Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Holme Beacon, Howdenshire, South Hunsley Beacon, Wilton Beacon, and Ouse and Derwent (except the part included in the extended Municipal Borough of York).

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Hessle and Pocklington, the Rural Districts of Escrick, Howden, Pocklington, and Riccall, in the Rural District of Beverley the civil parishes of Brantingham, Ellerker, Elloughton with Brough, and South Cave, and part of the Rural District of Sculcoates.

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: Howdenshire The Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Duncombe

|votes =4,525

|percentage =57.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Anthony George Shiell

|votes =3,334

|percentage =42.4

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =1,191

|percentage =15.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =7,859

|percentage =82.7

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,502

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

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{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Duncombe

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Howdenshire {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =William Wilson-Todd

|votes =3,998

|percentage =52.3

|change =N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =James Woodhouse

|votes =3,648

|percentage =47.7

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =350

|percentage =4.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =7,646

|percentage =80.5

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,499

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Howdenshire 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 =William Wilson-Todd

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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: Howdenshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =William Wilson-Todd

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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 1906: Howdenshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Harrison-Broadley

|votes =4,763

|percentage =53.4

|change =N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Percy George Reginald Benson

|votes =4,150

|percentage =46.6

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =613

|percentage =6.8

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =8,913

|percentage =90.1

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,893

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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 January 1910: Howdenshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Harrison-Broadley

|votes =5,423

|percentage =56.4

|change =+3.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Francis Benedict Vincent Norris

|votes =4,186

|percentage =43.6

|change =−3.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =1,237

|percentage =12.8

|change =+6.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =9,609

|percentage =90.7

|change =+0.6

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,597

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =+3.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Harrison-Broadley

|votes = 5,016

|percentage =56.4

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Francis Benedict Vincent Norris

|votes =3,885

|percentage =43.6

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =1,131

|percentage =12.8

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =8,901

|percentage =84.0

|change = −6.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,597

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = 0.0

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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: Henry Harrison-Broadley
• Liberal: Thomas Fenby

{{Election box begin|

|title=1915 Howdenshire by-electionDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Stanley Jackson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin |

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

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

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Stanley Jackson

|votes = 9,023

|percentage = 67.3

|change = +10.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Fenby

|votes = 4,384

|percentage = 32.7

|change = −10.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,639

|percentage = 34.6

|change = +21.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 13,407

|percentage = 57.1

|change = −26.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 23,481

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +10.9

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{{Election box end 1918}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Howdenshire Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Jackson

|votes = 10,748

|percentage = 60.5

|change = −6.8

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = National Farmers' Union

|candidate =Herbert John Winn

|votes = 7,021

|percentage = 39.5

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,727

|percentage = 21.0

|change = −13.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 17,769

|percentage = 71.1

|change = +14.0

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 24,975

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Jackson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: HowdenshireCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Jackson

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1926 Howdenshire by-electionCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Carver

|votes = 10,653

|percentage = 54.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Linfield

|votes = 6,668

|percentage = 34.0

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John William Kneeshaw

|votes = 2,318

|percentage = 11.8

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,985

|percentage = 20.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 19,639

|percentage = 73.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 26,682

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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 1929: Howdenshire Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Carver

|votes = 13,823

|percentage = 51.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Baker

|votes = 13,170

|percentage = 48.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 653

|percentage = 2.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,993

|percentage = 76.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,164

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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 1931: HowdenshireCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Carver

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: HowdenshireCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Carver

|votes = 18,155

|percentage = 63.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Baker

|votes = 7,837

|percentage = 27.5

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =James Richardson

|votes = 2,459

|percentage = 8.6

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,318

|percentage = 36.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,451

|percentage = 69.2

|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: Clifford Glossop

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Howdenshire[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i10.htm UK General Election results: July 1945]

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clifford Glossop

|votes = 21,348

|percentage = 55.9

|change = -8.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Thomas Neville

|votes = 11,161

|percentage = 29.2

|change = +20.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Wilson

|votes = 5,669

|percentage = 14.9

|change = -12.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,187

|percentage = 26.7

|change = -9.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,178

|percentage = 71.3

|change = +2.1

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1947 Howdenshire by-election[https://archive.today/20240524143714/https://www.webcitation.org/5knRoupYu?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/47.html 1947 By Elections]

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Odey

|votes = 23,344

|percentage = 64.0

|change = +8.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Thomas Neville

|votes = 9,298

|percentage = 25.5

|change = -3.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Wilson

|votes = 3,819

|percentage = 10.5

|change = -4.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,046

|percentage = 38.5

|change = +11.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,461

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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