# Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckrose was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, comprising the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by one Member of Parliament, and was created for the 1885 general election.
Buckrose was abolished for the 1950 general election, when boundary changes reduced the East Riding's number of county constituencies from three to two, the eastern part of the constituency and most of the voters being included in the new Bridlington constituency and the remainder in the Beverley constituency.

## Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Bainton Beacon, Buckrose, and Dickering.
1918–1950: The Borough of Bridlington, the Urban Districts of Filey, Great Driffield, and Norton, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington, Driffield, Norton, and Sherburn.
The constituency consisted of the northern third of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The largest town in the seat was Bridlington, but it also included Filey, Driffield, and Norton, as well as numerous villages, and the rural element was predominant. At the time of the 1921 census, almost two-fifths (38%) of the occupied male population were engaged in agriculture.

## Name

Buckrose took its name from the wapentake of Buckrose, one of the medieval sub-divisions of the East Riding which, however, had long ceased to have much administrative significance by 1885, and had covered only part of the area of the constituency and a minority of its population. (The constituency also included the whole of the former wapentake of Dickering, which included Bridlington and Filey, and part of the wapentake of Harthill which included Driffield.) The name seems to have been chosen primarily to avoid offending any local sensibilities, and with little regard for comprehensibility (a criticism also levelled at many of the other new constituency names created under the 1885 Reform Act).

## Members of Parliament

| Election | | Member | Party |
| 1885 | | Christopher Sykes | Conservative |
| 1886 | | William Alexander McArthur | Liberal |
| 1886 | | Christopher Sykes | Conservative |
| 1892 | | Sir Angus Holden | Liberal |
| 1900 | | Sir Luke White | Liberal |
| 1918 | | Algernon Moreing | Coalition Liberal |
| 1922 | | Guy Gaunt | Conservative |
| 1926 by-election | | Sir Albert Braithwaite | Conservative |
| 1945 | | George Wadsworth | Liberal |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Bridlington and Beverley | constituency abolished: see Bridlington and Beverley | constituency abolished: see Bridlington and Beverley |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 4,081 | 51.9 | |
| | Liberal | John James Cousins | 3,785 | 48.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,866 | 86.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,113 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1886: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 3,735 | 50.1 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal | William Alexander McArthur | 3,724 | 49.9 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | 0.2 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,459 | 81.9 | −4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,113 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
* At the General Election of 1886, McArthur was declared the victor over Sykes by a single vote, 3,742 to 3,741, and took his seat, but "on scrutiny" the seat was eventually awarded to his opponent, Sykes, by a majority of 11 votes.

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Angus Holden | 4,294 | 54.1 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Fison | 3,642 | 45.9 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 652 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,936 | 87.8 | +5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,035 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2 | |
General election 1895: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Angus Holden | 4,076 | 50.6 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Goff | 3,986 | 49.4 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 1.2 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,062 | 86.8 | −1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,284 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.5 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Luke White | 4,083 | 50.6 | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Ernest Meysey-Thompson | 3,992 | 49.4 | −0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 1.2 | +0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,075 | 83.7 | −3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,652 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.0 | |
General election 1906: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Luke White | 5,236 | 59.0 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Bethune | 3,634 | 41.0 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,602 | 18.0 | +16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,870 | 87.4 | +3.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,151 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Luke White | 4,957 | 51.1 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Sykes | 4,739 | 48.9 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 2.2 | −15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,696 | 91.0 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -7.9 | |
General election December 1910: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Luke White | 4,867 | 51.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Sykes | 4,635 | 48.8 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 2.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,502 | 89.2 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Liberal: Luke White
General election 1918: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | National Liberal | Algernon Moreing | 9,310 | 60.9 | N/A |
| | Independent Labour | George Henry Dawson | 3,176 | 20.8 | New |
| | Liberal | Austin Taylor | 2,792 | 18.3 | −32.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,134 | 40.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,278 | 56.0 | −33.2 |
| | National Liberal gain from Liberal | National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Guy Gaunt | 12,012 | 51.3 | New |
| | Liberal | Thomas Fenby | 11,411 | 48.7 | +30.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 601 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,423 | 82.5 | +26.5 |
| | Unionist gain from National Liberal | Unionist gain from National Liberal | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Guy Gaunt | 12,336 | 50.4 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Fenby | 12,122 | 49.6 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 214 | 0.8 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,458 | 84.1 | +1.6 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -0.9 | |
General election 1924: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Guy Gaunt | 13,966 | 56.0 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal | Harry Briggs | 10,962 | 44.0 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,004 | 12.0 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,928 | 82.9 | −1.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
1926 Buckrose by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Albert Braithwaite | 12,098 | 48.7 | −7.3 |
| | Liberal | Harry Verney | 10,537 | 42.5 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Herbert Cecil Laycock | 2,191 | 8.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,552 | 6.2 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,826 | 81.7 | −1.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -2.9 | |
General election 1929: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Albert Braithwaite | 15,625 | 50.0 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal | Sidney Streatfield Leigh Lamert | 13,885 | 44.4 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Harold H Vickers | 1,766 | 5.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1.740 | 5.6 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,216 | 80.4 | −1.3 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -0.3 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1935: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | 18,090 | 55.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Thomas Macleod | 14,763 | 44.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,327 | 10.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,853 | 78.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Conservative: Albert Braithwaite
* Liberal: Thomas Macleod
General election 1945: Buckrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Wadsworth | 15,934 | 51.5 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Albert Braithwaite | 14,985 | 48.5 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 949 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,919 | 71.9 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.6 | |