Evan Hayward

Evan Hayward (2 April 1876 – 30 January 1958) was a Liberal Party politician in England.

Background and education

Hayward was born in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and attended Katherine Lady Berkeley's Grammar School where he studied politics and law.

Hayward was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Durham at the January 1910 general election, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election. He then stood for the new Seaham constituency in County Durham, as a Liberal candidate; he had been issued with the "coalition coupon", but repudiated it. Nonetheless, the Conservative Party did not field a candidate in Seaham, and Hayward won the seat with a comfortable 17% majority over his Labour Party opponent. However, at the 1922 general election, the Conservatives did field a candidate. Hayward was pushed into a poor third place with only 15.5% of the votes, and Labour's Sidney Webb took the seat with nearly 60% of the votes.

After his defeat, Hayward did not stand for Parliament again.

General election January 1910: South East Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Hayward	9,298	57.5	n/a
	Conservative	Frederick Lambton	6,860	42.5	n/a
Majority	2,438	15.0	n/a
Turnout	16,158	85.6	n/a
Registered electors	18,880
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist	Swing	n/a

General election December 1910: South East Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Hayward	8,203	53.9	−3.6
	Conservative	Rowland Burdon	7,021	46.1	+3.6
Majority	1,182	7.8	−7.2
Turnout	15,224	80.6	−5.0
Registered electors	18,880
	Liberal hold	Swing	−3.6

General election 1918: Seaham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Hayward	12,754	58.7	n/a
	Labour	Jack Lawson	8,988	41.3	n/a
Majority	3,766	17.4	n/a
Turnout		59.2	n/a
	Liberal win

General election 1922: Seaham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Webb	20,203	59.9	+18.6
	Unionist	Thomas Andrews Bradford	8,315	24.6	n/a
	Liberal	Evan Hayward	5,247	15.5	−43.2
Majority	11,888	35.3	n/a
Turnout		81.9	+22.7
	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing	n/a

Hayward married Elizabeth Marion Bergfeldt at Kensington Chapel on 6 December 1913.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
PrecededbyFrederick William Lambton	Member of Parliament for South East Durham January 1910 – 1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Seaham 1918 – 1922	SucceededbySidney Webb