Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)

Former borough constituency in England

Not to be confused with Henley (UK Parliament constituency) or Heeley (UK Parliament constituency).

Hanley

Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County| Staffordshire
1885–1950
Seats| One
Created from| Stoke-upon-Trent
Replaced by| Stoke-on-Trent Central

Hanley was a borough constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1885 and 1950. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.

## History

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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election. Before this, since 1832 a parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon-Trent had existed, covering almost the whole of what is now the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation and electing two MPs. In 1885, this was split into two constituencies electing a single member each, Stoke-upon-Trent in the south and Hanley in the north. Hanley became a parliamentary borough in its own right, and shortly afterwards also became a county borough.

The Hanley constituency in the 1885 to 1918 period included Burslem, as well as Hanley itself, and was one of the most populous urban constituencies in the country, with more than 100,000 inhabitants by the time of the First World War. Its main economic base was pottery, though both towns included substantial numbers of coal miners as well as pottery workers. Predominantly working class, it could be normally be considered a safe Liberal seat; however, the Conservatives managed a narrow victory as part of their national landslide in 1900, perhaps helped by lack of enthusiasm among the potters for the Liberal candidate, Enoch Edwards, who was one of the leaders of the miners' union. Edwards convincingly recaptured the seat in 1906, and with the rest of his union joined the Labour Party in 1909. At the by-election after his death, however, the Liberals regained the seat, with the Labour candidate a poor third.

By the time of the general election of 1918, the county borough of Hanley had been absorbed into an enlarged county borough of Stoke-on-Trent, and in the boundary changes implemented in that year the same process took place at parliamentary level. The new parliamentary borough of Stoke-on-Trent was accorded three seats in place of the two which the area had had since 1885, and was divided into three single-member constituencies, of which Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley was one. The new division was smaller than the old constituency, Burslem now having a seat of its own, and quickly became a safe Labour seat, though the Conservatives won it in their landslide year of 1931.

Hanley was abolished for the 1950 general election, being largely replaced by the new Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency.

## Boundaries

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1885–1918: The municipal boroughs of Hanley and Burslem, and so much of the parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon-Trent as lay to the north of Hanley, and was not included in the local government district of Tunstall.[1]

1918-1950: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen.[2]

## Members of Parliament

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Election | Member | Party

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| 1885 | William Woodall | Liberal
| 1900 | Arthur Heath | Conservative
| 1906 | Enoch Edwards | Lib-Lab
| 1909  | Labour
| 1912 by-election | R. L. Outhwaite | Liberal
| 1918 | James Andrew Seddon | Coalition NDP
| 1922 | Myles Harper Parker | Labour
| 1924 | Samuel Clowes | Labour
| 1928 by-election | Arthur Hollins | Labour
| 1931 | Harold Hales | Conservative
| 1935 | Arthur Hollins | Labour
| 1945 | Barnett Stross | Labour
1950 | constituency abolished

## Elections

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### Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1885: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Woodall | 6,136  | 69.1  |
| Conservative | Francis Vers Wright[4] | 2,739  | 30.9  |
Majority | 3,397  | 38.2  |
Turnout | 8,875  | 80.9  |
Registered electors | 10,970  |  |
| Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Woodall | Unopposed
| Liberal hold

### Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Woodall | 5,825  | 59.3  | N/A
| Conservative | Arthur Heath | 3,993  | 40.7  | New
Majority | 1,832  | 18.6  | N/A
Turnout | 9,818  | 77.1  | N/A
Registered electors | 12,742  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1895: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Woodall | 5,653  | 51.3  | −8.0
| Conservative | Arthur Heath | 5,367  | 48.7  | +8.0
Majority | 286  | 2.6  | −16.0
Turnout | 11,020  | 85.4  | +8.3
Registered electors | 12,897  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −8.0  |

### Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Arthur Heath | 6,586  | 52.6  | +3.9
| Lib-Lab | Enoch Edwards | 5,944  | 47.4  | −3.9
Majority | 642  | 5.2  | N/A
Turnout | 12,530  | 78.4  | −7.0
Registered electors | 15,983  |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.9  |
General election 1906: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Lib-Lab | Enoch Edwards | 9,183  | 68.2  | +20.8
| Conservative | Arthur Heath | 4,287  | 31.8  | −20.8
Majority | 4,896  | 36.4  | N/A
Turnout | 13,470  | 83.4  | +5.0
Registered electors | 16,156  |  |
| Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.8  |

