Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bromley | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
1918–February 1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Sevenoaks |
Replaced by | Ravensbourne |
Bromley is a former borough constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Its best-known MP was Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister 1957-1963).
Boundaries
1918-1945: The Municipal Borough of Bromley, and the Urban Districts of Beckenham and Penge.
1945-1950: Parts of the Municipal Boroughs of Beckenham and Bromley, and the Urban District of Penge.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Bromley.
The constituency covered an area based on the town of Bromley. It is part of the north of the historic county of Kent, which was included in Greater London after 1965.
The constituency was abolished in the redistribution which took effect in 1974. The London Borough of Bromley (a larger area than the previous Municipal Borough) was split into four seats.
History
This constituency consisted largely of prosperous leafy suburbia and was one of the Conservatives' strongest seats. The character of the area was one of prosperous small businesses, rather than commuting professionals.[citation needed]
Before 1918 this area was mostly the northern part of the Sevenoaks constituency. The first MP for this seat was Henry William Forster, the former member for Sevenoaks. In 1919 he was created the 1st Baron Forster and became Governor-General of Australia in 1920.
The next three MPs were first elected at by-elections (in 1919, 1930 and 1945 respectively).
In 1945 the sitting member died between the day of the election and the declaration of the result, so the opportunity arose for one of the Conservative former ministers defeated in the general election to return to the House of Commons representing an extremely safe seat. Future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was the lucky beneficiary of the vacancy. He was the most famous MP for Bromley, serving from the 1945 by-election until his retirement in 1964, when he was succeeded by John Hunt. Hunt, on the left of the Conservative party, held the seat (renamed Ravensbourne in 1974) until 1997.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | | 1918 | Henry Forster | Coalition Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | | 1919 by-election | Cuthbert James | Coalition Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1930 by-election | Sir Edward Campbell | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 by-election | Rt Hon Harold Macmillan | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1964 | John Hunt | Conservative |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Ravensbourne |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 16,840 | 79.5 | n/a | ||
Liberal | George Wilfrid Holford Knight | 4,339 | 20.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 12,501 | 59.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 52.0 | n/a | |||
Unionist win |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 11,148 | 52.5 | −27.0 | ||
Labour | F P Hodes | 10,077 | 47.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,071 | 5.0 | −54.0 | ||
Turnout | 48.9 | −3.1 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cuthbert James | 16,803 | 54.8 | ||
Liberal | Frank Kingsley Griffith | 9,128 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | F P Hodes | 4,735 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 7,675 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 66.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cuthbert James | 13,495 | 44.8 | −10.0 | |
Liberal | Frank Kingsley Griffith | 12,612 | 41.9 | +12.1 | |
Labour | William George Glenvil Hall | 3,992 | 13.3 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 883 | 2.9 | −22.1 | ||
Turnout | 64.1 | −2.2 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cuthbert James | 20,272 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Frank Kingsley Griffith | 11,580 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Hubert Joseph Wallington | 5,876 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 8,692 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 78.6 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cuthbert James | 25,449 | 47.2 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Gurney Fordham | 18,372 | 34.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Albert Edwin Ashworth | 10,105 | 18.7 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 6,077 | 13.1 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,926 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.0 |
In the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Taswell Campbell | 12,782 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Gurney Fordham | 11,176 | 28.4 | ||
United Empire Party | V C Redwood | 9,483 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Albert Edwin Ashworth | 5,942 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 1,606 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Taswell Campbell | 47,077 | 83.56 | ||
Labour | BB Gillis | 9,265 | 16.44 | ||
Majority | 37,812 | 67.11 | |||
Turnout | 56,342 | 69.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Taswell Campbell | 39,741 | 67.46 | ||
Labour | Charles Wye Kendall | 11,800 | 20.03 | ||
Liberal | Henry Cecil Banting | 7,370 | 12.51 | ||
Majority | 27,941 | 47.43 | |||
Turnout | 58,911 | 65.07 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Edward Taswell Campbell | 26,108 | 44.91 | ||
Labour | Alexander Bain | 19,849 | 34.14 | ||
Liberal | Maj. Jaspar Carlisle Sayer | 12,177 | 20.95 | ||
Majority | 6,259 | 10.77 | |||
Turnout | 71.07 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Maurice Harold Macmillan | 26,367 | 49.59 | ||
Labour | Alexander Bain | 20,810 | 39.14 | ||
Liberal | Jaspar Carlisle Sayer | 5,990 | 11.27 | ||
Majority | 5,557 | 10.45 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Maurice Harold Macmillan | 23,042 | 57.26 | ||
Labour | Mrs. J. R. Elliott | 12,354 | 30.70 | ||
Liberal | Peter Witheridge Grafton | 4,847 | 12.04 | ||
Majority | 10,688 | 26.56 | |||
Turnout | 84.96 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Maurice Harold Macmillan | 25,710 | 65.43 | ||
Labour | Thomas E M McKitterick | 13,585 | 34.57 | ||
Majority | 12,125 | 30.86 | |||
Turnout | 81.04 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Maurice Harold Macmillan | 24,612 | 68.21 | ||
Labour | Gerald Bernard Kaufman | 11,473 | 31.79 | ||
Majority | 13,139 | 36.41 | |||
Turnout | 36,085 | 75.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Maurice Harold Macmillan | 27,055 | 69.99 | ||
Labour | Albert James Murray | 11,603 | 30.01 | ||
Majority | 15,452 | 39.97 | |||
Turnout | 38,658 | 79.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leonard Hunt | 20,417 | 52.55 | ||
Labour | Joseph S Binns | 9,090 | 23.40 | ||
Liberal | W. Ivor Shipley | 8,650 | 22.25 | ||
Independent Nuclear Disarmament | A James W Haigh | 461 | 1.19 | ||
Socialist (GB) | Edmund Grant | 234 | 0.60 | ||
Majority | 11,327 | 29.15 | |||
Turnout | 38,852 | 77.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leonard Hunt | 20,117 | 52.30 | ||
Labour | Donald Speakman | 10,290 | 26.75 | ||
Liberal | Peter H Billenness | 8,060 | 20.95 | ||
Majority | 9,827 | 25.55 | |||
Turnout | 38,467 | 77.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leonard Hunt | 22,364 | 59.36 | ||
Labour | John Francis Spellar | 9,328 | 24.76 | ||
Liberal | David E A Crowe | 5,982 | 15.88 | ||
Majority | 13,036 | 34.60 | |||
Turnout | 37,674 | 69.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
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- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
See also
- Politics of Bromley
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies represented by a sitting Prime Minister