



Results of candidates of other parties


In 2015 one of four other parties' candidates standing, UKIP's Wood, won more than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore keeping his deposit, the party which campaigned consistently for the public vote for leaving the European Union in 2016. In 2017 the three largest English parties fielded candidates only — Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates in order of votes won.



Turnout since 1945


Turnout has ranged from 87.6% in 1950 to 58.8% in 2001.



Boundaries


The constituency includes most of the northerly parts of Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, primarily Newcastle-under-Lyme town plus Keele and Audley.


Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for General Election 2010 since which it has electoral wards, with no alterations in that review:



  • Audley and Bignall End; Bradwell; Chesterton; Clayton; Cross Heath; Halmerend; Holditch; Keele; Knutton and Silverdale; May Bank; Porthill; Seabridge; Silverdale and Parksite; Thistleberry; Town; Westlands; and Wolstanton in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme[3]

From 1983-2010 the constituency comprised the following wards of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, namely, Audley and Bignall End, Bradwell, Chesterton, Clayton, Cross Heath, Halmerend, Holditch, Keele, May Bank, Porthill, Seabridge, Silverdale, Thistleberry, Town, Westlands and Wolstanton.



Members of Parliament



MPs 1353–1509


Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.




  • Before 1354 No records[4]

  • 1354 John Lagowe and Richard de Lavendene

  • 1355 John de Blorton and Richard de Podmore

  • 1358 Richard de Podmore and William de Homersley

  • 1360 William Gent and Richard de Colclough

  • 1361 William Gent and Richard de Podmore

  • 1362 Richard de Podmore and Thomas de Wodhull

  • 1363 Richard de Lavendene and John de Lylsull

  • 1365 Thomas de Wodhull and Richard de Podmore

  • 1366 Richard de Podmore and Thomas de Wodhull

  • 1369 Richard de Lavendene, Roger Letys

  • 1371 Roger Letys and Richard Lavendene

  • 1372 Edmund Toly and Thomas Colclough

  • 1373 Thomas de Wodhull and Roger del Castell

  • 1377 Richard Buntable and Thomas Thicknesse

  • 1377 Thomas de Podmore and Henry de Erdeleye

  • 1378 Thomas de Podmore and William de Thykenes

  • 1379 No records

  • 1380 John Kene and William de Thykenes

  • 1381-1382 Thomas Podmore and Thomas Hap

  • 1382 Thomas Thicknesse and John Thykenesse

  • 1382 William Thykenese and Henry de Kele

  • 1383 Thomas Thicknesse and William de Brompton

  • 1383 Thomas Thicknesse and Thomas de Podmore

  • 1384 William Thiknes and Ralf de la Hogh

  • 1384 John Colclough and William Colclough

  • 1385 William Colclough and Ralf de la Hogh

  • 1386 William Colclough and Ralf Hogh

  • 1388 William Thikenes and John Kene

  • 1388 William de Thikenes and Thomas de Thikenes

  • 1390 John Colclough and William Colclough

  • 1391 Thomas Thicknesse and Ralf de la Hogh

  • 1393 Ralf Hogh, John Cook

  • 1394 No records

  • 1395 William Colclough and Ralf Hogh

  • 1397 William Colclough and Thomas Thicknesse

  • 1397-1398 No records

  • 1399 Thomas Podmore and Thomas Thicknesse

  • 1402 John Joce and Thomas Joce

  • 1406 Richard Fyton and William Lee II

  • 1407 Hugh Colclough and John Tatenhale

  • 1410 ? possibly John Delves was an MP representing the county or a borough

  • 1411 Thomas Thicknesse and William Bowyer

  • 1413 (1) ? possibly Newport, or Robert Bapthorpe was an MP representing the county or a borough

