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| Howden | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| 1955–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Beverley and Bridlington |
| Replaced by | Boothferry, Selby, Bridlington and Ryedale[1] |
Howden was a constituencyinYorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1955 general election, made up largely of the constituency of Beverley (losing some territory in the south to Haltemprice, and taking some in the east from Bridlington).
The Howden constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
The Urban Districts of Driffield and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Derwent, Driffield, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Paul Bryan | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Boothferry | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 26,550 | 56.0 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal | Elizabeth Shields | 12,006 | 25.3 | -10.2 | |
| Labour | A. B. Davenport | 8,827 | 18.6 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 14,544 | 30.7 | +19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,383 | 74.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 19,583 | 47.0 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal | S. Haywood | 14,803 | 35.5 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | F. H. V. Lewis | 7,271 | 17.5 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 4,780 | 11.5 | -2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,657 | 72.4 | -6.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 21,892 | 48.8 | -8.2 | |
| Liberal | S. Haywood | 15,681 | 35.0 | +17.1 | |
| Labour | J. Kirkwood | 7,259 | 16.2 | -8.5 | |
| Majority | 6,211 | 13.8 | -18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 44,832 | 78.6 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 22,102 | 57.0 | +6.4 | |
| Labour | John W. R. Graham | 9,567 | 24.7 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal | James Francis Crossley | 6,951 | 17.9 | -4.6 | |
| Independent | Tonderai Makoni | 154 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 12,535 | 32.3 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,774 | 70.8 | -1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 17,701 | 50.6 | -2.6 | |
| Labour | G. McNamara | 9,421 | 26.9 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal | John J. MacCullum | 7,885 | 22.5 | -2.4 | |
| Majority | 8,280 | 23.7 | -4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,007 | 71.8 | -4.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 19,367 | 53.2 | -4.5 | |
| Liberal | John O K Crawford | 9,067 | 24.9 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Allan Day | 7,974 | 21.9 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 10,300 | 28.3 | -6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,408 | 75.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 20,681 | 57.7 | -0.5 | |
| Labour | John Rhodes | 7,809 | 21.8 | -4.1 | |
| Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 7,384 | 20.6 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 12,872 | 35.9 | +2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,874 | 75.8 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 20,487 | 58.2 | ||
| Labour | Robert W. Bowes | 9,088 | 25.9 | ||
| Liberal | William Derek Ramsdale | 5,575 | 15.9 | ||
| Majority | 11,399 | 32.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,150 | 73.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
