Hackney South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1955 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Bethnal Green and Hackney Central |
Created from | Hackney |
Hackney South was a parliamentary constituency in "The Metropolis" (later the County of London). It was represented by nine Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, only two of whom, Horatio Bottomley and Herbert Morrison, were elected more than once.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 when the two-member Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was split into three single-member divisions. The seat, officially the Southern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1955.
In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of:
The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Seats in the County of London were redefined in terms of wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney South was defined as consisting of:
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the Boroughs of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, the borough constituencies of Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. Hackney South was enlarged: consisting of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney except the five wards of Leaside, Maury, Southwold, Springfield and Stamford. [3]
Following a review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission appointed under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, parliamentary seats in the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Hackney and Stoke Newington were redrawn. The Hackney South constituency was abolished, with most passing to a new Hackney Central borough constituency, and some parts to Bethnal Green. [4]
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | Sir Charles Russell | Liberal | later Baron Russell of Killowen | |
1894 by-election | John Fletcher Moulton | Liberal | later Baron Moulton | |
1895 | Thomas Herbert Robertson | Conservative | ||
1906 | Horatio Bottomley | Liberal | resigned 16 May 1912 after being declared bankrupt | |
1912 by-election | Hector Morison | Liberal | ||
1918 | Horatio Bottomley | Independent | expelled 1 August 1922 after being convicted of fraud | |
1922 by-election | Clifford Erskine-Bolst | Conservative | ||
1923 | Herbert Morrison | Labour | later Baron Morrison of Lambeth | |
1924 | George Garro-Jones | Liberal | later 1st Baron Trefgarne | |
1929 | Herbert Morrison | Labour | later Baron Morrison of Lambeth | |
1931 | Marjorie Graves | Conservative | ||
1935 | Herbert Morrison | Labour | later Baron Morrison of Lambeth | |
1945 | Herbert Butler | Labour | ||
1955 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Russell | 3,544 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Darling | 2,602 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 942 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,146 | 70.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,684 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Russell was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Russell | 3,174 | 61.4 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Scoble | 1,979 | 38.3 | −4.0 | |
Independent Liberal | Henry Munster | 17 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,195 | 23.1 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,170 | 59.5 | −11.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,684 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Russell | 2,800 | 50.9 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Darling | 2,700 | 49.1 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 100 | 1.8 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,500 | 63.3 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,684 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Russell | 4,440 | 57.4 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Robertson | 3,294 | 42.6 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 1,146 | 14.8 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,734 | 70.0 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,048 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Russell is appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Russell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Russell is appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, becoming Lord Russell of Killowen, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Moulton | 4,530 | 51.1 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Robertson | 4,338 | 48.9 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 192 | 2.2 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,868 | 75.9 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,688 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Robertson | 4,681 | 51.8 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | John Moulton | 4,362 | 48.2 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 319 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,043 | 73.2 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 12,360 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Robertson | 4,714 | 51.9 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Horatio Bottomley | 4,376 | 48.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 338 | 3.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,090 | 69.1 | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,146 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Horatio Bottomley | 6,736 | 57.1 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Robertson | 3,257 | 27.6 | −24.3 | |
Free Church and Progressive | William Riley | 804 | 15.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,479 | 29.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,797 | 89.9 | +20.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,126 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Horatio Bottomley | 7,299 | 62.9 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Conway Wertheimer | 4,304 | 37.1 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 2,995 | 25.8 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 11,603 | 82.2 | −7.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Horatio Bottomley | 5,068 | 49.4 | −13.5 | |
Conservative | Sydney Charles Nettleton King-Farlow | 3,243 | 31.6 | −5.5 | |
Independent Liberal | Richard Roberts | 1,946 | 19.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,825 | 17.8 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,257 | 72.6 | −9.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hector Morison | 5,339 | 52.5 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | John Constant Gibson | 4,836 | 47.5 | +15.9 | |
Majority | 503 | 5.0 | −12.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,175 | 70.1 | −2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Horatio Bottomley | 11,145 | 79.7 | New | ||
C | Liberal | Arthur Henri | 2,830 | 20.3 | −29.1 | |
Majority | 8,315 | 59.4 | N/A | |||
Turnout | 13,975 | 55.4 | −17.2 | |||
Registered electors | 25,212 | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | ||||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Unionist | Clifford Erskine-Bolst | 9,118 | 50.2 | New | |
Labour | Holford Knight | 9,046 | 49.8 | New | |
Majority | 72 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,164 | 56.3 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 32,262 | ||||
Unionist gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Clifford Erskine-Bolst | 14,017 | 60.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Holford Knight | 9,276 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,741 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,293 | 70.0 | +14.6 | ||
Registered electors | 33,284 | ||||
Unionist gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Morrison | 9,578 | 42.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | George Garro-Jones | 6,757 | 30.2 | New | |
Unionist | Clifford Erskine-Bolst | 6,047 | 27.0 | −33.2 | |
Majority | 2,821 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,382 | 65.8 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,037 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Garro-Jones | 13,415 | 53.5 | +23.3 | |
Labour | Herbert Morrison | 11,651 | 46.5 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,764 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,066 | 72.5 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,565 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Morrison | 15,590 | 51.2 | +4.7 | |
Unionist | Sir Tresham Lever, 2nd Baronet | 8,222 | 27.0 | New | |
Liberal | Muriel Morgan Gibbon | 6,302 | 20.7 | −32.8 | |
Communist | J. T. Murphy | 331 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,368 | 24.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,445 | 69.2 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 43,997 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marjorie Graves | 15,920 | 55.4 | +28.4 | |
Labour | Herbert Morrison | 12,827 | 44.6 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 3,093 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,747 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Morrison | 15,830 | 59.3 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Graves | 10,876 | 40.7 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 4,954 | 18.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,706 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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 | Herbert Butler | 10,432 | 51.6 | −7.7 | |
National Liberal | Stanley Price | 4,901 | 24.2 | −16.5 | |
Communist | William Rust | 4,891 | 24.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,531 | 27.4 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,224 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Butler | 35,821 | 61.0 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Herbert P. Brooks | 15,105 | 25.7 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Albert Marlow | 5,575 | 9.5 | New | |
Communist | John Richard Betteridge | 1,891 | 3.8 | −20.4 | |
Majority | 20,716 | 35.3 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,392 | 77.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Butler | 39,271 | 66.5 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Rawlinson | 18,003 | 30.5 | +4.8 | |
Communist | John Richard Betteridge | 1,744 | 3.0 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 21,268 | 36.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 59,018 | 77.1 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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