Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bethnal Green North East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Bethnal Green North East in London 1885–1918
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Bethnal Green North East in London 1918–1950
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created from Hackney
Replaced by Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election

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Boundaries

Bethnal Green Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).

1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. [1]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberWhip
1885 George Howell Liberal
1895 Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree Conservative
1906 Sir Edwin Cornwall Liberal
1919 Coalition Liberal
1922 Garnham Edmonds Liberal
1923 Walter Windsor Labour
1929 Harry Nathan Liberal
February 1933 a Independent Liberal
June 1934 b Labour
1935 Dan Chater Labour
1950 constituency abolished - see Bethnal Green

Notes:-

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

George Howell GeorgeHowell.jpg
George Howell
General election 1885: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 3,095 62.7
Conservative John Dawson Mayne1,84437.3
Majority1,25125.4
Turnout 4,93969.5
Registered electors 7,102
Lib-Lab win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,278 54.4 −8.3
Liberal Unionist Edward John Stoneham1,90645.6+8.3
Majority3728.8−16.6
Turnout 4,18458.9−10.6
Registered electors 7,102
Lib-Lab hold Swing −8.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,918 54.4 0.0
Conservative Harry Marks 2,32143.2−2.4
Social Democratic Federation Hugh Robert Taylor1062.0New
Independent R. Ballard230.4New
Majority59711.2+2.4
Turnout 5,36872.2+13.3
Registered electors 7,438
Lib-Lab hold Swing +1.2
General election 1895: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,591 51.6 +8.4
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,43148.4−6.0
Majority1603.2N/A
Turnout 5,02267.6−4.6
Registered electors 7,431
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,988 53.4 +1.8
Liberal Harry Levy-Lawson 2,60946.6−1.8
Majority3796.8+3.6
Turnout 5,59769.9+2.3
Registered electors 8,012
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
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Cornwall
General election 1906: Bethnal Green North East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4,127 66.0 +19.4
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,13034.0−19.4
Majority1,99732.0N/A
Turnout 6,25780.9+11.0
Registered electors 7,730
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +19.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Bethnal Green North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3,842 61.2 −4.8
Conservative John Molson 2,43538.8+4.8
Majority1,40722.4−9.6
Turnout 6,27783.1+2.2
Liberal hold Swing −4.8
General election December 1910: Bethnal Green North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3,188 61.0 −0.2
Conservative John Molson 2,03739.0+0.2
Majority1,15122.0−0.4
Turnout 5,22569.2−13.9
Liberal hold Swing −0.2

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4,44856.4−4.6
National Wilfred Liddell Steel2,31229.3New
HealthWilliam Shadforth1,12714.3New
Majority2,13627.1+5.1
Turnout 25,25331.2−38.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 5,774 36.1 −20.3
Communist Walter Windsor 5,65935.3New
Unionist Eric Alfred Hoffgaard2,80617.5New
National Liberal George Garro-Jones 1,78011.5New
Majority1150.8−26.3
Turnout 27,26258.8+27.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Windsor 7,415 45.7 +12.4
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 6,79041.8+5.7
Unionist Robert Tasker 2,03512.5−5.0
Majority6253.9N/A
Turnout 27,46859.1+0.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +3.3
General election 1924: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Windsor 9,560 50.2 +4.5
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 9,46549.8+8.0
Majority950.4−3.5
Turnout 27,82768.4+9.3
Labour hold Swing −1.8
General election 1929: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harry Nathan 11,690 47.4 −2.4
Labour Walter Windsor 11,10144.9−5.3
Unionist James Alan Bell1,9087.7New
Majority5892.5N/A
Turnout 34,45371.7+3.3
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harry Nathan 13,135 55.9 +8.5
Labour William Barratt 10,36844.1−0.8
Majority2,76711.8+9.3
Turnout 34,37768.4−3.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.7
General election 1935: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Dan Chater 11,581 63.5 +19.4
Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 6,64436.5−19.4
Majority4,93727.0N/A
Turnout 32,80955.5−12.9
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Swing +19.4

Elections in the 1940s

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;

General election 1945: Bethnal Green North East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Dan Chater 7,696 59.9 −3.6
Liberal Paul Wright 3,97930.9−5.6
Conservative William Sackville 1,1859.2New
Majority3,71729.0+2.0
Turnout 19,22566.9+11.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, F. W. S. Craig
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F. W. S. Craig.
  4. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939.
  5. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939.
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