Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Grimsby
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

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Boundary of Great Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire.

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Location of North East Lincolnshire within England.
County Lincolnshire
Electorate 61,929 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1295
Member of parliament Melanie Onn (Labour)
Number of members One
(Two until 1832)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Great Grimsby is a constituency[n 1] in North East Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since May 2015 by Melanie Onn of the Labour Party.[n 2][n 3]

Current boundaries

The present constituency follows the boundaries of the old Borough of Great Grimsby, which was abolished when the former county of Humberside was divided into four unitary authorities in 1996. From the 2010 general election new boundaries took effect, but the Boundary Commission's review led only to minimal changes, aligning the constituency boundaries with present ward boundaries so the seat still has electoral wards:

History

The constituency has been represented since the first House of Commons was assembled in the Model Parliament of 1295, and it elected two MPs until 1832. Great Grimsby was established as a parliamentary borough in 1295, sending two burgesses, and has been continuously represented ever since. The town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, a market town, fishing port and seaport.

Freemen of the town had the right to vote, provided they were resident and paying scot and lot; in 1831 this amounted to just under 400 voters. The town corporation bestowed this status, as today, rarely on those bringing acclaim to the place, but it was routinely acquired through apprenticeship in the guilds and by inheritance; in Great Grimsby, unusually, the husband of a freeman's daughter or widow acquired the freedom.[n 4]

In 1831, when the Reform Bill was being discussed in Parliament, the wives and daughters of the Great Grimsby freemen petitioned the House of Lords to retain their rights to pass on the vote to their future husbands and children. However, their concern to retain these rights may not have been rooted in any their family desiring to help choose the borough's MPs as a vote in Great Grimsby was a valuable commodity in a more mercenary sense, and the contemporary polemicist Oldfield considered that "This borough stands second to none in the history of corruption." At the start of the 18th century it was noted that Grimsby's "freemen did enter into treaties with several gentlemen in London, for sale of the choice of burgess to such as would give the most money". In 1701, the House of Commons overturned the election of one of Great Grimsby's MPs, William Cotesworth, for bribery and sent him to the Tower of London and temporarily suspended the borough's right to representation. Almost every election in Great Grimsby at this period was followed by a petition from defeated candidates alleging bribery, although that of 1701 seems to have been the only one which was acted upon.

Great Grimsby, like most boroughs except for the very largest, recognised a "patron" who could generally exercise influence over the choice of its MPs; at the time of the Great Reform Act of 1832, this was Lord Yarborough. However, the extent of the patron's power was limited in Great Grimsby, and the voters were quite prepared (at a price) to defy his advice. The patron could strengthen his position by providing employment to the freemen, as could his rivals. Jupp quotes two letters, one of 1818 and one of 1819, in which local agents advise the Tennyson family how best to do this in Grimsby so as to encroach on Lord Yarborough's influence:

"Build upon every spot of vacant ground you are possessed of... Thus you would give employment to a great number of freemen... Let Mr Heneage's estates[n 5] be divided into fields of four or six acres; and let these, together with your own estates be placed in the hands of freemen to whom they would be an object of importance. Provide, if possible, small farms for the sons of Lord Yarbro's tenants."
(George Oliver to George Tennyson, 24 November 1818, quoted in Jupp)

On a less extravagant level, it is recorded that after Charles Tennyson was first elected in 1818 he presented a bottle of wine to each of the fathers of 92 local children about to be christened.

The General Election of 1831 in Grimsby was as notorious as in some of the rotten boroughs, the local Tories being accused of using a revenue cutter lying in the Humber to ply the Whig voters with drink and prevent them getting to the polls; the fact of the outcome standing led to a nationally well-known action by John Shelley for libel.

In 1831, the population of the borough was 4,008, and contained 784 houses. The Boundary Act in concert with the Reform Act enlarged the borough to include eight neighbouring parishes[n 6], brought the population up to 6,413 with 1,365 houses but the landed property aspect to the franchise was not reformed so this increased the electorate only to 656 so Great Grimsby lost one of its two seats. However, Grimsby's population and housing continued to grow and, unlike most of the boroughs that lost one seat in 1832 it has retained its existence, without taking up large swathes of the county.

