Rye (UK Parliament constituency)

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the Parliament of England before 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.

CountyEast Sussex
Major settlementsRye
SeatsOne
Created fromHastings
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Rye
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyEast Sussex
Major settlementsRye
1955–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromHastings
Replaced byHastings and Rye, Bexhill and Battle and Wealden[1]
1885–1950
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Replaced byEastbourne, East Grinstead and Hastings
1366–1885
Seats1366–1640: One
1640–1832: Two
1832–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
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From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency.

The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election when it was largely replaced by the Bexhill and Battle parliamentary constituency.[1]

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, and Ticehurst, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the civil parishes of Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Hooe, Ninfield, Warbleton, and Wartling.

1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Rural District of Battle, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1366–1640

More information Parliament, First Member ...
ParliamentFirst MemberSecond Member
1372John Salerne
1373John Salerne
1381Simon Lunceford[2]
1386Stephen ElyotJohn Baddyng[3]
1388 (Feb)Stephen ElyotWilliam Marchaunt[3]
1388 (Sep)William atte VawteJohn Macop[3]
1390 (Jan)Laurence LuncefordLaurence Corboyle[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391John SalerneLaurence Lunceford[3]
1393John BaddyngJohn Bertelot[3]
1394
1395John BaddyngWilliam Ormed[3]
1397 (Jan)Richard TichebourneJohn Langeport[3]
1397 (Sep)
1399John BaddyngWilliam atte Vawte[3]
1401
1402John BaddyngJohn Roberd[3]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406William atte VawteLaurence Mersey[3]
1407John BaddyngThomas Long[3]
1410John ShelleyWilliam Long
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)William LongRobert Onewyn[3]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)William LongRobert Onewyn[3]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417John ShelleyRichard Posterf[3]
1419Robert OnewynWilliam Long[3]
1420John ShelleyWilliam Long[3]
1421 (May)Robert OnewynThomas Piers[3]
1421 (Dec)William ThirlwallJohn Shelley[3]
1504Richard Berkeley
1510Nicholas SuttonRichard Berkeley[3]
1512Nicholas SuttonRobert Mede[3]
1515Robert MedeNicholas Sutton[3]
1523Thomas Cheseman alias BakerThomas Basseden[3]
1529Nicholas Sutton, died
and replaced by 1534 by Richard Inglet		John Fletcher[3]
1536Richard IngletJohn Fletcher[3]
1539Thomas BirchetWilliam Mede[3]
1542John FletcherWilliam Oxenbridge[3]
1545Alexander WellesRobert Wymond[3]
1547Alexander WellesGeorge Reynolds[3]
1553 (Mar)Richard FletcherJohn Holmes[3]
1553 (Oct)Clement HeighamJohn Holmes[3]
1554 (Apr)John HolmesRichard Fletcher[3]
1554 (Nov)John HolmesThomas Smith[3]
1555John HolmesReginald Mohun[3]
1558Thomas FletcherThomas Cheyne[3]
1559Richard Fletcher IRobert Marche[4]
1562–3George Reynolds IJohn Bredes[4]
1571John DonningThomas Fanshawe[4]
1572Clement Cobbe, died
and replaced July 1575 by Robert Carpenter		Henry Gaymer[4]
1584John HammondRobert Carpenter[4]
1586Henry GaymerRobert Carpenter[4]
1588–9Audley DannettRobert Carpenter[4]
1593Henry GaymerRobert Carpenter[4]
1597Sampson LennardThomas Hamon[4]
1601Sir Arthur GorgesThomas Colepeper[4]
1604–1611Thomas Hamon, died
and replaced by Heneage Finch		John Young
1614Edward HendonThomas Watson
1621–1622Emanuel GiffordJohn Angell
1624Thomas ConwaySir Edward Conway, sat for Warwick
and replaced by John Angel
1625Thomas FotherleySir John Sackville
1626Thomas FotherleySir John Sackville
1628Richard TuftonThomas Fotherley
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
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MPs 1640–1832

