# Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

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

## Election results
### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,544 | 30.7 | +19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,383 | 74.4 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,780 | 11.5 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,657 | 72.4 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,211 | 13.8 | −18.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,832 | 78.6 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1970: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 12,535 | 32.3 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,774 | 70.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,280 | 23.7 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,007 | 71.8 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1964: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 10,300 | 28.3 | −6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,408 | 75.9 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 12,872 | 35.9 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,874 | 75.8 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Howden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,399 | 32.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,150 | 73.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |