Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)
























Tyneside
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Northumberland

1885–1918
Number of members One
Replaced by Wallsend
Created from South Northumberland

Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.


The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.




Contents






  • 1 Members of Parliament


  • 2 Elections


    • 2.1 Elections in the 1880s


    • 2.2 Elections in the 1890s


    • 2.3 Elections in the 1900s


    • 2.4 Elections in the 1910s




  • 3 References





Members of Parliament















































Election Member Party Notes


1885
Albert Grey
Liberal
 Elected as a Liberal, but joined the Liberal Unionists when the party split in 1886


1886
Wentworth Beaumont
Liberal


1892
Jack Pease
Liberal
 One of the Pease family of Darlington


1900
Hugh Crawford Smith
Liberal Unionist


1906
J. M. Robertson
Liberal
 Journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism


1918
constituency abolished


Elections



Elections in the 1880s




Albert Grey




















































General Election 1885: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Albert Grey
 5,782
 62.7
N/A


Conservative
Gainsford Bruce
 3,440
 37.3
N/A
Majority
 2,342
 25.4
N/A

Turnout
 9,222
 77.8
N/A

Registered electors
 11,852



Liberal win (new seat)






















































General Election 1886: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Wentworth Beaumont
 4,112
 50.8
 −11.9


Liberal Unionist
Albert Grey
 3,990
 49.2
 +11.9
Majority
 122
 1.6
 −23.8

Turnout
 8,102
 68.4
 -9.4

Registered electors
 11,852



Liberal hold
Swing
 −11.9


Elections in the 1890s




Joseph Pease























































General Election 1892: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Jack Pease
 5,468
 52.1
 +1.3


Liberal Unionist
Arnold White
 5,018
 47.9
 −1.3
Majority
 450
 4.2
 +2.6

Turnout
 10,486
 76.4
 +8.0

Registered electors
 13,727



Liberal hold
Swing
 +1.3






















































General Election 1895: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Jack Pease
 6,066
 51.9
 -0.2


Liberal Unionist
Arnold White
 5,631
 48.1
 +0.2
Majority
 435
 3.8
 -0.4

Turnout
 11,697
 78.3
 +1.9

Registered electors
 14,932



Liberal hold
Swing
 -0.2


Elections in the 1900s























































General Election 1900: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal Unionist
 Hugh Crawford Smith
 7,093
 51.3
 +3.2


Liberal
Jack Pease
 6,730
 48.7
 −3.2
Majority
 363
 2.6
N/A

Turnout
 13,823
 74.9
 −3.4

Registered electors
 18,460



Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal
Swing
 +3.2



J. M. Robertson























































General Election 1906: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
J. M. Robertson
 11,496
 62.5
 +13.8


Conservative
James Knott
 6,885
 37.5
 −13.8
Majority
 4,611
 25.0
N/A

Turnout
 18,381
 79.3
 +4.4

Registered electors
 23,167



Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist
Swing
 +13.8


Elections in the 1910s























































General Election January 1910: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
J. M. Robertson
 13,158
 62.8
 +0.3


Conservative
Alfred Cochrane
 7,807
 37.2
 −0.3
Majority
 5,351
 25.6
 +0.6

Turnout
 20,965
 81.5
 +2.2

Registered electors
 25,711



Liberal hold
Swing
 +0.3






















































General Election December 1910: Tyneside[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
J. M. Robertson
 11,693
 63.0
 +0.2


Conservative
 Helenus Macaulay Robertson
 6,857
 37.0
 −0.2
Majority
 4,836
 26.0
 +0.4

Turnout
 18,550
 72.1
 −9.4

Registered electors
 25,711



Liberal hold
Swing
 +0.2

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: J. M. Robertson


  • Unionist:



References





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  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)



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