Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bethnal Green South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Bethnal Green South West in London 1885-1918
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Bethnal Green South West in London 1918-50
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created from Hackney
Replaced by Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green South West was a constituency in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was combined with Bethnal Green North East to form a new Bethnal Green constituency, reflecting the area's substantial fall in population.

Boundaries

Bethnal Green Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The constituency consisted of the south and west wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).

1885-1918: The South and West wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. [1]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Edward Pickersgill Liberal
1900 Samuel Forde Ridley Conservative
1906 Edward Pickersgill Liberal
1911 Charles Masterman Liberal
1914 Sir Mathew Wilson Unionist
1922 Percy Harris Liberal
1945 Percy Holman Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

E.H. Pickersgill Edward Pickersgill.jpg
E.H. Pickersgill
General election 1885: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 3,088 58.4
Conservative John Evans Freke Aylmer2,20041.6
Majority88816.8
Turnout 5,28864.0
Registered electors 8,265
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 2,550 56.0 -2.4
Conservative John Evans Freke Aylmer2,00144.0+2.4
Majority54912.0-4.8
Turnout 4,55155.1-8.9
Registered electors 8,265
Liberal hold Swing -2.4

Election in the 1890s

General election 1892: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 3,206 59.6 +3.6
Conservative Thomas Benskin2,17140.4-3.6
Majority1,03519.2+7.2
Turnout 5,37768.8+13.7
Registered electors 7,821
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
General election 1895: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 2,603 52.8 -6.8
Conservative William Arnold Statham2,32447.2+6.8
Majority2795.6-13.6
Turnout 4,92762.7-6.1
Registered electors 7,855
Liberal hold Swing -6.8

Election in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Ridley 2,862 53.2 +6.0
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 2,51446.8-6.0
Majority3486.4N/A
Turnout 5,37666.1+3.4
Registered electors 8,128
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.0
General election 1906: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 3,542 63.2 +16.4
Conservative Samual Ridley 2,06436.8-16.4
Majority1,47826.4N/A
Turnout 5,60677.2+11.1
Registered electors 7,262
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +16.4

Election in the 1910s

E.H. Pickersgill 1911 Edward Pickersgill.jpg
E.H. Pickersgill
General election January 1910: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 3,328 58.6 -4.6
Conservative Eric Alfred Hoffgaard2,35041.4+4.6
Majority97817.2-9.2
Turnout 5,67879.9+1.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.6
General election December 1910: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Pickersgill 2,768 57.0 -1.6
Conservative Eric Alfred Hoffgaard2,08643.0+1.6
Majority68214.0-3.2
Turnout 4,85468.3-11.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.6
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Masterman
1911 Bethnal Green South West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Masterman 2,745 50.4 -6.6
Conservative Eric Alfred Hoffgaard2,56147.1+4.1
Independent Labour John Scurr 1342.5New
Majority1843.3-10.7
Turnout 5,44076.8+8.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.3
1914 Bethnal Green South West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Matthew Wilson 2,828 47.6 +0.5
Liberal Charles Masterman 2,80447.1-3.3
Independent Labour John Scurr 3165.3+2.8
Majority240.5N/A
Turnout 5.94883.5+6.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +1.9
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Hugh Meyler
General election 1918: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Matthew Wilson 4,24052.3+4.7
NFDDSS Ernest Thurtle 1,94123.9New
Liberal Hugh Meyler 1,93523.8-23.3
Majority2,29928.4+27.9
Turnout 6,11641.6-41.9
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 5,152 40.7 +16.9
Communist Joe Vaughan 4,03431.9New
Unionist Matthew Wilson 3,47427.4-24.9
Majority1,1188.8N/A
Turnout 21,12959.9+18.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1923: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 5,735 43.3 +2.6
Labour Joe Vaughan 5,25139.6+7.7
Unionist John Cecil Gerard Leigh2,26717.1-10.3
Majority4843.7-5.1
Turnout 21,32062.2+2.3
Liberal hold Swing -2.5
General election 1924: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 6,236 42.3 -1.0
Communist Joe Vaughan 6,02440.9+1.3
Unionist C.P. Norman2,46716.8-0.3
Majority2121.4-2.3
Turnout 21,52268.4+6.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.1
General election 1929: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 8,109 45.9 +3.6
Labour Christopher John Kelly 6,84938.7New
Communist Robert Dunstan 1,3687.7-33.2
Unionist Herbert John Malone1,3657.7-9.1
Majority1,2607.2+5.8
Turnout 27,89564.1-4.3
Liberal hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 10,176 59.6 +13.7
Labour W.J. Humphreys3,92323.0-15.7
Communist Joe Vaughan 2,97017.4+9.7
Majority6,25336.6+29.4
Turnout 27,89561.2-2.9
Liberal hold Swing +14.0
General election 1935: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Harris 9,011 53.1 -6.5
Labour George Jeger 7,94546.9+23.9
Majority1,0666.2-30.4
Turnout 27,48461.7+0.5
Liberal hold Swing -15.2

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bethnal Green South West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Percy Holman 6,669 57.3 +10.4
Liberal Percy Harris 4,21336.2-16.9
NationalO. Howard Leicester7506.5New
Majority2,45621.1N/A
Turnout 11,632
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +13.6

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References

  1. ↑ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  2. ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  8. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.

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