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{{for|1997-present constituency|East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885}}
{{For|1997-present constituency|East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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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 [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
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.


==First and Second Protectorate parliaments existence 1654-1658==
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]].
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.


{| class="wikitable"
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]].
|-
|+Parliaments of the Protectorate
!No.!!Summoned!!Elected!!Assembled!!Dissolved!!Sessions!![[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]]!!Note
|-
|[[First Protectorate Parliament|1st]] || 1 June 1654 || 1654 || 3 September 1654 || 22 January 1655 || 1 || [[William Lenthall]] || [[First Protectorate Parliament|1st Protectorate Parliament]]
|-
|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]]
|-
| [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
|-
|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]]
|-
| [[Lislebone Long]] (Deputy)
|-
| [[Thomas Bampfylde]]
|}

==Creation and abolition==
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]].

==Summary of results==
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]].


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|1st Member!!1st Party!!colspan="2"|2nd Member!!2nd Party
!Election!!colspan="2"|1st member!!1st party!!colspan="2"|2nd member!!2nd party
|-
|-
|[[Reform Act 1832|1832]]
|[[Reform Act 1832|1832]]
|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]]''
|-
|-
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1832|1832]]
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]
| [[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>
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|style="background-color: {{British Whig Party/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|[[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]]
| 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>
| [[British Whig Party|Whig]]
|-
|-
| [[Tamworth Manifesto|1834]]
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1837|1837]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Henry Broadley]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Henry Broadley]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|-
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1841|1841]]
| [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|The Lord Hotham]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|The Lord Hotham]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|-
| [[East Riding of Yorkshire by-election, 1851|1851 by-election]]
| [[1851 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|1851 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Arthur Duncombe (1806–1889)|Hon. Arthur Duncombe]]
| [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Arthur Duncombe]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1868|1868]]
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Christopher Sykes (MP)|Christopher Sykes]]
| [[Christopher Sykes (MP)|Christopher Sykes]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[William Harrison-Broadley]]
| [[William Harrison-Broadley]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885]]
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|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]]''
|}
|}


== Election results ==
== Election results ==
===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin no change |
|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>}}
|title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = '''[[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]'''
|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 5,559
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 5,140
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|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"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Richard Bethell (1772–1864)|Richard Bethell]]
|votes = 3,592
|votes = 3,592
|percentage =
|percentage = 36.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]]
|votes = 3,257
|percentage = 33.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock|Paul Thompson]]
|votes = 2,985
|percentage = 30.4
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 272
|percentage = 2.7
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 6,204
|percentage = 86.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 7,180
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,640
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Broadley]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,740
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
Broadley's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=[[1851 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|By-election, 7 October 1851]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

Duncombe was appointed a [[Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty]], requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 East Riding of Yorkshire by-election|By-election, 9 March 1852]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,538
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,382
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,221
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham|Beaumont Hotham]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Duncombe (Royal Navy officer)|Arthur Duncombe]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,400
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]]
|votes = 6,299
|percentage = 43.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]]
|votes = 5,587
|percentage = 38.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tory Party
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|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>
|candidate = '''[[Henry Broadley]]'''
|votes = 3,257
|votes = 2,603
|percentage =
|percentage = 18.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,984
|percentage = 20.6
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,546 (est.)
|percentage = 78.9 (est.)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,827
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,722
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: East Riding of Yorkshire<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|page=488}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Christopher Sykes (politician)|Christopher Sykes]]
|votes = 4,927
|percentage = 37.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Harrison-Broadley]]
|votes = 4,527
|percentage = 34.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British Whig Party
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|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>
|candidate = P. B. Thompson
|votes = 2,985
|votes = 3,707
|percentage =
|percentage = 28.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 820
|percentage = 6.2
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,204
|votes = 8,434 (est.)
|percentage = 87.0
|percentage = 81.0 (est.)
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,414
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{Rayment-hc|y|date=March 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|y|date=March 2012}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yorkshire East Riding}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yorkshire East Riding}}
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)]]
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885]]
[[Category:East Riding of Yorkshire]]

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Revision as of 12:39, 23 May 2024

For 1997-present constituency, see East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency).

East Riding of Yorkshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
United_Kingdom_general_election_1837.svg
From 1832–1868. Extract from 1837 result: the seaside and riverside 'doubly' blue area.
CountyEast Riding of Yorkshire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created fromYorkshire
Replaced byBuckrose, 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.

Parliaments of the Protectorate
No. Summoned Elected Assembled Dissolved Sessions Speaker Note
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
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

General election 1832: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Richard Bethell Unopposed
Whig Paul Thompson Unopposed
Registered electors 5,559
Tory win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Bethell Unopposed
Whig Paul Thompson Unopposed
Registered electors 5,140
Conservative hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)[4][3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

General election 1841: East Riding of Yorkshire[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beaumont Hotham Unopposed
Conservative Henry Broadley Unopposed
Registered electors 7,640
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
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.

By-election, 7 October 1851: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Conservative hold

Duncombe was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1852: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beaumont Hotham Unopposed
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Registered electors 7,538
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beaumont Hotham Unopposed
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Registered electors 7,382
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1859: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beaumont Hotham Unopposed
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Registered electors 7,221
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beaumont Hotham Unopposed
Conservative Arthur Duncombe Unopposed
Registered electors 7,400
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

General election 1874: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Sykes Unopposed
Conservative William Harrison-Broadley Unopposed
Registered electors 10,722
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: East Riding of Yorkshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 169. Retrieved 11 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ *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)
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "County Constituencies". Yorkshire Gazette. 3 April 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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