The constituency underwent further significant boundary change in 1918 and 1950. In 1918, parishes that had joined, (Bradley, Great Coates, Little Coates, Laceby, Waltham, Weelsby and the adjoining neighbourhood/parish of Scartho) were detached to join Louth county constituency, and the seat [n 7] consisted of the county borough of Grimsby and the urban district (later borough) of Cleethorpes. In 1950, Cleethorpes was moved into the Louth county division, leaving the borough once more Grimsby alone. More recent boundary changes have only been adjustments to conform to changes at local government level.

Labour's Austin Mitchell won the seat in a 1977 by only 520 votes in a by-election caused by the death of the Foreign Secretary Tony Crosland. He held the seat until retiring in 2015. At the 2010 election Mitchell's majority was again reduced to three figures after a swing of over 10% to the Conservatives.

At the 2015 election, Great Grimsby was considered a target for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).[2] UKIP had selected as their candidate the 2010 Conservative candidate, Victoria Ayling, who had switched parties since the previous election. Labour's candidate was Melanie Onn, while the Conservatives stood Marc Jones. In the event however, Onn was successful, increasing Mitchell's majority of 714 more than sixfold and enjoying a swing of 5.6% from the Conservatives, with UKIP finishing third.[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

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YearFirst memberSecond member
1330Edmundus RaynerRobertus Keilby[4]:109
1341Johannes de Grymesby[4]:110
1346Peter de la See[4]:115
1355Johannes de Grymesby[4]:112
1365Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1372Johannes de Grymesby[4]:112
1377Willielmus Wele[4]:113
1379Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1382Willielmus Grymesby[4]
1383 Petrus de Gryesby[4]:112
1385Willielmus Wele[4]:113
1386 John Newland William Elmsall[5]
1388 (Feb) Robert Burton William Paule[5]
1388 (Sep) Geoffrey Askeby Richard Barber[5]
1390 (Jan) Richard Misen Walter Slotheby[5]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Hesilden William Welle[5]
1393 Robert Burton John Kelby[5]
1394 Robert Burton Walter Slotheby[5]
1395 Robert Burton William Elmsall[5]
1397 (Jan) Robert Burton John Kelby[5]
1397 (Sep)
1399 Walter Slotheby William Elmsall[5]
1401
1402 Richard White John Kelby[5]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct) William Hosier John Miles[5]
1406 William Lele John Kelby[5]
1407 William Fosse Simon Grimsby[5]
1411 William Fosse John Thoresby[5]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Gilbert Keremond Richard Duffield[5]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov) Roger Dale Richard Duffield[5]
1415
1416 (Mar) Roger Dale Gilbert Keremond[5]
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419
1420 John Lufford Richard Duffield[5]
1421 (May) Simon Elkyngton Roger Grainsby[5]
1421 (Dec) Roger Dale Richard Duffield[5]
1410
1448Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112
1472Willielmus Grymesby[4]:112Hugo Eden[4]:115
1483 Hugo Eden[4]:115Peter de la See[4]:115
1485 Stephen de la See[4]:118
1485 John SayntonThomas Pormard[6]
1487 John SayntonJohn Moigne[6]
1494 Hugo Eden[4]:115
1496 John Heneage[4]:119
1509 Sir Robert Tyrwhitt[4]:115
1510 Sir William Tyrwhitt Sir Robert Wingfield[7]
1512 George Barnardiston Robert Vicars[7]
1515 Philip Hamby William Hatcliffe[7]
1523 John Heneage Robert Lord[7]
1529 Sir William Askew John Heneage[7]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 Richard Goodrich ?[7]
1545 Thomas Hussey Richard Goodrich[7]
1547 Richard Goodrich John Bellow[7]
1553 (Mar) ?
1553 (Oct) George Heneage John Bellow[7]
1554 (Apr) Ambrose Sutton John Bellow[7]
1554 (Nov) John Bellow Thomas Constable[7]
1555John Bellow Thomas Constable[7]
1558John Bellow Marmaduke Tyrwhitt[7]
1558/9 Sir Edward Warner John Bellow[8]
1562/3 Christopher Wray Edward Fitzgerald[8]
1571 Thomas St Poll John Thymbleby[8]
1572 Thomas Moryson Thomas Grantham[8]
1584 (Nov) William Wray Thomas Moryson[8]
1586 (Oct) Tristram Tyrwhitt Thomas Moryson[8]
1588/9 Thomas Moryson Tristrsm Tyrwhitt[8]
1593 William Barne Nicholas Saunderson[8]
1597 (Sep) Thomas Hatcliffe Thomas Ellis[8]
1601 (Oct) Thomas Clinton alias Fiennes, Lord Clinton Edward Skipwith[8]
1604 Sir William Wray Sir George St Paul
1614 Sir John Wray Richard Toothby
1621 Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray
1624 Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray
1625 Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray
1626 Henry Pelham William Skinner
1628 Henry Pelham Christopher Wray
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
April 1640 Christopher Wray Sir Gervase Hollis
November 1640 Christopher Wray Sir Gervase Holles
1645 William Wray Edward Rossiter
1654 William Wray One seat only
1656 William Wray One seat only
1659 William Wray Edward Ayscough

