Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Walworth
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Walworth in London
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Lambeth (part of)
Replaced by	Southwark South East

Walworth (strictly the Walworth division of Newington) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Walworth district of South London, within the Newington Vestry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party [2]
	1885	Lewis Isaacs	Conservative
	1892	William Saunders	Liberal
	1895 by-election	Sir James Bailey	Conservative
	1906	Charles O'Donnell	Liberal
	1910	James Dawes	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	1,885	47.8
	Liberal	Alfred Gutteres Henriques	1,816	46.0
	Independent Liberal	William Malthouse	246	6.2
Majority			69	1.8
Turnout			3,947	70.5
Registered electors			5,598
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	1,983	53.1	+5.3
	Liberal	Jabez Balfour	1,748	46.9	+0.9
Majority			235	6.2	+4.4
Turnout			3,731	66.6	−3.9
Registered electors			5,598
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Saunders	2,514	53.1	+6.2
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	2,218	46.9	−6.2
Majority			296	6.2	N/A
Turnout			4,732	69.6	+3.0
Registered electors			6,798
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.2

Saunders' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 May 1895: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bailey	2,676	52.2	+5.3
	Liberal	James Colquhoun Revell Reade	2,105	41.0	−12.1
	Social Democratic Federation	George Lansbury	347	6.8	New
Majority			571	11.2	N/A
Turnout			5,128	69.0	−0.6
Registered electors			7,430
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

Bailey

General election 1895: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bailey	2,822	53.3	+6.4
	Liberal	Russell Spokes	2,269	42.9	−10.2
	Social Democratic Federation	George Lansbury	203	3.8	N/A
Majority			553	10.4	N/A
Turnout			5,294	71.3	+1.7
Registered electors			7,430
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bailey	3,098	58.1	+4.8
	Liberal	Russell Spokes	2,233	41.9	−1.0
Majority			865	16.2	+5.8
Turnout			5,331	68.6	−2.7
Registered electors			7,770
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

O'Donnell

General election 1906: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles James O'Donnell	3,187	56.9	+15.0
	Conservative	James Bailey	2,418	43.1	−15.0
Majority			769	13.8	N/A
Turnout			5,605	78.4	+9.8
Registered electors			7,147
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 1910s

Dawes

General election January 1910: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	3,509	51.4	−5.5
	Conservative	Ralph Emanuel Belilios	3,319	48.6	+5.5
Majority			190	2.8	−11.0
Turnout			6,828	80.1	+1.7
Registered electors			8,521
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

General election December 1910: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	3,248	52.0	+0.6
	Conservative	Ralph Emanuel Belilios	2,994	48.0	−0.6
Majority			254	4.0	+1.2
Turnout			6,242	73.3	−6.8
Registered electors			8,521
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: James Arthur Dawes
• Unionist:

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 36. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 36. ISBN   9781349022984.