  • 1413 (2) William de Lee and Hugh Wyldeblood

  • 1416 William Skytteby, Thomas Chamberleyn

  • 1419 John Biddulph (Bedulf), John Miners

  • 1420 Hugo de Stanford and John Hardhed

  • 1421 John Biddulph (Bydulf) and Thomas Baron

  • 1421 Hugh Stanford and Thomas Lee

  • 1422 John Myners and Hugh Stanford

  • 1423-1424 Hugh Stanford and William Sandbache

  • 1425 John Wode and William Hextall

  • 1426 Robert Wodehous and Henry Lilie

  • 1427-1428 John Wode and Thomas Lee

  • 1429-1430 William Egerton and William Hextall

  • 1431 John Wode and Roger Legh

  • 1432 James Leveson and John Wode

  • 1433 John Wode and Thomas Podmore

  • 1435 Richard Bruyn and William Hextall

  • 1437 Thomas Preston and Nicholas Repynghale

  • 1442 John Nedham and William Cumberford of Cumberford

  • 1447 John Nedham and John Cudworth

  • 1449 John Nedham and Thomas Everdon

  • 1449-1450 Ralf Wolseley and Thomas Mayne

  • 1450-1451 Thomas Colclogh and Richard Mosley

  • 1453-1434 Thomas Colcloghe and John Spenser

  • 1455-1456 John Spenser and Richard Mosley

  • 1467-1468 James Norys and Robert Hille

  • 1472-1475 William Paston and John Wode

  • 1477-1478 William Yonge and Reynold Bray

  • 1491-1492 Richard Harpur and Richard Blunt

  • 1495-1496 ? Sir Reynold Bray

  • 1497 County or a borough - ?Richard Wrottesley, ?Humphrey Peshale, ?Humphrey Swynnerton, ?Thomas Welles

  • 1504 unknown





Burgesses in the English Parliament 1510-1707


As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given.


The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509-1558 and The House of Commons 1558-1603 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.






































































































































































































































































































Elected Assembled Dissolved First member Second member
1510 21 January 1510 23 February 1510 John Welles
William Pury
1512 4 February 1512 4 March 1514 John Welles
Thomas Rider
1515 5 February 1515 22 December 1515 John Welles
Thomas Rider
1523 15 April 1523 13 August 1523 unknown
unknown
1529 3 November 1529 14 April 1536 John Persall
Richard Grey
1536 8 June 1536 18 July 1536 unknown
unknown
1539 28 April 1539 24 July 1540 unknown
unknown
1542 16 January 1542 28 March 1544 Harry Broke
John Smith
1545 23 November 1545 31 January 1547 Humphrey Welles
Harry Broke
1547 4 November 1547 15 April 1552 James Rolston
William Layton (died)
Alexander Walker in place of Layton
1553 1 March 1553 31 March 1553 Roger Fowke
John Smyth
1553 5 October 1553 5 December 1553 Roger Fowke
James Rolston
1554 2 April 1554 3 May 1554 James Rolleston
Francis Moore
1554 12 November 1554 16 January 1555 Sir Ralph Bagnall
Richard Smyth
1555 21 October 1555 9 December 1555 Sir Richard Bagnall (properly Sir Nicholas Bagenal)
Richard Smyth
14 January 1558 20 January 1558 17 November 1558 Richard Hussey
Thomas Egerton
5 January 1559 23 January 1559 8 May 1559 Sir Nicholas Bagenal
Walter Blount
1562 or 1563 11 January 1563 2 January 1567 Sir Ralph Bagnall

John Long
1571 2 April 1571 29 May 1571 Sir Ralph Bagnall

Ralph Bourchier
12 April 1572 8 May 1572 19 April 1583 Ralph Bourchier
Thomas Grimsdiche
16 November 1584 23 November 1584 14 September 1585 Peter Warburton
Walter Chetwynd
28 September 1586 13 October 1586 23 March 1587 James Colyer
Walter Chetwynd
10 October 1588 4 February 1589 29 March 1589 Thomas Humphrey
Francis Angier
1593 18 February 1593 10 April 1593 John James
Thomas Fitzherbert
16 October 1597 24 October 1597 9 February 1598 Sir Walter Leveson
John Bowyer
1 October 1601 27 October 1601 19 December 1601 Edward Mainwaring
Thomas Trentham
1603 [sic] 19 March 1604 9 February 1611 Sir Walter Chetwynd
John Bowyer (replaced in by-election 1605 by Rowland Cotton)
1614 5 April 1614 7 June 1614 Edward Wymarke
Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey
1621 16 January 1621 8 February 1622 Sir John Davies

