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Crewe
Crewe
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Crewe in Cheshire, boundaries 1974-83
County	Cheshire
1885–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire
Replaced by	Crewe & Nantwich and Congleton

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Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election in favour of Crewe and Nantwich, with some of the constituency moved into Congleton.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Nantwich and Northwich.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban Districts of Alsager and Nantwich, and parts of the Rural Districts of Congleton and Nantwich.

1950–1955: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban District of Nantwich, and the Rural District of Nantwich.

1955–1983: The Municipal Borough of Crewe, the Urban Districts of Alsager and Sandbach, and in the Rural District of Nantwich the civil parishes of Barthomley, Crewe, Haslington, and Weston.

As its name suggested, the constituency was centred on the town of Crewe in Cheshire. The town of Nantwich was also included in the constituency until 1955, when it gained its own eponymous seat.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	George William Latham	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1886	Walter McLaren	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1895	Robert Ward	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1900	James Tomkinson	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1910 by-election	Walter McLaren	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1912 by-election	Ernest Craig	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" \|	1918	Sir Joseph Davies	Coalition Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1922	Edward Hemmerde	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1924	Sir Ernest Craig, Bt	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1929	John William Bowen	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	Sir Donald Somervell	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	Scholefield Allen	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	Gwyneth Dunwoody	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished: see Crewe and Nantwich & Congleton

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Crewe^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George William Latham	5,089	54.3	N/A
	Conservative	Oscar Leslie Stephen	4,281	45.7	N/A
Majority			808	8.6	N/A
Turnout			9,370	86.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,815
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Crewe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter McLaren	4,690	53.7	−0.6
	Conservative	Francis Randle Twemlow^[4]	4,045	46.3	+0.6
Majority			645	7.4	−1.2
Turnout			8,735	80.8	−5.8
Registered electors			10,815
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Crewe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter McLaren	5,558	58.2	+4.5
	Conservative	Horace W Chatterton^[6]	3,990	41.8	−4.5
Majority			1,568	16.4	+9.0
Turnout			9,548	83.7	+2.9
Registered electors			11,412
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 1895: Crewe^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ward	5,413	52.7	+10.9
	Liberal	Walter McLaren	4,863	47.3	−10.9
Majority			550	5.4	N/A
Turnout			10,276	85.5	+1.8
Registered electors			12,018
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Crewe^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tomkinson	6,120	55.4	+8.1
	Conservative	J E Reiss	4,921	44.6	−8.1
Majority			1,199	10.8	N/A
Turnout			11,041	82.1	−3.4
Registered electors			13,447
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.1

General election 1906: Crewe^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tomkinson	7,805	59.6	+4.2
	Conservative	James Hugh Welsford	5,297	40.4	−4.2
Majority			2,508	19.2	+8.4
Turnout			13,102	87.1	+5.0
Registered electors			15,051
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Crewe^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tomkinson	7,761	53.3	−6.3
	Conservative	John Lane Harrington	5,419	37.2	−3.2
	Labour	Frank Rose	1,380	9.5	N/A
Majority			2,342	16.1	−3.1
Turnout			14,560	91.8	+4.7
Registered electors			15,866
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

Crewe by-election, 1910^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter McLaren	7,639	55.8	+2.5
	Conservative	James Hugh Welsford	6,041	44.2	+7.0
Majority			1,598	11.6	−4.5
Turnout			13,680	86.2	−5.6
Registered electors			15,866
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

General election December 1910: Crewe^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter McLaren	7,629	56.3	+3.0
	Conservative	Ernest Craig	5,925	43.7	+6.5
Majority			1,704	12.6	−3.5
Turnout			13,554	85.4	−6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

Crewe by-election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Ernest Craig	6,260	44.6	+0.9
	Liberal	Harold Lawson Murphy	5,294	37.7	−18.6
	Labour	James Holmes	2,485	17.7	N/A
Majority			966	6.9	N/A
Turnout			14,039	88.1	+2.7
Registered electors			15,927
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.8

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: Ernest Craig
Liberal: Joseph Davies

General election 1918: Crewe^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Joseph Davies	13,392	56.2	−0.1
	Labour	James Brownlie	10,439	43.8	N/A
Majority			2,953	12.4	−0.2
Turnout			23,831	68.4	−17.0
Registered electors			34,818
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Crewe^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hemmerde	15,311	50.9	+7.1
	National Liberal	Joseph Davies	14,756	49.1	−7.1
Majority			555	1.8	N/A
Turnout			30,067	80.9	+12.5
Registered electors			37,159
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.1

General election 1923: Crewe ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hemmerde	14,628	46.5	−4.4
	Unionist	Thomas Strangman	8,734	27.8	N/A
	Liberal	Robert Mortimer Montgomery	8,068	25.7	−23.4
Majority			5,894	18.7	+16.9
Turnout			31,430	82.8	+1.9
Registered electors			37,959
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

General election 1924: Crewe ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Ernest Craig	18,333	55.5	+27.7
	Labour	Edward Hemmerde	14,705	44.5	−2.0
Majority			3,628	11.0	N/A
Turnout			33,038	85.6	+2.8
Registered electors			38,583
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+14.9

Liberal candidate, Alexander Lyle-Samuel withdrew.

