Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carshalton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
19451983
Seatsone
Created from Mitcham
Replaced by Carshalton and Wallington

Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead, Carshalton which is a suburb on a long, north–south hillside south of London. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of the London Borough of Sutton. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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It was created for the 1945 general election having been the south-west of "Mitcham" and on shedding Banstead in 1974 it gained what had been the south-east of the Mitcham seat, then was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by Carshalton and Wallington, a nearly identical eastern set of 13 wards of its (post-1965) solely related local government area (London Borough).

Boundaries

1945 UK general election map.svg
1945 UK general election map.svg
First version of the seat (at centre). Result in 1945. A north-west indent was the equally inceptive Sutton and Cheam seat.
UK General Election, October 1974.svg
UK General Election, October 1974.svg
Later version of the seat (at centre). Result in Oct. 1974. The seat swapped its bulk (south-west) on the North Downs for north-eastern suburbs.

1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton.

Note: abolished as entities from April 1965, falling into Surrey County Council and the London Borough of Sutton respectively

1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North East, Carshalton North West, Carshalton St Helier North, Carshalton St Helier South, Carshalton St Helier West, Carshalton South East, Carshalton South West, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1945 Antony Head Conservative In 1960 elevated to the Lords
1960 by-election Walter Elliot Conservative
Feb 1974 Robert Carr Conservative MP for "Mitcham" 195074. In 1976 elevated to the Lords.
1976 by-election Nigel Forman Conservative continued in successor seat until his 1997 defeat

1983: constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Head 20,181 45.34
Labour William F Hawkins19,16443.05
Liberal Wilfrid Barrow 5,16711.61
Majority1,0172.29
Turnout 44,51277.07
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Head 29,493 52.52
Labour S Sharman21,53638.35
Liberal Dennis W Clarke5,1329.14
Majority7,95714.17
Turnout 56,16188.14
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Head 32,634 58.73
Labour Clifford H Davies22,92841.27
Majority9,70617.46
Turnout 55,56285.07
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Head 30,429 55.70
Labour Harvey R Cole18,92434.64
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne5,2779.66
Majority11,50521.06
Turnout 54,63080.87
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Head 30,454 53.99
Labour John H Powell17,21030.51
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne8,74415.50
Majority13,24423.48
Turnout 56,40882.48
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1960 Carshalton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 19,175 51.66 −2.33
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne10,25027.61+12.11
Labour Brian Thomas7,69620.73−9.78
Majority8,92524.04+0.56
Turnout 37,121
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 26,118 48.88
Labour Brian Thomas16,10530.14
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne11,20720.98
Majority10,01318.74
Turnout 53,43080.18
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 24,615 47.02
Labour Philip John Bassett18,74635.81
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne8,98817.17
Majority5,86911.21
Turnout 52,34979.35
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 27,342 53.98
Labour Gilbert Samuel Baker16,89633.36
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne6,41112.66
Majority10,44620.62
Turnout 50,64971.17
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 24,440 44.53
Labour Peter James Walker18,75034.16
Liberal Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone11,69521.31
Majority5,69010.37
Turnout 54,88582.85
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 22,538 45.39 +0.86
Labour Bernard Frances Atherton18,84037.95+3.79
Liberal Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone8,27216.664.65
Majority3,6987.45−2.92
Turnout 49,65074.288.57
Conservative hold Swing
Carshalton by-election 1976 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 20,753 51.69 +6.29
Labour Colin Blau11,02127.45−10.46
Liberal John Hatherley6,02815.01−1.65
National Front Terry Denville-Faulkner [2] 1,8514.61New
Conservative Anti-Common MarketReginald Simmerson2510.63New
Logic PartyWilliam Dunmore1330.33New
Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 1150.29New
Majority9,73224.24
Turnout 40,15260.53
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Carshalton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 26,492 51.30 +5.91
Labour Michael Geikie Ormerod16,12131.22−6.73
Liberal John Hatherley8,11215.71−0.95
National Front Terry Denville-Faulkner9191.78N/A
Majority10,37120.08+12.63
Turnout 51,64476.79+2.51
Conservative hold Swing

See also

As to 1945-1965 period: list of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

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