Stowmarket was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Stowmarket | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Stowmarket |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Suffolk and West Suffolk |
Replaced by | Bury St Edmunds |
The North-Western or Stowmarket Division was one of five single-member county divisions of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 to replace the existing two 2-member divisions for the 1885 general election. It was formed from parts of the Western Division of Suffolk and included the towns of Stowmarket and Newmarket. It was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918 when the majority of the Division was absorbed into the new Bury St Edmunds Division of West Suffolk, with a small area in the east, including Stowmarket itself, transferred to the Eye Division of East Suffolk.
As Bury St Edmunds formed a separate Parliamentary Borough, only non-resident freeholders of the Borough were entitled to vote in this constituency.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Felix Cobbold | Liberal | |
1886 | Edward Greene | Conservative | |
1891 by-election | Sydney Stern | Liberal | |
1895 | Ian Malcolm | Conservative | |
1906 | George Hardy | Liberal | |
Jan. 1910 | Frank Goldsmith | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Felix Cobbold | 4,606 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Thornhill | 3,475 | 43.0 | ||
Majority | 1,131 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,081 | 76.3 | |||
Registered electors | 10,587 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Greene | 3,906 | 53.7 | +10.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Buxton | 3,363 | 46.3 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 543 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,269 | 68.7 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,587 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.7 |
Greene's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sydney Stern | 4,346 | 51.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Greene | 4,132 | 48.7 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 214 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,478 | 74.5 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,375 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sydney Stern | 4,630 | 50.8 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Gerald Cadogan | 4,486 | 49.2 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 144 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,116 | 82.5 | +13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,045 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Malcolm | 5,144 | 58.2 | +9.0 | |
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 3,701 | 41.8 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 1,443 | 16.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,845 | 80.8 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,942 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Malcolm | 4,431 | 59.1 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | JC Horobin | 3,068 | 40.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 1,363 | 18.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,499 | 70.4 | -10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,651 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Hardy | 4,801 | 51.1 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Walter Guinness | 4,588 | 48.9 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 213 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,389 | 85.6 | +15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,971 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Goldsmith | 5,311 | 53.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | George Hardy | 4,666 | 46.8 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 645 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,977 | 89.2 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,190 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Goldsmith | 4,995 | 51.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Leatham Barclay | 4,804 | 49.0 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 191 | 2.0 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,799 | 87.6 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,190 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.2 |
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;
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