Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth

Morpeth, Northumberland

Morpeth is the county town of Northumberland, England. It is situated on the River Wansbeck which flows east through the town. The town is from the A1, which bypasses it. Since 1981, it has been the administrative centre of the County of Northumberland. In the 2001 census the town had a population...

 in Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

 represented in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

 until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

 from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MPs) until the 1832 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1832

-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....

, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

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1553-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1558/9	William Ward	Nicholas Purslow
1562 (Dec)	William Ward	Arthur Welshe
1571	Francis Gawdy Francis Gawdy Sir Francis Gawdy QS was a British judge. He was the third son of Thomas Gawdy, and was baptised Thomas Gawdy, as were his two older half-brothers. Francis then had his name changed at his Confirmation, establishing legal precedent that a name given at baptism could be changed at confirmation...	Nicholas Mynn
1572 (Apr)	Sir George Bowes died and replaced Dec 1580 by Richard Drake	Richard Wroth
1584	William Carey	George Gifford
1586	Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...	Anthony Felton
1588/9	Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...	Henry Noel
1593	Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions... , sat for Callington, replaced by Edmund Bowyer Edmund Bowyer (died 1627) Sir Edmund Bowyer was an English lawyer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1624....	Francis Tyndale
1597 (Sep)	Robert Printis	Thomas Carleton
1601 (Oct)	George Savile	John Browne
1604-1611	Sir Christopher Perkins	John Hare
1614	Sir Christopher Perkins	William Button Sir William Button, 1st Baronet Sir William Button, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1621-1622	Robert Brandling	R Fetherstonhaugh
1624	Sir Thomas Reynel	Sir William Carnaby William Carnaby William Carnaby was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
1625	Sir Thomas Reynel	Sir Anthony Herbert
1626	Sir Thomas Reynel	John Banks
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

1640-1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Sir William Carnaby William Carnaby William Carnaby was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist		John Fenwick John Fenwick (MP for Morpeth) John Fenwick was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor....	Royalist
August 1642	Carnaby disabled from sitting - seat vacant
January 1643				Fenwick disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Hon. John Fiennes John Fiennes John Fiennes was an English Member of Parliament during the Civil War and Commonwealth period.Fiennes was the third son of the 1st Viscount Saye and Sele...			George Fenwick
December 1648	Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...  - seat vacant
1653	Morpeth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...  and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....  and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Robert Delaval Robert Delaval Robert Delaval was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Delaval was the son and heir of Ralph Delaval of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1619 and matriculated at University College, Oxford on 23 June 1621...			Robert Mitford Robert Mitford Robert Mitford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Mitford was the son of Cuthbert Mitford, of Mitford, Northumberland. He was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1634. He may have been admitted at Gray's Inn on 26 March 1634. In 1659, he was elected...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Morpeth was unrepresented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Thomas Widdrington jnr Thomas Widdrington jnr Thomas Widdrington jnr was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from April 1660 until his death in May.He died aged 19....			Ralph Knight Ralph Knight Sir Ralph Knight was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
June 1660		Sir George Downing Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist...
1661					Henry Widdrington Henry Widdrington Henry Widdrington was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1661 to his death in 1665....
1666					Edward Howard Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle , known as Viscount Morpeth from 1661 to 1685, was an English Whig politician....
1679					Daniel Collingwood Daniel Collingwood Daniel Collingwood was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1679.He died aged approximately 47....
1685		Sir Henry Pickering Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1685 to 1689....			Theophilus Oglethorpe Theophilus Oglethorpe Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe was an English soldier and MP.The son of Sutton Oglethorpe, he came of an old Yorkshire family from Bramham and he had loyally supported King Charles I against the Cromwellian forces, and in consequence suffered severely at the hands of the Puritans with his home and...
1689		Charles Howard Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British statesman and member of the peerage of England.Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of...			Roger Fenwick Roger Fenwick Roger Fenwick was an English politician.He was the eldest son of William Fenwick of Irthington, Cumberland and educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matriculating on 25 June 1678, aged 16. He entered Grays's Inn in 1678 and was called to the bar in 1686...
1692		George Nicholas George Nicholas George Nicholas was the first professor of law at Transylvania University in Kentucky. He was also briefly attorney general of Kentucky, and had been several times a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was the son of Robert C. Nicholas, Sr.; his brothers included Wilson Cary Nicholas...
1695					Sir Henry Belasyse Henry Belasyse Henry Belasyse , also known as Henry Bellasis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1625 and 1642....
1698		Philip Howard Philip Howard (1669-1711) Philip Howard was a British politician who owed his brief career in Parliament to his kinship with the Earl of Carlisle.The son of Sir Philip Howard and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Newton, 1st Baronet, he received no legacy from his debt-ridden father...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
January 1701		William Howard William Howard (MP) The Honourable William Howard was an English Member of Parliament.Howard was a younger son of the 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and brother of the 3rd Earl of Carlisle . He entered Parliament in 1695 as member for Carlisle...
May 1701		Sir Richard Sandford Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth in 1701 and from 1701 to 1713.He died aged 47....
December 1701		Emanuel Scrope Howe Emanuel Scrope Howe Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe , of The Great Lodge, Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, was an English diplomat, army officer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...		Sir John Delaval Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the fifth son of Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Leslie, daughter of the 1st Earl of Leven. Delaval succeeded his older brother Ralph as baronet in 1696.Delaval sat as Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1701 until...
1705		Sir Richard Sandford Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth in 1701 and from 1701 to 1713.He died aged 47....			Edmund Maine Edmund Maine Edmund Maine was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1705 to 1708.He died aged 78....
1708					Sir John Bennett John Bennett (Serjeant at Law) John Bennett was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1708 to 1710.He died aged approximately 75....
1710					Christopher Wandesford Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1710 to 1713.He died aged 35....
1713		Sir John Germain Sir John Germain, 1st Baronet Sir John Germain, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and politician.Of Dutch descent, Germain was thought to be an illegitimate half-brother of William III of England. He was created a Baronet, of Westminster, in the Baronetage of England on 25 March 1698...			Oley Douglas Oley Douglas Oley Douglas was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland from 1713 to 1715.He died aged 35 in 1719.-References:...
1715		Viscount Morpeth Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle KG , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1738 was a British peer and Whig politician....			The Viscount Castlecomer Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1710 to 1713.He died aged 35....
1717					Hon. George Carpenter George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter Lieutenant-Colonel George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter FRS was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.-Background:...
1727					Thomas Robinson Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet was an English architect and collector.Thomas left his brother William his title but not his estates, and his brother Richard his books, including those on architecture and antiquities. On 2 March 1730, he was created a Baronet, of Rokeby, in the County of...
1734					Sir Henry Liddell Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth succeeded to the Baronetcy of Ravensworth Castle, and to the family estates and mining interests, at the age of fifteen, on the death of his grandfather in 1723...
1738		Henry Furnese Henry Furnese Henry Furnese was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland from 1738 to 1741....
1741		Robert Ord Robert Ord Robert Ord was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland from to .He died aged 77....
1747					Viscount Limerick
1754					Thomas Duncombe	Tory
1755		Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet FRS pronounced "fan-shaw" was an English politician and landowner.He was the son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland. In 1746 he inherited the estates of a kinsman Sir Henry Fetherston but not Sir Henry's baronetcy which became...
1761		Viscount Garlies John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...				Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1768		Peter Beckford Peter Beckford (hunter) Sir Peter Beckford , was one of 18th-century English peerage; he was a huntsman, a writer and the patron of the well-known Classical composer, pianist Muzio Clementi...			Sir Matthew White Ridley Sir Matthew Ridley, 2nd Baronet Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet was a Northumbrian politician and landowner.He was the son of Matthew Ridley and Elizabeth White , daughter of Matthew White, a prominent Newcastle...
1774		Francis Eyre			Peter Delmé Peter Delmé (MP for Morpeth) Peter Delmé was an English Member of Parliament for the constituency of Morpeth from 1774 to 1784.Delmé's grandfather was a wealthy London banking figure, Sir Peter Delmé, while his father, also Peter Delmé, served as MP for Ludgershall from 1734 to 1741, and for Southampton from 1741 to 1754....
1775		Hon. William Byron
1776		Gilbert Elliot Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC , known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat....
1777		John William Egerton John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater FRS , known as John Egerton until 1803, was a British soldier and Tory politician....	Tory
1780		Anthony Morris Storer
1784		Major Sir James Erskine James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn General James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB, PC , known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1790					Francis Gregg
1795					Viscount Morpeth George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...
1796		William Huskisson William Huskisson William Huskisson PC was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool...	Tory
1802		William Ord William Ord William Henry Ord was an English Whig politician and landowner, the son of William Ord and Eleanor Brandling.He inherited estates and coal and lead mining interests at Whitfield, Northumberland on the death of his father. His residence was Whitfield Hall...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1806					Hon. William Howard
1826					Viscount Morpeth
1830					Hon. William Howard
1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...	representation reduced to one member

