Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mitcham
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Extract from 1923 result: the blue central area which from 1918 creation until 1945 extended further south than other semi-urban seats of London's outskirts
County County of London, then Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Wimbledon
Replaced by Mitcham and Morden, with Wallington & Beddington added to the Carshalton seat.
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of Carshalton

Mitcham was a constituency comprising the emerging Mitcham, Wallington and Beddington suburbs of South London and until 1945 that of Carshalton, its largest of the area's four traditional divisions, in its south-west. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.

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It was created for the 1918 general election from part of Wimbledon when it reached southwards up onto the North Downs, further south than Croydon South, and was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Two of its MPs became Home Secretary, one after changing seat of candidature, on boundary reforms.

Boundaries

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Beddington and Wallington, Carshalton, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).

1945–1974: The Boroughs of Beddington and Wallington, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Thomas Worsfold Conservative Resigned 1923
1923 by-election James Chuter Ede Labour Subsequently, MP for South Shields; Home Secretary 1945–51; Leader of the House of Commons 1951
1923 Richard Meller Conservative Died 1940
1940 by-election Malcolm Robertson Conservative
1945 Tom Braddock Labour
1950 Robert Carr Conservative Leader of the House of Commons 1972; Home Secretary 1972–74; subsequently MP for Carshalton

February 1974: constituency abolished: see Mitcham and Morden

Election results

1970s

General election 1970: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 27,257 54.58 +8.85
Labour Reginald C Vincent22,04744.15−0.59
Communist Sid French 6381.28+0.19
Majority 5,21010.43
Turnout 49,94268.76
Conservative hold Swing +4.72

1960s

General election 1966: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 24,234 45.73
Labour Thomas J Higgs23,70644.74
Liberal Ross C Burgess4,4708.44
Communist Sid French 5801.09
Majority 5280.99
Turnout 52,99079.43
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 25,087 46.61
Labour Roger Charles Mackay21,17539.34
Liberal William Antony Heath6,90212.82
Communist Sid French 6571.22New
Majority 3,9127.27
Turnout 53,82179.19
Conservative hold Swing

1950s

General election 1959: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 33,661 58.53
Labour Co-op Eric JC Smythe23,84541.47
Majority 9,81617.06
Turnout 57,50681.61
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 32,798 56.54
Labour Hugh Jenkins 25,20843.46
Majority 7,59013.08
Turnout 58,00680.53
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 34,056 54.71
Labour Harry Randall 28,18745.29
Majority 5,8699.42
Turnout 62,24384.60
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Carr 31,881 50.77
Labour Tom Braddock 27,05543.08
Liberal Doreen L Page3,8646.15New
Majority 4,8267.69N/A
Turnout 62,80085.84
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1940s

General election 1945: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Braddock 26,910 57.68
Conservative Malcolm Robertson 19,74242.32
Majority 7,16815.36N/A
Turnout 46,65273.58
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1940 Mitcham by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Robertson Unopposed N/AN/A
Conservative hold

1930s

General election 1935: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Meller 35,239 57.46
Labour Paul Winterton 26,08742.54
Majority 9,15214.92
Turnout 61,32666.74
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Meller 38,948 76.26
Labour W Graham12,12423.74
Majority 26,82452.52
Turnout 51,07269.97
Conservative hold Swing

1920s

General election 1929: Mitcham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Meller 20,254 47.9 −14.1
Labour Skene Mackay 13,05730.8−7.2
Liberal Raymond V. Jones9,01621.3New
Majority 7,19717.1−6.9
Turnout 42,32770.2−4.6
Registered electors 60,311
Unionist hold Swing −3.5
General election 1924: Mitcham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Meller 15,984 62.0 +9.7
Labour James Chuter Ede 9,77638.0−9.7
Majority 6,20824.0+19.4
Turnout 25,76074.8+11.6
Registered electors 34,435
Unionist hold Swing +9.7
General election 1923: Mitcham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Meller 10,829 52.3 −12.7
Labour James Chuter Ede 9,87747.7N/A
Majority 9524.6−25.4
Turnout 20,70663.2+10.5
Registered electors 32,755
Unionist hold Swing −12.7
By-election 1923: Mitcham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Chuter Ede 8,029 38.0 New
Unionist Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 7,19634.1−30.9
Liberal Ernest Brown 3,21415.2−19.8
Independent J.T. Catterall2,68412.7New
Majority 8333.9N/A
Turnout 21,12366.2+13.5
Registered electors 31,927
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1922: Mitcham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Thomas Worsfold 10,934 65.0 +4.4
Liberal A.E. Bennetts5,89835.0−4.4
Majority 5,03630.0+8.8
Turnout 16,83252.7+9.1
Registered electors 31,927
Unionist hold Swing +4.4

1910s

General election 1918: Mitcham [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Thomas Worsfold 7,65160.6
Liberal Samuel Barrow [8] 4,96839.4
Majority 2,68321.2
Turnout 12,61943.6
Registered electors 28,952
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  8. ↑ ‘BARROW, Sir Samuel’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Sept 2017
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