Edward Kerton
1624 12 February 1624 27 March 1625 Sir Edward Vere (disabled,
replaced April 1624 by Charles Glemham

Richard Leveson
1625 17 May 1625 12 August 1625 Edward Mainwaring
John Keeling
1626 6 February 1626 15 June 1626 Sir John Skeffington
John Keeling
1628 17 March 1628 10 March 1629 Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet
Sir Rowland Cotton

No parliament held
1640 13 April 1640 5 May 1640
Sir John Merrick (Country)

Richard Lloyd (Court)
1640 3 November 1640 5 December 1648
Sir Richard Leveson (Royalist) (until 1643)
replaced by Samuel Terrick (Parl.)

Sir John Merrick (Parl.)
N/A 6 December 1648[n 5]
20 April 1653[n 6]

unrepresented

N/A[n 7]
4 July 1653 12 December 1653
unrepresented
1654[n 8]
3 September 1654 22 January 1655
Edward Keeling
1656[n 9]
17 September 1656 4 February 1658
John Bowyer(never sat)
1659 27 January 1659 22 April 1659 Edward Keeling
Tobias Bridge

N/A[n 10]
7 May 1659 20 February 1660 unknown
unknown


MPs 1660–1885



































































































































































































































































































































































































































Election 1st Member[5]
1st Party 2nd Member[5]
2nd Party
1660


John Bowyer



Samuel Terrick

1661


Sir Caesar Colclough



Edward Mainwaring

1675


William Leveson-Gower

1679


Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt

1685


Edward Mainwaring



William Sneyd

1689

Sir William Leveson-Gower



John Lawton

1690


Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt

1692


Sir John Leveson-Gower, later 1st Lord Gower

1695


John Lawton

1698


Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt

1699


Rowland Cotton

1702


John Crewe Offley

1705[n 11]


Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt

1706


Crewe Offley



John Lawton

1708


Sir Thomas Bellot, 3rd Baronet



Rowland Cotton
1709


Crewe Offley



John Lawton

1710


William Burslem



Rowland Cotton

Jan 1715


Henry Vernon

1715


Sir Brian Broughton



Crewe Offley


1722


Thomas Leveson-Gower

1724 by-election


Sir Walter Bagot


1727


Baptist Leveson-Gower



John Ward


1734


John Lawton II

1740 by-election


Randle Wilbraham

1747


Viscount Parker


1754


John Waldegrave


1761


Henry Vernon II

1762 by-election


Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt

1763 by-election


Thomas Gilbert


Mar 1768


John Wrottesley, later 8th Bt



Alexander Forrester

May 1768 by-election


Sir George Hay


1774


George Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton

1779 by-election


George Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham


1780

Sir Archibald Macdonald


1784


Richard Vernon


1790


John Leveson-Gower

1792 by-election


William Egerton

1793 by-election


Sir Francis Ford


1796


Edward Bootle-Wilbraham


1802


Sir Robert Lawley


1806


James Macdonald


1812


Earl Gower

Whig[6]

Sir John Boughey, Bt
Whig[6]
1815 by-election


Sir John Chetwode

Tory[6]

1818

William Shepherd Kinnersley
Tory[6]


Robert Wilmot-Horton

Whig[6]

1823 by-election


Evelyn Denison

Whig

1826


Richardson Borradaile

Tory[6]

1830


William Henry Miller

Whig[6]

1831


Edmund Peel

Tory[6]


Tory[6]

1832


Sir Henry Willoughby

Tory[6]

1834


Conservative[6]


Conservative[6]

