Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Tyneside
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNorthumberland
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Northumberland
Replaced byWallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne East, Newcastle upon Tyne West, Wansbeck

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election as one of four single-member Divisions of the county of Northumberland,[1] and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The contents of the county division, as defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, were:

The Sessional Division of Castle West (part), the Municipal Boroughs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Tynemouth, and the Parish of Wallsend.[1][2]

NB included non-resident freeholders in the parliamentary boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth.

Abolition

On abolition in 1918, the contents of the seat were distributed as follows:

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1885 Albert Grey Liberal Elected as a Liberal, but joined the Liberal Unionists when the party split in 1886
1886 Wentworth Beaumont Liberal
1892 Jack Pease Liberal One of the Pease family of Darlington
1900 Hugh Crawford Smith Liberal Unionist
1906 J. M. Robertson Liberal Journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s
Albert Grey
General election 1885: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Albert Grey 5,782 62.7
Conservative Gainsford Bruce 3,440 37.3
Majority 2,342 25.4
Turnout 9,222 77.8
Registered electors 11,852
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wentworth Beaumont 4,112 50.8 −11.9
Liberal Unionist Albert Grey 3,990 49.2 +11.9
Majority 122 1.6 −23.8
Turnout 8,102 68.4 -9.4
Registered electors 11,852
Liberal hold Swing −11.9

Elections in the 1890s
Joseph Pease
General election 1892: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Pease 5,468 52.1 +1.3
Liberal Unionist Arnold White 5,018 47.9 −1.3
Majority 450 4.2 +2.6
Turnout 10,486 76.4 +8.0
Registered electors 13,727
Liberal hold Swing +1.3
General election 1895: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Pease 6,066 51.9 -0.2
Liberal Unionist Arnold White 5,631 48.1 +0.2
Majority 435 3.8 -0.4
Turnout 11,697 78.3 +1.9
Registered electors 14,932
Liberal hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Hugh Crawford Smith 7,093 51.3 +3.2
Liberal Jack Pease 6,730 48.7 −3.2
Majority 363 2.6 N/A
Turnout 13,823 74.9 −3.4
Registered electors 18,460
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +3.2
J. M. Robertson
General election 1906: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. M. Robertson 11,496 62.5 +13.8
Conservative James Knott 6,885 37.5 −13.8
Majority 4,611 25.0 N/A
Turnout 18,381 79.3 +4.4
Registered electors 23,167
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +13.8

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. M. Robertson 13,158 62.8 +0.3
Conservative Alfred Cochrane 7,807 37.2 −0.3
Majority 5,351 25.6 +0.6
Turnout 20,965 81.5 +2.2
Registered electors 25,711
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
General election December 1910: Tyneside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. M. Robertson 11,693 63.0 +0.2
Conservative Helenus Macaulay Robertson 6,857 37.0 −0.2
Majority 4,836 26.0 +0.4
Turnout 18,550 72.1 −9.4
Registered electors 25,711
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

References
  1. Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884. p. 167.
  2. "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1885 Northumberland".
  3. Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell. p. 460.
  4. Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes. University of California Libraries. London : Sweet and Maxwell. p. 517.
  5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 363. ISBN 9781349022984.
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