Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Preston, the Sessional Divisions of Amounderness and Kirkham, and part of the Sessional Division of Leyland.

1918–1945: The County Borough of Blackpool, the Urban Districts of Bispham with Norbreck, Lytham, and St Anne's-on-Sea, and part of the parish of Carleton.

File:Frederick Arthur Stanley.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: Blackpool British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Frederick Stanley

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box begin| title=General election 1886: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Frederick Stanley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Stanley was appointed President of the Board of Trade and elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Stanley of Preston, requiring a by-election.

File:Matthew White Ridley sketch.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 20 Aug 1886: Blackpool[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Lancashire North

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Matthew White Ridley

|votes = 6,263

|percentage =71.4

|change =N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =John Ormerod Pilkington

|votes = 2,513

|percentage =28.6

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =3,750

|percentage =42.8

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,776

|percentage =73.7

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,903

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Matthew White Ridley

|votes =6,536

|percentage =65.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Thomas Walker

|votes =3,487

|percentage =34.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =3,049

|percentage =30.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,023

|percentage =76.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,124

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 1895: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Matthew White Ridley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Blackpool Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Matthew White Ridley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: Blackpool Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Matthew White Ridley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=1900 Blackpool by-election[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Lancashire North

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Worsley-Taylor

|votes = 7,059

|percentage =55.8

|change =N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Heap

|votes = 5,589

|percentage =44.2

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =1,470

|percentage =11.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,648

|percentage = 5.3

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 16,807

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

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{{Election box end}}

File:Vivian_Phillips.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Wilfrid Ashley

|votes =10,139

|percentage =58.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Vivian Phillipps

|votes =7,078

|percentage =41.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =3,061

|percentage =17.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 17,217

|percentage =84.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 20,339

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

File:Wilfrid Ashley - Bain Collection.jpg

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Blackpool Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Wilfrid Ashley

|votes =11,567

|percentage =59.3

|change =+0.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Samuel Hodgkinson

|votes =7,943

|percentage =40.7

|change =-0.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =3,624

|percentage =18.6

|change =+0.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 19,510

|percentage =87.3

|change =+2.6

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =+0.4

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Blackpool Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Wilfrid Ashley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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;

• Unionist: Wilfrid Ashley
• Liberal:

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: BlackpoolBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert Lindsay Parkinson

|votes = 15,818

|percentage = 55.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Progressive

|candidate =Clive F Critchley{{asterisk}}

|votes = 9,862

|percentage = 34.9

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Allan Gee

|votes = 2,608

|percentage = 9.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,956

|percentage = 21.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,288

|percentage = 68.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 41,627

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end 1918}}

{{asterisk}} supported Coalition Government and received local Liberal Party support.

File:Hugh_Meyler.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leonard Molloy

|votes = 18,206

|percentage = 50.2

|change = −5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Meyler

|votes = 18,040

|percentage = 49.8

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.4

|change = −20.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,246

|percentage = 78.3

|change = +10.3

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 46,292

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Blackpool British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Meyler

|votes = 22,264

|percentage = 53.7

|change = +3.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Stanley

|votes = 19,192

|percentage = 46.3

|change = -3.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,072

|percentage = 7.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,456

|percentage = 84.8

|change = +6.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 48,865

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +3.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter de Frece

|votes = 25,839

|percentage = 58.0

|change = +11.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Meyler

|votes = 18,712

|percentage = 42.0

|change = −11.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,127

|percentage = 16.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,551

|percentage = 85.8

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 51,914

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +11.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter de Frece

|votes = 32,912

|percentage = 46.8

|change = -11.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Miles Mitchell

|votes = 25,374

|percentage = 36.1

|change = -5.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Alfred Machin

|votes = 12,049

|percentage = 17.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,538

|percentage = 10.7

|change = -5.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 70,335

|percentage = 81.1

|change = -4.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 86,744

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -2.7

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clifford Erskine-Bolst

|votes = 53,010

|percentage = 73.1

|change = +26.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edgar Wallace

|votes = 19,524

|percentage = 26.9

|change = -10.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 33,486

|percentage = 46.2

|change = +35.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 72,534

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

• Wallace was opposed to the National Government

File:1922 Henry Purchase.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Blackpool

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Roland Robinson

|votes = 48,514

|percentage = 65.2

|change = -7.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Harvey Thorneycroft

|votes = 13,598

|percentage = 18.3

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Purchase

|votes = 12,245

|percentage = 16.47

|change = -10.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 34,916

|percentage = 46.96

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 74,357

|percentage = 73.97

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Roland Robinson
• Liberal: Adrian Liddell Hart
• Labour: Harvey Thorneycroft

{{Reflist}}

• {{Rayment-hc|b|3|date=March 2012}}

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

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Category:History of Blackpool