The Hartlepools was a

borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...

represented in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

of the

UK Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremac ...

. The constituency became

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...

in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old

and

West Hartlepool West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland. The former town was originally formed in ...

History

The Hartlepools was enfranchised as a

by the

Reform Act 1867 The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 (known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first ...

, being given one MP. It had previously been part of the two-MP county division of

South Durham South Durham, formally the Southern Division of Durham and often referred to as Durham Southern, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two M ...

. The constituency was renamed

in 1974, following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the

borough of Hartlepool The Borough of Hartlepool is a unitary authority area in ceremonial County Durham, England. The borough's largest town is Hartlepool. It borders the County Durham district as well as the boroughs of Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees ...

and the county borough of

Boundaries

1868–1918

The municipal borough of Hartlepool, and the townships of Throston,

Stranton Stranton is an area of south Hartlepool in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It is a former village and parish. The ancient parish boundaries were the North Sea to the east, Greatham Creek, an arm of the Tees, to the south, the ...

, and

Seaton Carew Seaton Carew is a seaside resort and civil parish in the Borough of Hartlepool in County Durham, England. It had an estimated population of 6,018. The area is named after a Norman French family called Carou who owned lands in the area and set ...

. ''See map on Vision of Britain website.''

1918–1974

County borough of West Hartlepool and municipal borough of Hartlepool. ''Boundaries redrawn in 1918, 1950 and 1955 to reflect changes to the boundaries of the two boroughs.''

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been preparing for this election, and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected: *Liberal: Stephen Furness *Unionist: William Gritten

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40 A General Election was scheduled to take place before the end of 1940. The parties had been preparing for this election, and by autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected: *Conservative: William Gritten *Labour: D. T. JonesReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 *Liberal: *Lupton stood as a 'People's' candidate

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Notes and References

Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartlepool (Uk Parliament Constituency) Politics of the Borough of Hartlepool Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974