Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)
Haggerston | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Hackney |
Replaced by | Shoreditch |
Haggerston, formally known as the "Haggerston Division of Shoreditch", was a borough constituency centred on the Haggerston district of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
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The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
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The constituency was created in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough of Shoreditch in the East End of London. The area was administered as part of the Tower division of the county of Middlesex.
The division consisted of the Acron, Haggerston, Kingsland and Whitmore wards.
In 1889 there were administrative changes. The territory of the constituency was severed from Middlesex and included in the new County of London. The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.
In 1900 local government in London was rationalised. The civil parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch became part of a larger Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
In the redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1918, the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch constituted a single parliamentary division of Shoreditch. The Haggerston division was abolished.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Randal Cremer | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1895 | John Lowles | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | Sir Randal Cremer | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1908 b-e | Rupert Guinness | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jan. 1910 | Henry Chancellor | Liberal |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry George Chancellor | 3,046 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness | 2,641 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 405 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry George Chancellor | 3,041 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness | 2,586 | 40.9 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | Herbert Burrows | 701 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 455 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.8 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness | 2,867 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | Walter Richard Warren | 1,724 | 30.9 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | Herbert Burrows | 986 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 1,143 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,772 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness | 2,371 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 401 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,403 | 80.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,290 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | John Lowles | 2,266 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 24 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,781 | 67.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lowles | 2,269 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,229 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 40 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,661 | 67.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,543 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Firbank | 1,622 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 921 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,351 | 65.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,054 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Durning-Lawrence | 1,677 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 377 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,737 | 55.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -13.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Randal Cremer | 2,736 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Denny Urlin | 1,259 | 31.5 | ||
Majority | 1,477 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,737 | 59.3 |