Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Spalding
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	South Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Holland with Boston

Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Murray Finch-Hatton	Conservative
	1887	Halley Stewart	Liberal
	1895	Harry Pollock	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Horace Rendall Mansfield	Liberal
	1910	Francis McLaren	Liberal
	1917	George Peel	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Murray Finch-Hatton	4,658	50.4
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	4,580	49.6
Majority			78	0.8
Turnout			9,238	79.7
Registered electors			11,597
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stewart

General election 1886: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Murray Finch-Hatton	4,561	51.6	+1.2
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	4,273	48.4	−1.2
Majority			288	3.2	+2.4
Turnout			8,834	76.2	−3.5
Registered electors			11,597
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

Finch-Hatton succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, causing a by-election.

Tryon

By-election, 1 Jul 1887: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	5,110	53.9	+5.5
	Conservative	George Tryon	4,363	46.1	−5.5
Majority			747	7.8	N/A
Turnout			9,473	77.7	+1.5
Registered electors			12,188
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	4,660	51.8	+3.4
	Liberal Unionist	Harry Pollock	4,334	48.2	−3.4
Majority			326	3.6	N/A
Turnout			8,994	68.9	−7.3
Registered electors			13,054
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

General election 1895: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Harry Pollock	4,623	52.0	+3.8
	Liberal	Halley Stewart	4,274	48.0	−3.8
Majority			349	4.0	N/A
Turnout			8,897	69.6	+0.7
Registered electors			12,775
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1900s

Mansfield

General election 1900: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Mansfield	4,352	50.3	+2.3
	Liberal Unionist	Ernest Pollock	4,295	49.7	−2.3
Majority			57	0.6	N/A
Turnout			8,647	68.9	−0.7
Registered electors			12,550
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+2.3

Pollock

General election 1906: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Mansfield	5,800	58.1	+7.8
	Liberal Unionist	Ernest Pollock	4,180	41.9	−7.8
Majority			1,620	16.2	+15.6
Turnout			9,980	68.3	−0.6
Registered electors			14,617
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 1910s

McLaren

General election January 1910: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis McLaren	5,527	51.8	−6.3
	Conservative	William Royce	5,148	48.2	+6.3
Majority			379	3.6	−12.6
Turnout			10,675	78.2	+9.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.3

General election December 1910: Spalding[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis McLaren	5,335	51.3	−0.5
	Conservative	William Royce	5,070	48.7	+0.5
Majority			265	2.6	−1.0
Turnout			10,405	76.3	−1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Francis McLaren
• Unionist: William Royce

1917 Spalding by-election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Peel	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

References

1. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 342. ISBN 9781349022984.