Kingston upon Hull South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull South West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one

Kingston upon Hull South West was a borough constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament 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 for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Coltman, North Newington, and South Newington.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Cyril Entwistle	Liberal
	1924	Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian	Conservative
	1929	John Arnott	Labour
	1931	Richard Law	Conservative
	1945	Sydney Smith	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Cyril Entwistle

General Election 14 December 1918:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Fullard Entwistle	6,724
	Coalition Labour	John Robert Bell	5,005
	Labour	Robert Mell	3,121
	NFDDSS	Albert Shakesby	698
	Independent	Percy Selwyn Newbond	650
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

• endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General Election 15 November 1922: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Fullard Entwistle	10,360	40.7
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	9,597	37.6
	Labour	John Arnott	4,859	19.0
	National Liberal	Rev. David Pughe	692	2.7
Majority			763	3.1
Turnout				72.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Fullard Entwistle	10,316	41.0	+0.3
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	8,883	35.3	-2.3
	Labour	John Arnott	5,973	23.7	+4.7
Majority			1,433	5.7	+2.6
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election, 29 October 1924: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	11,190	40.9	+5.6
	Liberal	Cyril Fullard Entwistle	8,155	29.9
	Labour	John Arnott	7,965
Majority
Turnout				75.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election, 30 May 1929: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Arnott	14,903	41.2	+12.0
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	12,464	34.4	-6.5
	Liberal	Herbert Aubrey Crowe	8,826	24.4	-5.5
Majority			2,439	6.8	17.8
Turnout				76.6	+1.2
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.2

Election in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kidston Law	25,909
	Labour	John Arnott	12,857
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 14 November 1935:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kidston Law	17,406
	Labour	John Arnott	13,975
	Liberal	Francis Vernon Baxter	2,749
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

A General Election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General Election 1939/40 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kidston Law
	Labour	Sydney Herbert Smith

• Dennis Gordon was PPC up until 1939 when he was expelled.

General Election 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Herbert Smith	18,606
	Conservative	Richard Kidston Law	10,294
	Liberal	Ernest Edgar Dalton	2,645
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)