Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hampstead
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County of London
18851983
SeatsOne
Created from Middlesex
Replaced by Hampstead & Highgate

Hampstead was a borough constituency, centered on the Hampstead area of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who was elected using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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It was created for the 1885 general election, [1] and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Hampstead and Highgate constituency.

Hampstead in the Metropolitan area, boundaries used 1885-1918 Hampstead1885.png
Hampstead in the Metropolitan area, boundaries used 1885-1918
Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1918-50 Hampstead1918.png
Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1918-50
Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1950-74 Hampstead1950.png
Hampstead in the Parliamentary County of London, boundaries used 1950-74
A map showing the wards of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Hampstead Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
A map showing the wards of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of St John, Hampstead. [2]

The parliamentary borough of Hampstead was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the civil parish of St John, Hampstead, Middlesex. [3] The parish had previously formed part of the Parliamentary County of Middlesex. [4] Hampstead lay within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and in 1889 this became the County of London. In 1900 the county was divided into twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, with the civil parish becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead. [4]

Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn under the Representation of the People Act 1918, with boundaries in London realigned to those of the metropolitan boroughs. Accordingly, the Hampstead constituency was defined by the legislation as being identical in area to the metropolitan borough of the same name. [4] [5] When the next redistribution was carried out under the Representation of the People Act 1948, the term "parliamentary borough" was replaced with "borough constituency". The renamed Hampstead Borough Constituency continued with the same boundaries, with the changes coming into effect for the 1950 general election. [6]

In 1965 both the County of London and the metropolitan boroughs were abolished. Hampstead became part of the larger London Borough of Camden. [4] The changes were not reflected in parliamentary boundaries until 1970. The constituency was officially renamed "Camden, Hampstead Borough Constituency" and was defined as comprising seven wards of the London Borough, namely Adelaide, Belsize, Hampstead Town, Kilburn, Priory, Swiss Cottage and West End. [7] The wards of the borough were altered in 1973, with Swiss Cottage ward replacing Hampstead Central in the constituency's definition. [4] These boundaries were used until 1983, when the seat was abolished.

Members of Parliament

Election [8] MemberParty
1885 Sir Henry Holland Conservative
1888 by-election Edward Hoare Conservative
1902 by-election Thomas Milvain Conservative
1905 by-election John Fletcher Conservative
1918 George Balfour Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1941 by-election Charles Challen Conservative
1950 Henry Brooke Conservative
1966 Ben Whitaker Labour
1970 Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Hampstead & Highgate

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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Marquess of Lorne
General election 1885: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Holland 2,785 59.0
Liberal John Campbell 1,91040.4
Social Democratic Federation Jack Williams 270.6
Majority87518.6
Turnout 4,72279.0
Registered electors 5,981
Conservative win (new seat)
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Sir Henry Holland
General election 1886: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Holland 2,707 74.1 +15.1
Liberal William Ramsay Scott94525.9-14.5
Majority1,76248.2+29.6
Turnout 5,98161.1-17.9
Registered electors 5,981
Conservative hold Swing +14.8

Holland was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 Aug 1886: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Holland Unopposed
Conservative hold

Holland was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Knutsford, causing a by-election.

