Wellington (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency).
Wellington (Shropshire) | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Wellington (Shropshire) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, formally known as The Mid (or Wellington) Division of 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 | Alexander Brown | Liberal | |
1886 | Alexander Brown | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | Charles Solomon Henry | Liberal | |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
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A.H. Brown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Hargreaves Brown | 4,801 | 65.1 | n/a | |
Conservative | William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney | 2,571 | 34.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,230 | 30.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 85.2 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Alexander Hargreaves Brown | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Alexander Hargreaves Brown | 3,963 | 59.7 | n/a | |
Liberal | James Harris Sanders | 2,680 | 40.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,283 | 19.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79.1 | n/a | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Alexander Hargreaves Brown | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Alexander Hargreaves Brown | 3,480 | 60.0 | n/a | |
Liberal | Robert Varty | 2,318 | 40.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,162 | 20.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 68.8 | n/a | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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C.S. Henry
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Solomon Henry | 4,806 | 60.7 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth | 3,114 | 39.4 | ||
Majority | 1,692 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 89.2 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Solomon Henry | 4,673 | 57.3 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Peevor Boileau Wood | 3,484 | 42.7 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 14.6 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 93.2 | +4.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Solomon Henry | 4,404 | 57.3 | ||
Conservative | Hon. George Cecil Beaumont Weld-Forester | 3,286 | 42.7 | ||
Majority | 1,118 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 87.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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;
- Liberal: Sir Charles Solomon Henry
- Unionist:
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
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