Haltemprice (UK Parliament constituency)

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53°45′04″N 0°25′41″W / 53.751°N 0.428°W / 53.751; -0.428

Seatsone
Replaced byBeverley and Boothferry[1]
Haltemprice
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1955–1983
Seatsone
Replaced byBeverley and Boothferry[1]
Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Seatsone
Created fromHolderness and Howdenshire

Haltemprice (which from 1950 to 1955 was officially known as Kingston upon Hull, Haltemprice) was a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a traditional sub-division of the historic county of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

1950–1955: The Urban District of Haltemprice, and the County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Pickering and St Andrew's.

1955–1983: The Municipal Borough of Beverley, the Urban District of Haltemprice, and the Rural District of Beverley. The two Kingston-upon-Hull wards were transferred to the Hull West constituency.

In the 1983 redistribution, which reflected the major local government boundary changes of 1974, this constituency disappeared. Most of it became the new seat of Beverley, while the remainder of the constituency contributed 11.6% of the new Boothferry seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Richard Law Conservative Resigned 1954 on being raised to the peerage
1954 by-election Patrick Wall Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Kingston-upon-Hull Haltemprice[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Law 23,482 49.6
Labour T. L. Addy Taylor 18,156 38.3
Liberal Albert Burrell 5,723 12.1
Majority 5,326 11.3
Turnout 47,361 85.1
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Kingston-upon-Hull Haltemprice[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Law 27,167 58.1 +8.5
Labour Charles W. Bridges 19,584 41.9 +3.6
Majority 7,583 16.2 +4.9
Turnout 46,751 82.8 −2.3
Conservative hold Swing
1954 Haltemprice by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 16,107 61.8 +3.7
Labour Charles W. Bridges 9,974 38.2 −3.7
Majority 6,133 23.6 +7.4
Turnout 26,081
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Haltemprice[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,162 68.9 +11.8
Labour Harry Roberts 11,820 31.1 −11.8
Majority 14,342 37.8 +21.6
Turnout 37,982 74.8 −8.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Haltemprice[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,102 60.1 −8.8
Labour David Nicholson Bancroft 9,750 22.5 −8.6
Liberal W. Ivor Cooper 7,562 17.4 New
Majority 16,352 37.6 −0.2
Turnout 43,414 80.5 +5.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Haltemprice[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 26,131 56.2 −3.9
Labour Peter Allison 10,360 22.3 −0.2
Liberal Sydney Burnley 9,986 21.5 +4.1
Majority 15,771 33.9 −3.7
Turnout 46,477 79.5 −1.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Haltemprice[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 25,566 54.6 −1.6
Labour Phyllis Clarke 13,017 27.8 +5.5
Liberal Sydney Burnley 8,277 17.7 −3.8
Majority 12,549 26.8 −7.1
Turnout 46,860 76.5 −3.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Haltemprice[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 30,042 53.6 −1.0
Labour Christopher M. Denton 15,862 28.3 +0.5
Liberal Stuart C. Haywood 10,129 18.0 +0.3
Majority 14,180 25.3 −1.5
Turnout 56,033 74.8 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Haltemprice[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 31,720 50.6 −3.0
Liberal Robert Walker 19,896 31.8 +13.8
Labour Laurie Cross 11,031 17.6 −10.7
Majority 11,824 18.9 −6.4
Turnout 62,647 82.9 +8.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Haltemprice[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 28,206 49.3 −1.3
Liberal Robert Walker 16,566 29.0 −2.8
Labour Laurie Cross 12,383 21.7 +4.1
Majority 11,640 20.3 +1.4
Turnout 57,155 74.9 −8.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Haltemprice[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Wall 34,525 55.8 +6.5
Liberal Robert Walker 14,637 23.6 −5.4
Labour H.J. Elcock 12,743 20.6 −1.1
Majority 19,888 32.2 +11.9
Turnout 61,509 77.3 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing

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