Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)










Harwich
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Harwich in Essex in 2005.


Outline map
Location of Essex within England.

CountyEssex
before 1660–2010
Number of membersone (two before 1868)
Replaced by
Clacton, Harwich and North Essex
European Parliament constituencyEast of England

Harwich was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until its abolition for the 2010 general election it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries

    • 1.1 Boundary review



  • 2 Members of Parliament

    • 2.1 1604 to 1660


    • 2.2 1660–1868


    • 2.3 1868–2010



  • 3 Elections

    • 3.1 Elections in the 1840s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1850s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1860s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1870s


    • 3.5 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.6 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.7 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.8 Elections in the 1910s


    • 3.9 Elections in the 1920s


    • 3.10 Elections in the 1930s


    • 3.11 Elections in the 1940s


    • 3.12 Elections in the 1950s


    • 3.13 Elections in the 1960s


    • 3.14 Elections in the 1970s


    • 3.15 Elections in the 1980s


    • 3.16 Elections in the 1990s


    • 3.17 Elections in the 2000s



  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




Boundaries




Harwich in Essex, 1918-45


1885-1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Colchester and Harwich, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Lexden and Winstree.


1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Harwich, the Urban Districts of Brightlingsea, Clacton, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, and Wivenhoe, and the Rural District of Tendring.


1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Harwich, the Urban Districts of Brightlingsea, Clacton, Frinton and Walton, and Wivenhoe, and the Rural District of Tendring.


1983-1997: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Bradfield Wrabness and Wix, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby, Little Clacton, Ramsey, Rush Green, Southcliff, St Bartholomew's, St James, St John's, St Mary's, St Osyth, Tendring and Weeley, and Walton.


1997-2010: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby, Little Clacton, Ramsey, Rush Green, St Bartholomew's, St James, St John's, St Mary's, Southcliff, and Walton.



Boundary review


Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Clacton, based on the former Harwich seat. Harwich itself was moved into a new constituency of Harwich and North Essex.



Members of Parliament


Constituency founded 1604



1604 to 1660





















































ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1604Richard Browne
Thomas Trevor
1605John Panton
1614Sir Harbottle Grimston
Sir Robert Mansell
1614 (Apr)
Sir Charles Montagu
1620Sir Thomas Cheek
Edward Grimston
1624Sir Nathaniel Rich
Christopher Herrys
1625Sir Edmund Sawyer
Christopher Herrys
1626Sir Nathaniel Rich
Christopher Herrys
1628–1629Sir Nathaniel Rich
Christopher Herrys
1629–1640
No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)Sir Thomas Cheek
Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet
1640 (Nov)Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Cheek
1645
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet, died
replaced 1647 by
Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet
who was secluded Dec 1648 in Pride's Purge

Sir Thomas Cheek
1648
Sir Thomas Cheek
1653
Harwich not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654
Harwich not represented in First Protectorate Parliament
1656
Harwich not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament
1659John SicklemoreThomas King


