Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Tottenham North
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Tottenham
Replaced by	Tottenham

Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

Tottenham North in Middlesex, 1918–50

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Lower, Middle, and West Green.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Whip
	1918	William Prescott	Unionist
	1922	Robert Morrison	Labour
	1931	Edward Doran	Conservative
	1935	Robert Morrison	Labour
	1945	William Irving	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Alden

General election 1918: Tottenham North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	William Prescott	11,891	62.0
	Liberal	Percy Alden	7,293	38.0
Majority			4,598	24.0
Turnout			19,184	55.7
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Tottenham North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	10,250	44.2	New
	Unionist	Charles David Roberts	8,392	36.1	−25.9
	National Liberal	Charles Baker	4,181	18.0	−20.0
	Ind. Unionist	Frank Bartle	395	1.7	New
Majority			1,858	8.1	N/A
Turnout			23,218	65.4	+9.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Unionist		Swing

General election 1923: Tottenham North ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	12,696	49.7	+5.5
	Unionist	William Prescott	8,323	32.6	−3.5
	Liberal	Oliver Frederick Broadway	4,525	17.7	−0.3
Majority			4,373	17.1	+9.0
Turnout			25,544	69.3	+3.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 1924: Tottenham North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	13,800	51.0	+1.3
	Constitutionalist	John Sturrock	13,243	49.0	New
Majority			557	2.0	−15.1
Turnout			27,043	71.3	+2.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	N/A

Holden

General election 1929: Tottenham North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	20,884	54.0	+3.0
	Unionist	Harold J Soloman	11,231	29.1	New
	Liberal	Angus Holden	6,535	16.9	New
Majority			9,653	24.9	+22.9
Turnout			38,650	73.8	+2.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Tottenham North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Doran	22,172	55.7	+26.6
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	17,651	44.3	−9.7
Majority			4,521	11.4	N/A
Turnout			39,823	71.2	−2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+18.1

General election 1935: Tottenham North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	21,075	57.2	+12.9
	Conservative	Edward Doran	13,066	35.5	−20.2
	Liberal	Leon Charles Augustus Dubery	2,697	7.3	New
Majority			8,009	21.7	N/A
Turnout			36,838	65.9	−5.3
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.5

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;

• Labour Co-operative: Robert Morrison ^[8]
• Conservative: B Hubert Berry

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Tottenham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	25,360	71.8	+14.6
	Conservative	B Hubert Berry	9,955	28.2	−7.3
Majority			15,405	43.6	+21.9
Turnout			35,315	70.3	+4.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−10.0

1945 Tottenham North by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Irving	12,937	63.6	−8.2
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	7,415	36.4	+8.2
Majority			5,522	27.2	−16.4
Turnout			20,352	39.5	−30.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-8.2

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. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
8. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)