Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)

Grantham
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Grantham
1918–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Sleaford & North Hykeham, and Grantham & Stamford
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
1468–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.

The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford.

Boundaries

The constituency was based on Grantham, a market town on the River Witham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1468–1640

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Year	First member	Second member
1491	John Mordaunt
1510–1523	No names known [1]
1529	William Hussey	Francis Hall [1]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	Sir Edward Warner	Edmund Hall [1]
1547	Sir Edward Warner	Edmund Hall [1]
1553 (Mar)	Sir Edward Warner	Thomas Hussey [1]
1553 (Oct)	Sir Edward Warner	James Wallis [1]
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Hussey	Richard Disney [1]
1554 (Nov)	Roger Johnson	Richard Sharpe [1]
1555	George Williams	William Porter [1]
1558	Henry Savile	Anthony Thorold [1]
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Randolph	William More[2]
1562/3	Roger Manners	William Cooke [2]
1571	William Killigrew	Arthur Hall [2]
1572	John Vaughan	Arthur Hall [2][3]
1584 (Nov)	Arthur Hall	William Thorold [2]
1586 (Oct)	Sir Henry Bagenall,sat for Anglesey, repl. by William Ashby	Robert Markham [2]
1588/9	Richard More	William Armyn [2]
1593	Thomas Horsman	Francis Neale [2]
1597 (Oct)	Thomas Horsman	Francis Neale [2]
1601 (Oct)	Oliver Manners	Thomas Horsman [2]
1604	Sir George Manners	Sir Thomas Horsman
1614	Sir George Reynell	Richard Tufton
1621	Sir William Armyne	Sir Clement Cotterell
1624	Sir George Manners	Sir Clement Cotterell
1625	Sir George Manners	Sir William Airmine
1626	John Wingfield	Edward Stirmin
1628–1629	Thomas Hatcher	Alexander Moor

MPs 1640–1885

Election			First Member[4]	First Party	Second Member[4]	Second Party
		April 1640	Sir Edward Bashe		Henry Pelham
		November 1640	Thomas Hussey	Royalist	Henry Pelham	Parliamentarian
		1641	Sir William Airmine	Parliamentarian
		December 1648			Pelham excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
		1653	Grantham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
		1654	William Bury		Grantham had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
		1656	William Ellys
		January 1659	Thomas Skipwith		Sir William Ellys
		May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
		April 1660	Thomas Skipwith		Sir John Newton
		1661	Sir William Thorold
		1678	Sir Robert Markham
		1679	Sir William Ellys
		1685	Thomas Harrington		John Thorold
		1689	Sir John Brownlow		Sir William Ellys
		1697	Sir John Thorold
		Jan. 1701	Thomas Baptist Manners
		Nov. 1701	Richard Ellys
		1705	Marquess of Granby
		1711	Sir John Thorold
		1713			Sir John Brownlow
		1715	Edward Rolt		John Heathcote
		1722	Francis Fisher		The Viscount Tyrconnel
		1727	Sir Michael Newton
		1741			Marquess of Granby
		1743	Sir John Cust
		1754			Lord George Manners
		1770	Francis Cust
		1774	Sir Brownlow Cust
		1776	Peregrine Cust
		1780	Francis Cockayne-Cust		George Manners-Sutton
		1792	Philip Yorke
		1793	Simon Yorke
		1802	Thomas Thoroton		Sir William Earle Welby, Bt
		1806			Russell Manners
		1807			Sir William Earle Welby, Bt
		1812	Robert Percy Smith
		1818	Edward Cust
		March 1820			James Hughes
	July 1820	Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt
		1826	Frederick James Tollemache	Tory	Montague Cholmeley
		1830	Glynne Earle Welby	Tory/Conservative
		1831			James Hughes
		1832			Hon. Algernon Gray Tollemache	Conservative
		1837			Hon. Frederick James Tollemache	Conservative
		1852			Lord Montagu William Graham	Conservative
		1857	William Earle Welby	Conservative	Hon. Frederick James Tollemache	Liberal
		1865			John Thorold	Conservative
		1868 by-election	Edmund Turnor	Conservative
		1868	Sir Hugh Cholmeley, Bt	Liberal	Hon. Frederick James Tollemache	Liberal
		1874			Henry Cockayne-Cust	Conservative
		1880	John William Mellor	Liberal	Charles Savile Roundell	Liberal
		1885	representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1997

