Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Deptford
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlementsDeptford and New Cross
1885–February 1974
Seatsone
Created from Greenwich
Replaced by Lewisham Deptford

Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

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Deptford in London 1885-1918
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Deptford in London 1918-50
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Deptford in London 1950-74

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham. [1]

1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.

Members of Parliament

YearMember [2] Party
1885 William John Evelyn Conservative
1888 Charles Darling Conservative
1897 Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton Conservative
1906 C. W. Bowerman Labour
1931 Denis Hanley Conservative
1935 Walter Green Labour
1945 John Wilmot Labour
1950 Jack Cooper Labour
1951 Sir Leslie Plummer Labour
1963 John Silkin Labour
1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Silkin 14,672 62.96
Conservative Michael Brotherton 7,35531.56
National Front Martin Vaux1,2775.48N/A
Majority 7,31731.40
Turnout 23,30454.67
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Silkin 17,983 66.80
Conservative John R Giles7,03326.12
British National Gerald Rowe1,9067.08New
Majority 10,95040.68
Turnout 26,92260.27
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Silkin 17,676 62.44
Conservative Murray M Leask8,24829.13
Independent Colin M H Atkins [3] 2,3868.43New
Majority 9,42833.31
Turnout 28,31060.08
Labour hold Swing
1963 Deptford by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Silkin 12,209 58.25 −3.70
Liberal David John Howard Penwarden4,72622.55New
Conservative John D Brimacombe4,02319.20−18.85
Majority 7,48335.70+11.80
Turnout 20,958
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Plummer 21,226 61.95
Conservative John D Brimacombe13,03838.05
Majority 8,18823.90
Turnout 34,26469.34
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Plummer 23,925 65.73
Conservative Irene Dowling12,47234.27
Majority 11,45331.46
Turnout 36,39769.62
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Plummer 28,878 65.17
Conservative Irene Dowling15,43134.83
Majority 13,44730.34
Turnout 44,30980.27
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Deptford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Cooper 28,230 63.07
Conservative Geoffrey F. Sarjeant13,33029.78
Liberal Edward Isaac Miller2,6375.89New
Communist Leslie Francis Stannard5621.26New
Majority 14,90033.29
Turnout 44,75981.61
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wilmot 22,313 73.47
Conservative Eric Cuddon8,05926.53
Majority 14,25446.94
Turnout 30,372
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

General election 1935: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Walter Green 27,021 57.31
Conservative Malcolm Campbell 20,12942.69
Majority 6,89214.62N/A
Turnout 47,150
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Hanley 26,558 54.42
Labour C. W. Bowerman 22,24445.58
Majority 4,3148.84N/A
Turnout 48,802
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Election in the 1920s

General election 1929: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 26,848 55.2 +0.7
Unionist Ernest Gates 14,83230.5−15.0
Liberal H. Charles Bevan6,93514.3New
Majority 12,01624.7+15.7
Turnout 48,61568.2−3.8
Registered electors 71,242
Labour hold Swing +7.9
General election 1924: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 21,903 54.5 −8.5
Unionist James Hargreaves18,27945.5+8.5
Majority 3,6249.0−17.0
Turnout 40,18272.0+8.7
Registered electors 55,797
Labour hold Swing −8.5
General election 1923: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 21,576 63.0 +10.4
Unionist Marshall James Pike12,66637.0−10.4
Majority 8,91026.0+20.8
Turnout 34,24263.3−2.9
Registered electors 54,135
Labour hold Swing +10.4
General election 1922: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 18,512 52.6 −1.8
Unionist Marshall James Pike16,68747.4+9.9
Majority 1,8255.2−11.7
Turnout 35,19966.2+16.0
Registered electors 53,195
Labour hold Swing −5.9

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 14,073 54.4 +3.0
Conservative John Prestige9,71137.5−11.1
NFDDSS Frederick Alfred Rumsey2,1068.1New
Majority 4,36216.9+14.1
Turnout 25,89050.2−31.3
Registered electors 51,611
Labour hold Swing +7.1
General election December 1910: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 6,357 51.4 −0.6
Conservative Stuart Coats 5,99948.6+0.6
Majority 3582.8−1.2
Turnout 12,35681.5−5.8
Registered electors 15,159
Labour hold Swing −0.6
General election January 1910: Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. W. Bowerman 6,880 52.0 −0.2
Conservative Stuart Coats 6,35848.0+6.3
Majority 5224.0−6.5
Turnout 13,23887.3+9.8
Registered electors 15,159
Labour hold Swing −3.3

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Repr. Cmte. C. W. Bowerman 6,236 52.2 New
Conservative Arthur Morton 4,97741.7−20.4
Liberal Herbert Vivian 7266.1−31.8
Majority 1,25910.5N/A
Turnout 11,93977.5+10.6
Registered electors 15,397
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1900: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Morton 6,236 62.1 +6.0
Lib-Lab Ben Jones 3,80637.9−6.0
Majority 2,43024.2+12.0
Turnout 10,04266.9−6.1
Registered electors 15,000
Conservative hold Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Deptford by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton 5,317 51.6 −4.5
Liberal John Benn 4,99348.4+4.5
Majority 3243.2−9.0
Turnout 10,31074.3+1.3
Registered electors 13,868
Conservative hold Swing −4.5
General election 1895: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Darling 5,654 56.1 +3.3
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 4,42543.9−3.3
Majority 1,22912.2+6.6
Turnout 10,07973.0−3.8
Registered electors 13,815
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 1892: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Darling 5,298 52.8 −1.9
Liberal Edmond Fitzmaurice 4,73347.2+1.9
Majority 5655.6−3.8
Turnout 10,03176.8+4.9
Registered electors 13,066
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 29 Feb 1888: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Darling 4,345 51.6 −3.1
Liberal Wilfrid Blunt 4,07048.4+3.1
Majority 2753.2−6.2
Turnout 8,41580.3+8.4
Registered electors 10,473
Conservative hold Swing −3.1
General election 1886: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William John Evelyn 3,682 54.7 +2.2
Liberal Lalmohun Ghose 3,05545.3−2.2
Majority 6279.4+4.4
Turnout 6,73771.9−8.0
Registered electors 9,371
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
General election 1885: Deptford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William John Evelyn 3,927 52.5
Liberal Lalmohun Ghose 3,56047.5
Majority 3675.0
Turnout 7,48779.9
Registered electors 9,371
Conservative win (new seat)

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. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Anti-immigration. Colin Murray Hazlewood Atkins (12 Aug 1929 - 21 July 2008). One of ‘The three London candidates, in Southall, Deptford and Islington East, who under different labels, fought on avowedly anti-immigrant platforms’ - David Butler, and Anthony King, The British General Election of 1964 (1965), p 119. See also Nicholas Deakin (ed.), Colour and the British Electorate 1964 (1965), Chapter 6.
  4. ↑ "1963 by Elections". Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
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