1660–1868





































































































































































































































































































































YearFirst member[1]First partySecond member[1]Second party
1660


Sir Capel Luckyn, Bt



Sir Henry Wright, Bt

1661


Thomas King

1664


Sir Capel Luckyn, Bt

February 1679


Sir Anthony Dean



Samuel Pepys

August 1679


Sir Philip Parker, Bt



Sir Thomas Middleton

1685


Sir Anthony Dean



Samuel Pepys

1689


Sir Thomas Middleton



John Eldred

1690


The Viscount Newhaven

1695


Sir Thomas Davall

1698


Samuel Atkinson

1699


Sir Thomas Middleton

1701


Dennis Lydell

1702


John Ellis

May 1708


Sir John Leake



Thomas Frankland

December 1708


Kenrick Edisbury

1713


Carew Hervey Mildmay



Sir Thomas Davall

May 1714


Thomas Heath

June 1714


Benedict Calvert

1715


Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, Bt



Thomas Heath

1722


Humphrey Parsons

1727


John Perceval

1734


Carteret Leathes



Charles Stanhope

1741


John Phillipson



Hill Mussenden

1747


Edward Coke

1753


Wenman Coke

1756


William Ponsonby

1758


Thomas Sewell

1761


Charles Townshend



John Roberts

1767


Thomas Bradshaw

1768


Edward Harvey

1772


Charles Jenkinson

1774


John Robinson

1778


George North

1784


Thomas Orde

Tory
1796


Richard Hopkins

1799


Henry Dillon-Lee

1802


Thomas Myers

January 1803


John Hiley Addington

Tory[2]
April 1803


James Adams

1806


William Fremantle

Tory[2]
March 1807


James Adams

May 1807


William Huskisson

Tory[2]
1812


Nicholas Vansittart

Tory[2]
1818


Charles Bathurst

Tory[2]
1823


George Canning

Tory[2]


John Charles Herries

Tory[2]
1826


Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

Tory[2]
1827


Sir William Rae, Bt

Tory[2]
1830


George Robert Dawson

Tory[2]
1832


Christopher Thomas Tower

Whig[2]

1834


Conservative

1835


Francis Robert Bonham

Conservative

1837


Alexander Ellice

Whig[2][3][4][5]

1841


John Attwood

Conservative[2]


William Beresford

Conservative[2]

1847


Peelite[6][7]


John Bagshaw

Whig[8][9][10][11][12]

1848 by-election


Sir John Hobhouse, Bt

Radical[13][14][15][16][17]

March 1851 by-election


Henry Thoby Prinsep

Conservative

May 1851 by-election


Robert Wigram Crawford

Whig[18][19]
July 1851

Writ suspended[20]

April 1852 by-election


Sir Fitzroy Kelly

Conservative

May 1852 by-election


Isaac Butt

Conservative

July 1852


George Peacocke

Conservative


David Waddington

Conservative

1853 by-election


John Bagshaw

Whig[8][9][10][11][12]

March 1857


George Drought Warburton

Independent Liberal[21][22]

December 1857 by-election


Robert John Bagshaw

Whig

March 1859 by-election


Henry Jervis-White-Jervis

Conservative

May 1859


Hon. William Campbell

Liberal

1860 by-election


Richard Rowley

Conservative

1865


John Kelk

Conservative
1868
Constituency reduced to one member


1868–2010




































































ElectionMember[1]Party

1868

Representation reduced to one member


1868

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis

Conservative


1880

Henry Tyler

Conservative


1885

James Round

Conservative


1906

Arthur Lever

Liberal


1910

Harry Newton

Conservative


1922

Albert Ernest Hillary

Liberal


1924

Sir Frederick Rice

Conservative


1929

Sir John Pybus

Liberal


1931

Liberal National


1935

Sir Stanley Holmes

Liberal National


1954 by-election

Julian Ridsdale

National Liberal


1968

Conservative


1992

Iain Sproat

Conservative


1997

Ivan Henderson

Labour


2005

Douglas Carswell

Conservative


2010

Constituency abolished: see Clacton and Harwich and North Essex


Elections



Elections in the 1840s























































1841 General Election: Harwich[23][2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Attwood
94
27.2



Conservative

William Beresford
94
27.2



Whig

John Bagshaw
84
24.3



Whig

Denis Le Marchant
73
21.2

Majority
10
2.9


Turnout
174
93.5


Registered electors
186




Conservative hold

Swing




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing



























































1847 General Election: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Bagshaw
213
45.9
+0.4


Peelite

John Attwood
184
39.7
+12.5


Conservative
William Knight[24]65
14.0
−13.2


Conservative

Dudley St Leger Hill[25]
2
0.4
−26.8

Turnout
232 (est)
78.6 (est)
−14.9

Registered electors
295


Majority
29
6.3

N/A


Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+10.2

Majority
119
25.7

N/A


Peelite gain from Conservative

Swing
+16.3

Attwood's election was declared void on petition due to bribery by his agents, causing a by-election.[26]






































By-election, 1 April 1848: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

John Hobhouse
131
50.8

N/A


Conservative

John Manners-Sutton[27]
127
49.2
+34.8
Majority
4
1.6

N/A

Turnout
258
87.8
+10.2

Registered electors
294




Radical gain from Peelite

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1850s


Hobhouse was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Broughton and causing a by-election.






