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1885	John William Mellor	Liberal
	1886	William Malcolm Low	Conservative
	1892	Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	Conservative
	1900	Arthur Priestley	Liberal
	1918	Edmund Royds	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Robert Pattinson	Liberal
	1923	Victor Warrender	Conservative
	1942 by-election	Denis Kendall	Independent
	1950	Eric Smith	Conservative
	1951	Joseph Godber	Conservative
	1979	Douglas Hogg	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Grantham and Stamford

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Grantham[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Mellor	1,377	54.9
	Conservative	Alfred Cholmeley Earle Welby	1,131	45.1
Majority			246	9.8
Turnout				87.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Grantham by-election, 1886[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. John William Mellor	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1886: Grantham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Malcolm Low	1,197	50.8
	Liberal	Rt Hon. John William Mellor	1,161	49.2
Majority			36	1.6
Turnout				81.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Henry Lopes

General Election 1892: Grantham[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	1,296	50.6
	Liberal	T.C. Clarke	1,263	49.4
Majority			33	1.2
Turnout				95.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Samuel Waddy

General Election 1895: Grantham[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	1,507	56.4
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	1,167	43.6
Majority			340	12.8
Turnout				92.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Grantham[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Alexander Priestley	1,347	50.7
	Conservative	Henry Yarde Buller Lopes	1,309	49.3
Majority			38	1.4
Turnout				87.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1906: Grantham[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Alexander Priestley	1,663
	Conservative	Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey	1,554
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Grantham[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Alexander Priestley	1,848
	Conservative	Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth	1,703
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Grantham[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Alexander Priestley	1,730	50.5
	Conservative	Herbert Guy Snowden	1,697	49.5
Majority			33	1.0
Turnout				94.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

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: Ernest Nathaniel Bennett
• Unionist: Herbert Guy Snowden

General Election 1918: Grantham[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edmund Royds	9,972	48.4	-1.1
	Liberal	Robert Pattinson	8,701	42.2	-8.3
	Independent Labour	William Bilton Harris	1,927	9.4	n/a
Majority			1,271	6.2
Turnout				58.1
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

• denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Grantham[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Pattinson	11,723	41.4	-0.8
	Unionist	Edmund Royds	11,295	39.8	-8.6
	Labour	John Henry Jones	5,332	18.8	+9.4
Majority			428	1.6
Turnout				79.5	+21.4
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+3.9

General Election 1923: Grantham [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender	12,552	43.5	+3.7
	Liberal	Robert Pattinson	10,819	37.6	-3.8
	Labour	Montague William Moore	5,440	18.9	+0.1
Majority			1,733	5.9	7.5
Turnout				79.1	-0.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

General Election 1924: Grantham[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender	14,746	49.5
	Liberal	Alexander Lyle-Samuel	7,730	26.0
	Labour	Montague William Moore	7,279	24.5	+5.6
Majority			7,016	23.5	17.6
Turnout				80.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Grantham [18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender	16,121	40.8	-8.7
	Liberal	R Hamilton Brown	12,023	30.4	+4.4
	Labour	Montague William Moore	11,340	28.7	+4.2
Majority			4,098	10.3	-13.2
Turnout				81.9	+1.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Grantham[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender	27,164	69.2
	Labour	Montague William Moore	12,115	30.8
Majority			15,049	38.3
Turnout			39,279	79.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Grantham[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender	22,194	58.1
	Labour	Montague William Moore	16,009	41.9
Majority			6,185	16.2
Turnout			38,203	74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Rt Hon. Sir Victor Warrender
• Labour: Montague William Moore^[21]