1835


Edmund Peel

Conservative[6]

1837


Spencer Horsey de Horsey

Conservative[6]

1841


Edmund Buckley

Conservative[6]


John Quincey Harris

Whig[6][7][8]

1842 by-election


John Campbell Colquhoun

Conservative[6]

1847


Samuel Christy

Peelite[9][10]


William Jackson

Whig

1859


William Murray

Conservative


Liberal

1865


William Shepherd Allen

Liberal


Sir Edmund Buckley, Bt

Conservative

1878 by-election


Samuel Rathbone Edge

Liberal

1880


Charles Donaldson-Hudson

Conservative

1885

representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act


MPs since 1885









































































Year Member[5]
Party


1885

William Shepherd Allen

Liberal


1886

Douglas Coghill

Liberal Unionist


1892

William Allen

Liberal


1900
Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

Liberal Unionist


1906

Josiah Wedgwood

Liberal


1919

Labour


1942 by-election

John Mack

Labour


1951

Stephen Swingler

Labour


1969 by-election

John Golding

Labour


1986 by-election

Llin Golding

Labour


2001

Paul Farrelly

Labour


Elections



Elections in the 2010s

























































General Election 2017: Newcastle-under-Lyme[11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Farrelly
21,124
48.22

Increase 9.8


Conservative
Owen Meredith
21,094
48.13

Increase 11.2


Liberal Democrat
Nigel Jones
1,624
3.75

Decrease 0.5
Majority
30
0.09

Decrease 1.4

Turnout
43,842
66.9

Increase 4.3


Labour hold

Swing

Decrease 0.7

















































































General Election 2015: Newcastle-under-Lyme[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Farrelly
16,520
38.4
+ 0.5


Conservative
Tony Cox
15,870
36.9
+ 2.5


UKIP
Phil Wood
7,252
16.9
+ 8.8


Liberal Democrat
Ian Wilkes
1,826
4.2
- 15.4


Green
Sam Gibbons
1,246
2.9
+ 2.9


Independent
David Nixon
283
0.7
+ 0.7
Majority
650
1.5
- 2.1

Turnout
42,997
62.6
+ 0.4


Labour hold

Swing
- 1.5

































































General Election 2010: Newcastle-under-Lyme[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Farrelly
16,393
38.0
- 7.4


Conservative

Robert Jenrick
14,841
34.4
+ 9.4


Liberal Democrat
Nigel Jones
8,466
19.6
+ 0.7


UKIP
David Nixon
3,491
8.1
+ 4.5
Majority
1,552
3.6
- 16.8

Turnout
43,191
62.2
+ 4.0


Labour hold

Swing
- 8.4



Elections in the 2000s

























































































General Election 2005: Newcastle-under-Lyme[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Farrelly
18,053
45.4
- 8.0


Conservative

Jeremy Lefroy
9,945
25.0
- 2.6


Liberal Democrat
Trevor Johnson
7,528
18.9
+ 3.4


UKIP
David Nixon
1,436
3.6
+ 2.1


BNP
John Dawson
1,390
3.5

N/A


Green
Andrew Dobson
918
2.3

N/A


Veritas
Marian Harvey-Lover
518
1.3

N/A
Majority
8,108
20.4
- 5.4

Turnout
39,788
61.6
+ 2.8


Labour hold

Swing
- 2.7









































































General Election 2001: Newcastle-under-Lyme[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Paul Farrelly
20,650
53.4
- 3.1


Conservative
Michael Flynn
10,664
27.6
+ 6.1


Liberal Democrat
Jerry Roodhouse
5,993
15.5
+ 1.5


Independent
Robert Fyson
773
2.0

N/A


UKIP
Paul Godfrey
594
1.5

N/A
Majority
9,986
25.8
- 9.2

Turnout
38,674
58.8
- 14.8


Labour hold

Swing
- 4.6



Elections in the 1990s

















































































General Election 1997: Newcastle-under-Lyme[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Llin Golding
27,743
56.5
+ 8.6


