Warrington (UK Parliament constituency)

The Warrington constituency covered the central part of the town of Warrington in Lancashire and surrounding area.

In 1983 it was abolished and replaced by Warrington North and Warrington South constituencies.

The Parliamentary Borough of Warrington was defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising:

The respective Townships of Warrington and Latchford; and also those two detached portions of the township of Thelwall which lie between the boundary of the township of Latchford and the River Mersey^[1][2]

It was this area that was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in 1847.^[3] The boundaries were unchanged until 1918 when the constituency was redefined as being identical with the area of the County Borough of Warrington.^[4] The constituency boundaries were widened to reflect those of the County Borough in 1950, at the same time it was renamed as Warrington Borough Constituency.^[5][6]

General election 1835: Warrington ^[8][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ireland Blackburne	148	53.2	6.8
	Radical	Charles Hindley[9]	130	46.8	6.8
Majority			18	6.4	N/A
Turnout			278	49.9	33.2
Registered electors			557
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	3.0

General election 1837: Warrington ^[8][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ireland Blackburne	278	52.3	0.9
	Whig	Edward Davies Davenport	254	47.7	0.9
Majority			24	4.6	1.8
Turnout			532	83.8	33.9
Registered electors			635
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1874: Warrington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Greenall	2,381	52.0	2.3
	Liberal	Peter Rylands	2,201	48.0	2.3
Majority			180	4.0	N/A
Turnout			4,582	91.2	3.0
Registered electors			5,022
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1880: Warrington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Gordon McMinnies	3,002	54.8	6.8
	Conservative	Gilbert Greenall	2,473	45.2	6.8
Majority			529	9.6	N/A
Turnout			5,475	92.5	1.3
Registered electors			5,919
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	4.6

General election 1885: Warrington ^[11][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Greenall	4,010	55.4	10.2
	Liberal	William Crosfield	3,234	44.6	10.2
Majority			776	10.8	N/A
Turnout			7,244	93.7	1.2
Registered electors			7,730
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

General election 1886: Warrington ^[11][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Greenall	3,717	53.6	1.8
	Liberal	John Crosfield	3,216	46.4	1.8
Majority			501	7.2	3.6
Turnout			6,933	89.7	4.0
Registered electors			7,730
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

General election 1892: Warrington ^[11][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pierpont	3,843	54.1	0.5
	Liberal	Arthur Houston	3,258	45.9	0.5
Majority			585	8.2	1.0
Turnout			7,101	89.8	0.1
Registered electors			7,906
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

General election 1895: Warrington ^[11][14][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pierpont	4,001	54.6	0.5
	Liberal	Percival Brown Scott	3,326	45.4	0.5
Majority			675	9.2	1.0
Turnout			7,327	86.7	3.1
Registered electors			8,449
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

General election 1900: Warrington ^[11][14][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pierpont	4,468	57.5	2.9
	Liberal	Arthur Crosfield	3,303	42.5	2.9
Majority			1,165	15.0	5.8
Turnout			7,771	83.0	3.7
Registered electors			9,360
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

General election 1906: Warrington ^[11][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Crosfield	5,599	57.7	15.2
	Conservative	Robert Pierpont	4,099	42.3	15.2
Majority			1,500	15.4	N/A
Turnout			9,698	93.6	10.6
Registered electors			10,365
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	9.1

General election January 1910: Warrington ^[15][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Crosfield	5,256	50.7	7.0
	Conservative	Robert Pierpont	5,103	49.3	7.0
Majority			153	1.4	14.0
Turnout			10,359	95.8	2.2
Registered electors			10,814
	Liberal hold		Swing	11.1

General election December 1910: Warrington ^[15][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Smith	5,162	51.2	1.9
	Liberal	Arthur Crosfield	4,916	48.8	1.9
Majority			246	2.4	N/A
Turnout			10,078	93.2	2.6
Registered electors			10,814
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	4.5

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Harold Smith
• Liberal:

General election 1918: Warrington^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Harold Smith	10,403	43.7	7.5
	Liberal	Peter Peacock	8,011	33.7	15.1
	Labour	Isaac Brassington	5,377	22.6	New
Majority			2,392	10.0	7.6
Turnout			23,791	70.2	23.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	4.7
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election 1922: Warrington^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alec Cunningham-Reid	15,394	53.1	9.4
	Labour	James Gregory	13,570	46.9	24.3
Majority			1,824	6.2	3.8
Turnout			28,964	84.7	14.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	8.5

General election 1923: Warrington^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Dukes	12,984	43.6	3.3
	Unionist	Alec Cunningham-Reid	12,314	41.3	11.8
	Liberal	John Francis Crowley	4511	15.1	New
Majority			670	2.3	N/A
Turnout			29,809	86.1	1.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	6.4

