Harrow (UK Parliament constituency)

Harrow (UK Parliament constituency)
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Harrow 1885-1918
Harrow 1918-1945
1885–1945
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Wembley North and Wembley South Harrow East (part of), Harrow West (part of) and Ealing West (minor contribution to)
Created from	Middlesex
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	Hendon (all), Willesden West (all) and Willesden East (all)

Harrow was a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1885—1945 in Middlesex, a traditional county; it covered an area forming part of the north-west of today's Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP).

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, substantially reduced on the creation of more seats in 1918 and abolished for the 1945 general election.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies initially proposed recreating the constituency, with boundaries similar to that of Harrow West. ^[1]

Boundaries

• 1885–1918: The Parishes of Edgware, Great Stanmore, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hendon, Kingsbury, Little Stanmore, Pinner, Twyford Abbey and Willesden (and the area in the Parliamentary Boroughs of Hampstead, Marylebone, Paddington and St Pancras; for many wealthy voters this sub-provision gave a choice of which seat to vote for). ^{[2] [3]}
• 1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Harrow on the Hill, Greenford, Wealdstone, and Wembley and part (the non-detached part) of Hanwell.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Ambrose	Conservative
	1899 by-election	Irwin Cox	Conservative
	1906	James Gibb	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Harry Mallaby-Deeley	Conservative
	1918	Oswald Mosley	Conservative
	1922		Independent
	1924		Labour
	1924	Sir Isidore Salmon	Conservative
	1941 by-election	Norman Bower	Conservative
1945		constituency abolished: see Harrow East and Harrow West

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Milner

General election 1885: Harrow ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ambrose	4,214	56.5
	Liberal	Alfred Milner	3,241	43.5
Majority			973	13.0
Turnout			7,455	71.4
Registered electors			10,438
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Harrow ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ambrose	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Ambrose

General election 1892: Harrow ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ambrose	6,047	63.8	N/A
	Liberal	Isaac Thomas Sadler	3,428	36.2	New
Majority			2,619	27.6	N/A
Turnout			9,475	67.8	N/A
Registered electors			13,966
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Harrow ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ambrose	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Ambrose is appointed Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

1895 Harrow by-election ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ambrose	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Ambrose resigned after being appointed as a Master in Lunacy, requiring a by-election.

1899 Harrow by-election ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irwin Cox	6,303	54.8	N/A
	Liberal	Corrie Grant	5,198	45.2	New
Majority			1,105	9.6	N/A
Turnout			11,501	62.4	N/A
Registered electors			18,444
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Harrow ^{[4] [5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irwin Cox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Gibb

General election 1906: Harrow ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gibb	11,393	50.9	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	William Peel	10,977	49.1	N/A
Majority			416	1.8	N/A
Turnout			22,370	78.1	N/A
Registered electors			28,627
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Harrow ^{[4] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Mallaby-Deeley	16,761	55.3	+6.2
	Liberal	Percy Harris	13,575	44.7	-6.2
Majority			3,186	10.6	N/A
Turnout			30,336	85.7	+7.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.2

General election December 1910: Harrow ^{[4] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Mallaby-Deeley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Harry Mallaby-Deeley
• Liberal: H. E. A. Cotton

Mosley

General election 1918: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Oswald Mosley	13,959	82.3	N/A
	Independent	Arthur Robert Chamberlayne	3,007	17.7	New
Majority			10,934	64.6	N/A
Turnout			16,957	50.4	N/A
Registered electors			33,651
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Chamberlayne was nominated by the non-party Harrow Electors League

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Oswald Mosley	15,290	66.0	N/A
	Unionist	Charles Ward-Jackson	7,868	34.0	−48.3
Majority			7,422	32.0	N/A
Turnout			23,158	65.1	+14.7
Registered electors			35,592
	Independent gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Oswald Mosley	14,079	59.9	−6.1
	Unionist	Edward Hugh Frederick Morris	9,433	40.1	+6.1
Majority			4,646	19.8	−12.2
Turnout			23,512	64.5	−0.6
Registered electors			36,475
	Independent hold		Swing	−6.1

General election 1924: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Isidore Salmon	16,526	54.5	+14.4
	Labour	Kenneth Lindsay	9,507	31.3	New
	Liberal	Sir Robert Blair	4,320	14.2	New
Majority			7,019	23.2	N/A
Turnout			30,353	78.5	+14.0
Registered electors			38,644
	Unionist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

General election 1929: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Isidore Salmon	22,466	42.7	−11.8
	Labour	Hubert Beaumont	15,684	29.8	−1.5
	Liberal	Clement Edward Page Taylor	12,554	23.8	+9.6
	Ind. Unionist	WJ Sholl	1,965	3.7	New
Majority			6,782	12.9	−10.3
Turnout			52,669	74.3	−4.2
Registered electors			70,849
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isidore Salmon	48,068	71.0	+28.3
	Labour	George Sandilands	14,241	21.0	-8.8
	Liberal	Henry Cecil Banting	5,444	8.0	-15.8
Majority			33,827	50.0	+37.1
Turnout			67,753	72.1	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18.5

General election 1935: Harrow ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isidore Salmon	52,729	62.7	-8.3
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	31,422	37.3	+16.3
Majority			21,307	25.3	-24.7
Turnout			84,151	64.4	-7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.3

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;

• Conservative: Isidore Salmon
• Labour: Maurice S Davidson ^[10]
• British Union: Harry Frisby ^[11]

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Harrow by-election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Bower	14,540	80.9	+18.2
	Independent Democrat	Winifred Clarice Henney	3,433	19.1	New
Majority			11,107	61.8	+36.5
Turnout			17,973	10.7	-53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "BCE Consultation Portal".
2. "The public general acts". Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports.
3. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule—Counties at Large, Part I—England
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
5. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
8. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
9. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
10. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
11. British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State by N. Copsey, D. Renton

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
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