Conservative
Marcus Hayes
10,537
21.5
- 8.1


Liberal Democrat
Robin Studd
6,858
14.0
- 7.9


Referendum
Kim Suttle
1,510
3.1

N/A


Liberal
Steven Mountford
1,399
2.9

N/A


Socialist Labour
Bridget Bell
1,082
2.2

N/A
Majority
17,206
35.0
+ 16.6

Turnout
49,129
73.6
- 7.2


Labour hold

Swing


































































General Election 1992: Newcastle-under-Lyme[17][18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Llin Golding
25,652
47.9
+ 7.4


Conservative
Andrew Brierley
15,813
29.6
+ 1.7


Liberal Democrat
Alan Thomas
11,727
21.9
- 9.0


Natural Law
Richard Lines
314
0.6

N/A
Majority
9,839
18.4
+ 8.8

Turnout
53,506
80.8
+ 3.7


Labour hold

Swing
+ 2.9



Elections in the 1980s

































































General Election 1987: Newcastle-under-Lyme[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Llin Golding
21,618
40.51
- 1.5


Liberal
Alan Thomas
16,486
30.9
+ 9.3


Conservative
Peter Ridway
14,863
27.9
- 8.6

Ex Labour Moderate
Michael Nicklin
397
0.7

Majority
5,132
9.6
+ 4.1

Turnout

80.8



Labour hold

Swing



  • Resignation of John Golding on 24 June 1986, upon appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union.






























































































Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1986
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Llin Golding
16,819
40.8
- 1.2


Liberal
Alan Thomas
16,020
38.8
+ 17.2


Conservative
James Nock
7,863
19.0
- 17.4


Monster Raving Loony

David Sutch
277
0.7

N/A


Independent
John Gaskell
115
0.3

N/A


Independent
James Parker
83
0.2

N/A


Independent
David Brewster
70
0.2

N/A
Majority
799
2.0
- 3.6

Turnout
41,247
62.2
- 15.1


Labour hold

Swing



Registered electors
66,353


























































General Election 1983: Newcastle-under-Lyme[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
21,210
42.0



Conservative
L Lawrence
18,406
36.4



Liberal
Alan Thomas
10,916
21.6

Majority
2,804
5.6


Turnout

77.3



Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s

































































General Election 1979: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
28,649
48.5



Conservative
E Ashley
24,421
41.3



Liberal
G Evans
5,878
10.0


British Socialist Empire
S Rowe
156
0.3

Majority
4,228
7.2


Turnout

81.6



Labour hold

Swing


































































General Election October 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
28,154
49.6



Conservative

Nicholas Bonsor
20,784
36.6



Liberal
R Fyson
7,604
13.4


UK Front
S Rowe
256
0.5

Majority
7,370
13.0


Turnout

78.0



Labour hold

Swing


































































General Election February 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
28,603
47.2



Conservative

Nicholas Bonsor
22,955
37.9



Liberal
R Fyson
8,861
14.6


UK Front
S Rowe
228
0.4

Majority
5,648
9.3


Turnout

84.1



Labour hold

Swing


































































General Election 1970: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
22,329
48.9
- 12.9


Conservative

Nicholas Winterton
20,223
44.3
+ 6.1


Liberal
Derek Wright
1,954
4.3

N/A


Democratic Party
Peter Boyle
1,194
2.61

N/A
Majority
2,106
4.6
- 19.0

Turnout

65.5



Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1960s

































































By-election 1969: Newcastle-under-Lyme[21][22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Golding
21,786
46.1
- 15.7


Conservative

Nicholas Winterton
20,744
43.9
+ 5.7


Liberal
David Spreckley
2,999
6.4
+ 6.4


Democratic Party
D Parker
1,699
3.6
+ 3.6
Majority
1,042
2.2
- 21.4

Turnout
47,228
72.3



Labour hold

Swing


















































General Election 1966: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stephen Swingler
31,548
61.8



