Hammersmith North | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1918–1965: County of London 1965–1983: Greater London |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hammersmith |
Replaced by | Hammersmith |
Hammersmith North was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in West 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
[edit]The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election.
In its early years the constituency regularly changed hands between Labour and the Conservatives, but it was a Labour seat from a by-election in 1934 until its abolition in 1983.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Hammersmith North electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
It was abolished for the 1983 general election when it was partly replaced by a new Hammersmith constituency.
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950
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The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of wards Four, Five, Six and Seven of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.[1]
1950–1955
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The original boundaries were used until the 1950 general election. The wards of the metropolitan borough had been redrawn since 1918, and the seat was redefined by the Representation of the People Act 1948 as comprising six wards: College Park & Latimer, Coningham, Old Oak, Starch Green, White City and Wormholt.[1]
1955–1974
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The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 allowed for periodic reviews of constituency boundaries. Seats in the two metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham were redrawn prior to the 1955 general election. The neighbouring seat of Hammersmith South was abolished and the three wards of Addison, Olympia and St. Stephen's were transferred to the North constituency.[1]
1974–1983
[edit]The last redrawing of the boundaries of the constituency took place prior to the February 1974 election. In 1965 the former metropolitan borough had become part of the larger London Borough of Hammersmith, and the seat was defined as consisting of ten wards of the London Borough, namely: Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, College Park & Old Oak, Coningham, Grove, St. Stephen's, Starch Green, White City and Wormholt.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Henry Foreman | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1923 | James Gardner | Labour | |
1924 | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | Conservative | |
1926 by-election | James Gardner | Labour | |
1931 | Mary Pickford | Conservative | |
1934 by-election | Fielding West | Labour | |
1935 | Denis Pritt | Labour | |
1940 | Independent Labour | ||
1949 | Labour Independent Group | ||
1950 | Frank Tomney | Labour | |
1979 | Clive Soley | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished : see Hammersmith |
Election results
[edit]Election in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Henry Foreman | 5,785 | 46.5 | |
Liberal | Ernest Young | 2,542 | 20.4 | ||
National | James C Walker | 2,075 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | Christopher Roland Morden | 2,048 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 3,243 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 12,450 | 46.7 | |||
Registered electors | 26,656 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Foreman | 8,303 | 46.3 | −0.2 | |
Labour | James Gardner | 5,350 | 29.8 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick L Coysh | 4,278 | 23.9 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 2,953 | 16.5 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,931 | 60.0 | +13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 29,904 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Gardner | 8,101 | 41.0 | +11.2 | |
Unionist | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | 7,256 | 36.8 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick L. Coysh | 4,374 | 22.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 845 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,731 | 63.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 31,331 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | 12,925 | 54.1 | +17.3 | |
Labour | James Gardner | 10,970 | 45.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 1,955 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,895 | 74.2 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 32,194 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Gardner | 13,095 | 53.4 | +7.5 | |
Unionist | Samuel Gluckstein | 9,484 | 38.6 | −15.5 | |
Liberal | George Paton Murfitt | 1,974 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,611 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,553 | 72.2 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 34,017 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Gardner | 17,601 | 56.2 | +10.3 | |
Unionist | (Harold Richard) Marshall Hays | 13,744 | 43.8 | −10.3 | |
Majority | 3,857 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,345 | 70.0 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 44,789 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.3 |
Election in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Pickford | 18,815 | 59.2 | +15.4 | |
Labour | James Gardner | 11,838 | 37.2 | −19.0 | |
Communist | Ted Bramley | 697 | 2.2 | New | |
New Party | R. E. N. Braden | 431 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,977 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,693 | 69.6 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fielding West | 14,263 | 55.7 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | C. P. Davis | 10,747 | 41.9 | −17.3 | |
Communist | Ted Bramley | 614 | 2.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 3,516 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,216 | 56.7 | −12.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.N. Pritt | 15,464 | 52.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Norman Bower | 13,830 | 47.2 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 1,634 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,570 | 65.7 | −3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: D.N. Pritt[5]
- Conservative: Leonard Caplan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Independent Group | D.N. Pritt | 18,845 | 63.8 | New | |
Conservative | Leonard Caplan | 7,516 | 25.5 | −21.7 | |
Labour | W.H. Church | 3,165 | 10.7 | −42.1 | |
Majority | 11,329 | 38.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,444 | 73.0 | +7.3 | ||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 13,346 | 39.71 | ||
Conservative | T Gee | 10,406 | 30.96 | ||
Labour Independent Group | D.N. Pritt | 6,457 | 25.16 | ||
Liberal | Hyman Mark Pick | 1,402 | 4.17 | New | |
Majority | 2,940 | 8.75 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,611 | 81.05 | |||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 22,709 | 66.13 | ||
Conservative | John Howard | 11,629 | 33.87 | ||
Majority | 11,080 | 32.26 | |||
Turnout | 34,338 | 81.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 24,280 | 61.16 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Bowden | 15,417 | 38.84 | ||
Majority | 8,863 | 22.32 | |||
Turnout | 39,697 | 70.04 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 21,409 | 59.35 | ||
Conservative | William David Armstrong Bagnell | 14,662 | 40.65 | ||
Majority | 6,747 | 18.70 | |||
Turnout | 36,071 | 69.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 18,547 | 62.91 | ||
Conservative | Tom Stacey | 10,936 | 37.09 | ||
Majority | 7,611 | 25.82 | |||
Turnout | 29,483 | 63.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 19,522 | 68.79 | ||
Conservative | Michael Neubert | 8,857 | 31.21 | ||
Majority | 10,665 | 37.58 | |||
Turnout | 28,379 | 63.92 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 16,145 | 62.67 | ||
Conservative | Ian Stewart | 9,615 | 37.33 | ||
Majority | 6,530 | 25.34 | |||
Turnout | 25,760 | 62.04 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 18,970 | 49.45 | ||
Conservative | RG Beckett | 11,929 | 31.10 | ||
Liberal | Simon Harold John Arthur Knott | 7,460 | 19.45 | New | |
Majority | 7,041 | 18.35 | |||
Turnout | 38,359 | 73.72 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Tomney | 18,061 | 53.38 | ||
Conservative | RG Beckett | 9,939 | 29.38 | ||
Liberal | Simon Harold John Arthur Knott | 5,200 | 15.37 | ||
Independent | JP McFadden | 633 | 1.87 | New | |
Majority | 8,122 | 24.00 | |||
Turnout | 33,833 | 64.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Soley | 17,241 | 48.19 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Cripps[6] | 13,735 | 38.39 | ||
Liberal | Simon Harold John Arthur Knott | 4,147 | 11.59 | ||
National Front | Robert Pearse[6] | 462 | 1.29 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Calvin Stewart[6] | 193 | 0.54 | New | |
Majority | 3,506 | 9.80 | |||
Turnout | 35,778 | 70.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 743–746. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
- ^ "General Election 1924 - Full Polling Results". The Times. 13 January 1924. p. i.
- ^ "North Hammersmith Result. Labour Majority of 3,611". The Times. 29 May 1926. p. 12.
- ^ "General Election 1929 - Results in Detail". The Times. 10 June 1929. p. i.
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ a b c Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 13. ISBN 0102374805.