Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
Deptford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Greenwich |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
Boundaries
1918-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
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Members of Parliament
Election results
Election in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 14,672 | 62.96 | ||
Conservative | Michael Brotherton | 7,355 | 31.56 | ||
National Front | Martin Vaux | 1,277 | 5.48 | ||
Majority | 7,317 | 31.40 | |||
Turnout | 23,304 | 54.67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,983 | 66.80 | ||
Conservative | John R Giles | 7,033 | 26.12 | ||
British National | Gerald Rowe | 1,906 | 7.08 | ||
Majority | 10,950 | 40.67 | |||
Turnout | 60.27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,676 | 62.44 | ||
Conservative | Murray M Leask | 8,248 | 29.13 | ||
Independent | Colin M H Atkins | 2,386 | 8.43 | ||
Majority | 9,428 | 33.30 | |||
Turnout | 60.08 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 12,209 | 58.25 | -3.70 | |
Liberal | D J Penwarden | 4,726 | 22.55 | N/A | |
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 4,023 | 19.20 | -18.85 | |
Majority | 7,483 | 35.70 | +11.80 | ||
Turnout | 20,958 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 21,226 | 61.95 | ||
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 13,038 | 38.05 | ||
Majority | 8,188 | 23.90 | |||
Turnout | 69.34 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 23,925 | 65.73 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 12,472 | 34.27 | ||
Majority | 11,453 | 31.47 | |||
Turnout | 69.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 28,878 | 65.17 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 15,431 | 34.83 | ||
Majority | 13,447 | 30.35 | |||
Turnout | 80.27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cooper | 28,230 | 63.07 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey F. Sarjeant | 13,330 | 29.78 | ||
Liberal | Edward Isaac Miller | 2,637 | 5.89 | ||
Communist | Leslie Francis Stannard | 562 | 1.26 | ||
Majority | 14,900 | 33.29 | |||
Turnout | 81.61 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilmot | 22,313 | 73.47 | ||
Conservative | Eric Cuddon | 8,059 | 26.53 | ||
Majority | 14,254 | 46.93 | |||
Turnout | 30,372 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Walter Green | 27,021 | 57.31 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell | 20,129 | 42.69 | ||
Majority | 6,892 | 14.62 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denis Hanley | 26,558 | 54.42 | ||
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 22,244 | 45.58 | ||
Majority | 4,314 | 8.84 | |||
Turnout | 48,802 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 26,848 | 55.2 | +0.7 | |
Unionist | Ernest Gates | 14,832 | 30.5 | −15.0 | |
Liberal | H. Charles Bevan | 6,935 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,016 | 24.7 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,615 | 68.2 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 71,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,903 | 54.5 | −8.5 | |
Unionist | James Hargreaves | 18,279 | 45.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 3,624 | 9.0 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,182 | 72.0 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,797 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,576 | 63.0 | +10.4 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 12,666 | 37.0 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 8,910 | 26.0 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,242 | 63.3 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 54,135 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 18,512 | 52.6 | −1.8 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 16,687 | 47.4 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 5.2 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,199 | 66.2 | +16.0 | ||
Registered electors | 53,195 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 14,073 | 54.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | John Theodore Prestige | 9,711 | 37.5 | −11.1 | |
NFDDSS | F. A. Rumsey | 2,106 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,362 | 16.9 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,890 | 50.2 | −31.3 | ||
Registered electors | 51,611 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,357 | 51.4 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 5,999 | 48.6 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 358 | ||||
Turnout | 15,159 | 81.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,880 | 52.0 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 6,358 | 48.0 | 6.3 | |
Majority | 522 | ||||
Turnout | 15,159 | 87.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 4,977 | 41.7 | -20.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Vivian | 726 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 1,259 | ||||
Turnout | 15,397 | 77.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 6,236 | 62.1 | 10.5 | |
Lib-Lab | Ben Jones | 3,806 | 37.9 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 2,430 | ||||
Turnout | 15,000 | 66.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 5,317 | 51.6 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | John Benn | 4,993 | 48.4 | 4.5 | |
Majority | 324 | ||||
Turnout | 13,868 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,654 | 56.1 | 3.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Macnamara | 4,425 | 43.9 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 1,229 | ||||
Turnout | 13,815 | 73.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,298 | 52.8 | 1.2 | |
Liberal | Edmond Fitzmaurice | 4,733 | 47.2 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 565 | ||||
Turnout | 13,066 | 76.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 4,345 | 51.6 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Scawen Blunt | 4,070 | 48.4 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 275 | ||||
Turnout | 10,473 | 80.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,682 | 54.7 | 2.2 | |
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,055 | 45.3 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 627 | ||||
Turnout | 9,371 | 71.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,927 | 52.5 | ||
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,560 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 367 | ||||
Turnout | 9,371 | 79.9 | |||
Conservative gain from new seat | Swing |
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/63.html%23luton&date=2009-10-25+19:14:28
- ^ [1]
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918