Tottenham South | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Tottenham |
Replaced by | Tottenham |
Tottenham South was a parliamentary constituency in Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Harringay, High Cross, and St Ann's.
Year | Member | Whip | |
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1918 | Patrick Malone | Unionist | |
1923 | Percy Alden | Labour | |
1924 | Patrick Malone | Unionist | |
1929 | Frederick Messer | Labour | |
1931 | Francis Noel Palmer | National Labour | |
1935 | Frederick Messer | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 6,632 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | Leo Money | 5,779 | 37.0 | ||
National Democratic | Albert Ernest Harvey | 1,916 | 12.3 | ||
NFDDSS | Albert Edward Jay | 1,295 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 853 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 15,622 | 45.3 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 9,903 | 44.5 | +2.1 | |
Labour | R. H. Tawney | 8,241 | 37.1 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Musgrove Mathews | 4,081 | 18.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,602 | 7.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,225 | 63.8 | +18.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Alden | 10,312 | 46.9 | +9.8 | |
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 7,687 | 35.0 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred George Newell | 3,974 | 18.1 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 2,625 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,973 | 62.5 | −1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 13,600 | 52.9 | +17.9 | |
Labour | Percy Alden | 12,099 | 47.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,501 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,699 | 71.9 | +9.3 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | 8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Messer | 14,423 | 46.5 | −0.6 | |
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 9,701 | 31.3 | −21.6 | |
Liberal | William John Stonestreet | 6,407 | 20.7 | New | |
Communist | Henry Thomas W Sara | 490 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,722 | 15.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,021 | 67.5 | −4.4 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Francis Noel Palmer | 17,824 | 58.6 | New | |
Labour | Frederick Messer | 12,602 | 41.4 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,426 | 65.4 | −2.1 | ||
National Labour gain from Labour | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Messer | 15,834 | 58.5 | +17.1 | |
National Labour | Francis Noel Palmer | 11,221 | 41.5 | −17.1 | |
Majority | 4,613 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,055 | 60.5 | −4.9 | ||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing | +17.1 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Messer | 18,335 | 73.3 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Arthur Bateman | 4,480 | 17.9 | New | |
Independent National | Archibald Church | 2,193 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | 13,855 | 55.4 | +38.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,008 | 69.0 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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