Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Fulham West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Number of membersone
Replaced by Fulham
Created from Fulham
Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50 FulhamWest1918.png
Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50
A map showing the wards of Fulham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Fulham Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Fulham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1950-55 FulhamWest1950.png
Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1950-55

Fulham West was a borough constituency based in the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955.

Contents

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 Hurlingham, Margravine, Munster, and Town.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party [2]
1918 Sir Cyril Cobb Unionist
1929 Ernest Spero Labour
1930 Sir Cyril Cobb Conservative
1938 Edith Summerskill Labour
1955 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Fulham West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Cyril Cobb 12,18264.9
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 4,43523.7
Liberal Herbert Fordham 1,1396.1
NFDDSS William Jones Allen9955.3
Majority7,74741.2
Turnout 18,75146.9
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Fulham West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Cobb 14,875 64.4 -0.5
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 8,21035.6+11.9
Majority6,66528.8-12.4
Turnout 23,08558.4+11.5
Unionist hold Swing -6.2
General election 1923: Fulham West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Cobb 9,965 39.5 -24.9
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 8,68734.4-1.2
Liberal Christopher W Courtenay6,60426.1New
Majority1,2785.1-23.7
Turnout 25,25662.9+4.5
Unionist hold Swing -11.8
General election 1924: Fulham West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Cobb 17,109 59.4 +19.9
Labour Robert Mark Gentry 11,70640.6+1.2
Majority5,40318.8+13.7
Turnout 28,21571.3+8.4
Unionist hold Swing +9.3
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Spero
General election 1929: Fulham West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Spero 16,190 44.9 +4.3
Unionist Cyril Cobb 13,97938.7-20.7
Liberal George Arthur Gale5,92016.4New
Majority2,2116.2-12.6
Turnout 36,08971.4+0.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +12.5

Elections in the 1930s

1930 Fulham West by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Cobb 16,223 50.4 +11.7
Labour John Banfield 15,98349.6+4.7
Majority2400.8N/A
Turnout 32,20663.6-7.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.5
General election 1931: Fulham West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Cobb 24,257 66.6 +16.2
Labour John Banfield 12,16433.4-16.2
Majority12,09333.2+32.4
Turnout 36,42171.4+7.8
Conservative hold Swing +16.2
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Follick
General election 1935: Fulham West [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Cobb 18,461 53.4 -13.2
Labour Mont Follick 14,97843.3+9.9
Liberal Ebenezer Josiah Johnson1,1323.3New
Majority3,48310.1-23.1
Turnout 34,57169.9-1.5
Conservative hold Swing -11.6
1938 Fulham West by-election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edith Summerskill 16,583 52.2 +8.9
Conservative Charles John Busby15,16247.8-5.6
Majority1,4214.4N/A
Turnout 31,74566.5-3.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.3

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;

Elections in the 1940s

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Lucas
General election 1945: Fulham West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edith Summerskill 19,537 61.9 +18.6
Conservative Laddie Lucas 12,01638.1-15.3
Majority7,52123.8+13.7
Turnout 31,55376.3+6.4
Labour hold Swing +9.7

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fulham West [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edith Summerskill 20,141 51.1 -10.8
Conservative William O'Donovan 17,29243.9+5.8
Liberal Eric Walcot-Bather1,9495.0New
Majority2,8497.2-16.6
Turnout 37,43386.2+9.9
Labour hold Swing -8.3
General election 1951: Fulham West [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edith Summerskill 20,290 51.7 +0.6
Independent William Brown 17,70745.1New
Liberal Eric Walcot-Bather1,2473.2-1.8
Majority2,5836.6-0.6
Turnout 37,99786.6+0.4
Labour hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 18. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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