Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)

Knutsford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Tatton, Altrincham & Sale, Congleton and Davyhulme[1]

Knutsford was a county constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Bucklow, parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daresbury, Prestbury, Leftwich, Northwich, and Stockport, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Warrington in the county of Cheshire.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Alderley Edge, Bollington, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, Knutsford, and Wilmslow, in the Rural District of Bucklow the civil parishes of Aston-by-Budworth, Bexton, Marthall-cum-Warford, Mere, Mobberley, Ollerton, Peover Inferior, Peover Superior, Pickmere, Plumley, Styal, Tabley Inferior, Tabley Superior, Tatton, and Toft, in the Rural District of Macclesfield the civil parishes of Adlington, Butley, Capesthorne, Chelford, Chorley, Fallibroome, Great Warford, Lower Withington, Marton, Mottram St Andrew, Nether Alderley, Newton, Old Withington, Over Alderley, Poynton-with-Worth, Prestbury, Siddington, Snelson, Tytherington, Upton, and Woodford, in the Rural District of Northwich the civil parishes of Allostock, Byley, Lach Dennis, Lostock Gralam, Nether Peover, Rudheath, Sproston, and Whatcroft, in the Rural District of Runcorn the civil parishes of Acton Grange, Antrobus, Appleton, Crowley, Daresbury, Grappenhall, Hatton, Higher Whitley, Keckwick, Latchford Without, Lower Whitley, Moore, Newton by Daresbury, Preston on the Hill, Seven Oaks, Stockton Heath, Stretton, Thelwall, Walton Inferior, and Walton Superior, and part of the Rural District of Congleton.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Hale, Knutsford, and Wilmslow, and the Rural Districts of Bucklow and Congleton.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Bowdon, Hale, and Knutsford, and the Rural Districts of Bucklow and Congleton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Alan Egerton	Conservative
	1906	Alfred John King	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Alan John Sykes	Conservative
	1922	Ernest Makins	Conservative
	1945	Walter Bromley-Davenport	Conservative
	1970	John Davies	Conservative
	1979 by-election	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Alan Egerton

General Election 1885: Knutsford ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	4,663	57.7	n/a
	Liberal	John Emmott Barlow	3,419	42.3	n/a
Majority			1,244	15.4	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Knutsford ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Knutsford ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	4,754	63.0	n/a
	Liberal	Alexander Mere Latham	2,792	37.0	n/a
Majority				26.0	n/a
Turnout				80.7	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Knutsford ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Knutsford ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Alfred John King

General Election 1906: Knutsford ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alfred John King	5,296	53.5	n/a
	Conservative	Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton	4,596	46.5	n/a
Majority				7.0	n/a
Turnout				88.8	n/a
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Knutsford ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan John Sykes	6,199	54.9
	Liberal	Alfred John King	5,084	45.1
Majority			1,115	9.8
Turnout				92.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election December 1910: Knutsford ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan John Sykes	6,127	56.8	+1.9
	Liberal	J.H. Whitworth	4,658	43.2	-1.9
Majority				13.6	+3.8
Turnout				88.8	-4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

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: Sir Alan John Sykes
• Liberal: Philip Milner Oliver

General Election 1918: Knutsford^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Alan John Sykes	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

• denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Knutsford^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Ernest Makins	15,650	57.9	n/a
	Liberal	Percy Butlin	11,388	42.1	n/a
Majority			4,262	15.8	n/a
Turnout				77.2	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: Knutsford^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Ernest Makins	13,838	50.1	-7.8
	Liberal	Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley	13,758	49.9	+7.8
Majority			80	0.2	-15.6
Turnout				76.8	-1.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.8

General Election 1924: Knutsford^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Ernest Makins	18,199	60.5	+10.4
	Liberal	J Paul McDougall	11,885	39.5	-10.4
Majority			6,314	21.0	+20.8
Turnout				80.9	+4.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+10.4

General Election 1929: Knutsford^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Ernest Makins	22,605	53.5	-7.0
	Liberal	Arthur Edgar Jalland	19,629	46.5	+7.0
Majority			2,976	7.0	-14.0
Turnout				80.5	-0.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Makins	Unopposed		n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1935

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Makins	30,252	63.7	n/a
	Liberal	Harold Heathcote-Williams	17,253	36.3	n/a
Majority			12,999	27.4	n/a
Turnout				76.3	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Sir Ernest Makins
• Liberal: Harold Heathcote-Williams^[15]

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Knutsford^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lt-Col. Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	33,056	56.2
	Labour	Lt. Frederick Lockwood Tyler	14,416	24.5
	Liberal	Maj. Lawrence Lauderdale Maitland	10,703	18.2
	Common Wealth	Frank William Young	628	1.1	n/a
Majority			18,640	31.7
Turnout				77.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Knutsford^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	29,707	59.17
	Labour	Cyril Hamnett	12,794	25.48
	Liberal	Lawrence Lauderdale Maitland	7,703	15.34
Majority			16,913	33.69
Turnout			50,204
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Knutsford^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	34,114	69.97
	Labour	Cyril Hamnett	14,640	30.03
Majority			19,474	39.94
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Knutsford^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	29,074	75.20
	Labour	Cyril Hamnett	9,588	24.80
Majority			19,486	50.40
Turnout			38,662
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Knutsford^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	27,270	62.9	-12.3
	Liberal	Frank R Tetlow	8,117	18.8	n/a
	Labour	Norman Selwyn	7,945	18.3	-6.5
Majority			19,153	44.2	-6.2
Turnout			43,332	81.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Knutsford^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	26,826	53.4	-9.5
	Liberal	Michael J Hunkin	12,499	24.9	+6.1
	Labour	David Dollimore	10,882	21.7	+3.4
Majority			14,327	28.5	-15.7
Turnout			50,207
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.8

General Election 1966: Knutsford^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport	26,550	51.5	-1.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff	12,839	24.9	+0.0
	Labour	Keith J Hill	12,174	23.6	+1.9
Majority			13,711	26.6	-1.9
Turnout			51,563	79.1	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Knutsford^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Emerson Harding Davies	33,194	59.82
	Labour	Andrew Francis Bennett	11,612	20.93
	Liberal	Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff	10,684	19.25
Majority			21,582	38.89
Turnout			55,490	74.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

John Davies

General Election February 1974: Knutsford^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. John Emerson Harding Davies	23,632	52.50
	Liberal	Brian M. Lomax	12,542	27.86
	Labour	Barry W. McColgan	8,840	19.64
Majority			11,090	24.64
Turnout			45,014
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Knutsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. John Emerson Harding Davies	21,636	51.0
	Liberal	Brian M. Lomax	11,210	26.4
	Labour	D.L. Swain	9.565	22.6
Majority			10,426	24.6
Turnout			42,411	76.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford by-election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	22,086	67.1	+16.1
	Liberal	Robert Ingham	5,206	15.8	−10.6
	Labour	Alan G Barton	5,124	15.6	−7.0
	Independent Conservative	Michael Byrne	486	1.5	N/A
Majority			16,880	51.3	+26.7
Turnout			32,902
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.4

General Election 1979: Knutsford^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Bruce-Gardyne	26,795	59.58
	Labour	Alan G Barton	8,992	19.99
	Liberal	Robert Ingham	8,499	18.90
	Independent Conservative	J Brown	690	1.53
Majority			17,803	39.58
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)

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