Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

For the similarly named current constituency, see Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency).

Howden
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Yorkshire
1955–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Beverley and Bridlington
Replaced by	Boothferry, Selby, Bridlington and Ryedale

Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1955 general election, made up largely of the constituency of Beverley (losing some territory in the south to Haltemprice, and taking some in the east from Bridlington).

The Howden constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Driffield and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Derwent, Driffield, Howden, Norton, and Pocklington.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Paul Bryan	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Boothferry

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	26,550	56.0	+9.0
	Liberal	Elizabeth Shields	12,006	25.3	−10.2
	Labour	A. B. Davenport	8,827	18.6	+1.1
Majority			14,544	30.7	+19.2
Turnout			47,383	74.4	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	19,583	47.0	−1.8
	Liberal	S. Haywood	14,803	35.5	+0.5
	Labour	F. H. V. Lewis	7,271	17.5	+1.3
Majority			4,780	11.5	−2.3
Turnout			41,657	72.4	−6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	21,892	48.8	−8.2
	Liberal	S. Haywood	15,681	35.0	+17.1
	Labour	J. Kirkwood	7,259	16.2	−8.5
Majority			6,211	13.8	−18.5
Turnout			44,832	78.6	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	22,102	57.0	+6.4
	Labour	John W. R. Graham	9,567	24.7	−2.2
	Liberal	James Francis Crossley	6,951	17.9	−4.6
	Independent	Tonderai Makoni	154	0.4	New
Majority			12,535	32.3	+8.6
Turnout			38,774	70.8	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	17,701	50.6	−2.6
	Labour	G. McNamara	9,421	26.9	+5.0
	Liberal	John J. MacCullum	7,885	22.5	−2.4
Majority			8,280	23.7	−4.6
Turnout			35,007	71.8	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	19,367	53.2	−4.5
	Liberal	John O K Crawford	9,067	24.9	+4.3
	Labour	Allan Day	7,974	21.9	+0.1
Majority			10,300	28.3	−6.6
Turnout			36,408	75.9	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	20,681	57.7	−0.5
	Labour	John Rhodes	7,809	21.8	−4.1
	Liberal	Ruslyn Hargreaves	7,384	20.6	+4.7
Majority			12,872	35.9	+2.6
Turnout			35,874	75.8	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bryan	20,487	58.2
	Labour	Robert W. Bowes	9,088	25.9
	Liberal	William Derek Ramsdale	5,575	15.9
Majority			11,399	32.3
Turnout			35,150	73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Michael Kinnear, The British Voter: An Atlas and Survey Since 1885 (London: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd., 1981, 2nd ed.)