General election 1929: Crewe^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bowen	20,948	50.2	+5.7
	Unionist	Donald Somervell	11,732	28.1	−27.4
	Liberal	William Craven Llewelyn	9,076	21.7	N/A
Majority			9,216	22.1	N/A
Turnout			41,756	83.7	−1.9
Registered electors			49,863
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Crewe^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Somervell	25,141	57.8
	Labour	John Bowen	18,351	42.2
Majority			6,790	15.6
Turnout				84.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Crewe^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Somervell	21,729	51.3
	Labour	John Bowen	20,620	48.7
Majority			1,109	2.6
Turnout				80.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

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: Donald Somervell
Labour: John Bowen^[20]

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Crewe^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,416	60.6
	Conservative	Donald Somervell	18,468	39.4
Majority			9,948	21.2
Turnout				74.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Crewe^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,981	53.3
	Conservative	John Richard T. Turner	25,355	46.7
Majority			3,626	6.7
Turnout				86.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Crewe^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	28,488	52.2
	Conservative	John Richard T. Turner	26,045	47.8
Majority			2,443	4.5
Turnout				86.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Crewe^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	21,629	52.5
	Conservative	Granger Farwell Boston	15,273	37.1
	Liberal	Thomas Stuttard Rothwell	4,306	10.5	N/A
Majority			6,356	15.4
Turnout				81.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Crewe^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	22,811	54.5
	Conservative	Geoffrey Leonard Beaman	19,030	45.5
Majority			3,781	9.0
Turnout				82.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Crewe^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	23,579	57.2
	Conservative	Anthony G. Barbour	17,657	42.8
Majority			5,922	14.4
Turnout				79.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Crewe^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	24,141	61.0
	Conservative	Anthony G. Barbour	15,430	39.0
Majority			8,711	22.0
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Crewe^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Scholefield Allen	22,160	54.3
	Conservative	Alastair Goodlad	18,678	45.7
Majority			3,482	8.5
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Crewe^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	21,259	46.5
	Conservative	James Graham Park	16,136	35.3
	Liberal	D. J. Hulland	8,313	18.2	N/A
Majority			5,123	11.2
Turnout				77.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Crewe^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	21,534	49.7
	Conservative	James Graham Park	14,279	32.9
	Liberal	E.A. Richardson	7,559	17.4
Majority			7,255	16.7
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Crewe^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody	22,288	48.3
	Conservative	J. V. Butcher	18,051	39.1
	Liberal	C. Bithell	5,430	11.8
	National Front	W. Tonks	352	0.8	N/A
Majority			4,237	9.2
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ "Crewe". Cheshire Observer. 17 July 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ "Saffron Walden". Herts & Cambs Reporter, and Royston Crow. 4 April 1890. p. 8. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
^ UK General Election results July 1945
^ UK General Election results February 1950
^ UK General Election results October 1951
^ UK General Election results May 1955
^ UK General Election results October 1959
^ UK General Election results October 1964
^ UK General Election results March 1966
^ UK General Election results 1970
^ UK General Election results February 1974
^ UK General Election results October 1974
^ UK General Election results May 1979

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)

[1] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[2] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

[3] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[4] "Crewe". Cheshire Observer. 17 July 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[6] "Saffron Walden". Herts & Cambs Reporter, and Royston Crow. 4 April 1890. p. 8. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[7] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[8] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[9] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[10] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[11] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[12] British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

[13] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[14] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[15] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[16] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[17] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[18] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[19] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[20] Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

[21] UK General Election results July 1945

[22] UK General Election results February 1950

[23] UK General Election results October 1951

[24] UK General Election results May 1955

[25] UK General Election results October 1959

[26] UK General Election results October 1964

[27] UK General Election results March 1966

[28] UK General Election results 1970

[29] UK General Election results February 1974

[30] UK General Election results October 1974

[31] UK General Election results May 1979

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-{{Election box begin|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1955]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i06.htm UK General Election results May 1955]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i06.htm UK General Election results May 1955]</ref>}}
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-{{Election box begin|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1959]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge59/i06.htm UK General Election results October 1959]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge59/i06.htm UK General Election results October 1959]</ref>}}
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+{{Election box begin|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge64/i06.htm UK General Election results October 1964]</ref>}}
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-{{Election box begin|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1966]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge66/i06.htm UK General Election results March 1966]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge66/i06.htm UK General Election results March 1966]</ref>}}
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-{{Election box begin|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1970]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge70/i06.htm UK General Election results 1970]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge70/i06.htm UK General Election results 1970]</ref>}}
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-{{Election box begin|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General Election February 1974]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i06.htm UK General Election results February 1974]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i06.htm UK General Election results February 1974]</ref>}}
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+{{Election box begin|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74b/i06.htm UK General Election results October 1974]</ref>}}
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-{{Election box begin|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1979]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i06.htm UK General Election results May 1979]</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Crewe<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i06.htm UK General Election results May 1979]</ref>}}
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   |party      = Labour Party (UK)