Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Haggerston
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from Hackney
Replaced by Shoreditch

Haggerston, formally known as the "Haggerston Division of Shoreditch", was a borough constituency centred on the Haggerston district of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

Haggerston in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918 ShoreditchHag.png
Haggerston in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885–1918

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

A map showing the wards of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916 Shoreditch Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916

The constituency was created in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough of Shoreditch in the East End of London. The area was administered as part of the Tower division of the county of Middlesex.

The division consisted of the Acron, Haggerston, Kingsland and Whitmore wards.

In 1889 there were administrative changes. The territory of the constituency was severed from Middlesex and included in the new County of London. The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.

In 1900 local government in London was rationalised. The civil parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch became part of a larger Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1918, the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch constituted a single parliamentary division of Shoreditch. The Haggerston division was abolished.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Randal Cremer Liberal
1895 John Lowles Conservative
1900 Sir Randal Cremer Liberal
1908 b-e Rupert Guinness Conservative
Jan. 1910 Henry Chancellor Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,736 68.5
Conservative Richard Denny Urlin1,25931.5
Majority1,47737.0
Turnout 3,99559.3
Registered electors 6,737
Lib-Lab win (new seat)
General election 1886: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,054 55.1 13.4
Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1,67744.9+13.4
Majority37710.226.8
Turnout 3,73155.43.9
Registered electors 6,737
Lib-Lab hold Swing -13.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,543 61.1 +6.0
Conservative Joseph Firbank 1,62238.96.0
Majority92122.2+12.0
Turnout 4,16565.6+10.2
Registered electors 6,351
Lib-Lab hold Swing +6.0
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Lowles
General election 1895: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lowles 2,269 50.4 +11.5
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,22949.611.5
Majority400.8N/A
Turnout 4,49867.5+1.9
Registered electors 6,661
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +11.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,290 50.3 +0.7
Conservative John Lowles 2,26649.70.7
Majority240.6N/A
Turnout 4,55667.20.3
Registered electors 6,781
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Swing +0.7
Cremer Cremer.jpg
Cremer
General election 1906: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 2,772 53.9 +3.6
Conservative Rupert Guinness 2,37146.13.6
Majority4017.8+7.2
Turnout 5,14380.3+13.1
Registered electors 6,403
Lib-Lab hold Swing +3.6
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Burrows
1908 Haggerston by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert Guinness 2,867 51.4 +5.3
Liberal Walter Richard Warren1,72430.923.0
Social Democratic Federation Herbert Burrows 98617.7New
Majority1,14320.5N/A
Turnout 5,57765.914.4
Registered electors 8,457
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +14.2

Elections in the 1910s

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Chancellor
General election January 1910: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Chancellor 3,041 48.0 -5.9
Conservative Rupert Guinness 2,58640.9-5.2
Social Democratic Federation Herbert Burrows 70111.1N/A
Majority4557.1-0.7
Turnout 6,32779.7-0.6
Registered electors 7,936
Liberal hold Swing +13.8
General election December 1910: Haggerston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Chancellor 3,046 53.6 +5.6
Conservative Rupert Guinness 2,64146.4+5.5
Majority4057.2+0.1
Turnout 5,68771.78.0
Registered electors 7,936
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.