Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney Central | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Hackney |
Replaced by | Hackney South and Stoke Newington and Hackney North |
1955–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Hackney South |
Replaced by | Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch |
Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 from 1885, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was recreated for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The wards of Dalston and De Beauvoir Town, and part of Hackney ward.
1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Downs, Hackney, and Kingsland, and part of West Hackney ward.
1955-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Albion, Chatham, Kenninghall, Kingsland, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Pembury, Rushmore, and Town Hall.
1974-1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, Downs, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Rectory, and Wick.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885-1950
MPs 1955-1983
Election | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | constituency recreated | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1955 | Herbert Butler | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Clinton Davis | Labour |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hunter | 2,941 | 51.7 | n/a | |
Liberal | John Holms | 2,748 | 48.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 193 | 3.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 7,381 | 77.1 | n/a | ||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hunter | 3,047 | 60.8 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Martin Sharp | 1,961 | 39.2 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 1,086 | 21.6 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 67.8 | -9.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Scoble | 3,478 | 52.1 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | J. Fyfe Stewart | 3,193 | 47.9 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 285 | 4.2 | -17.4 | ||
Turnout | 74.5 | +6.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Scoble | 3,278 | 52.5 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Charles Russell | 2,966 | 47.5 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 312 | 5.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 70.7 | -3.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Allhusen | 3,747 | 62.6 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | Israel Hart | 2,243 | 37.4 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 1,504 | 25.2 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 68.9 | -1.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 3,998 | 54.2 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Augustus Allhusen | 3,382 | 45.8 | -16.8 | |
Majority | 616 | 8.4 | 33.6 | ||
Turnout | 84.1 | +15.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.8 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 4,429 | 53.5 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Felix Cassel | 3,853 | 46.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 576 | 7.0 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 88.6 | +4.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 3,954 | 53.3 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Albert Henry Jessel | 3,464 | 46.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 490 | 6.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 79.4 | -9.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Arthur Lever | 9,795 | 46.4 | n/a | |
Liberal | Thomas Wood | 6,825 | 32.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Arthur Lynch | 4,507 | 21.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,970 | 14.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 21,127 | 60.3 | n/a | ||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 8,569 | 38.6 | +6.3 | |
Unionist | Daniel Thomas Keymer | 7,252 | 32.7 | -13.7 | |
Labour | Ernest Edwin Hunter | 6,354 | 28.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 1,317 | 5.9 | 20.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,175 | 62.8 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Gower | 11,414 | 42.7 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Ernest Edwin Hunter | 9,684 | 36.3 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 5,594 | 21.0 | -17.6 | |
Majority | 1,730 | 6.4 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,692 | 74.2 | +11.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Watkins | 12,462 | 37.3 | +1.0 | |
Unionist | Alfred Bossom | 10,814 | 32.3 | -10.4 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 10,186 | 30.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 1,648 | 5.0 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,462 | 70.0 | -4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lockwood | 16,963 | 52.1 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Frederick Watkins | 9,295 | 28.5 | -8.8 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 6,316 | 19.4 | -11.0 | |
Majority | 7,668 | 23.6 | 28.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,574 | 67.8 | -2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Watkins | 15,322 | 51.6 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | John Lockwood | 14,375 | 48.4 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 957 | 3.2 | 26.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,707 | 60.6 | -7.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.4 |
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Frederick Watkins
- Conservative: William Arthur Fearnley-Whittingstall[1]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Hynd | 14,810 | 67.2 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | R.R. Harris | 4,889 | 22.2 | -26.2 | |
Liberal | Samuel Woolf Magnus | 2,348 | 10.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,921 | 45.0 | +41.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,047 | 65.7 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 27,012 | 61.74 | ||
Conservative | James Allason | 15,212 | 34.77 | ||
Communist | John R Betteridge | 1,530 | 3.50 | ||
Majority | 11,800 | 26.97 | |||
Turnout | 43,754 | 66.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 25,407 | 61.50 | ||
Conservative | John C T Waring | 15,905 | 38.50 | ||
Majority | 9,502 | 23.00 | |||
Turnout | 66.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 23,110 | 66.32 | ||
Conservative | H Martin L Morton | 11,376 | 33.68 | ||
Majority | 11,376 | 32.65 | |||
Turnout | 34,844 | 57.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 21,466 | 63.76 | ||
Conservative | H Martin L Morton | 7,440 | 22.10 | ||
Liberal | Cecil V Gittins | 4,762 | 14.14 | ||
Majority | 14,026 | 41.66 | |||
Turnout | 33,668 | 57.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 17,380 | 64.44 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 9,339 | 34.63 | ||
Independent | Aftab Qureshi | 252 | 0.93 | ||
Majority | 8,041 | 29.81 | |||
Turnout | 50.77 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 18,705 | 61.81 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 6,302 | 20.82 | ||
Liberal | Mrs MG Snow | 5,256 | 17.37 | ||
Majority | 12,403 | 40.98 | |||
Turnout | 62.70 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 17,650 | 68.89 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 4,797 | 18.72 | ||
Liberal | MG Snow | 3,174 | 12.39 | ||
Majority | 12,853 | 50.17 | |||
Turnout | 52.80 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 16,506 | 59.34 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Bennett | 7,718 | 27.75 | ||
Liberal | Elikkos Georghiades | 1,835 | 6.60 | ||
National Front | Ronald May | 1,418 | 5.10 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | Mark Johnson | 340 | 1.22 | ||
Majority | 8,788 | 31.59 | |||
Turnout | 46,464 | 59.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ The Law Journal - Volume 86 (1938)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- 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
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1955
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- Parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Hackney