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YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640 John Culpepper
November 1640 Sir John Jacob[5]Royalist John WhiteRoyalist
1641 William HayParliamentarian
February 1644 White disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645 John Fagg
1653 Rye was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Herbert Morley Rye had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 William Hay
January 1659 Mark Thomas
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Herbert Morley William Hay
May 1661 Richard Spencer
November 1661 Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet
1667 Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet
February 1679 Thomas Frewen
October 1679 Sir John Darrel
1685 Sir Thomas Jenner
January 1689 Sir John Darrel
April 1689 Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet
1694 Thomas Frewen
1698 Joseph Offley Country Whig
1699 Sir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet
1701 Thomas Fagg
1702 Edward Southwell
1705 Philip Herbert
1707 Phillips Gybbon Whig
1708 Admiral Sir John Norris
1722 The Lord Aylmer
1727 John Norris
1733 Matthew Norris
1734 Admiral Sir John Norris
1749 Thomas Pelham
1754 George Onslow
1761 Captain John Bentinck
1762 John Norris
1768 Rose Fuller
1774 Middleton Onslow
1775 Hon. Thomas Onslow
1777 William Dickinson
1784 Charles Wolfran Cornwall
1789 Charles Long Tory
1790 Hon. Robert Jenkinson[6] Tory[7]
1796 Robert Dundas Tory[7]
1801 The Lord de Blaquiere Tory[7]
1802 Thomas Davis Lamb Tory[7]
1803 by-election Sir Charles Talbot Tory[7]
April 1806 by-election Major General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley Tory[7]
November 1806 Patrick Craufurd Bruce Whig[7] Michael Angelo Taylor Whig[7]
May 1807 Sir John Nicholl Tory[7] The Earl of Clancarty Tory[7]
July 1807 by-election Sir William Elford Tory[7] Stephen Rumbold Lushington Tory[7]
1808 by-election William Jacob Tory[7]
October 1812 Thomas Phillipps Lamb Tory[7] Sir Henry Sullivan
also elected at Lincoln		 Tory[7]
December 1812 by-election Charles Wetherell Tory[7]
1813 by-election Richard Arkwright Tory[7]
1816 by-election John Maberly Whig[7]
1818 Charles Arbuthnot[8] Tory Peter Browne Tory[7]
February 1819 by-election Thomas Phillipps Lamb Tory[7]
July 1819 John Dodson Tory[7]
1823 by-election Robert Knight Whig[7]
1826 Richard Arkwright Tory[7] Henry Bonham Tory[7]
March 1830 by-election Philip Pusey[9] Tory[7]
May 1830 De Lacy Evans Radical[7]
August 1830 Hugh Duncan Baillie Whig[7] Francis Robert Bonham Tory[7]
1831 Thomas Pemberton Tory[7] De Lacy Evans Radical[7]
1832 Representation reduced to one member
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MPs 1832–1950

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ElectionMemberParty
1832Edward Barrett CurteisWhig[10][7]
1837Thomas Gybbon MonypennyConservative[7]
1841Herbert Barrett CurteisWhig[11][7][12]
1847 by-electionHerbert Mascall CurteisWhig
1852William Alexander Mackinnon (younger)Whig
1853 by-electionWilliam Alexander Mackinnon (elder)Peelite[13][14][15]
1859Liberal
1865Lauchlan Bellingham MackinnonLiberal
1868John Gathorne-HardyConservative
1880Frederick InderwickLiberal
1885Arthur Montagu BrookfieldConservative
1903 by-electionCharles Frederick HutchinsonLiberal
1906George CourthopeConservative
1945William CuthbertConservative
1950 constituency abolished
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MPs 1955–1983

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ElectionMemberParty
1955Godman IrvineConservative
1983 constituency abolished
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Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Bonham resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 1 March 1830: Rye[7][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Philip Pusey 10 83.3
Radical George de Lacy Evans 2 16.7
Majority 8 66.6
Turnout 12 c. 60.0
Registered electors c. 20
Tory hold Swing N/A
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  • 15 votes for De Lacy Evans were rejected but, after petition, he was declared elected on 17 May 1830 and Pusey's election was declared void.[7][16]
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General election 1830: Rye [16][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Hugh Duncan Baillie 12 33.3
Tory Francis Robert Bonham 12 33.3
Radical George de Lacy Evans 6 16.7
Whig Benjamin Smith 6 16.7
Turnout 18 c. 90.0
Registered electors c. 20
Majority 0 0.0 N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing
Majority 6 16.6
Tory hold Swing
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  • 200 inhabitants voted for Evans and Smith, but these were rejected[7]
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General election 1831: Rye [16][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical George de Lacy Evans 7 41.2 +24.5
Tory Thomas Pemberton 5 29.4 +12.8
Tory Philip Pusey 3 17.6 +1.0
Whig Benjamin Smith 2 11.8 −21.5
Whig Alexander Donovan 0 0.0 −16.7
Turnout 10 c. 50.0 c. −40.0
Registered electors c. 20
Majority 5 29.4 N/A
Radical gain from Whig Swing +21.8
Majority 2 11.8 −4.8
Tory hold Swing +16.0
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  • A riot broke out during the poll and it was then agreed that Pusey withdrew from the contest on the condition that De Lacy Evan's party would protect the peace of the town. Just three electors polled on the second day.[7]
More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1832: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Barrett Curteis 162 55.9 +44.1
Radical George de Lacy Evans 128 44.1 +2.9
Majority 34 11.8 N/A
Turnout 290 68.7 c. +18.7
Registered electors 422
Whig gain from Radical Swing +20.6
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General election 1835: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Barrett Curteis 211 67.6 +11.7
Conservative Thomas Gybbon Monypenny 101 32.4 New
Majority 110 35.2 +23.4
Turnout 312 66.2 −2.5
Registered electors 471
Whig hold Swing +11.7
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1837: Rye [17][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Thomas Gybbon Monypenny Unopposed
Registered electors 523
Conservative gain from Whig
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Rye[7][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Barrett Curteis 262 70.8 New
Conservative Charles Frewen 108 29.2 N/A
Majority 154 41.6 N/A
Turnout 370 64.7 N/A
Registered electors 572
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1847: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Barrett Curteis 239 67.9 −2.9
Conservative Benjamin Bacon Williams[18] 113 32.1 +2.9
Majority 126 35.8 −5.8
Turnout 352 61.3 −3.4
Registered electors 574
Whig hold Swing −2.9
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Curteis' death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 23 December 1847: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Mascall Curteis Unopposed
Whig hold
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Curteis' election was declared void on petition on 27 March 1848, due to insufficient notice being given of the election, causing a by-election.[19]

