Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Silkin | 21,145 | 58.87 | ||
Conservative | CH Cross | 8,111 | 22.58 | ||
Liberal | M Steele | 4,931 | 13.73 | ||
National Front | Richard Edmonds | 1,731 | 4.82 | ||
Majority | 13,034 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,918 | 58.68 |
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1950s
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Election in the 1940s
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Election in the 1930s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denis Augustine Hanley | ||||
Labour | Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman | ||||
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Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles William Bowerman | 26,848 | |||
Conservative | E. E. Gates | 14,832 | |||
Liberal | Lt. H. Charles Bevan B.Sc. | 6,935 | |||
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Labour | Rt Hon. Charles Bowerman | 21,576 | |||
Conservative | M J Pike | 12,666 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C Bowerman | 14,073 | |||
Conservative | J T Prestige | 9,711 | |||
Independent | F Rumsey | 2,106 | |||
Majority | 51,611 | ||||
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Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles William Bowerman | 6,357 | 51.4 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Auchinloss Coats | 5,999 | 48.6 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 358 | ||||
Turnout | 15,159 | 81.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles William Bowerman | 6,880 | 52.0 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Stuart Auchinloss Coats | 6,358 | 48.0 | 6.3 | |
Majority | 522 | ||||
Turnout | 15,159 | 87.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles William Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | 5,317 | 51.6 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | John Williams Benn | 4,993 | 48.4 | 4.5 | |
Majority | 324 | ||||
Turnout | 13,868 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Darling | 5,654 | 56.1 | 3.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas James Macnamara | 4,425 | 43.9 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 1,229 | ||||
Turnout | 13,815 | 73.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Darling | 5,298 | 52.8 | 1.2 | |
Liberal | Lord 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John 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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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
- 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