Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)
Lambeth North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lambeth |
Replaced by | Vauxhall |
Lambeth North was a borough constituency centred on the Lambeth district of South 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
The constituency was created when the two-member Lambeth constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election when the area was absorbed into the Vauxhall constituency.
Boundaries
- 1885 - 1918: The constituency was defined as comprising three wards of the parish of Lambeth: Bishop's, North Marsh and South Marsh.[1][2] The wards were those used to elect members of the Lambeth Vestry, the local authority established by the Metropolis Management Act 1855.[2]
- 1918 - 1950: The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies in London, defining them in terms of the wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs which had replaced the vestries in 1900.[2] The constituency comprised the following parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth: Bishop's Ward, Marsh Ward and the part of Prince's Ward that lay "to the north of a line running from Vauxhall Bridge along the middle of Upper Kennington Lane and Lower Kennington Lane to Newington Butts".[3]
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Craufurd Fraser | 2,524 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal | Walter Wren | 2,346 | 42.2 | ||
Independent Liberal | Sir James Clarke Lawrence | 692 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 178 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,939 | 70.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Craufurd Fraser | 2,723 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal | Walter Wren | 2,311 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 412 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,939 | 63.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Moses Coldwells | 2,524 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Henry Morton Stanley | 2,394 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 130 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,229 | 68.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Henry Morton Stanley | 2,878 | 53.8 | ||
Liberal | Charles Philips Trevelyan | 2,473 | 46.2 | ||
Majority | 405 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,338 | 72.9 | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick William Horner | 2,677 | 59.9 | ||
Liberal | Lt-Col. C. Ford | 1,795 | 40.1 | ||
Majority | 882 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,090 | 63.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Horatio Myer | 2,162 | 44.1 | ||
Conservative | William Henry Houghton Gastrell | 1,904 | 38.9 | ||
Independent Liberal | Dadabhai Naoroji | 733 | 14.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Frederick William Horner | 108 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 258 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,802 | 72.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Henry Houghton Gastrell | 2,947 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal | Horatio Myer | 2,397 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 550 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,440 | 83.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Henry Houghton Gastrell | 2,531 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal | Harry Gosling | 2,202 | 46.5 | ||
Majority | 329 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,440 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 7,326 | 62.3 | +15.8 | |
Unionist | 4,441 | 37.7 | -15.8 | ||
Majority | 2,885 | 24.6 | 31.6 | ||
Turnout | 40.9 | -32.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +15.8 |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 8,132 | 43.1 | -19.2 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roy Bird | 7,362 | 39.1 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould | 3,353 | 17.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 770 | 4.0 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 62.2 | +21.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 9,036 | 48.5 | +5.4 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roy Bird | 5,509 | 29.6 | -9.5 | |
Labour | Fred Hughes | 4,089 | 21.9 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 3,527 | 18.9 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 59.8 | -2.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 7,943 | 37.2 | -11.3 | |
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 7,914 | 37.1 | +15.2 | |
Unionist | J. Lazarus | 5,488 | 25.7 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.1 | -18.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,866 | 67.0 | +7.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 11,264 | 43.8 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | Frank Briant | 10,722 | 41.8 | +4.6 | |
Unionist | Clyde Tabor Wilson | 3,691 | 14.4 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 542 | 2.0 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 66.2 | -0.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 16,368 | 65.1 | +23.3 | |
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 8,766 | 34.9 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 7,602 | 30.2 | 32.2 | ||
Turnout | 64.6 | -1.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 11,281 | 57.9 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Simpson | 4,968 | 25.5 | ||
National Labour | Sydney Frank Markham | 2,927 | 15.0 | ||
Independent | Mrs. A.S.G. Brown | 305 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 6,313 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 37,064 | 52.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +31.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 10,577 | 55.4 | ||
Liberal | Edward Terrell | 8,521 | 44.6 | ||
Majority | 2,056 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 35,211 | 54.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Russell Strauss | 8,677 | 66.6 | ||
National Liberal | E.W. Bates | 2,624 | 20.1 | ||
Liberal | Capt. Raymond Henry Walton | 1,730 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 6,053 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 20,223 | 64.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule. Divisions of Boroughs: Number Names, Contents, and Boundaries of Divisions.
- ^ a b c Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 743, 765. ISBN 0901050679.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, Frederick Walter Scott (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.