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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885}} |
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| Name = East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Type = County |
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{{Infobox UK constituency |
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| Year = 1832 |
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|name = East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Abolition = 1885 |
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| caption = From 1832–1868. Extract from 1837 result: the seaside and riverside 'doubly' blue area. |
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'''East Riding of Yorkshire''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. It returned two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. |
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|year = 1832 |
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|abolished = 1885 |
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|type = county |
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|elects_howmany = Two |
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|previous = [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]] |
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|next = [[Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckrose]], [[Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Holderness]] and [[Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Howdenshire]] |
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|region = England |
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|county = [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] |
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The '''East Riding of Yorkshire''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] covering the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], omitting [[Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)|Beverley]] residents save a small minority of Beverley residents who also qualified on property grounds to vote in the county seat (mainly business-owning [[forty shilling freeholders]]). It returned two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. A brief earlier guise of the seat covered the changed franchise of the [[First Protectorate Parliament]] and [[Second Protectorate Parliament]] during a fraction of the twenty years of England and Wales (Scotland and Ireland) existed as a republic. |
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==First and Second Protectorate parliaments existence 1654-1658== |
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The constituency was created by the [[Reform Act 1832]], when the four-seat [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire constituency]] was divided in three for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1832|1832 general election]], and abolished by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]]. It was replaced for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885 general election]] by the new single-member constituencies of [[Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckrose]], [[Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Holderness]] and [[Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Howdenshire]]. |
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The seat existed for the June 1654 to January 1655 parliament and for that following (July 1656 to September 1656). The East Riding electorate summoned four members simultaneously. |
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Candidates were elected unopposed at most of the elections throughout its existence as a constituency; the only contested elections were in [[United Kingdom general election, 1837|1837]], [[United Kingdom general election, 1868|1868]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1880|1880]], on each of which occasions two [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidates defeated a single [[British Whig Party|Whig]] or [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]. |
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!No.!!Summoned!!Elected!!Assembled!!Dissolved!!Sessions!![[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]]!!Note |
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|[[First Protectorate Parliament|1st]] || 1 June 1654 || 1654 || 3 September 1654 || 22 January 1655 || 1 || [[William Lenthall]] || [[First Protectorate Parliament|1st Protectorate Parliament]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Second Protectorate Parliament|2nd]] ||rowspan="2"| 10 July 1656 ||rowspan="2"| 1656 ||rowspan="2"| 17 September 1656 ||rowspan="2"| 4 February 1658 ||rowspan="2"| 2 || [[Thomas Widdrington]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Second Protectorate Parliament|2nd Protectorate Parliament]] |
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| [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]] |
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|rowspan="3"| [[Third Protectorate Parliament|3rd]] ||rowspan="3"| 9 December 1658 ||rowspan="3"| 1658–59 ||rowspan="3"| 27 January 1659 ||rowspan="3"| 22 April 1659 ||rowspan="3"| 1 || [[Chaloner Chute]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Third Protectorate Parliament|3rd Protectorate Parliament]] |
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| [[Lislebone Long]] (Deputy) |
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| [[Thomas Bampfylde]] |
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==Creation and abolition== |
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The constituency was created by the [[Reform Act 1832]] as the four-seat [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]] was divided in three, two-seat divisions for the [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832 general election]]. The divisions were abolished by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]]. It was replaced for the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885 general election]] by single-member seats: [[Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckrose]], [[Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Holderness]] and [[Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Howdenshire]]. |
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==Summary of results== |
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Candidates were elected unopposed at most of the elections throughout its existence; contested elections took place in [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]], [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]] and [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]]. In these contests two [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidates defeated a single [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] or [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]. |
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==Members of Parliament== |
==Members of Parliament== |
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===MPs 1654–1658 (Protectorate Parliaments)=== |
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!Election!!First member!!Second member!!Third member!!Fourth member |
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| [[First Protectorate Parliament|1654]] |
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| [[Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet|Sir William Strickland]]||[[Hugh Bethell (died 1679)|Hugh Bethell]]||Richard Robinson||[[Walter Strickland]] |
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| [[Second Protectorate Parliament|1656]] |
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| [[Robert Lilburne]]||[[George Eure, 7th Baron Eure]]||[[Richard Darley]]||[[Hugh Darley]] |
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===MPs 1832–1885=== |
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!Election!!colspan="2"|1st member!!1st party!!colspan="2"|2nd member!!2nd party |
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|[[Reform Act 1832|1832]] |
|[[Reform Act 1832|1832]] |
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|colspan="6"| ''constituency created by division of the [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire constituency]]'' |
|colspan="6"| ''constituency created by division of the [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire constituency]]'' |
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| [[United Kingdom general election |
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] |
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|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |
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|rowspan="3"| [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]] |
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| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138 |via=[[Google Books]] |accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref> |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |
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|[[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]] |
|rowspan="2" | [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]] |
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| rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer|date=1836|page=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiJkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA169 |via=[[Google Books]] |accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref> |
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| [[British Whig Party|Whig]] |