MPs 1660–1832

YearFirst member[9]First partySecond member[9]Second party
1660 Edward King William Wray
1661 Gervase Holles Adrian Scrope
1666 Sir Henry Belasyse, killed in duel, 1667 Royalist
October 1667 Sir Philip Tyrwhitt
November 1667 Sir Frescheville Holles
1673 William Broxholme
1675 Sir Christopher Wray
1679 George Pelham
1685 Sir Edward Ayscough Sir Thomas Barnardiston
1690 John Chaplin
1695 Arthur Moore
1699 Thomas Vyner
January 1701 William Cotesworth
March 1701 Seat vacant[10]
December 1701 Arthur Moore
1702 John Chaplin
1705 William Cotesworth
1710 Robert Vyner
1713 William Cotesworth
1715 Robert Chaplin[11] Joseph Banks
1721 Arthur Moore
1722 Benjamin Collyer Charles Pelham
1727 John Page George Monson
1734 Sir Robert Sutton Robert Knight
1741 William Lock
1747 John Gore
1761 Hon. Henry Knight Joseph Mellish
1762 Robert Knight, 1st Baron Luxborough[12]
1768 Colonel Anthony St Leger
1774 Francis Evelyn Anderson
1780 John Harrison Francis Eyre
1784 Dudley Long[13]
1796 Ayscoghe Boucherett William Mellish
1802 Colonel John Henry Loft[14]
March 1803 William Mellish
July 1803 Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham
1806 Hon. George Anderson-Pelham
1807 William Ellice
1808 Colonel John Henry Loft
1812 John Peter Grant Sir Robert Heron, Bt
1818 John Nicholas Fazakerley Charles Tennyson
1820 William Duncombe
1826 Charles Wood George Fieschi Heneage
1830 George Harris
May 1831 John Villiers Shelley Tory
August 1831 Henry Fitzroy Lord Loughborough
1832 Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1832

