Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Bainton Beacon, Buckrose, and Dickering.

1918–1950: The Borough of Bridlington, the Urban Districts of Filey, Great Driffield, and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington, Driffield, Norton, and Sherburn.

The constituency consisted of the northern third of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The largest town in the seat was Bridlington, but it also included Filey, Driffield, and Norton, as well as numerous villages, and the rural element was predominant. At the time of the 1921 census, almost two-fifths (38%) of the occupied male population were engaged in agriculture.

Buckrose took its name from the wapentake of Buckrose, one of the medieval sub-divisions of the East Riding which, however, had long ceased to have much administrative significance by 1885, and had covered only part of the area of the constituency and a minority of its population. (The constituency also included the whole of the former wapentake of Dickering, which included Bridlington and Filey, and part of the wapentake of Harthill which included Driffield.) The name seems to have been chosen primarily to avoid offending any local sensibilities, and with little regard for comprehensibility (a criticism also levelled at many of the other new constituency names created under the 1885 Reform Act).

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: BuckroseDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Sykes

|votes =4,081

|percentage =51.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =John James Cousins

|votes =3,785

|percentage =48.1

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 296

|percentage = 3.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,866

|percentage = 86.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,113

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Christopher Sykes

|votes =3,735

|percentage = 50.1

|change = -1.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Alexander McArthur

|votes = 3,724

|percentage = 49.9

|change = +1.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -3.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,459

|percentage = 81.9

|change = −4.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,113

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -1.8

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{{Election box end}}

• At the General Election of 1886, McArthur was declared the victor over Sykes by a single vote, 3,742 to 3,741, and took his seat, but "on scrutiny" the seat was eventually awarded to his opponent, Sykes, by a majority of 11 votes.

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Angus Holden

|votes = 4,294

|percentage = 54.1

|change = +4.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Fison

|votes =3,642

|percentage = 45.9

|change = -4.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 652

|percentage = 8.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,936

|percentage = 87.8

|change =+5.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,035

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

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{{Election box end}}

File:Angus Holden MP.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Angus Holden

|votes = 4,076

|percentage = 50.6

|change = -3.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Goff

|votes =3,986

|percentage = 49.4

|change = +3.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 90

|percentage = 1.2

|change = -7.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,062

|percentage = 86.8

|change = -1.0

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,284

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -3.5

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{{Election box end}}

File:Luke White MP.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Luke White

|votes = 4,083

|percentage = 50.6

|change = +0.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = Ernest Meysey-Thompson

|votes =3,992

|percentage = 49.4

|change = −0.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 91

|percentage = 1.2

|change = +0.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,075

|percentage = 83.7

|change = −3.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,652

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Luke White

|votes = 5,236

|percentage = 59.0

|change = +8.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Reginald Bethune

|votes =3,634

|percentage = 41.0

|change = −8.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,602

|percentage = 18.0

|change = +16.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,870

|percentage = 87.4

|change = +3.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,151

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +8.4

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Luke White

|votes = 4,957

|percentage = 51.1

|change = -7.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Sykes

|votes =4,739

|percentage = 48.9

|change = +7.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 218

|percentage = 2.2

|change = -15.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,696

|percentage = 91.0

|change = +3.6

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -7.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: BuckroseBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Luke White

|votes = 4,867

|percentage = 51.2

|change = +0.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mark Sykes

|votes =4,635

|percentage = 48.8

|change = -0.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 232

|percentage = 2.4

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,502

|percentage = 89.2

|change = -1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

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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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Luke White

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1918: BuckroseBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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

|party=Coalition Liberal

|candidate=Algernon Moreing

|votes=9,310

|percentage=60.9

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent Labour

|candidate=George Henry Dawson

|votes=3,176

|percentage=20.8

|change= New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Austin Taylor

|votes=2,792

|percentage=18.3

|change= -32.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=6,134

|percentage=40.1

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 15,278

|percentage=56.0

|change=-33.2

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Coalition Liberal

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end 1918}}

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{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1922: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Guy Gaunt

|votes=12,012

|percentage=51.3

|change= New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Fenby

|votes=11,411

|percentage=48.7

|change=+30.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=601

|percentage=2.6

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 23,423

|percentage=82.5

|change= +26.5

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1923: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Guy Gaunt

|votes=12,336

|percentage=50.4

|change=-0.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Fenby

|votes=12,122

|percentage=49.6

|change=+0.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=214

|percentage=0.8

|change=-1.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 24,458

|percentage=84.1

|change=+1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

|swing=-0.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1924: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Guy Gaunt

|votes=13,966

|percentage=56.0

|change=+5.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Harry Briggs

|votes=10,962

|percentage=44.0

|change=-5.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=3,004

|percentage=12.0

|change=+11.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 24,928

|percentage=82.9

|change=-1.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

|swing=+5.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=1926 Buckrose by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Braithwaite

|votes=12,098

|percentage=48.7

|change=-7.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Harry Verney

|votes=10,537

|percentage=42.5

|change=-1.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Herbert Cecil Laycock

|votes=2,191

|percentage=8.8

|change= New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,552

|percentage=6.2

|change=-5.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,826

|percentage = 81.7

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -2.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1929: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Braithwaite

|votes=15,625

|percentage=50.0

|change=+1.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Sidney Streatfield Leigh Lamert

|votes=13,885

|percentage=44.4

|change=+1.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Harold H Vickers

|votes=1,766

|percentage=5.6

|change=-3.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1.740

|percentage=5.6

|change=-0.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 31,216

|percentage=80.4

|change=-1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

|swing=-0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1931: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Braithwaite

|votes=Unopposed

|percentage= N/A

|change= N/A

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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 1935: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Braithwaite

|votes=18,090

|percentage=55.1

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Macleod

|votes=14,763

|percentage=44.9

|change= New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=3,327

|percentage=10.2

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=32,853

|percentage=78.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{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: Albert Braithwaite
• Liberal: Thomas Macleod

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election 1945: Buckrose

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=George Wadsworth

|votes=15,934

|percentage=51.5

|change=+6.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Braithwaite

|votes=14,985

|percentage=48.5

|change=-6.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=949

|percentage=3.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 30,919

|percentage=71.9

|change=-6.5

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+6.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{reflist}}

• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49" (Glasgow: Parliamentary Research Services, 1969)
• Michael Kinnear, "The British Voter" (London: Batsford, 1968)
• Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II" (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
• "The Constitutional Yearbook, 1913" (London: National Unionist Association, 1913)
• {{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}

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