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| [[Tamworth Manifesto|1834]] |
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| [[United Kingdom general election, 1837|1837]] |
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/> |
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| [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]] |
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Henry Broadley]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Henry Broadley]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/> |
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| [[United Kingdom general election |
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|The Lord Hotham]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|The Lord Hotham]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/> |
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| [[East Riding of Yorkshire by-election |
| [[1851 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|1851 by-election]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[Arthur Duncombe ( |
| [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Arthur Duncombe]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[United Kingdom general election |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[Christopher Sykes (MP)|Christopher Sykes]] |
| [[Christopher Sykes (MP)|Christopher Sykes]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[William Harrison-Broadley]] |
| [[William Harrison-Broadley]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] |
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|colspan="6"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckrose]], [[Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Holderness]] and [[Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Howdenshire]]'' |
|colspan="6"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckrose]], [[Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Holderness]] and [[Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Howdenshire]]'' |
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== Election results == |
== Election results == |
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===Elections in the 1830s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin no change | |
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|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1837|General Election 1837]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref>*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)</ref>}} |
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|title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = '''[[Richard Bethell (MP)|Richard Bethell]]''' |
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|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors no change| |
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|reg. electors = 5,559 |
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}} |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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}} |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Whigs (British political party) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin no change | |
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|title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors no change| |
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|reg. electors = 5,140 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Whigs (British political party) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin no change | |
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|title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref>*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)</ref><ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]] |
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|votes = 3,592 |
|votes = 3,592 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 36.5 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]] |
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|votes = 3,257 |
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|percentage = 33.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change| |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]] |
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|votes = 2,985 |
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|percentage = 30.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority no change| |
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|votes = 272 |
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|percentage = 2.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout no change| |
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|votes = 6,204 |
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|percentage = 86.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors no change| |
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|reg. electors = 7,180 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|loser = Whigs (British political party) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1840s=== |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,640 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,740 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1850s=== |
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Broadley's death caused a by-election. |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1851 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|By-election, 7 October 1851]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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Duncombe was appointed a [[Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty]], requiring a by-election. |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|By-election, 9 March 1852]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,538 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,382 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,221 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1860s=== |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 7,400 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]] |
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|votes = 6,299 |
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|percentage = 43.5 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]] |
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|votes = 5,587 |
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|percentage = 38.6 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Benjamin Blaydes Haworth<ref>{{cite news|title=To the Electors of the Eastern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000686/18681121/002/0001|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=[[Yorkshire Post|Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer]]|date=21 November 1868|page=1|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|candidate = '''[[Henry Broadley]]''' |
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|votes = |
|votes = 2,603 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 18.0 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 2,984 |
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|percentage = 20.6 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 8,546 (est.) |
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|percentage = 78.9 (est.) |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 10,827 |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]] |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]] |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 10,722 |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]] |
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|votes = 4,927 |
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|percentage = 37.4 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]] |
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|votes = 4,527 |
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|percentage = 34.4 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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|party = |
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Henry John Lindley Wood<ref>{{cite news|title=County Constituencies|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18800403/021/0004|accessdate=23 December 2017|work=Yorkshire Gazette|date=3 April 1880|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|candidate = P. B. Thompson |
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|votes = |
|votes = 3,707 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 28.2 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 820 |
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|percentage = 6.2 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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|votes = |
|votes = 8,434 (est.) |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 81.0 (est.) |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 10,414 |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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Revision as of 12:39, 23 May 2024
East Riding of Yorkshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire |
The East Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, omitting Beverley residents save a small minority of Beverley residents who also qualified on property grounds to vote in the county seat (mainly business-owning forty shilling freeholders). It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A brief earlier guise of the seat covered the changed franchise of the First Protectorate Parliament and Second Protectorate Parliament during a fraction of the twenty years of England and Wales (Scotland and Ireland) existed as a republic.