Conservative

Peggy Fenner
19,497
38.2

Majority
12,051
23.6


Turnout

79.9



Labour hold

Swing


















































General Election 1964: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stephen Swingler
30,470
58.0



Conservative
John Lovering
22,073
42.0

Majority
8,397
16.0


Turnout

82.2



Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s

















































General Election 1959: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stephen Swingler
29,840
55.6



Conservative
Thomas Prendergast
23,838
44.4

Majority
6,002
11.2


Turnout

84.4



Labour hold

Swing


















































General Election 1955: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stephen Swingler
28,314
56.8



Conservative

Frank Taylor
21,569
43.2

Majority
6,745
13.5


Turnout

80.8



Labour hold

Swing


















































General Election 1951: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Stephen Swingler
30,814
58.0



Conservative
James Friend
22,278
42.0

Majority
8,536
16.1


Turnout

87.5



Labour hold

Swing


















































General Election 1950: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Mack
30,249
57.8



Conservative
James Friend
22,132
42.2

Majority
8,117
15.5


Turnout

87.6



Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1940s

























































General Election 1945: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Mack
25,903
66.2



Conservative
George Wade
8,380
21.4



Liberal
Norman Elliott
4,838
12.4

Majority
17,523
44.8


Turnout

77.1



Labour hold

Swing






























Newcastle under Lyme by-election, 1942
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

John Mack
Unopposed




Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1930s





























General Election 1935: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
Unopposed




Labour gain from Independent Labour

Swing





Wedgwood





























General Election 1931: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Independent Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Independent Labour gain from Labour

Swing

N/A



Elections in the 1920s























































General Election 1929: Newcastle-under-Lyme[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
20,931
69.9
+12.2


Unionist
Christopher Kemplay Tatham
9,011
30.1
−12.2
Majority
11,920
39.8
+24.4

Turnout
29,942
75.8
−4.2

Registered electors
39,482




Labour hold

Swing
+12.2























































General Election 1924: Newcastle-under-Lyme[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
14,226
57.7
−7.9


Unionist
A. Hassam
10,425
42.3
+7.9
Majority
3,801
15.4
−15.8

Turnout
24,651
80.0
+15.8

Registered electors
30,816




Labour hold

Swing
−7.9























































General Election 1923: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
12,881
65.6
+5.4


Unionist
John Ravenshaw
6,746
34.4

N/A
Majority
6,135
31.2
+10.8

Turnout
19,627
64.2
−15.3

Registered electors
30,565




Labour hold

Swing

N/A























































General Election 1922: Newcastle-under-Lyme[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Josiah Wedgwood
14,503
60.2

N/A


National Liberal
Albert Shaw
9,573
39.8

N/A
Majority
4,930
20.4

N/A

Turnout
24,076
79.5

N/A

Registered electors
30,300




Labour gain from Independent Liberal

Swing

N/A



Election results 1868-1918



Elections in the 1860s




Allen






































































General Election 1868: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Edmund Buckley
1,423
43.8
+1.9


Liberal

William Shepherd Allen
1,081
33.3
−10.8


Liberal
Henry Thomas Salmon[25]
744
22.9
+8.8
Majority
342
10.5
−17.3

Turnout
2,340 (est)
82.0 (est)
−12.2

Registered electors
2,849




Conservative hold

Swing
+2.0



Liberal hold

Swing
−6.4



Elections in the 1870s












































































General Election 1874: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)
[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Edmund Buckley
1,173
35.3
+13.4


Liberal

William Shepherd Allen
1,116
33.6
−22.6


Conservative

Harry Davenport
1,037
31.2
+9.3

Turnout
2,221 (est)
74.1 (est)
−7.9

Registered electors
2,999


Majority
57
1.7
+8.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+12.4

Majority
79
2.4

N/A


Liberal hold

Swing
−22.7


Buckley resigned, causing a by-election.























































Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1878 (1 seat)
[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Samuel Rathbone Edge
1,330
57.3
+23.7