Elections in the 1940s

Grantham by-election, 1942[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Denis Kendall	11,758	50.8	n/a
	Conservative	Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore	11,391	49.2	−8.9
Majority			367	1.6
Turnout				42.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1945 Grantham [23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Denis Kendall	27,719	58.2	+7.4
	Conservative	George Arthur Worth	12,206	25.6	−23.6
	Labour	Thomas Sansby Bavin	7,728	16.2	n/a
Majority			15,513	32.6
Turnout				75.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Grantham [24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Martin Smith	19,195	41.33
	Labour	Albert Edward Millett	14,457	31.13
	Independent	William Denis Kendall	12,792	27.54
Majority			4,738	10.2
Turnout			46,444
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

General Election 1951: Grantham [25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bradshaw Godber	20,712	43.47
	Labour	Albert Edward Millett	18,540	38.91
	Liberal	William Denis Kendall	8,396	17.62
Majority			2,172	4.56
Turnout			47,648
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Grantham [26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bradshaw Godber	24,188	50.8
	Labour	Woodrow Lyle Wyatt	21,813	45.8
	Liberal	Rev. Reginald Clifford Gaul	1,624	3.4
Majority			2,375	5.0
Turnout			47,625
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Grantham [27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bradshaw Godber	27,482	56.8
	Labour	Thomas Cecil Skeffington-Lodge	20,867	43.2
Majority			6,615	13.7
Turnout			48,349	81.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Grantham [28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Joseph Bradshaw Godber	27,634	55.9
	Labour	Peter Horton	21,770	44.1
Majority			5,864	11.8
Turnout			49,404	78.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Grantham [29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Joseph Bradshaw Godber	24,748	47.7
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Large	22,590	43.6
	Liberal	David C. Howie	4,503	8.7
Majority			2,158	4.2
Turnout			51,841	80.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Grantham [30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Joseph Bradshaw Godber	33,070	58.7
	Labour	W. Frank Higgins	23,296	41.3
Majority			9,774	17.4
Turnout			56,366
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Grantham [31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Joseph Bradshaw Godber	31,910	50.44
	Labour	SM Smedley	20,567	32.51
	Liberal	WT Bailey	10,781	17.04
Majority			11,343	17.93
Turnout				81.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Grantham [32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Joseph Bradshaw Godber	27,738	47.66
	Labour	SM Smedley	19,708	33.86
	Liberal	WT Bailey	10,752	18.47
Majority			8,030	13.80
Turnout				74.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Grantham [33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Martin Hogg	36,697	55.52
	Labour	V Bell	18,547	28.06
	Liberal	WT Bailey	10,852	16.42
Majority			18,150	27.46
Turnout				78.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Grantham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Martin Hogg	31,692	57.47
	Liberal	Simon Titley	12,781	23.17
	Labour	TE Savage	10,677	19.36
Majority			18,911	34.29
Turnout				73.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Grantham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Martin Hogg	33,988	57.06
	Liberal	James Philip Heppell	12,685	21.29
	Labour	Maurice Benjamin Gent	12,197	20.48
	Green	Patricia Ann Hewis	700	1.18
Majority			21,303	35.76
Turnout				74.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Grantham[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Martin Hogg	37,194	56.2	−0.9
	Labour Co-op	Steven Taggart	17,606	26.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Philip Heppell	9,882	14.9	−6.4
	Liberal	John D. Hiley	1,500	2.3	−19.0
Majority			19,588	29.6	−6.2
Turnout			66,182	79.2	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

Notes and references

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
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8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
11. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
12. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
13. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
14. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
15. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
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17. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
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20. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
21. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
22. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
23. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
24. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
25. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
26. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
27. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
28. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
29. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
30. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
31. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
32. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
33. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
34. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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