First and Second Protectorate parliaments existence 1654-1658
The seat existed for the June 1654 to January 1655 parliament and for that following (July 1656 to September 1656). The East Riding electorate summoned four members simultaneously.
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | Note |
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1st | 1 June 1654 | 1654 | 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | 1 | William Lenthall | 1st Protectorate Parliament |
2nd | 10 July 1656 | 1656 | 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | 2 | Thomas Widdrington | 2nd Protectorate Parliament |
Bulstrode Whitelocke | |||||||
3rd | 9 December 1658 | 1658–59 | 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | 1 | Chaloner Chute | 3rd Protectorate Parliament |
Lislebone Long (Deputy) | |||||||
Thomas Bampfylde |
Creation and abolition
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 as the four-seat Yorkshire was divided in three, two-seat divisions for the 1832 general election. The divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was replaced for the 1885 general election by single-member seats: Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire.
Summary of results
Candidates were elected unopposed at most of the elections throughout its existence; contested elections took place in 1837, 1868 and 1880. In these contests two Conservative candidates defeated a single Whig or Liberal.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1654–1658 (Protectorate Parliaments)
Election | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
---|---|---|---|---|
1654 | Sir William Strickland | Hugh Bethell | Richard Robinson | Walter Strickland |
1656 | Robert Lilburne | George Eure, 7th Baron Eure | Richard Darley | Hugh Darley |
MPs 1832–1885
Election | 1st member | 1st party | 2nd member | 2nd party | ||
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1832 | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | |||||
1832 | Richard Bethell | Tory[1] | Paul Thompson | Whig[1][2] | ||
1834 | Conservative[1] | |||||
1837 | Henry Broadley | Conservative[1] | ||||
1841 | The Lord Hotham | Conservative[1] | ||||
1851 by-election | Hon. Arthur Duncombe | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Christopher Sykes | Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | Conservative | ||
1885 | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Richard Bethell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Paul Thompson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,559 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Bethell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Paul Thompson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,140 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Richard Bethell | 3,592 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | Henry Broadley | 3,257 | 33.1 | ||
Whig | Paul Thompson | 2,985 | 30.4 | ||
Majority | 272 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,204 | 86.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,180 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Broadley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,640 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Broadley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,740 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Broadley's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Duncombe was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,538 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,382 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,221 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,400 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 6,299 | 43.5 | K.A. | |
Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | 5,587 | 38.6 | K.A. | |
Liberal | Benjamin Blaydes Haworth[5] | 2,603 | 18.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,984 | 20.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 8,546 (est.) | 78.9 (est.) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 10,827 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Sykes | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,722 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 4,927 | 37.4 | K.A. | |
Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | 4,527 | 34.4 | K.A. | |
Liberal | Henry John Lindley Wood[6] | 3,707 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 820 | 6.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 8,434 (est.) | 81.0 (est.) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 10,414 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 138. Retrieved 11 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 169. Retrieved 11 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 488. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ *The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- ^ "To the Electors of the Eastern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 21 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "County Constituencies". Yorkshire Gazette. 3 April 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.