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By-election, 6 April 1848: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Herbert Mascall Curteis Unopposed
Whig hold
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Alexander Mackinnon (younger) 240 53.6 −14.3
Conservative Richard Curteis Pomfret[20] 208 46.4 +14.3
Majority 32 7.2 −28.6
Turnout 448 79.7 +18.4
Registered electors 562
Whig hold Swing −14.3
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Mackinnon was unseated when his election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.[21] £220 was left behind a sofa cushion at the Red Lion to pay for a dinner.[22]

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By-election, 23 May 1853: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) 216 54.0 +0.4
Conservative Richard Curteis Pomfret 184 46.0 −0.4
Majority 32 8.0 +0.8
Turnout 400 78.7 −1.0
Registered electors 508
Peelite gain from Whig Swing +0.4
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1857: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) Unopposed
Registered electors 462
Peelite gain from Whig
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General election 1859: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon (elder) Unopposed
Registered electors 470
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon 180 51.1 N/A
Conservative William Macdonald Macdonald[23] 172 48.9 New
Majority 8 2.2 N/A
Turnout 352 94.4 N/A
Registered electors 373
Liberal hold Swing N/A
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General election 1868: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hardy 513 50.7 +1.8
Liberal William Jones-Loyd[24] 499 49.3 −1.8
Majority 14 1.4 N/A
Turnout 1,012 83.8 −10.6
Registered electors 1,208
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.8
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hardy 597 52.6 +1.9
Liberal Albert Fytche[25] 539 47.4 −1.9
Majority 58 5.2 +3.8
Turnout 1,136 88.3 +4.5
Registered electors 1,287
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Rye [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Inderwick 626 50.3 +2.9
Conservative John Gathorne-Hardy 618 49.7 −2.9
Majority 8 0.6 N/A
Turnout 1,244 89.6 +1.3
Registered electors 1,389
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
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Inderwick
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General election 1885: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,526 51.3 +1.6
Liberal Frederick Inderwick 4,303 48.7 −1.6
Majority 223 2.6 N/A
Turnout 8,829 85.7 −3.9
Registered electors 10,304
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.6
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1886: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,592 59.7 +8.4
Liberal George Julius de Reuter 3,094 40.3 −8.4
Majority 1,498 19.4 +16.8
Turnout 7,686 74.6 −11.1
Registered electors 10,304
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 4,699 54.1 −5.6
Lib-Lab George M. Ball 3,988 45.9 +5.6
Majority 711 8.2 −11.2
Turnout 8,687 77.8 +3.2
Registered electors 11,159
Conservative hold Swing -5.6
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General election 1895: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Elections in the 1900s