Election Member[9] Party
1832 William Maxfield Whig
1835 Edward Heneage Whig
1852 The Earl Annesley Conservative
1857 Lord Worsley Whig
1859 Liberal
1862 by-election John Chapman Conservative
1865 John Fildes Liberal
1868 George Tomline Liberal
1874 John Chapman Conservative
1877 by-election Alfred Watkin Liberal
1880 Edward Heneage Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 Henri Josse Liberal
1893 by-election Edward Heneage Liberal Unionist
1895 Sir George Doughty Liberal
1898 by-election Liberal Unionist
Jan 1910 Thomas Edward Wing Liberal
Dec 1910 Sir George Doughty Liberal Unionist
1914 by-election Thomas George Tickler Conservative
1922 Tom Sutcliffe Conservative
1924 Sir Walter Womersley Conservative
1945 Kenneth Younger Labour
1959 Tony Crosland Labour
1977 by-election Austin Mitchell Labour
2015 Melanie Onn Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Great Grimsby[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melanie Onn 13,414 39.8 +7.1
Conservative Marc Jones 8,874 26.3 -4.2
UKIP Victoria Ayling 8,417 25.0 +18.8
Liberal Democrat Steve Beasant 1,680 5.0 -17.4
Green Vicky Dunn 783 2.3 +2.3
Independent Gary Calder 390 1.2 +1.2
TUSC Val O'Flynn 173 0.5 +0.5
Majority 4,540 13.5 +11.3
Turnout 33,731 57.7 +3.9
Labour hold Swing +5.6%
General Election 2010: Great Grimsby[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 10,777 32.7 -14.4
Conservative Victoria Ayling 10,063 30.5 +6.7
Liberal Democrat Andrew de Freitas 7,388 22.4 +3.1
UKIP Henry Hudson 2,043 6.2 +2.4
BNP Stephen Fyfe 1,517 4.6 +0.5
Independent Ernie Brown 835 2.5 N/A
People's National Democratic Party Adrian Howe 331 1.0 N/A
Majority 714 2.2 -21
Turnout 32,954 53.8 +2.1
Labour hold Swing -10.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 15,512 47.1 -10.8
Conservative Giles Taylor 7,858 23.8 +0.7
Liberal Democrat Andrew de Freitas 6,356 19.3 +0.3
BNP Stephen Fyfe 1,338 4.1 N/A
UKIP Martin Grant 1,239 3.8 N/A
Green David Brooks 661 2.0 N/A
Majority 7,654 23.2
Turnout 32,964 51.7 -0.6
Labour hold Swing -5.7
General Election 2001: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 19,118 57.9 -1.9
Conservative James Cousins 7,634 23.1 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Andrew De Freitas 6,265 19.0 +0.9
Majority 11,484 34.8
Turnout 33,017 52.3 -13.8
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Great Grimsby [17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 25,765 59.8 +8.8
Conservative Dean Godson 9,521 22.1 −14.1
Liberal Democrat Andrew De Freitas 7,810 18.1 +5.3
Majority 16,244 37.7 +22.9
Turnout 43,096 66.3 -9.0
Labour hold Swing +11.5
General Election 1992: Great Grimsby[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 25,897 51.0 +5.5
Conservative Philip Jackson 18,391 36.2 +7.8
Liberal Democrat Pat Frankish 6,475 12.8 −13.3
Majority 7,506 14.8 −2.2
Turnout 50,763 75.3 −0.0
Labour hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 23,463 50.4
Conservative Francis Robinson 14,679 31.5
Social Democratic Paul Walter Genney 8,387 18.0
Majority 8,784 18.9
Turnout 46,529 74.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 18,330 36.3
Conservative C.A. Hancock 17,599 34.9
Social Democratic P.W. Genney 14,552 28.8
Majority 731 1.5
Turnout 50,481 73.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 26,282 52.03
Conservative Robert Blair 20,041 39.68
Liberal D.M. Rigby 3,837 7.60
Independent J. Lennard 214 0.42
National Front J. Hayes 137 0.27
Majority 6,241 12.36
Turnout 75.79
Labour hold Swing
Great Grimsby by-election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Austin Mitchell 21,890 46.9
Conservative Robert Blair 21,370 45.8
Liberal Andrew de Freitas 3,128 6.7
Socialist Workers Michael Stanton 215 0.5
Sunshine Party Peter Bishop 64 0.1
Malcolm Muggeridge Fan Club Max Nottingham 30 0.0
Majority 520 1.1
Turnout 46,989
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 21,657 47.10
Conservative K.C. Brown 14,675 31.91