1832-1983

Year		Member	Party
	1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Frederick George Howard	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1834	Edward George Granville Howard Edward Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton Admiral Edward Granville George Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton , was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1837	Granville George Leveson-Gower Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1840	Edward George Granville Howard Edward Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton Admiral Edward Granville George Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton , was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1853	Sir George Grey Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC was a British Whig politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston, and notably served three times as Home Secretary.-Background and education:Grey was the only son of Sir George Grey, 1st...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Thomas Burt Thomas Burt Thomas Burt PC was a British trade unionist and one of the first working-class Members of Parliament.-Career:...	Lib-Lab Liberal-Labour (UK) The Liberal–Labour movement refers to the practice of local Liberal associations accepting and supporting candidates who were financially maintained by trade unions...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	John Cairns	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1923 Morpeth by-election, 1923 The Morpeth Lynn by-election, 1923 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Morpeth in Northumberland on 21st June 1923...	Robert Smillie Robert Smillie Robert Smillie was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Biography:Born into the city of Belfast, the second son of John Smillie a Scottish Crofter. Until into his adult years he spelt his name as Smellie; he spelt it like this even on his wedding certificate in 1878...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	Ebenezer Edwards	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	Godfrey Nicholson Godfrey Nicholson Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament .A member of the family which founded London-based gin distillers J&W Nicholson & Co, Nicholson was a younger son of Richard Francis Harrison and a grandson of politician, William Nicholson...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...	Robert John Taylor Robert Taylor (Labour politician) Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1954	Will Owen Will Owen William James Owen was a British miner and politician, whose career as a Member of Parliament was ended by his trial under the Official Secrets Act 1911 for giving secrets to Czechoslovak intelligence...	Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour and Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties....
	1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...	George Grant George Grant (UK politician) George Grant was a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1970 until 1983....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished

Notes

Elections in the 1920s

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