Conservative

Charles Donaldson-Hudson
990
42.7
-23.8
Majority
340
14.7
+12.3

Turnout
2,320
68.3
-5.8

Registered electors
3,396




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+23.8



Elections in the 1880s






































































General Election 1880: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)
[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Donaldson-Hudson
1,484
37.9
−28.6


Liberal

William Shepherd Allen
1,252
32.0
+15.2


Liberal

Samuel Rathbone Edge
1,175
30.0
+13.2
Majority
232
5.9
+4.2

Turnout
2,736 (est)
84.6 (est)
+10.5

Registered electors
3,235




Conservative hold

Swing
−13.8



Liberal hold

Swing
+14.8




Scoble























































General Election 1885: Newcastle-under-Lyme (1 seat)[26][27][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Shepherd Allen
4,031
58.6
−3.4


Conservative

Andrew Scoble
2,848
41.4
+3.5
Majority
1,183
17.2

N/A

Turnout
6,879
87.8
+3.2 (est)

Registered electors
7,837




Liberal hold

Swing
+3.5




Coghill























































General Election 1886: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Douglas Coghill
2,896
51.3
+9.9


Liberal
John Beavis Brindley
2,752
48.7
-9.9
Majority
144
2.6

N/A

Turnout
5,648
72.1
-15.7

Registered electors
7,837




Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Swing
+9.9



Elections in the 1890s




Allen























































General Election 1892: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Allen
4,024
57.8
+9.1


Liberal Unionist

Douglas Coghill
2,936
42.2
−9.1
Majority
1,088
15.6

N/A

Turnout
6,960
78.5
+6.4

Registered electors
8,862




Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist

Swing
+9.1























































General Election 1895: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][27][29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Allen
3,510
50.8
−7.0


Liberal Unionist
Arthur Morier Lee
3,399
49.2
+7.0
Majority
111
1.6
−14.0

Turnout
6,909
83.4
+4.9

Registered electors
8,281




Liberal hold

Swing
−7.0



Elections in the 1900s




Haslam























































General Election 1900: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][27][30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Alfred Seale Haslam
3,750
51.2
+2.0


Liberal

William Allen
3,568
48.8
−2.0
Majority
182
2.4

N/A

Turnout
7,318
80.5
−2.9

Registered electors
9,095




Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Swing
+ 2.0























































General Election 1906: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Josiah Wedgwood
5,155
63.6
+14.8


Liberal Unionist

Alfred Seale Haslam
2,948
36.4
-14.8
Majority
2,207
27.2

N/A

Turnout
8,103
84.0
+3.5

Registered electors
9,650




Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist

Swing
+14.8



Elections in the 1910s




Wedgwood

















































General Election January 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Josiah Wedgwood
5,613
56.9
- 6.7


Liberal Unionist

Ewart Grogan
4,245
43.1
+ 6.7
Majority
1,368
13.8
- 13.4

Turnout

93.8
+ 9.8


Liberal hold

Swing
- 6.7

















































General Election December 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme[26][32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Josiah Wedgwood
5,281
56.4
- 0.5


Liberal Unionist

Ewart Grogan
4,087
43.6
+ 0.5
Majority
1,194
12.8
- 1.0

Turnout

89.1
- 4.7


Liberal hold

Swing
- 0.5


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;




  • Liberal: Josiah Wedgwood


  • Unionist: Edgar Percy Hewitt
























General Election 1918: Newcastle-under-Lyme[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Independent Liberal

Josiah Wedgwood*

Unopposed


Independent Liberal gain from Liberal

* Wedgwood was issued with a Coalition Coupon but did not accept it. He was also adopted by the local Liberal association, but considered himself an independent candidate.