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Edward Hoare
By-election, 28 Feb 1888: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Brodie Hoare Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Brodie Hoare 3,848 63.2 10.9
Liberal John Castleman Swinburne-Hanham2,23936.8+10.9
Majority1,60926.421.8
Turnout 6,08773.6+12.5
Registered electors 8,272
Conservative hold Swing 10.9
General election 1895: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Brodie Hoare Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Hampstead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Brodie Hoare Unopposed
Conservative hold
1902 Hampstead by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Milvain 3,843 64.5 N/A
Liberal George Frederic Rowe2,11835.5New
Majority1,72529.0N/A
Turnout 5,96158.0N/A
Registered electors 10,280
Conservative hold Swing N/A
1905 Hampstead by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fletcher 4,228 52.6 N/A
Liberal George Frederic Rowe3,80347.4N/A
Majority4255.2N/A
Turnout 8,02871.1N/A
Registered electors 11,301
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1906: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fletcher 4,934 52.5 N/A
Liberal George Frederic Rowe4,46147.5N/A
Majority4735.0N/A
Turnout 9,39581.9N/A
Registered electors 11,467
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Election in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fletcher 6,228 61.2 +8.7
Liberal Frank George Howard3,94938.8-8.7
Majority2,27922.4+17.4
Turnout 10,17784.5+2.6
Conservative hold Swing +8.7
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Samuel Dore
General election December 1910: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fletcher 5,605 64.2 +3.0
Liberal Samuel Lammas Dore3,12935.8-3.0
Majority2,47628.4+6.0
Turnout 8,73472.5-12.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election 1918: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist George Balfour 13,39370.8+6.6
Labour Skene Mackay 3,64619.3New
National John Harris Wrentmore1,8819.9New
Majority9,74751.5+23.1
Turnout 18,92058.1+14.6
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Balfour 14,596 59.7 -11.1
National Liberal Albert Clavering5,58222.9New
Liberal Lancelot Sackville Fletcher4,28217.5New
Majority9,01436.8-14.7
Turnout 24,46063.1+5.0
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Balfour 13,513 58.6 -1.1
Liberal Lancelot Sackville Fletcher9,53841.4+23.9
Majority3,97517.2-19.6
Turnout 23,05158.0-5.1
Unionist hold Swing -1.1
General election 1924: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Balfour 21,432 79.1 +20.5
Labour Charles Terry Hendin5,66220.9New
Majority15,77058.2+41.0
Turnout 27,09467.2+9.2
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Balfour 23,370 58.3 -20.8
Labour F. E. Dawkins8,47321.1+0.2
Liberal M. Leon Freedman8,27320.6New
Majority14,89737.1-21.1
Turnout 40,11662.8-4.4
Unionist hold Swing -10.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Balfour 36,928 87.1 +28.8
Labour Harry Smith5,47512.9-8.2
Majority31,45374.2+37.1
Turnout 42,40377.8+15.0
Conservative hold Swing +18.5
General election 1935: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Balfour 28,334 73.2 -13.9
Labour Harry Smith6,98718.0+5.1
Liberal John L. Young3,3968.8New
Majority21,34755.2-19.0
Turnout 38,71759.0-18.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Hampstead by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Challen 7,630 67.4 -5.8
National Noel Pemberton Billing 2,73424.1New
Independent Progressive Reg Hipwell 6365.6New
Independent Arthur L. Dolland3262.9New
Majority4,89643.3N/A
Turnout 11,32617.3-41.7
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Challen 19,652 51.8 -20.4
Labour William Field 18,29448.2+30.2
Majority1,3583.6-51.6
Turnout 37,94668.4+9.4
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 29,949 52.3 +0.5
Labour William F Hawkins17,37330.3-17.9
Liberal Wilfred Sydney Watson8,33614.6New
Communist R Gore1,6032.8New
Majority12,57622.0+16.4
Turnout 57,26180.5+12.1
Conservative hold Swing +11.0
General election 1951: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 31,346 55.1 +2.8
Labour Arthur Richardson19,24033.8+3.5
Liberal Wilfred Sydney Watson6,32011.1-3.5
Majority12,10621.3-0.7
Turnout 56,906
Conservative hold Swing -0.3
General election 1955: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 28,226 55.9 +0.8
Labour Arthur Richardson16,04031.8-2.0
Liberal Harry Charles Seigal6,22212.3+1.2
Majority12,18624.1+2.8
Turnout 50,488
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
General election 1959: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 25,506 53.4 -2.5
Labour David Pitt 13,50028.3-3.5
Liberal Harry Charles Seigal8,75918.3+6.0
Majority12,00625.1+1.0
Turnout 47,765
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hampstead [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brooke 19,888 43.3 -10.1
Labour John W T Cooper18,05339.3+11.0
Liberal Renee Soskin 8,01917.4-0.9
Majority1,8354.0-21.1
Turnout 45,96067.6
Conservative hold Swing -10.5
General election 1966: Hampstead [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Benjamin Whitaker 22,963 46.8 +7.5
Conservative Henry Brooke 20,71042.2-1.1
Liberal Renee Soskin 5,18210.7-6.7
Socialist (GB) Harry Baldwin2110.4New
Majority2,2534.6N/A
Turnout 49,06672.4+4.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 21,264 46.63 +4.4
Labour Benjamin Whitaker 20,79045.59-1.2
Liberal John Hans Rudolf Calmann3,5507.78-2.9
Majority4741.04N/A
Turnout 45,60463.68
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.8
General election February 1974: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 19,536 43.28 -3.3
Labour Tony Clarke 17,27938.28-7.3
Liberal Ronald Henry Longland8,32318.44+10.6
Majority2,2575.00+4.0
Turnout 44,95870.71
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General election October 1974: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 18,139 44.88 +1.6
Labour Tony Clarke 16,41440.61+2.3
Liberal Ronald Henry Longland5,56613.77-4.6
Irish Civil RightsMaureen Frances Teresa Maguire1460.36New
Socialist (GB) Ralph Owen Critchfield1180.29New
Independent Chandra Rao310.08New
Majority1,7254.27-0.7
Turnout 40,41463.06
Conservative hold Swing -0.3
General election 1979: Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 20,410 47.30 +2.4
Labour Ken Livingstone 16,72938.77-1.8
Liberal David Radford [11] 5,75313.33-0.5
National Front Jean White [11] 2550.59New
Majority3,6818.53+4.2
Turnout 43,14767.41
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

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