Liberal D.M. Rigby 9,487 20.63
Independent Labour J. McElrea 166 0.36
Majority 6,982 15.18
Turnout 69.36
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 21,585 42.83
Conservative K. Brown 15,914 31.58
Liberal D.M. Rigby 12,084 23.98
Independent Conservative P.H. Kale 816 1.62
Majority 5,671 11.25
Turnout 76.73
Labour hold Swing
General Election June 1970: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 23,571 52.52
Conservative Michael F. Spungin 17,460 38.90
Liberal Dilwyn J. Hardwidge 3,850 8.58
Majority 6,111 13.62
Turnout 68.38
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election February 1966: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 26,788 58.94
Conservative Patrick Thomas Cormack 18,662 41.06
Majority 8,126 17.88
Turnout 74.18
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1964: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 26,675 54.34
Conservative Wilfrid Pearson 21,577 45.66
Majority 4,098 8.67
Turnout 75.89
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election October 1959: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Anthony Raven Crosland 24,729 50.10
Conservative Wilfrid Pearson 24,628 49.90
Majority 101 0.20
Turnout 76.70
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1955: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Gilmour Younger 24,926 53.80
Conservative Lord Worsley 21,404 46.20
Majority 3,522 7.60
Turnout 73.33
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1951: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Gilmour Younger 29,462 56.58
National Liberal Charles W. Hewson 22,611 43.42
Majority 6,851 13.16
Turnout 82.01
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1950: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Gilmour Younger 28,906 56.24
Conservative J. Hall 22,494 43.76
Majority 6,412 12.47
Turnout 82.73
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election October 1945: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Gilmour Younger 28,484 60.10
Conservative Sir Walter James Womersley 18,841 39.81
Majority 9,643 20.38
Turnout 68.39
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election October 1935: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Walter James Womersley 25,470 51.75
Labour Henry A Brinton 23,743 48.25
Majority 1,727 3.51
Turnout 69.27
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1931: Great Grimsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter James Womersley 33,725 67.65
Labour GE Farmery 16,124 32.35
Majority 17,601 35.31
Turnout 69.33
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Grimsby [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter James Womersley 27,001 54.8 +3.4
Labour Ernest Marklew 22,254 45.2 +9.6
Majority 4,747 9.6 -6.2
Turnout 71.9 -4.5
Unionist hold Swing -3.1
General Election 1924: Grimsby[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter James Womersley 21,487 51.4 -1.0
Labour Charles Edwin Franklin 14,874 35.6 -12.0
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 5,442 13.0 n/a
Majority 6,613 15.8 +11.0
Turnout 76.4 +14.2
Unionist hold Swing +5.5
General Election 1923: Grimsby [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Tom Sutcliffe 17,577 52.4 -10.1
Labour Charles Edwin Franklin 15,959 47.6 +10.1
Majority 1,618 4.8 -20.2
Turnout 62.2 -10.1
Unionist hold Swing -10.1
General Election 1922: Grimsby[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Tom Sutcliffe 23,726 62.5 +11.3
Labour Charles Edwin Franklin 14,227 37.5 +1.8
Majority 9,499 25.0 +7.5
Turnout 72.3 +15.6
Unionist hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Tickler
General Election 14 December 1918: Grimsby[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 13,688 51.2
Labour Charles Edwin Franklin 9,015 33.7 n/a
Independent Unionist James William Eason 2,791 10.4 n/a
NFDDSS H. J. F. Crosby 1,260 4.7 n/a
Majority 4,673 18.3 +16.7
Turnout 25,494 54.0
Unionist hold Swing n/a