### Elections in the 1910s

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Enoch Edwards General election January 1910: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Enoch Edwards | 9,199  | 63.9  | −4.3
| Conservative | George Herman Rittner  | 5,202  | 36.1  | +4.3
Majority | 3,997  | 27.8  | N/A
Turnout | 14,401  | 87.1  | +3.7
| Labour gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | -4.3  |
General election December 1910: Hanley[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Enoch Edwards | 8,343  | 64.2  | +0.3
| Conservative | George Herman Rittner  | 4,658  | 35.8  | −0.3
Majority | 3,685  | 28.4  | +0.6
Turnout | 13,001  | 78.6  | −8.5
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.3  |
RL Outhwaite 1912 Hanley by-election[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | R. L. Outhwaite | 6,647  | 46.4  | New
| Conservative | George Herman Rittner  | 5,993  | 41.8  | +6.0
| Labour | Samuel Finney | 1,694  | 11.8  | −52.4
Majority | 654  | 4.6  | N/A
Turnout | 14,334  | 85.1  | +6.5
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |  |

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

* Liberal Party: R. L. Outhwaite
* Labour Party: Myles Parker
* Unionist Party: George Herman Rittner

General election 14 December 1918: Hanley[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | National Democratic | James Seddon | 8,032 | 40.4 | New
| Labour | Myles Parker | 7,697  | 38.7  | −35.5
| Independent Liberal | R. L. Outhwaite | 2,703  | 13.6  | N/A
| Liberal | Leonard Lumsden Grimwade  | 1,459  | 7.3  | N/A
Majority | 335  | 1.7  | N/A
Turnout | 19,891  | 58.9  | −19.7
| National Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing |  |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Myles Parker | 10,742  | 48.8  | +10.1
| National Liberal | James Seddon | 6,312  | 28.7  | −11.7
| Liberal | John Howard Whitehouse | 4,942  | 22.5  | +15.2
Majority | 4,430  | 20.1  | N/A
Turnout | 21,996  | 67.4  | +8.5
| Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing | +10.9  |
General election 1923: Hanley [6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Myles Parker | 11,508  | 53.3  | +4.5
| Unionist | James Seddon | 5,817  | 26.9  | −1.8
| Liberal | Ada Rowley Moody | 4,268  | 19.8  | −2.7
Majority | 5,691  | 26.4  | +6.3
Turnout | 21,593  | 63.7  | −3.7
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.1  |
General election 1924: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Samuel Clowes | 13,527  | 53.0  | −0.3
| Unionist | Frank Collis  | 11,976  | 47.0  | +20.1
Majority | 1,554  | 6.0  | −20.4
Turnout | 25,503  | 73.5  | +9.8
| Labour hold | Swing | -10.2  |
1928 Hanley by-election[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Arthur Hollins | 15,136  | 60.2  | +7.2
| Unionist | Alfred Denville | 6,604  | 26.3  | −20.7
| Liberal | Walter Meakin | 3,390  | 13.5  | New
Majority | 8,532  | 33.9  | +27.9
Turnout | 25,130  | 69.9  | −3.6
| Labour hold | Swing | +14.0  |
General election 1929: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Arthur Hollins | 20,785  | 62.1  | +1.9
| Unionist | Eric Errington | 9,022  | 26.9  | +0.6
| Liberal | Charles White | 3,696  | 11.0  | −2.5
Majority | 11,763  | 35.2  | +1.3
Turnout | 33,503  | 72.5  | +2.6
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.6  |

### Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Harold Hales | 18,262  | 53.01  |
| Labour | Arthur Hollins | 15,245  | 44.25  |
| Commonwealth Land Party | J. W. Graham Peace | 946  | 2.75  | New
Majority | 3,017  | 8.76  | N/A
Turnout | 34,453  | 72.64  |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |  |
General election 1935: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Arthur Hollins | 17,211  | 52.01  |
| Conservative | Harold Hales | 15,880  | 47.99  |
Majority | 1,331  | 4.02  |
Turnout | 33,091  | 69.79  |
| Labour gain from Conservative | 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;

* Labour: Barnett Stross[7]
* Liberal National: Frederick L Boult

### Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Hanley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Barnett Stross | 21,915  | 68.00  |
| Conservative | JPAL Doran  | 10,313  | 32.00  |
Majority | 11,602  | 36.00  |
Turnout | 32,228  | 73.64  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
2. ^ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the People Act, 1918: with explanatory notes. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
4. ^ "The General Election". The Morning Post. 24 November 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 28 November 2017 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
6. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

* The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
* Michael Kinnear, The British Voter (London: BH Batsford, Ltd, 1968)
* Henry Pelling, Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910 (London: Macmillan, 1967)
* Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)

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City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards|

* Abbey Green ward
* Abbey Hulton
* Baddeley Green
* Basford
* Bentilee
* Birches Head
* Blurton
* Blythe Bridge
* Bradeley
* Bucknall
* Burslem
* Chell
* Cliffe Vale
* Cobridge
* Dresden
* Etruria
* Fenton
* Florence
* Ford Green Brook
* Fowlea Brook
* Goldenhill
* Hanford
* Hanley
* Hartshill
* Hem Heath
* Heron Cross
* Lightwood
* Longport
* Longton
* Lyme Brook
* Meir
* Middleport
* Milton
* Normacot
* Northwood
* Norton le Moors
* Penkhull
* Sandyford
* Shelton
* Sideway
* Smallthorne
* Sneyd Green
* Stoke-upon-Trent
* Trentham
* Trent Vale
* Tunstall
* Weston Coyney