By-election, 5 March 1851: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Thoby Prinsep
135
50.9
+36.5


Whig

Robert Wigram Crawford
130
49.1
+3.2
Majority
5
1.9

N/A

Turnout
265
91.7
+13.1

Registered electors
289




Conservative gain from Radical

Swing
+16.7

Prinsep's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, due to, causing a by-election.[28]






































By-election, 28 May 1851: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Robert Wigram Crawford
133
51.2
+5.3


Conservative

Henry Thoby Prinsep
127
48.8
+34.4
Majority
6
2.3
−4.0

Turnout
260
90.0
+11.4

Registered electors
289




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
−14.6

Crawford's election was declared void, due to polling being closed prematurely, and the seat's writ was suspended in July 1851.[20] A by-election was called the next year.















By-election, 10 April 1852: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Fitzroy Kelly

Unopposed


Conservative gain from Whig

Kelly resigned to contest a by-election in East Suffolk, causing a by-election.















By-election, 8 May 1852: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Isaac Butt

Unopposed


Conservative hold





















































1852 General Election: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Peacocke
135
26.8
+12.8


Conservative

David Waddington
134
26.6
+26.2


Whig

John Bagshaw
125
24.8
−21.1


Independent Liberal

George Drought Warburton
110
21.8

N/A
Majority
9
1.8

N/A

Turnout
252 (est)
92.6 (est)
+14.0

Registered electors
272




Conservative gain from Peelite

Swing
+11.7



Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
+18.4

Peacocke's election was declared void on petition, due to corrupt practices, causing a by-election.[29]






































By-election, 21 June 1853: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Bagshaw
140
54.9
+30.1


Conservative

William Fraser
115
45.1
−8.3
Majority
25
9.8

N/A

Turnout
255
85.3
−7.3

Registered electors
299




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+19.2


























































1857 General Election: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Bagshaw
173
32.6
+7.8


Independent Liberal

George Drought Warburton
147
27.7
+5.9


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
113
21.3
−5.5


Conservative

Benjamin Buck Greene[30]
98
18.5
−8.1

Turnout
266 (est)
84.8 (est)
−7.8

Registered electors
313


Majority
26
4.9

N/A


Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+7.3

Majority
34
6.4

N/A


Independent Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.4

Warburton's death caused a by-election.






































By-election, 9 December 1857: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Robert John Bagshaw
162
70.1
+37.5


Independent Liberal
Andrew Arcedeckne[31][32]69
29.9

N/A
Majority
93
40.3

N/A

Turnout
231
73.8
−11.0

Registered electors
313




Whig gain from Independent Liberal

Swing

N/A

Bagshaw's resignation caused a by-election.






































By-election, 18 March 1859: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
145
52.0
+12.2


Whig

William Campbell
134
48.0
+15.4
Majority
11
3.9

N/A

Turnout
279
83.5
−1.3

Registered electors
334




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
−1.6


























































1859 General Election: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
156
25.7
+4.4


Liberal

William Campbell
155
25.5
−7.1


Conservative

Richard Rowley
152
25.0
+6.5


Liberal

John Clark Marshman
144
23.7
−4.0

Turnout
304 (est)
90.9 (est)
+6.1

Registered electors
334


Majority
1
0.2

N/A


Conservative gain from Independent Liberal

Swing

N/A

Majority
3
0.5
−4.4


Liberal hold

Swing
−6.3


Elections in the 1860s


Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Stratheden and Campbell, and causing a by-election.






