General Election 1915 A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election.

Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Great Grimsby by-election, 1914[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Thomas George Tickler 8,471 50.8 -1.5
Liberal Alfred Bannister 8,193 49.2 +1.5
Majority 278 1.6 -3.0
Turnout 16,664 80.5 -3.3
Unionist hold Swing -1.5
General Election December 1910: Grimsby[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist George Doughty 7,903 52.3
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 7,205 47.7
Majority 698 4.6
Turnout 15,108 86.1
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
Tom Wing
General Election January 1910 Grimsby[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Edward Wing 7,772 51.1 +19.1
Liberal Unionist George Doughty 7,450 48.9 -1.3
Majority 322 2.2 20.4
Turnout 84.4 +5.7
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +10.2

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 Grimsby[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist George Doughty 6,349 50.2
Liberal Henry Hyman Haldinstein 4,040 32.0
Labour Thomas Proctor 2,248 17.8 n/a
Majority 2,309 18.2
Turnout 78.7
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1900 Grimsby[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist George Doughty unopposed n/a
Liberal Unionist hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Thomas Wintringham
Great Grimsby by-election, 1898[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist George Doughty 4,940 59.3
Liberal Thomas Wintringham 3,189 38.3
Independent Conservative R.D. Melhuish 204 2.4 n/a
Majority 1,751 21.0
Turnout 67.7
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
George Doughty
General Election 1895: Grimsby [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Doughty 4,347 51.1 +7.2
Liberal Unionist Edward Heneage 4,166 48.9 -7.2
Majority 181 2.2 14.4
Turnout 73.7 -0.3
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +7.2
Henry Broadhurst
Great Grimsby by-election, 1893[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Edward Heneage 4,427 56.1
Liberal Henry Broadhurst 3,463 43.9
Majority 964 12.2
Turnout 74.0
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1892: Grimsby [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henri Josse 4,202 54.1 +7.1
Liberal Unionist Edward Heneage 3,566 45.9 -7.1
Majority 636 8.2 14.2
Turnout 75.3
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Grimsby [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Edward Heneage 2,982 53.0
Liberal Thomas Sutherst 2,649 47.0
Majority 333 6.0
Turnout 65.0 -1.1
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
Great Grimsby by-election, 1886[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Heneage 3,390 59.3 +3.1
Conservative Arthur Campbell Walker 2,330 40.7 -3.1
Majority 1,060 18.6 +6.2
Turnout 66.1
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
General Election 1885: Grimsby [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Heneage 3,711 n/a
Conservative Arthur Campbell Walker 2,897 n/a
Majority 814 12.4 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ Between 1918 and 1983 it was known simply as Grimsby.
  3. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency currently elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  4. ↑ Not only were sons of freemen considered freemen
  5. ↑ See three MPs which that name, in 1496 and throughout the 19th century including one elevated to Baron Heneage
  6. ↑ Including Cleethorpes and Great Coates
  7. ↑ From 1918 Grimsby rather than Great Grimsby
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32500470
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-32646493
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Shaw, George. Old Grimsby.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. 1 2 Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  10. ↑ On petition, the Commons resolved that William Cotesworth "has been notoriously guilty of bribery and other indirect practices", that he had not been duly elected and that his offences he should be committed as a prisoner to the Tower of London. They also resolved that no new writ for Great Grimsby should be issued for the remainder of the session, leaving the seat vacant
  11. ↑ Expelled from the House of Commons in 1721 for his role in the South Sea Bubble
  12. ↑ Created Earl of Catherlough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1763
  13. ↑ Long changed his name to North in 1789
  14. ↑ On petition, which accused both Loft and Boucherett of bribery and treating, the result of the 1802 election was overturned. The committee amended the result of the voting, so that Loft who had been placed first was placed third, and declared Mellish duly elected in Loft's place.
  15. ↑ "Great Grimsby". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "UK - England - Yorkshire & the Humber - Great Grimsby". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  17. ↑ "UK General Election results May 1997". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  18. ↑ The 1997 swings are calculated relative to the actual 1992 result as there were no boundary changes to this constituency in 1997. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1995). The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre). p. 89. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  20. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  21. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  22. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1931
  23. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  24. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by F.W.S. Craig
  25. 1 2 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by F.W.S. Craig
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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