Hackney Central | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Hackney |
Replaced by | Hackney South and Stoke Newington and Hackney North |
1955–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Hackney South |
Replaced by | Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch |
Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 from 1885, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was recreated for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The wards of Dalston and De Beauvoir Town, and part of Hackney ward.
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Downs, Hackney, and Kingsland, and part of West Hackney ward.
1955–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Albion, Chatham, Kenninghall, Kingsland, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Pembury, Rushmore, and Town Hall.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, Downs, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Rectory, and Wick.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1885–1950
[edit]MPs 1955–1983
[edit]Election | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | constituency recreated | ||
1955 | Herbert Butler | Labour | |
1970 | Stanley Clinton-Davis | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hunter | 2,941 | 51.7 | ||
Liberal | John Holms | 2,748 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 193 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,689 | 77.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,381 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hunter | 3,047 | 60.8 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Martin Hume | 1,961 | 39.2 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 1,086 | 21.6 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,008 | 67.8 | −9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,381 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Scoble | 3,478 | 52.1 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | John Fyfe Stewart[2] | 3,193 | 47.9 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 285 | 4.2 | −17.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,671 | 74.5 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,951 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Scoble | 3,278 | 52.5 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Charles Russell | 2,966 | 47.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 312 | 5.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,244 | 70.7 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,835 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Allhusen | 3,747 | 62.6 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | Israel Hart | 2,243 | 37.4 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 1,504 | 25.2 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,990 | 68.9 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.1 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 3,998 | 54.2 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Augustus Allhusen | 3,382 | 45.8 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 616 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,380 | 84.1 | +15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,779 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.8 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 4,429 | 53.5 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Felix Cassel | 3,853 | 46.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 576 | 7.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,282 | 88.6 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 3,954 | 53.3 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Albert Henry Jessel | 3,464 | 46.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 490 | 6.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,418 | 79.4 | −9.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | William Woolcock | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Arthur Lever | 9,795 | 46.4 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Wood | 6,825 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Arthur Lynch | 4,507 | 21.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,970 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,127 | 60.3 | N/A | ||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 8,569 | 38.6 | +6.3 | |
Unionist | Daniel Thomas Keymer | 7,252 | 32.7 | New | |
Labour | Ernest E. Hunter | 6,354 | 28.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 1,317 | 5.9 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,175 | 62.8 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Gower | 11,414 | 42.7 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Ernest E. Hunter | 9,684 | 36.3 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 5,594 | 21.0 | −17.6 | |
Majority | 1,730 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,692 | 74.2 | +11.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Watkins | 12,462 | 37.3 | +1.0 | |
Unionist | Alfred Bossom | 10,814 | 32.3 | −10.4 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 10,186 | 30.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 1,648 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,462 | 70.0 | −4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lockwood | 16,963 | 52.1 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Fred Watkins | 9,295 | 28.5 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | Leonard Franklin | 6,316 | 19.4 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 7,668 | 23.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,574 | 67.8 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Watkins | 15,332 | 51.6 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | John Lockwood | 14,375 | 48.4 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 957 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,707 | 60.6 | −7.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.4 |
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Fred Watkins
- Conservative: William Arthur Fearnley-Whittingstall[3]
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Hynd | 14,810 | 67.2 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | R.R. Harris | 4,889 | 22.2 | −26.2 | |
Liberal | Samuel Woolf Magnus | 2,348 | 10.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,921 | 45.0 | +41.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,047 | 65.7 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 27,012 | 61.74 | ||
Conservative | James Allason | 15,212 | 34.77 | ||
Communist | John R Betteridge | 1,530 | 3.50 | New | |
Majority | 11,800 | 26.97 | |||
Turnout | 43,754 | 66.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 25,407 | 61.50 | ||
Conservative | John C T Waring | 15,905 | 38.50 | ||
Majority | 9,502 | 23.00 | |||
Turnout | 41,312 | 66.03 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 23,110 | 66.32 | ||
Conservative | H Martin L Morton | 11,376 | 33.68 | ||
Majority | 11,376 | 32.66 | |||
Turnout | 34,844 | 57.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Butler | 21,466 | 63.76 | ||
Conservative | H Martin L Morton | 7,440 | 22.10 | ||
Liberal | Cecil V Gittins | 4,762 | 14.14 | New | |
Majority | 14,026 | 41.66 | |||
Turnout | 33,668 | 57.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 17,380 | 64.4 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 9,339 | 34.6 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Aftab Qureshi | 252 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,041 | 29.8 | −12.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,971 | 50.8 | −6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 18,705 | 61.81 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 6,302 | 20.82 | ||
Liberal | MG Snow | 5,256 | 17.37 | New | |
Majority | 12,403 | 40.99 | |||
Turnout | 30,263 | 62.70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 17,650 | 68.89 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth S Lightwood | 4,797 | 18.72 | ||
Liberal | MG Snow | 3,174 | 12.39 | ||
Majority | 12,853 | 50.17 | |||
Turnout | 25,621 | 52.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 16,506 | 59.34 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Bennett | 7,718 | 27.75 | ||
Liberal | Elikkos Georghiades | 1,835 | 6.60 | ||
National Front | Ronald May | 1,418 | 5.10 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Mark Johnson | 340 | 1.22 | New | |
Majority | 8,788 | 31.59 | |||
Turnout | 46,464 | 59.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ Kennedy, Thomas Cummins (2001). British Quakerism, 1860-1920: The transformation of a religious community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780198270355.
- ^ The Law Journal - Volume 86 (1938)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- 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