Tottenham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Tottenham South
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.

History

Tottenham South in Middlesex, 1918–1950

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

Boundaries

The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Harringay, High Cross, and St Ann's.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Whip
	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

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Tottenham South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

• no candidate was endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Tottenham South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Percy Alden

General election 1923: Tottenham South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1924: Tottenham South ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1929: Tottenham South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Tottenham South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	Francis Noel Palmer	17,824	58.6	N/A
	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

General election 1935: Tottenham South ^[7]

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;

• Labour: Frederick Messer ^[8]

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Tottenham South ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

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

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
9. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig