Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barons Court
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1955–1965: County of London
1965–1974: Greater London
Borough London Borough of Hammersmith
19551974 (1974)
Seats1
Created from Hammersmith South (bulk of), Fulham West (part) and Fulham East (part)
Replaced by Fulham and Hammersmith North

Barons Court was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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Barons Court in London 1955-74

Barons Court was a borough constituency of the parliamentary County of London. It was created from parts of three abolished constituencies in 1955: the bulk of Hammersmith South and parts of Fulham West and Fulham East. It was composed of the northern end of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (Barons Court, Margravine, and Lillie wards) and the southern section of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith (Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, and Ravenscourt wards). It did not include the whole of either Metropolitan Borough. [1]

When local government in London was reformed in 1965, the area became part of the London Borough of Hammersmith in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until 1974. In that year constituencies were redrawn to correspond to wards of the London Borough: the Barons Court constituency was divided between the seats of Fulham and Hammersmith North.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1955 Thomas Williams Labour Member for main predecessor seat (1949–1955)
1959 Compton Carr Conservative
1964 Ivor Richard Labour Contested Blyth following redistribution
1974 constituency abolished: see Fulham and Hammersmith North

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Barons Court
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Thomas Williams 20,748 50.2
Conservative Keith Joseph 20,62349.8
Majority1250.3
Turnout 41,37175.8
Registered electors 54,613
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
General election 1959: Barons Court
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Carr 18,658 48.9 –1.0
Labour Co-op Thomas Williams 17,74546.5–3.7
Independent Liberal Simon Knott1,7664.6New
Majority9132.4N/A
Turnout 38,16976.3+0.5
Registered electors 50,032
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Barons Court
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivor Richard 15,966 47.5 +1.0
Conservative Bill Carr 14,80044.1–4.8
Liberal Simon Knott2,8218.4+3.8
Majority1,1663.5N/A
Turnout 33,58772.9–3.4
Registered electors 46,048
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
General election 1966: Barons Court
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivor Richard 17,021 51.6 +4.1
Conservative Bill Carr 13,55141.1–2.9
Liberal Simon Knott2,3847.2–1.2
Majority3,47010.5+7.1
Turnout 32,95675.2+2.3
Registered electors 43,830
Labour hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Barons Court
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivor Richard 13,374 48.0 –3.6
Conservative Robert Brum12,26944.1+2.9
Liberal Simon Knott2,2067.9+0.7
Majority1,1053.9–6.7
Turnout 27,84967.3–7.9
Registered electors 41,375
Labour hold Swing –3.3

See also

References

  1. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

Sources

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