Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hackney Central
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created from Hackney
Replaced by Hackney South and Stoke Newington and Hackney North
195519–1983
Seatsone
Created from Hackney South
Replaced by Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch

Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hackney Central in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918 HackneyCentral1885.png
Hackney Central in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885–1918
Hackney Central in the County of London, boundaries 1918-1950 HackneyCentral1918.png
Hackney Central in the County of London, boundaries 1918–1950
Hackney Central in the County of London, boundaries 1955-1974 HackneyCentral1955.png
Hackney Central in the County of London, boundaries 1955–1974
A map showing the wards of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Hackney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 from 1885, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was recreated for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The wards of Dalston and De Beauvoir Town, and part of Hackney ward.

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Downs, Hackney, and Kingsland, and part of West Hackney ward.

1955–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Albion, Chatham, Kenninghall, Kingsland, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Pembury, Rushmore, and Town Hall.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, Downs, Kingsmead, Leabridge, Rectory, and Wick.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

ElectionNameParty
1885 Sir William Guyer Hunter Conservative
1892 Andrew Scoble Conservative
1900 Augustus Allhusen Conservative
1906 Sir Albert Spicer Liberal
1918 William Woolcock Coalition Liberal
1922 Arthur Lever National Liberal
1923 Leonard Franklin Liberal
1924 Robert Gower Conservative
1929 Fred Watkins Labour
1931 John Lockwood Conservative
1935 Fred Watkins Labour
1945 Harry Hynd Labour
1950 constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1983

ElectionNameParty
1955 constituency recreated
1955 Herbert Butler Labour
1970 Stanley Clinton-Davis Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Hunter 2,941 51.7
Liberal John Holms 2,74848.3
Majority1933.4
Turnout 5,68977.1
Registered electors 7,381
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Hunter 3,047 60.8 +9.1
Liberal Martin Hume 1,96139.2−9.1
Majority 1,08621.6+18.2
Turnout 5,00867.8−9.3
Registered electors 7,381
Conservative hold Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1890s

Andrew Scoble Andrew Scoble.jpg
Andrew Scoble
General election 1892: Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Scoble 3,478 52.1 −8.7
Liberal John Fyfe Stewart [2] 3,19347.9+8.7
Majority 2854.2−17.4
Turnout 6,67174.5+6.7
Registered electors 8,951
Conservative hold Swing -8.7
General election 1895: Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Scoble 3,278 52.5 +0.4
Liberal Charles Russell2,96647.5−0.4
Majority 3125.0+0.8
Turnout 6,24470.7−3.8
Registered electors 8,835
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Allhusen 3,747 62.6 +10.1
Liberal Israel Hart 2,24337.4−10.1
Majority 1,50425.2+20.2
Turnout 5,99068.9−1.8
Registered electors 8,692
Conservative hold Swing +10.1
Albert Spicer Albert Spicer.jpg
Albert Spicer
General election 1906: Hackney Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Spicer 3,998 54.2 +16.8
Conservative Augustus Allhusen 3,38245.8−16.8
Majority 6168.4N/A
Turnout 7,38084.1+15.2
Registered electors 8,779
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +16.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Spicer 4,429 53.5 −0.7
Liberal Unionist Felix Cassel 3,85346.5+0.7
Majority 5767.0−1.4
Turnout 8,28288.6+4.5
Liberal hold Swing -0.7
General election December 1910: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Spicer 3,954 53.3 −0.2
Conservative Albert Henry Jessel3,46446.7+0.2
Majority 4906.6−0.4
Turnout 7,41879.4−9.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.2
W. Woolcock William Woolcock.jpg
W. Woolcock
General election 1918: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal William Woolcock Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

A. Lever Sir Arthur Levy Lever.jpg
A. Lever
General election 1922: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Arthur Lever 9,795 46.4 New
Liberal Thomas Wood 6,82532.3N/A
Labour Arthur Lynch 4,50721.3New
Majority 2,97014.1N/A
Turnout 21,12760.3N/A
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1923: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leonard Franklin 8,569 38.6 +6.3
Unionist Daniel Thomas Keymer7,25232.7New
Labour Ernest E. Hunter 6,35428.7+7.4
Majority 1,3175.9−8.2
Turnout 22,17562.8+2.5
Liberal hold Swing +10.0
General election 1924: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Gower 11,414 42.7 +10.0
Labour Ernest E. Hunter 9,68436.3+7.6
Liberal Leonard Franklin 5,59421.0−17.6
Majority 1,7306.4N/A
Turnout 26,69274.2+11.4
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +13.8
General election 1929: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Watkins 12,462 37.3 +1.0
Unionist Alfred Bossom 10,81432.3−10.4
Liberal Leonard Franklin 10,18630.4+9.4
Majority 1,6485.0N/A
Turnout 33,46270.0−4.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lockwood 16,963 52.1 +19.8
Labour Fred Watkins 9,29528.5−8.8
Liberal Leonard Franklin 6,31619.4−11.0
Majority 7,66823.6N/A
Turnout 32,57467.8−2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.3
General election 1935: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Watkins 15,332 51.6 +23.1
Conservative John Lockwood 14,37548.4−3.7
Majority 9573.2N/A
Turnout 29,70760.6−7.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.4

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Hynd 14,810 67.2 +15.6
Conservative R.R. Harris4,88922.2−26.2
Liberal Samuel Woolf Magnus 2,34810.6New
Majority 9,92145.0+41.8
Turnout 22,04765.7+5.1
Labour hold Swing +18.9

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Butler 27,01261.74
Conservative James Allason 15,21234.77
Communist John R Betteridge1,5303.50New
Majority 11,80026.97
Turnout 43,75466.11
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Butler 25,40761.50
Conservative John C T Waring15,90538.50
Majority 9,50223.00
Turnout 41,31266.03
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Butler 23,11066.32
Conservative H Martin L Morton11,37633.68
Majority 11,37632.66
Turnout 34,84457.09
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Butler 21,46663.76
Conservative H Martin L Morton7,44022.10
Liberal Cecil V Gittins4,76214.14New
Majority 14,02641.66
Turnout 33,66857.54
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 17,380 64.4 +0.6
Conservative Kenneth Lightwood9,33934.6+12.5
Independent Aftab Qureshi2520.9New
Majority 8,04129.8−12.1
Turnout 26,97150.8−6.7
Registered electors 53,120
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 18,705 61.81
Conservative Kenneth Lightwood6,30220.82
Liberal MG Snow5,25617.37New
Majority 12,40340.99
Turnout 30,26362.70
Registered electors 48,270
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 17,650 68.89
Conservative Kenneth Lightwood4,79718.72
Liberal MG Snow3,17412.39
Majority 12,85350.17
Turnout 25,62152.80
Registered electors 48,524
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 16,506 59.0
Conservative Nicholas Bennett 7,71827.6
Liberal Elikkos Georghiades1,8356.6
National Front Ronald May1,4185.1New
Communist D Boyes3401.2New
Workers Revolutionary Mark Johnson1360.5New
Majority 8,78831.4
Turnout 27,95360.2
Registered electors 46,464
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  2. ↑ Kennedy, Thomas Cummins (2001). British Quakerism, 1860-1920: The transformation of a religious community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 144. ISBN   9780198270355.
  3. ↑ The Law Journal - Volume 86 (1938)
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