History|

* Ceramic and Allied Trades Union
* Darwin–Wedgwood family
* Federation of Stoke-on-Trent
* History of Port Vale F.C.
* History of Stoke City F.C.
* Staffordshire Potteries
* Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent
* 1842 Pottery Riots

Parliamentary
constituencies|

| Current|

* Stoke-on-Trent North
* Stoke-on-Trent Central
* Stoke-on-Trent South

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Historic|

* Burslem
* Hanley
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion|

* Stoke Minster
* Bethesda Methodist Chapel
* Bethel Chapel, Burslem
* St John's Church, Burslem
* St Joseph's Church, Burslem
* St Paul's Church, Burslem
* Burslem Sunday School
* Swan Bank Methodist Church, Burslem
* Burslem United Reformed Church
* Christ Church, Fenton
* Hulton Abbey
* St James' Church, Longton
* Longton Methodist Central Hall
* St Mark's Church, Shelton
* Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church
* Christ Church, Tunstall
* Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall

Tourism|

| Buildings|

* Listed buildings (Grade II*)
* Bottle ovens
* Burslem Market Hall
* Etruria Hall
* Ford Green Hall
* Old Town Hall, Burslem
* Trentham Mausoleum
* The Villas
* Wedgwood Institute
* Water World
* Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)

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Theatres|

* Mitchell Arts Centre
* Queen's Theatre
* Regent Theatre
* Stoke Rep
* Theatre Royal
* Victoria Hall

Museums
and libraries|

* Burslem School of Art
* Chatterley Whitfield
* Etruria Industrial Museum
* Gladstone Pottery Museum
* Montagu C. Butler Library
* Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
* Spode Museum

Shopping|

* City Sentral
* Potteries Shopping Centre

Parks and
countryside|

* Bagnall Road Wood
* Berryhill Fields
* Burslem Park
* Hanley Park
* Hartshill Park
* Hem Heath Woods
* Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival
* Trentham Estate
* Victoria Park, Tunstall
* Westport Lake
* Whitfield Valley

Sport and
music venues|

* Bet365 Stadium
* Golden Torch
* Jollees
* Longton Cricket Club Ground
* Meir Heath Cricket Club
* Shelley's Laserdome
* The Sugarmill
* The Underground
* Vale Park

Mass media|

| Publishing|

* Cross Rhythms
* Pits n Pots
* The Oatcake
* The Sentinel

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Radio|

* BBC Radio Stoke
* Cross Rhythms City Radio
* Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire
* Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire
* UCB UK

Education|

* List of schools
* Stoke-on-Trent College
* City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
* Staffordshire University
* Royal Stoke University Hospital

Companies|

| Pottery|

* Aynsley China
* Beswick Pottery
* Burleigh Pottery
* Carlton Ware
* Churchill China
* Clayburn Pottery
* Dudson
* Emma Bridgewater
* Etruria Works
* Gray's Pottery
* James Sadler and Sons Ltd
* Lucideon
* J. & G. Meakin
* Midwinter Pottery
* Mintons
* Moorcroft
* Palissy
* Paragon China
* Portmeirion Pottery
* Royal Doulton
* Royal Winton
* Shelley Potteries
* Spode
* Steelite
* Wedgwood
* W H Grindley

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Other|

* Armitage Shanks
* Bet365
* Clay Records
* Goodwin
* Hanley Economic Building Society
* Shelton Bar
* SONS Records
* Titanic Brewery
* Twyford Bathrooms
* Wrights Pies

Sport|

| Association football teams|

* Abbey Hulton United
* Dresden United
* Eastwood Hanley
* Hanley Town
* Meir K.A.
* Norton United
* Port Vale
* Stoke City

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Rugby union teams|

* Longton
* Stoke-on-Trent

Speedway teams|

* Stoke Potters
* Stoke Spitfires

Transport|

| Canals|

* Caldon Canal
* Trent and Mersey Canal

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Public transport|

* D&G Bus
* First Potteries
* Stoke Streetcar

Rail|

* Longport railway station
* Longton railway station
* North Staffordshire Railway
* Stafford–Manchester line
* Stoke-on-Trent railway station
* Stoke railway works

Major roads|

* A34
* A50
* A52
* A53
* A500
* Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous|

* List of people
* Lobby
* May un Mar Lady
* Oatcake
* Owd Grandad Piggott
* Potteries derby
* Potteries dialect
* Queen Street, Burslem
* River Trent
* Start Up Citywide
* ST postcode area

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