Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport (Shropshire)
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one
Created from North Shropshire

Newport (Shropshire) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency for the town of Newport, Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Robert Bickersteth Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 William Kenyon-Slaney Conservative
1908 b-e Beville Stanier Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Newport (Shropshire) [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Bickersteth 4,694 52.0 n/a
Conservative Viscount Newport 4,333 48.0 n/a
Majority 361 4.0 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Newport (Shropshire) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney 4,460 60.7 +12.7
Liberal Clement Higgins 2,884 39.3 -12.7
Majority 1,576 21.4 25.4
Turnout 69.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.7

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Newport (Shropshire) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney 4,815 57.7
Liberal W H Lander 3,530 42.3
Majority 1,285 15.4
Turnout 73.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: Newport (Shropshire) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Newport (Shropshire) [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Kenyon-Slaney
General Election 1906: Newport (Shropshire) [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon. William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney 4,853 50.9 n/a
Liberal Francis Neilson 4,677 49.1 n/a
Majority 176 1.8 n/a
Turnout 88.4 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Newport by-election, 1908 [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beville Stanier 5,328 54.9 +4.0
Liberal Francis Neilson 4,377 45.1 -4.0
Majority 951 9.8 +8.0
Turnout 89.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Newport (Shropshire) [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beville Stanier 5,570 56.3
Liberal William Edward Moulsdale 4,324 43.7
Majority 1,246 12.6
Turnout 90.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Newport (Shropshire) [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beville Stanier unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

See also

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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