Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Greenwich
Greenwich
	Former Borough constituency
	for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Deptford, Greenwich, Lewisham and Woolwich
Created from	Kent
1885–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Greenwich & Woolwich
Created from	Greenwich

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Greenwich was a parliamentary constituency in South-East London, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1997 by the first past the post system.

[edit] History

From 1832 until 1885 it was a two-member constituency, but its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. For the 1997 general election, it was merged with part of the former Woolwich constituency to form the Greenwich and Woolwich seat.

Greenwich in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

Greenwich in the parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

Greenwich in the parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.

Its history is dominated by the area's strong maritime tradition. Its most prominent claim to fame was as the seat of William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1880, and it also achieved prominence in the 1987 Greenwich by-election, when the SDP won a surprise victory.

[edit] Boundaries

Between 1983 and 1997, the constituency formed the western part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832	constituency created with two members
1832		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Liberal	Edward George Barnard	Liberal
1835		John Angerstein	Liberal
1837		Matthias Wolverley Attwood	Conservative
1841		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Liberal
1851 by-election		James Whitley Deans Dundas	Liberal	David Salomons	Liberal
1852 by-election		Houston Stewart	Liberal	David Salomons	Liberal
1852		Peter Rolt	Conservative	Montague Chambers	Liberal
Feb 1857 by-election		Sir William John Codrington	Liberal	Montague Chambers	Liberal
Mar. 1857				John Townsend	Liberal
Feb. 1859 by-election				David Salomons	Liberal
1859		William Angerstein	Liberal
1865		Sir Charles Tilston Bright	Liberal
1868		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
1873 by-election		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Sir Thomas William Boord	Conservative
1880		Baron Henry de Worms	Conservative	Sir Thomas William Boord	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

[edit] MPs since 1885

	Member	Party
1885	Sir Thomas William Boord	Conservative
1895	Lord Hugh Cecil	Conservative
1906	Richard Stephens Jackson	Liberal
Jan 1910	Ion Hamilton Benn	Conservative
1922	George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
1923	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
1924	Sir George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
1929	Edward Timothy Palmer	Labour
1931	Sir George Hopwood Hume	Conservative
1945	Joseph Reeves	Labour
1959	Richard Marsh	Labour
1971 by-election	Guy Barnett	Labour
1987 by-election	Rosie Barnes	Social Democratic
1992	Nick Raynsford	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

The swing for Rosie Barnes below is shown relative to her own performance in 1987. This is reasonable as the Liberal Democrats did not put up their own candidate in 1992.

General Election 1992: Greenwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	14,630	41.0	+6.2
	Independent Social Democrat	Rosie Barnes	13,273	37.2	−3.4
	Conservative	Mrs A McNair	6,960	19.5	−3.8
	Green	RHJ McCracken	483	1.4	+0.4
	Fellowship	RS Mallone	147	0.4	+0.3
	Independent	Malcolm Hardee	103	0.3	+0.3
	Natural Law	JD Small	70	0.2	+0.2
Majority			1,357	3.8	−1.9
Turnout			35,666	74.6	+1.2
	Labour gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance		Swing	+4.8

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

The 1987 election swings are relative to the 1983 election, not the 1987 by-election.

General Election 1987: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat)	Rosie Barnes	15,149	40.6	+15.5
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	13,008	34.9	−3.3
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	8,695	23.3	−11.5
	Green	J. Thomas	346	0.9	+0.9
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	59	0.2	−0.5
	Communist	P. Clinton	58	0.2	−0.2
Majority			2,141	5.7	+2.3
Turnout			37315	73.4	+5.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+9.4

Greenwich by-election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat)	Rosie Barnes	18,287	53.0	+27.9
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	11,676	33.8	-4.4
	Conservative	John Antcliffe	3,852	11.2	-23.6
	Green	Graham Bell	264	0.8	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Malcolm Hardee	124	0.3	N/A
	BNP	Ian Dell	116	0.3	-0.4
	National Front	Joe Pearce	103	0.3	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	Kate Marshall	91	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,611	19.2	+15.7
Turnout				68.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+16.2

