Portsmouth Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Portsmouth Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
Major settlements Portsmouth
19181950
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Portsmouth South, Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone
Created from Portsmouth

Portsmouth Central was a borough constituency in Portsmouth. 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

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, when the Representation of the People Act 1918 divided the two-member Portsmouth constituency into three new constituencies; North, South and Central. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Fratton, Kingston, St Mary, and Town Hall.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Thomas Bramsdon Liberal
1922 Frank Privett Conservative
1923 Sir Thomas Bramsdon Liberal
1924 Harry Foster Conservative
1929 Glenvil Hall Labour
1931 Ralph Beaumont Conservative
1945 Julian Snow Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 10,929 52.2
C Unionist William Dupree 6,00828.7
Labour Hugh Hinshelwood 4,00419.1
Majority4,92123.5
Turnout 20,94158.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frank Privett 7,666 26.9 -1.8
National Liberal Thomas Fisher7,65926.8New
Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 7,12924.9-27.3
Labour Arthur Gourd 6,12621.4+2.3
Majority70.1N/A
Turnout 28,580
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1923: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 11,493 38.7 +13.8
Unionist Frank Privett 10,23134.4+7.5
Labour Frank Crozier 7,99126.9+5.5
Majority1,2624.3N/A
Turnout 29,71578.2
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +3.2
General election 1924: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harry Foster 14,028 46.1 +11.7
Labour Glenvil Hall 10,52534.5+7.6
Liberal Frank Gray 5,92619.4-19.3
Majority3,50311.6N/A
Turnout 30,47980.3+2.1
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glenvil Hall 15,153 42.4 +7.9
Unionist Thomas Comyn-Platt13,62838.1-8.0
Liberal Charles Cohen 6,99319.5+0.1
Majority1,5254.3N/A
Turnout 35,77474.3-6.0
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Beaumont 24,623 62.9 +24.8
Labour Glenvil Hall 14,51237.1-5.3
Majority10,11125.8N/A
Turnout 39,135
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Beaumont 21,578 60.0 -2.9
Labour David Freeman10,73329.9-7.2
Liberal Ernest James Thornley3,61210.1New
Majority10,84530.1+5.3
Turnout 35,92371.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Snow 14,745 55.3 +25.4
Conservative Ralph Beaumont 11,34542.6-17.4
Democratic Walter R C Foster5612.1New
Majority3,40012.7N/A
Turnout 26,65173.5+2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +21.4

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