| The Hartlepools | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool.
The Hartlepools was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act 1867, being given one MP. It had previously been part of the two-MP county division of South Durham.
The constituency was renamed Hartlepool in 1974, following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the borough of Hartlepool and the county borough of West Hartlepool.[1]
The municipal borough of Hartlepool, and the townships of Throston, Stranton, and Seaton Carew.[2]
See map on Vision of Britain website.[3]
County borough of West Hartlepool and municipal borough of Hartlepool.[4]
Boundaries redrawn in 1918, 1950 and 1955 to reflect changes to the boundaries of the two boroughs.[5]
| Election | Member | Political party | Offices held | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Ralph Ward Jackson | Conservative | |||
| 1874 | Thomas Richardson | Liberal | |||
| 1875 by-election | Lowthian Bell | Liberal | |||
| 1880 | Thomas Richardson | Liberal | |||
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||||
| 1891 by-election | Christopher Furness | Liberal | |||
| 1895 | Sir Thomas Richardson | Liberal Unionist | |||
| 1900 | Sir Christopher Furness | Liberal | |||
| 1910 by-election | Stephen Furness | Liberal | |||
| 1914 by-election | Sir Walter Runciman | Liberal | |||
| 1918 | W. G. Howard Gritten | Unionist | |||
| 1922 | William Jowitt | Liberal | |||
| 1924 | Sir Wilfrid Sugden | Unionist | |||
| 1929 | W. G. Howard Gritten | Unionist | |||
| 1943 by-election | Thomas George Greenwell | Conservative | |||
| 1945 | D. T. Jones | Labour | |||
| 1959 | John Kerans | Conservative | |||
| 1964 | Ted Leadbitter | Labour | |||
Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been preparing for this election, and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:
General Election 1939–40
A General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1940. The parties had been preparing for this election, and by autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected:
*Lupton stood as a 'People's' candidate
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