By-election, 24 April 1860: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Richard Rowley
146
55.7
+5.0


Liberal

Stuart Donaldson[33]
116
44.3
−4.9
Majority
30
11.5
+11.3

Turnout
262
82.6
−8.3

Registered electors
317




Conservative hold

Swing
+5.0






















































General Election 1865: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
209
35.0
+9.3


Conservative

John Kelk
194
32.5
+7.5


Liberal
Michael Wills[34]117
19.6
−5.9


Liberal

James Fitzjames Stephen[35]
77
12.9
−10.8
Majority
77
12.9
+12.7

Turnout
299 (est)
77.3 (est)
−13.6

Registered electors
386




Conservative hold

Swing
+8.8



Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+7.9

Seat reduced to one member






































General Election 1868: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
328
69.9
=2.4


Liberal

David James Jenkins
141
30.1
−2.4
Majority
187
39.9
+27.0

Turnout
469
75.4
−1.9

Registered electors
622




Conservative hold

Swing
+2.4


Elections in the 1870s



















General Election 1874: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Jervis-White-Jervis

Unopposed

Registered electors
712




Conservative hold


Elections in the 1880s






































General Election 1880: Harwich[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Tyler
368
54.3



Liberal

George Tomline[36]
310
45.7

Majority
58
8.6


Turnout
678
89.3


Registered electors
759




Conservative hold

Swing






































General Election 1885: Harwich[37][38][39]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Round
4,584
54.5
+0.2


Liberal
James Jackson
3,824
45.5
−0.2
Majority
760
9.0
+0.4

Turnout
8,408
82.9
−6.4

Registered electors
10,141




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.2





































General Election 1886: Harwich[37][38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Round
4,623
66.6
+12.1


Liberal
James Wicks
2,322
33.4
-12.1
Majority
2,301
33.2
+24.2

Turnout
6,945
68.5
-14.4

Registered electors
10,141




Conservative hold

Swing
+12.1


Elections in the 1890s




Round






































General Election 1892: Harwich[37][38][40]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Round
4,113
51.9
-14.7


Liberal
Robert Varty
3,808
48.1
+14.7
Majority
305
3.8
-29.4

Turnout
7,921
72.5
+4.0

Registered electors
10,924




Conservative hold

Swing
-14.7





































General Election 1895: Harwich[37][38][41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Round
4,566
63.0
+11.1


Liberal
Robert Varty
2,685
37.0
-11.1
Majority
1,881
26.0
+22.2

Turnout
7,251
64.2
-8.3

Registered electors
11,296




Conservative hold

Swing
+11.1


Elections in the 1900s















General Election 1900: Harwich[37][38][42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Round

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Lever






































General Election 1906: Harwich[37][38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Arthur Lever
5,650
51.6

N/A


Conservative

Harry Newton
5,308
48.4

N/A
Majority
342
3.2

N/A

Turnout
10,958
83.4

N/A

Registered electors
13,144




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1910s


































General Election January 1910: Harwich[37][43]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harry Newton
6,757
54.6
+3.0


Liberal

Arthur Lever
5,608
45.4
-3.0
Majority
1,149
9.2
+6.0

Turnout

86.6
+3.2


Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+3.0

































General Election December 1910: Harwich[37][44]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harry Newton
6,470
56.4
+1.8


Liberal
Frank Stapledon Hiley
5,008
43.6
-1.8
Majority
1,462
12.8
+3.6

Turnout

80.4
-6.2


Conservative hold

Swing
+1.8

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: Harry Newton


  • Liberal: Edward Aylmer Digby





































General Election 1918: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Harry Newton
8,261
53.9
-2.5


Liberal

Edward Aylmer Digby
7,064
46.1
+2.5
Majority
1,197
7.8
-5.0

Turnout
15,325
55.9
-26.5

Registered electors
27,421




Unionist hold

Swing
-2.5


C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


Elections in the 1920s






































General Election 1922: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Albert Ernest Hillary
10,556
51.9
+5.8


Unionist
Geoffrey St John Strutt
9,792
48.1
−5.8
Majority
764
3.8

N/A

Turnout
20,348
71.6
+15.7

Registered electors
28,432




Liberal gain from Unionist

Swing
+5.8





































General Election 1923: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Albert Ernest Hillary
12,059
54.3
+2.4


Unionist

Frederick Rice
10,142
45.7
−2.4
Majority
1,917
8.6
+4.8

Turnout
22,201
76.2
+4.6

Registered electors
29,126




Liberal hold

Swing
+2.4











































General Election 1924: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Frederick Rice
12,219
51.5
+5.8


