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The Hartlepools — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

The Hartlepools was won by Labour at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 7,516 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in The Hartlepools from 1868 to 1970.

Full Election History, 1868–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 Ralph Ward Jackson (Conservative) 1,550 50.0% Thomas Richardson (Liberal) 3 (0.1 pts) 79.0%
1874 Thomas Richardson (Liberal) 2,308 62.4% Ralph Ward Jackson (Conservative) 918 (24.8 pts) 81.7%
1880 Thomas Richardson (Liberal) 1,965 37.2% Isaac Lowthian Bell (Liberal) 248 (4.7 pts) 79.0%
1885 Thomas Richardson (Liberal) 3,669 58.3% Thomas Hutchinson Tristram (Conservative) 1,040 (16.5 pts) 74.1%
1886 Thomas Richardson (Liberal Unionist) 3,381 57.8% Mervyn Lanark Hawkes (Liberal) 912 (15.6 pts) 68.8%
1892 Christopher Furness (Liberal) 4,626 50.4% Thomas Richardson (Liberal Unionist) 76 (0.8 pts) 87.3%
1895 Thomas Richardson (Liberal Unionist) 4,853 50.4% Christopher Furness (Liberal) 81 (0.8 pts) 87.5%
1900 Christopher Furness (Liberal) 6,491 58.5% Thomas Richardson (Liberal Unionist) 1,879 (16.9 pts) 86.4%
1906 Christopher Furness (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Jan 1910 Christopher Furness (Liberal) 6,531 53.2% William George Howard Gritten (Conservative) 777 (6.3 pts) 89.6%
Dec 1910 Stephen Wilson Furness (Liberal) 6,017 50.2% William George Howard Gritten (Conservative) 48 (0.4 pts) 87.4%
1918 William George Howard Gritten (Unionist) 13,003 51.2% Charles Macfarlane (Liberal) 5,356 (21.1 pts) 64.1%
1922 William Allen Jowitt (Liberal) 18,252 50.8% William George Howard Gritten (Unionist) 567 (1.6 pts) 87.2%
1923 William Allen Jowitt (Liberal) 17,101 46.5% William George Howard Gritten (Unionist) 145 (0.4 pts) 87.5%
1924 Wilfrid Hart Sugden (Unionist) 19,077 49.5% William Allen Jowitt (Liberal) 3,353 (8.7 pts) 90.3%
1929 William George Howard Gritten (Unionist) 17,271 38.0% Stephen Noel Furness (Liberal) 138 (0.3 pts) 85.9%
1931 William George Howard Gritten (Conservative) 30,842 68.1% Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (Labour) 16,380 (36.2 pts) 84.4%
1935 William George Howard Gritten (Conservative) 21,828 47.8% Charles Goatcher (Labour) 4,897 (10.7 pts) 83.0%
1945 David Thomas Jones (Labour) 16,502 41.2% Thomas George Greenwell (Conservative) 275 (0.7 pts) 76.1%
1950 David Thomas Jones (Labour) 25,609 50.6% Thomas George Greenwell (Conservative) 5,236 (10.3 pts) 87.2%
1951 David Thomas Jones (Labour) 27,147 52.6% Paul Carter (Conservative) 2,710 (5.2 pts) 86.6%
1955 David Thomas Jones (Labour) 25,145 51.6% Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart (Conservative) 1,585 (3.2 pts) 81.8%
1959 John Simon Kerans (Conservative) 25,463 50.2% David Thomas Jones (Labour) 182 (0.4 pts) 83.3%
1964 Edward Leadbitter (Labour) 25,883 52.9% Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth (Conservative) 2,867 (5.9 pts) 81.9%
1966 Edward Leadbitter (Labour) 27,509 59.3% Ian Bransom (Conservative) 8,652 (18.7 pts) 78.5%
1970 Edward Leadbitter (Labour) 27,704 57.8% Robert Marshall (Conservative) 7,516 (15.7 pts) 74.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Ward Jackson Conservative 1,55050.0% Yes
Thomas Richardson Liberal 1,54750.0% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Richardson Liberal 2,30862.4% Yes
Ralph Ward Jackson Conservative 1,39037.6% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Richardson Liberal 1,96537.2% Yes
Isaac Lowthian Bell Liberal 1,71732.5% No
Thomas Hutchinson Tristram Conservative 1,59730.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Richardson Liberal 3,66958.3% Yes
Thomas Hutchinson Tristram Conservative 2,62941.7% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Richardson Liberal Unionist 3,38157.8% Yes
Mervyn Lanark Hawkes Liberal 2,46942.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Furness Liberal 4,62650.4% Yes
Thomas Richardson Liberal Unionist 4,55049.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Richardson Liberal Unionist 4,85350.4% Yes
Christopher Furness Liberal 4,77249.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Furness Liberal 6,49158.5% Yes
Thomas Richardson Liberal Unionist 4,61241.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Furness Liberal Unopposed Yes