Election results 1832-1868



Elections in the 1840s












































































General Election 1841: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Edmund Buckley
721
42.3



Whig

John Quincey Harris
565
33.2



Conservative

William Henry Miller
417
24.5


Turnout
977
94.1


Registered electors
1,090


Majority
156
9.2



Conservative hold

Swing


Majority
148
8.7

N/A


Whig gain from Conservative

Swing



Harris' election was declared void on petition on 11 May 1842, due to bribery by his agent, causing a by-election.[33]























































By-election, 14 June 1842: Newcastle-under-Lyme[24][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Quincey Harris
499
51.0
+17.8


Conservative

John Campbell Colquhoun
479
49.0
−17.8
Majority
20
2.0
−6.7

Turnout
978
91.0
−3.1

Registered electors
1,075




Whig hold

Swing
+17.8


Harris' election was again declared void on 23 July 1842, due to bribery by his agents, and Colquhoun was declared elected in his place.[34]




















































































General Election 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Peelite

Samuel Christy
571
32.5

N/A


Whig

William Jackson
565
32.1
+15.5


Conservative

Francis Egerton
522
29.7
−37.1


Whig
William Greig[35]
101
5.7
−10.9

Turnout
880 (est)
81.9 (est)
−12.2

Registered electors
1,074


Majority
6
0.3

N/A


Peelite gain from Conservative

Swing

N/A

Majority
43
2.4
−6.3


Whig hold

Swing
+17.0


Christy resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds due to holding a government contract,[36] causing a by-election in which he stood.























































By-election, 15 December 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Peelite

Samuel Christy
546
59.8
+27.3


Whig
Thomas Ross
367
40.2
+3.6
Majority
179
19.6
+19.3

Turnout
913
85.0
+3.1

Registered electors
1,074




Peelite hold

Swing
+11.9



Elections in the 1850s












































































General Election 1852: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

William Jackson
622
42.6
+10.5


Peelite

Samuel Christy
585
40.1
+7.6


Whig
Thomas Ross[37][38]
252
17.3
+11.6

Turnout
730 (est)
66.9 (est)
−15.0

Registered electors
1,090


Majority
37
2.5
+0.1


Whig hold

Swing
+3.4

Majority
333
22.8
+22.5


Peelite hold

Swing
−14.9






































































General Election 1857: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Peelite

Samuel Christy
654
55.4
+15.3


Whig

William Jackson
413
35.0
−7.6


Independent Liberal
John Riley[39][40]
113
9.6

N/A
Majority
241
20.4
−2.4

Turnout
590 (est)
59.2 (est)
−7.7

Registered electors
997




Peelite hold

Swing
+11.5



Whig hold

Swing
−11.5








































General Election 1859: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Murray

Unopposed


Liberal

William Jackson

Unopposed

Registered electors
994




Conservative gain from Peelite


Liberal hold


Elections in the 1860s












































































General Election 1865: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Shepherd Allen
520
44.1

N/A


Conservative

Edmund Buckley
494
41.9

N/A


Liberal
John Ashford Wise[41]
166
14.1

N/A

Turnout
1,014 (est)
94.2 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
1,077


Majority
26
2.2

N/A


Liberal hold

Swing

N/A

Majority
328
27.8

N/A


Conservative hold

Swing

N/A



See also



  • Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1986

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire



Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.


  3. ^ Usually e.g. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, Granville George Leveson-Gower


  4. ^ A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the Dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the Britain, they also owned Dunrobin Castle, Lancaster House as Stafford House and Stetchworth House.


  5. ^ Date of Pride's Purge, which converted the Long Parliament into the Rump Parliament


  6. ^ Date when Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament by force.


  7. ^ Date when the members of the nominated or Barebones Parliament were selected at a "Convention". The parliamentary borough of Newcastle under Lyme was not represented in this body.


  8. ^ Date when the members of the First Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough was represented in this body.


  9. ^ Date when the members of the Second Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough was entitled to be represented in this body.


  10. ^ The Rump Parliament was recalled and subsequently Pride's Purge was reversed, allowing the full Long Parliament to meet until it agreed to dissolve itself.


  11. ^ The MPs of the last Parliament of England and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain which assembled on 23 October 1707 (see below for the members in that Parliament).



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