Liberal

Albert Ernest Hillary
9,904
41.7
−12.6


Labour

Alfred Barton
1,604
6.8

N/A
Majority
2,315
9.8

N/A

Turnout
23,727
79.0
+2.8

Registered electors
30,047




Unionist gain from Liberal

Swing
+9.2











































General Election 1929: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Pybus
16,309
52.8
+11.1


Unionist

John Mayhew
13,609
44.1
−7.4


Independent Unionist
J Elliott
946
3.1

N/A
Majority
2,700
8.7

N/A

Turnout
30,864
76.3
−2.7

Registered electors
40,478




Liberal gain from Unionist

Swing
+9.3


Elections in the 1930s


































General Election 1931: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal National

John Pybus
26,818
86.4
+33.6


Labour
E L McKeag
4,229
13.6
n/a
Majority
22,589
72.8
+64.1

Turnout
31,047
72.6
-3.7


Liberal National hold

Swing
n/a

































General Election 1935: Harwich[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal National

Stanley Holmes
21,716
70.3
-16.1


Labour
Ambrose Erie Applebe
9,170
29.7
+16.1
Majority
12,546
40.6
-32.2

Turnout
30,886
63.9
-8.7


Liberal National hold

Swing
-16.1


Elections in the 1940s


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;



  • Liberal National: Stanley Holmes


  • Labour: Ald. Joseph Hewitt[46]

































General Election 1945[45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal National

Stanley Holmes
16,452
55.7
-14.6


Labour
Joseph Hewitt
13,067
44.3
+14.6
Majority
3,385
11.5
-29.2

Turnout

68.8
+4.8


Liberal National hold

Swing
-14.6


Elections in the 1950s








































General Election 1950: Harwich
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National Liberal

Stanley Holmes
22,814
50.6



Labour
Morris Janis
16,756
37.1



Liberal
Leonard Train
5,536
12.3

Majority
6,058
13.4


Turnout

81.9



National Liberal hold

Swing


































General Election 1951: Harwich[47][48]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National Liberal and Conservative

Stanley Holmes
26,169
58.9



Labour
Morris Janis
18,244
41.1

Majority
7,925
17.8


Turnout

78.8



National Liberal and Conservative hold

Swing


































Harwich by-election, 1954[49]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative and National Liberal

Julian Ridsdale
19,532
59.1
+0.2


Labour

Shirley Catlin
13,535
40.9
-0.2
Majority
5,997
18.1
+0.4

Turnout
33,067




Conservative and National Liberal hold

Swing








































General Election 1955: Harwich[50][51]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative and National Liberal

Julian Ridsdale
23,889
56.4



Labour

Shirley Catlin
14,425
34.1



Liberal
Wolf Isaac Akst
4,010
9.5

Majority
9,464
22.4


Turnout
42,234
75.6



Conservative and National Liberal hold

Swing














































General Election 1959: Harwich[52][53]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative and National Liberal

Julian Ridsdale
23,653
53.2



Labour

William Robinson
11,588
26.0



Liberal
Thomas E Dale
5,507
12.4



Independent
Leonard F Rose
3,744
8.4

Majority
12,065
27.1


Turnout
44,492
76.4



Conservative and National Liberal hold

Swing



Elections in the 1960s








































General Election 1964: Harwich[54][55]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative and National Liberal

Julian Ridsdale
25,102
50.4



Labour

David Winnick
14,877
29.9



Liberal
Thomas E Dale
9,824
19.7

Majority
10,225
20.5


Turnout
49,803
75.1



Conservative and National Liberal hold

Swing








































General Election 1966: Harwich[56][57]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative and National Liberal

Julian Ridsdale
24,975
47.6
-2.8


Labour
Stephen R Hatch
18,335
34.9
+5.0


Liberal
Thomas E Dale
9,219
17.6
-2.1
Majority
6,640
12.6
-7.9

Turnout
52,529
74.4
-0.7


Conservative and National Liberal hold

Swing
-3.9


Elections in the 1970s








































General Election 1970: Harwich[58]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
32,754
53.5