Hutchinson
More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1900: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Montagu Brookfield 5,376 65.1 N/A
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 2,887 34.9 New
Majority 2,489 30.2 N/A
Turnout 8,263 69.7 N/A
Registered electors 11,856
Conservative hold Swing N/A
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1903 Rye by-election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 4,910 52.9 +18.0
Conservative Edward Boyle 4,376 47.1 −18.0
Majority 534 5.8 N/A
Turnout 9,286 74.0 +4.3
Registered electors 12,543
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +18.0
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General election 1906: Rye [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 6,122 55.2 −9.9
Liberal Charles Frederick Hutchinson 4,964 44.8 +9.9
Majority 1,158 10.4 −19.8
Turnout 11,086 86.3 +16.6
Registered electors 12,842
Conservative hold Swing −9.9
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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 7,352 60.8 +5.6
Liberal St John Hutchinson 4,750 39.2 −5.6
Majority 2,602 21.6 +11.2
Turnout 12,102 88.0 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing +5.6
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General election December 1910: Rye [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 6,673 59.9 −0.9
Liberal St John Hutchinson 4,461 40.1 +0.9
Majority 2,212 19.8 −1.8
Turnout 11,134 81.0 −7.0
Conservative hold Swing
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General election 1918: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Courthope 10,378 72.0 +12.1
Liberal George Ellis 4,034 28.0 −12.1
Majority 6,344 44.0 +23.2
Turnout 14,412 53.1 −27.9
Unionist hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 10,922 59.3 −12.7
Liberal George Ellis 7,488 40.7 +12.7
Majority 3,434 18.6 −25.4
Turnout 18,480 62.4 +11.3
Unionist hold Swing -12.7
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General election 1923: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 11,167 53.6 −5.7
Liberal George Ellis 9,651 46.4 +5.7
Majority 1,516 7.2 −11.4
Turnout 20,818 69.4 +7.0
Unionist hold Swing -5.7
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General election 1924: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 14,871 67.1 +13.5
Liberal George Ellis 7,289 32.9 −13.5
Majority 7,582 34.2 +27.0
Turnout 22,160 71.2 +1.8
Unionist hold Swing
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General election 1929: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Courthope 18,061 56.9 −10.2
Liberal William Stanley Osborn 10,198 32.1 −0.8
Labour George A. Greenwood 3,505 11.0 New
Majority 7,863 24.8 −9.4
Turnout 31,764 72.2 +1.0
Unionist hold Swing -4.7
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold
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General election 1935: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courthope 22,604 71.2 N/A
Liberal Dorothy Frances Osborn 9,162 28.8 New
Majority 13,442 42.4 N/A
Turnout 31,766 64.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
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Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

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General election 1945: Rye [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Cuthbert 19,701 58.6 −12.6
Labour B Simmons 7,414 22.0 New
Liberal Ronald Ogden 6,530 19.4 −9.4
Majority 12,287 36.6 −5.8
Turnout 33,645 70.8 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1955: Rye[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 28,500 72.96
Labour Trevor L Payne 10,560 27.04
Majority 17,940 45.92
Turnout 39,060 73.39
Conservative hold Swing
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General election 1959: Rye[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,465 64.8 −8.2
Liberal John R Murray 7,549 17.8 New
Labour Douglas Sidney Tilbé 7,359 17.4 −9.6
Majority 19,916 47.0 +1.1
Turnout 42,373
Conservative hold Swing
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Rye [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,240 59.8 −5.0
Liberal Kenneth Grenville Wellings 10,264 22.6 +4.8
Labour Anthony Edmund Arblaster 8,014 17.6 +0.2
Majority 16,976 37.2 −9.8
Turnout 45,518 77.5
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
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General election 1966: Rye [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 27,056 58.6 −1.2
Liberal Kenneth Grenville Wellings 9,957 21.6 −1.0
Labour David R Collins 9,155 19.8 +2.2
Majority 17,099 37.0 −0.2
Turnout 46,168 75.7 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Rye [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 32,300 64.2 +5.6
Labour Henry Arthur Fountain 9,031 18.0 −1.8
Liberal Robin Kenneth John Frederick Young 8,947 17.8 −3.8
Majority 23,269 46.2 +9.2
Turnout 50,278 73.0 −2.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
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General election February 1974: Rye [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 33.591 57.9 −6.3
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 17,456 30.1 +12.3
Labour Robert W Harris 6,967 12.0 −6.0
Majority 16,135 27.8 −18.4
Turnout 58,014 80.8 +7.8
Conservative hold Swing
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General election October 1974: Rye [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 30,511 56.9 −1.0
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 14,828 27.6 −2.5
Labour David W Threlfall 8,303 15.5 +3.5
Majority 15,683 29.3 +1.5
Turnout 53,642 74.2 −6.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General election 1979: Rye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godman Irvine 35,516 62.7 +5.8
Liberal Douglas Roland S Moore 12,438 22.0 −5.6
Labour Derek Smyth 6,852 12.1 −3.4
Ecology Anne Rix 1,267 2.2 New
National Front T. Duesbury 552 1.0 New
Majority 23,078 40.7 +11.4
Turnout 56,625 77.1 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.9
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