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Furness Liberal 6,53153.2% Yes
William George Howard Gritten Conservative 5,75446.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Wilson Furness Liberal 6,01750.2% Yes
William George Howard Gritten Conservative 5,96949.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Howard Gritten Unionist 13,00351.2% Yes
Charles Macfarlane Liberal 7,64730.1% No
William John Sherwood Labour 4,73318.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allen Jowitt Liberal 18,25250.8% Yes
William George Howard Gritten Unionist 17,68549.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allen Jowitt Liberal 17,10146.5% Yes
William George Howard Gritten Unionist 16,95646.1% No
George Belt Labour 2,7557.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Hart Sugden Unionist 19,07749.5% Yes
William Allen Jowitt Liberal 15,72440.8% No
Craigie Mason Aitchison Labour 3,7179.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Howard Gritten Unionist 17,27138.0% Yes
Stephen Noel Furness Liberal 17,13337.7% No
Gilbert Oliver Labour 11,05224.3% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Howard Gritten Conservative 30,84268.1% Yes
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor Labour 14,46231.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Howard Gritten Conservative 21,82847.8% Yes
Charles Goatcher Labour 16,93137.0% No
Joseph Scott-Cowell Liberal 6,93915.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Thomas Jones Labour 16,50241.2% Yes
Thomas George Greenwell Conservative 16,22740.5% No
Godfrey Russell Vick Liberal 6,90317.2% No
Harry Lane National Independent 3901.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Thomas Jones Labour 25,60950.6% Yes
Thomas George Greenwell Conservative 20,37340.3% No
Francis John Long Liberal 4,6239.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Thomas Jones Labour 27,14752.6% Yes
Paul Carter Conservative 24,43747.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Thomas Jones Labour 25,14551.6% Yes
Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart Conservative 23,56048.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Kerans Conservative 25,46350.2% Yes
David Thomas Jones Labour 25,28149.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Leadbitter Labour 25,88352.9% Yes
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth Conservative 23,01647.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Leadbitter Labour 27,50959.3% Yes
Ian Bransom Conservative 18,85740.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Leadbitter Labour 27,70457.8% Yes
Robert Marshall Conservative 20,18842.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1868: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1874: Liberal margin 24.8 pts 1880: Liberal margin 4.7 pts 1885: Liberal margin 16.5 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 15.6 pts 1892: Liberal margin 0.8 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 0.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 16.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 6.3 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 21.1 pts 1922: Liberal margin 1.6 pts 1923: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 8.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 0.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 36.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 10.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 0.7 pts 1950: Labour margin 10.3 pts 1951: Labour margin 5.2 pts 1955: Labour margin 3.2 pts 1959: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1964: Labour margin 5.9 pts 1966: Labour margin 18.7 pts 1970: Labour margin 15.7 pts 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

The Hartlepools has been contested at 26 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won The Hartlepools in the 1970 general election?

Labour won The Hartlepools in 1970 with 27,704 votes (57.8%), a majority of 7,516 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won The Hartlepools since 1868?

Since 1868, The Hartlepools has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist.

What was the closest result in The Hartlepools?

The closest result on record for The Hartlepools was 1868, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 3 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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