General election 1924: Warrington^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alec Cunningham-Reid	16,788	52.4	11.1
	Labour	Charles Dukes	15,251	47.6	4.0
Majority			1,537	4.8	N/A
Turnout			32,039	91.0	4.9
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	11.5

General election 1929: Warrington^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Dukes	21,610	50.6	3.0
	Unionist	Noel Goldie	18,025	42.2	10.2
	Liberal	Alison Garland	3,070	7.2	New
Majority			3,585	8.4	N/A
Turnout			42,705	89.3	1.7
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	3.5

General election 1931: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noel Goldie	24,400	56.2	14.0
	Labour	Charles Dukes	19,055	43.9	6.7
Majority			5,345	12.4	N/A
Turnout			43,455	72.4	16.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	12.1

General election 1935: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noel Goldie	21,324	50.7	5.5
	Labour	Edward Porter	20,720	49.3	5.4
Majority			604	1.4	11.0
Turnout			42,044	84.8	12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

General election 1945: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Porter	22,265	62.9	13.6
	Conservative	Noel Goldie	13,110	37.1	13.6
Majority			9,155	25.8	N/A
Turnout			35,375	73.8	11.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.6

General election 1950: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hyacinth Morgan	26,482	56.8	6.1
	Conservative	Francis Leslie Neep	17,730	38.0	0.9
	Liberal	James Campbell Park	1,899	4.1	New
	Communist	James Joseph Grady	496	1.1	New
Majority			8,752	18.8	7.0
Turnout			46,607	86.0	12.2
	Labour hold		Swing	9.9

General election 1951: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hyacinth Morgan	26,225	57.8	1.0
	Conservative	F Joan Crowther	17,623	38.8	0.8
	Liberal	James Campbell Park	1,537	3.4	0.7
Majority			8,602	19.0	0.2
Turnout			45,385	82.8	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

General election 1955: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Summerskill	22,721	57.1	0.7
	Conservative	Herbert Davies	17,075	42.9	4.1
Majority			5,646	14.2	4.8
Turnout			39,796	73.9	8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1959: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Summerskill	22,890	56.3	0.8
	Conservative	Frank O Stansfield	17,791	43.7	0.8
Majority			5,099	12.5	1.7
Turnout			40,681	73.9	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

1961 Warrington by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	16,149	55.8	0.5
	Conservative	Beata Brookes	9,149	32.1	11.6
	Liberal	Frank Tetlow	3,623	12.5	New
Majority			7,000	23.8	11.3
Turnout			28,921	56.7	20.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.6

General election 1964: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	20,551	57.1	0.8
	Conservative	William A Lowe	11,297	31.4	12.3
	Liberal	Michael Ford Pitts	4,119	11.5	N/A
Majority			9,254	25.7	13.2
Turnout			35,967	71.4	2.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1966: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	21,930	64.7	7.6
	Conservative	W Peter Adshead	8,918	26.3	5.1
	Liberal	Edward J Woods	3,070	9.1	2.4
Majority			13,012	38.4	12.7
Turnout			33,918	68.9	2.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.5

General election 1970: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	20,970	64.3	0.4
	Conservative	Alfred B Gooch	11,647	35.7	9.4
Majority			9,323	28.6	9.8
Turnout			32,617	65.2	3.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.0

General election February 1974: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	19,550	57.2	7.1
	Conservative	JW Hayton	8,444	24.7	11.0
	Liberal	FJ Deakin	6,187	18.1	New
Majority			11,106	32.5	3.9
Turnout			34,181	73.9	8.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	3.8

General election October 1974: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	19,882	62.8	5.6
	Conservative	JW Hayton	7,621	24.1	0.6
	Liberal	FJ Deakin	4,158	13.1	5.0
Majority			12,261	38.7	6.2
Turnout			31,661	68.0	5.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	6.4

General election 1979: Warrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	19,306	61.6	1.2
	Conservative	G Povey	9,032	28.8	4.7
	Liberal	Iain Brodie Browne	2,883	9.1	4.0
	Social Democratic	C Campbell	144	0.5	New
Majority			10,274	32.8	5.9
Turnout			31,365	71.3	3.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	3.4

1981 Warrington by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	14,280	48.4	13.2
	SDP	Roy Jenkins	12,521	42.4	33.3
	Conservative	Stanley Sorrell	2,102	7.1	21.7
	Ecology	Neil Chantrell	219	0.8	New
	United Democratic Labour Party	Daniel Hussey	149	0.5	New
	Citizen's Band Radio Party	Iain Leslie	111	0.4	New
	Independent Labour	John Fleming	53	0.2	New
	Social Democratic	Donald Kean	38	0.1	0.4
	Democratic Monarchist	Bill Boaks	14	0.1	New
	English Democratic Party	Harry Wise	11	0.0	New
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	10	0.0	New
Majority			1,759	6.0	26.8
Turnout			29,508	67.0	4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

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