Kingston upon Hull South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950

Kingston upon Hull South West
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Hull West
Replaced by	Hull Central

Kingston upon Hull South West was a borough constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. 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.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Coltman, North Newington, and South Newington.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Cyril Entwistle	Liberal
	1924	Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian	Conservative
	1929	John Arnott	Labour
	1931	Richard Law	Conservative
	1945	Sydney Smith	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cyril Entwistle	6,724	41.52
C	Coalition Labour	John R. Bell	5,005	30.90
	Labour	Robert Mell	3,121	19.27
	NFDDSS	Albert Edward Shakesby	695	4.29
	Independent Business	Percy Selwyn Newbond	650	4.01
Majority			1,719	10.62
Turnout			16,195	49.68
Registered electors			32,601
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Bell was also endorsed by the National Sailors and Firemans Union

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Entwistle	10,360	40.61	−0.91
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	9,597	37.62	N/A
	Labour	John Arnott	4,859	19.05	−0.22
	National Liberal	David Pughe	692	2.71	N/A
Majority			763	2.99	N/A
Turnout			25,508	72.50	+22.82
Registered electors			35,182
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1923: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Entwistle	10,316	40.98	+0.37
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	8,883	35.29	−2.33
	Labour	John Arnott	5,973	23.83	+4.78
Majority			1,433	5.69	+2.70
Turnout			25,172	70.25	−2.25
Registered electors			35,832
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.35

General election 1924: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	11,190	40.97	+5.68
	Liberal	Cyril Entwistle	8,155	29.86	−11.12
	Labour	John Arnott	7,965	29.17	+5.34
Majority			3,035	11.11	N/A
Turnout			27,310	75.36	+5.11
Registered electors			36,240
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.40

General election 1929: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Arnott	14,903	41.18	+12.01
	Unionist	Herbert Brent Grotrian	12,464	34.44	−6.53
	Liberal	Herbert Aubrey Crowe	8,826	24.39	−5.47
Majority			2,439	6.74	N/A
Turnout			36,193	76.65	+1.29
Registered electors			47,219
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.27

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Law	25,909	66.83	+32.39
	Labour	John Arnott	12,857	33.17	−8.01
Majority			13,052	33.66	N/A
Turnout			38,766	78.60	+1.95
Registered electors			49,322
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+20.20

General election 14 November 1935: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Law	17,406	51.00	−15.83
	Labour	John Arnott	13,975	40.95	+7.78
	Liberal	Francis Vernon Baxter	2,749	8.05	New
Majority			3,431	10.05	−23.61
Turnout			34,130	68.77	−9.83
Registered electors			49,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.81

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: A general election was due to take place by the spring of 1940. By the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Conservative: Richard Law
Labour Party: Sydney Smith (Dennis Gordon was PPC until 1939 when he was expelled)

General election 1945: Hull South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Smith	18,606	58.98	+18.03
	Conservative	Richard Law	10,294	32.63	−18.37
	Liberal	Ernest Edgar Dalton	2,645	8.38	+0.33
Majority			8,312	26.35	N/A
Turnout			31,545	74.54	+5.77
Registered electors			42,320
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.20

References

^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 419. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)

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