General Election 1983: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	13,361	38.2	-13.9
	Conservative	Arthur Rolfe	12,150	34.8	+1.5
	Social Democrat	T. Ford	8,783	25.1	N/A
	BNP	Ian Dell	259	0.7	N/A
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	242	0.7	-0.6
	Communist	F. Hooks	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,211	3.5	-15.3
Turnout				67.7	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 10 October 1974: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 28 February 1974: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Greenwich by-election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Barnett	14,671	66.73	+10.98
	Conservative	J Stuart Thom	6,150	27.97	-7.39
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	792	3.60	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Reginald Simmerson	285	1.30	N/A
	Independent	David Davies	89	0.40	N/A
Turnout			21,987
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Marsh	20,804	55.75
	Conservative	J Stuart Thom	13,195	35.36
	Liberal	P. Wylan	3,319	8.89
Majority			7,609	20.39
Turnout			37,318	65.66
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 15 October 1964: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 26 May 1955: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout

General Election 25 October 1951: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout

General Election 23 February 1950: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 27 October 1931:^[2] Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Electorate 63,385, Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir George Hopwood Hume	29,278	65.0	+26.9
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	13,722	30.5	-15.8
	Communist	Mrs K Duncan	2,024	4.5	N/A
Majority			15,556	34.6
Turnout			45,024	71.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929:^[3] Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Electorate 62,342, Turnout 70.4%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	20,328	46.3	-2.2
	Conservative	Sir George Hopwood Hume	16,710	38.1	-13.4
	Liberal	W P Campbell	6,870	15.6	N/A
Majority			3,618	8.2
Turnout			43,908	70.4
	Labour gain from Conservative

General Election 29 October 1924:^[4] Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Electorate 47,716, Turnout 75.2%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir George Hopwood Hume	18,473	51.5
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	17,409	48.5
Majority			1,064	3.0
Turnout			35,882	75.2
	Conservative gain from Labour

General Election 6 December 1923: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate 46,741 Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Timothy Palmer	12,314
	Conservative	George Hopwood Hume	10,746
	Liberal	C G L du Cann	5,806
Majority
Turnout

General Election 15 November 1922: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Electorate 43,750, Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	14,576
	Labour	J Bermingham	6,471
Majority			8,105
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

December 1910 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	5697	57.9	2.6
	Liberal	Hon. John William Harris	4146	42.1	-2.6
Majority			1,551
Turnout			13,153	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

January 1910 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	6,284	55.3	33.5
	Liberal	Richard Stephens Jackson	5,083	44.7	-0.6
Majority			1,201
Turnout			13,153	86.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

1906 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Stephens Jackson	4,906	45.3	6.3
	Independent Conservative	Ion Hamilton Benn	3,565	32.9
	Conservative	Lord Hugh Cecil	2,356	21.8	-39.2
Majority			1,341
Turnout			13,049	83.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1900 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Hugh Cecil	5,454	61.0	3.6
	Liberal	Richard Stephens Jackson	3,484	39.0	-3.6
Majority			1,970
Turnout			12,247	73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

1895 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Hugh Cecil	4,802	57.4	5.4
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	3,564	42.6	-5.4
Majority			1,238
Turnout			10,899	76.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Boord	4,200	52.0	-3.9
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	3,877	48.0	3.9
Majority			323
Turnout			10,256	78.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

1886 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Boord	3240	55.9	3.1
	Liberal	George Crispe Whiteley	2551	44.1	-3.1
Majority			689
Turnout			8,632	67.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1885 General Election: Greenwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Boord	3,317	52.8
	Liberal	Dr. Herbert Watney	2,961	47.2
Majority			356
Turnout			8,632	72.7
	Conservative gain from new seat		Swing

[edit] References

^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
^ "General Election Results 1931". The Times: p. i. 29 October 1931.
^ "General Election 1929, Results in Detail". The Times: p. i. 1 June 1929.
^ "General Election 1924, Results in Detail". The Times: p. i. 31 October 1924.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Buckinghamshire	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1868–1874	Succeeded by Buckinghamshire

[0] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

[1] "General Election Results 1931". The Times: p. i. 29 October 1931.

[2] "General Election 1929, Results in Detail". The Times: p. i. 1 June 1929.

[times24-3] "General Election 1924, Results in Detail". The Times: p. i. 31 October 1924.

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Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832–1885

[edit] MPs since 1885

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

[edit] References

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