Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hammersmith South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County of London
1918–1955
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Barons Court
Created from Hammersmith
Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50 HammersmithSouth1918.png
Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50
Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-55 HammersmithSouth1950.png
Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-55
A map showing the wards of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Hammersmith Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Hammersmith South was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in west 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.

Contents

The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards numbers one, two and three.

1950–1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, Olympia, Ravenscourt, and St Stephen's.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 William Bull Conservative
1929 Daniel Chater Labour
1931 James Cooke Conservative
1945 William Adams Labour
1949 by-election Thomas Williams Labour
1955 constituency abolished: see Barons Court

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist William Bull 8,59265.6
Liberal Thomas Atholl Robertson 2,55519.5
Labour John Thomas Westcott1,95814.9
Majority6,03746.1
Turnout 13,10546.8
Registered electors 27,996
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

William Bull Sir W.J. Bull (LOC).jpg
William Bull
General election 1922: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Bull 10,877 63.0 −2.6
Labour Wyndham Albery 6,39737.0+22.1
Majority4,48026.0−20.1
Turnout 17,27456.4+9.6
Registered electors 30,618
Unionist hold Swing −12.4
General election 1923: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Bull 8,184 43.4 −19.6
Labour Wyndham Albery 6,97436.9−0.1
Liberal Ernest Devan Wetton3,72319.7New
Majority1,2106.5−19.5
Turnout 18,88161.1+4.7
Registered electors 30,879
Unionist hold Swing −9.8
Christopher Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg
Christopher Addison
General election 1924: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Bull 12,679 55.4 +12.0
Labour Christopher Addison 8,80438.5+1.6
Liberal Ernest Devan Wetton1,3936.1−13.6
Majority3,87516.9+10.4
Turnout 22,87672.3+11.2
Registered electors 31,633
Unionist hold Swing +5.2
General election 1929: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Chater 12,630 43.8 +5.3
Unionist John Ferguson 12,21842.4−13.0
Liberal J J Davies3,97613.8+7.7
Majority4121.4N/A
Turnout 28,82467.3−5.0
Registered electors 42,841
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Cooke 21,018 71.5 +29.1
Labour Daniel Chater 8,39028.5-15.3
Majority12,62843.0N/A
Turnout 29,40868.0+0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +20.8
General election 1935: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Cooke 15,377 62.3 -9.2
Labour William Adams 9,30937.7+9.2
Majority6,06824.6-18.4
Turnout 24,68660.1-7.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hammersmith South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Adams 12,502 58.0 +20.3
Conservative Douglas Cooke 9,04442.0-20.3
Majority3,45816.0N/A
Turnout 21,54665.9+5.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1949 Hammersmith South by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Williams 15,223 52.8 -5.2
Conservative Anthony Fell 13,61047.2+5.2
Majority1,6135.6-10.4
Turnout 28,83360.6-5.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hammersmith South [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Williams 18,825 51.8 +1.8
Conservative Anthony Fell 16,16144.4+2.4
Liberal John Stanton Ritter1,4003.8New
Majority2,6647.4-8.6
Turnout 36,386
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Hammersmith South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Williams 19,273 54.6 +2.8
Conservative Robert N E Hinton16,03845.4+1.0
Majority3,2359.2+1.8
Turnout 35,31180.2
Labour hold Swing +0.9

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References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

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