Labour

Andrew Phillips
19,923
32.6
-2.3


Liberal
Thomas E Dale
8,519
13.9
-3.7
Majority
12,831
21.0
+8.4

Turnout
61,196
74.5
+0.1


Conservative hold

Swing
+4.0







































General Election February 1974: Harwich[59]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
32,452
45.6
-7.9


Liberal
D Cadman
19,989
28.1
+14.2


Labour
JB Fryer
18,697
26.3
-6.3
Majority
12,463
17.5
-3.5

Turnout
71,138
80.7
+6.2


Conservative hold

Swing
-11.1







































General Election October 1974: Harwich[60]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
29,963
46.7
+1.1


Labour
JB Fryer
19,135
29.8
+3.5


Liberal

Thomas Kellock
15,048
23.5
-4.6
Majority
10,828
16.9
-0.6

Turnout
64,146
72.3
-8.4


Conservative hold

Swing
-1.2













































General Election 1979: Harwich[61]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
37,685
54.3
+7.6


Labour
CW Brooks
16,998
24.5
-5.3


Liberal
R.M. Goodenough
14,094
20.3
-3.2


National Front
A Pearson
597
0.9

N/A
Majority
20,687
29.8
+12.9

Turnout
69,374
74.7
+2.4


Conservative hold

Swing
+6.5


Elections in the 1980s








































General Election 1983: Harwich[62][63]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
27,422
54.1
−0.2


Liberal
R.M. Goodenough
14,920
29.5
+9.2


Labour
Ralph Knight
8,302
16.4
−8.1
Majority
12,502
24.6
−5.2

Turnout
50,644
70.2
−4.5


Conservative hold

Swing
−4.7













































General Election 1987: Harwich[64]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Julian Ridsdale
29,344
51.8
−2.8


Liberal

Liz Lynne
17,262
30.4
+0.9


Labour
Ralph Knight
9,920
17.5
+1.1


Independent
Christopher Humphrey
161
0.3

N/A
Majority
12,082
21.4
−3.2

Turnout
56,687
73.5
+3.3


Conservative hold

Swing
−1.9


Elections in the 1990s














































General Election 1992: Harwich[65][66]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Iain Sproat
32,369
51.9
+0.1


Liberal Democrat
Pauline A. Bevan
15,210
24.4
−6.1


Labour
Ralph Knight
14,511
23.3
+5.8


Natural Law
Eileen P. McGrath
279
0.4

N/A
Majority
17,159
27.5
+6.2

Turnout
62,369
77.7
+4.2


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.1



















































General Election 1997: Harwich[67][68]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Ivan Henderson
20,740
38.8
+14.1


Conservative

Iain Sproat
19,524
36.5
−15.2


Liberal Democrat
Ann M. Elvin
7,037
13.1
-10.0


Referendum

Jeffrey Titford
4,923
9.2

N/A


Independent
Ralph Knight
1,290
2.4

N/A
Majority
1,216
2.3


Turnout
53,514
70.5
−3.3


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
−14.7


Elections in the 2000s




















































General Election 2001: Harwich[69]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Ivan Henderson
21,951
45.6
+6.9


Conservative

Iain Sproat
19,355
40.2
+3.7


Liberal Democrat
Peter Wilcock
4,099
8.5
−4.6


UKIP
Tony Finnegan-Butler
2,463
5.1

N/A


Independent
Clive Lawrance
247
0.5

N/A
Majority
2,596
5.4
+3.1

Turnout
48,115
62.1
−8.4


Labour hold

Swing
+5.3

























































General Election 2005: Harwich[70]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Carswell
21,235
42.1
+1.9


Labour

Ivan Henderson
20,315
40.3
−5.3


Liberal Democrat
Keith Tully
5,913
11.7
+3.2


UKIP

Jeffrey Titford
2,314
4.6
−0.5


Respect
John Tipple
477
0.9

N/A


Independent
Christopher Humphrey
154
0.3

N/A
Majority
920
1.8


Turnout
50,408
62.6
+0.5


Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
−3.6


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex


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