Fulham East

Fulham East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (in the County of London)
1918–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Fulham
Replaced by	Fulham

Fulham East was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Fulham East in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50

A map showing the wards of Fulham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Fulham East in the County of London, boundaries 1950-55

At the 1918 general election the previous Fulham constituency was divided into two constituencies, Fulham East and Fulham West; the two halves were re-united for the 1955 general election. At the 1997 general election, the Fulham constituency was replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham wards of Barons Court, Lillie, Sands End, and Walham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1918	Henry Norris	Unionist
	1922	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	Unionist
	1933 b-e	John Wilmot	Labour
	1935	William Astor	Conservative
	1945	Michael Stewart	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished: see Fulham

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Fulham East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Henry Norris	10,242	69.4
	Independent Labour	David Cook	2,883	19.5
	Liberal	Frederick L. Coysh	1,644	11.1
Majority			7,359	49.9
Turnout			14,769	40.8
Registered electors			36,228
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Fulham East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	13,282	61.5	−7.9
	Labour	John Palmer	5,393	35.0	New
	Liberal	Maurice Gordon Liverman	2,907	13.5	+2.4
Majority			7,889	36.5	−13.4
Turnout			21,582	58.0	+17.2
Registered electors			37,180
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.2

General election 1923: Fulham East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	9,757	43.9	−17.6
	Labour	John Palmer	7,683	34.5	−0.5
	Liberal	Robert Crawford Hawkin	4,817	21.6	+8.1
Majority			2,074	9.4	−27.1
Turnout			22,257	58.0	0.0
Registered electors			38,403
	Unionist hold		Swing	−13.6

General election 1924: Fulham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	16,657	61.6	+17.7
	Labour	John Palmer	10,403	38.4	+3.9
Majority			6,254	23.2	+13.8
Turnout			27,060	69.1	+11.1
Registered electors			39,151
	Unionist hold		Swing	+6.9

General election 1929: Fulham East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	15,130	44.3	−17.3
	Labour	John Palmer	13,425	39.4	+1.0
	Liberal	John Henry Greenwood	5,551	16.3	New
Majority			1,705	4.9	−18.3
Turnout			34,106	66.8	−2.3
Registered electors			51,066
	Unionist hold		Swing	−9.2

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Fulham East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	23,438	68.7	+14.4
	Labour	John Maynard	8,917	26.1	−13.3
	Liberal	John Henry Greenwood	1,788	5.2	−11.1
Majority			14,521	42.6	+37.7
Turnout			34,143	66.1	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

1933 Fulham East by-election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wilmot	17,790	57.9	+31.8
	Conservative	William James Waldron	12,950	42.1	−26.6
Majority			4,840	15.8	N/A
Turnout			30,740	59.5	−7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+29.2

General election 1935: Fulham East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Astor	18,743	51.4	−16.3
	Labour	John Wilmot	17,689	48.6	+22.5
Majority			1,054	2.8	N/A
Turnout			37,433	71.9	+5.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Fulham East ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	15,662	55.4	+6.8
	Conservative	William Astor	10,309	36.4	−15.0
	Liberal	Philip Montague Syrett	2,315	8.2	New
Majority			5,353	19.0	N/A
Turnout			28,286
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fulham East ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	18,998	50.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Vyvyan Adams	16,233	42.9	+6.5
	Liberal	Frank Victor Jacoby	2,214	5.9	−2.3
	Communist	Roy Ellwood Elsmere	399	1.1	New
Majority			2,765	7.2	−11.8
Turnout			37,764	84.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Michael Stewart

General election 1951: Fulham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	20,279	53.2	+3.1
	Conservative	John Hall	17,806	46.8	+3.9
Majority			2,473	6.4	−0.8
Turnout			38,085	84.5	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
2. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
3. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
4. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
5. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
6. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
8. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
9. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
10. "The General Election: Last Night's Results". The Times . 24 February 1950. p. 8.