Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)

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Limehouse
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Limehouse in London 1885-1918
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Limehouse in London 1918-50
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created from Tower Hamlets
Replaced by Stepney

Limehouse was a borough constituency centred on the Limehouse district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Its most prominent MP was Labour's Clement Attlee, party leader from 1935 to 1955, and Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.

Boundaries

Stepney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

In 1885 the area was administered as part of the county of Middlesex. It was located in the Tower division, in the east of the historic county. The neighbourhood of Limehouse formed a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets. The parliamentary division was part of the East End of London.

In 1889 the Tower division of Middlesex was severed from the county, for administrative purposes. It became part of the County of London. In 1900 the lower tier of local government in London was re-modelled. Limehouse became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

When a re-distribution of parliamentary seats took place in 1918, the constituency became a division of Stepney. It comprised the wards of Limehouse North, Limehouse South, Mile End Old Town North East, Mile End Old Town South East, and Ratcliffe.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Edward Samuel Norris Conservative
1892 John Wallace Liberal
1895 Harry Samuel Conservative
1906 William Pearce Liberal
1922 Clement Attlee Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Samuel Norris 2,566 60.5
Liberal James George Cotton Minchin1,67639.5
Majority89021.0
Turnout 4,24271.2
Registered electors 5,954
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Samuel Norris 2,230 61.0 +0.5
Liberal Thomas Edward Scrutton 1,42839.0−0.5
Majority80222.0+1.0
Turnout 3,65861.4−9.8
Registered electors 5,954
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Stewart Wallace 2,475 51.8 +12.8
Conservative Harry Samuel 2,30548.2−12.8
Majority1703.6N/A
Turnout 4,78074.0+12.6
Registered electors 6,456
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.8
Harry Samuel Harry Simon Samuel.jpg
Harry Samuel
General election 1895: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Samuel 2,661 56.2 +8.0
Lib-Lab William Marcus Thompson [2] 2,07143.8−8.0
Majority59012.4N/A
Turnout 4,73275.0+1.0
Registered electors 6,309
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1900s (decade)

General election 1900: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Samuel 2,608 55.8 −0.4
Liberal William Pearce 2,07044.2+0.4
Majority53811.6−0.8
Turnout 4,67868.4−6.6
Registered electors 6,835
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
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Pearce
General election 1906: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pearce 2,981 59.8 +15.6
Conservative Harry Samuel 2,00740.2−15.6
Majority97419.6N/A
Turnout 4,98880.0+11.6
Registered electors 6,234
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pearce 2,826 54.1 −5.7
Conservative George Borwick 2,39545.9+5.7
Majority4318.2−11.4
Turnout 5,22181.5+1.5
Registered electors 6,405
Liberal hold Swing -5.7
General election December 1910: Tower Hamlets, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pearce 2,557 54.6 +0.5
Conservative Patrick Rose-Innes2,12645.4−0.5
Majority4319.2+1.0
Turnout 4,68373.1−8.4
Registered electors 6,405
Liberal hold Swing +0.5
General election 1918: Stepney, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal William Pearce5,86059.9+5.3
Labour D. D. Sheehan 2,47025.2New
National Charles Herbert Roswell1,45514.9New
Majority3,39034.7+25.5
Turnout 29,27533.4−39.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 9,688 55.4 +30.2
National Liberal William Pearce 7,78944.6-15.3
Majority1,89910.8N/A
Turnout 17,47757.8+24.4
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing +22.7
General election 1923: Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 11,473 68.5 +13.1
Unionist Thomas Miller-Jones5,28831.5New
Majority6,18537.0+26.2
Turnout 30,45255.0-2.8
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1924: Stepney, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 11,713 57.7 -8.8
Unionist Thomas Miller-Jones5,69228.1-3.4
Liberal Henry Bryant Marks2,86914.2New
Majority6,02129.6-7.4
Turnout 30,92765.6+10.6
Labour hold Swing -3.7
General election 1929: Limehouse [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 13,872 55.9 -1.8
Unionist Evan Morgan 6,58426.5-1.6
Liberal Jasper Addis4,11616.6+2.4
Communist Wally Tapsell 2451.0New
Majority7,28829.4-0.2
Turnout 38,44064.6-1.0
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Stepney, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 11,354 50.5 -5.4
Conservative R. Girouard10,80348.1+21.6
New Party Herbert L. Hodge 3071.4New
Majority5512.4-27.0
Turnout 38,68258.1-6.5
Labour hold Swing -13.5
General election 1935: Stepney, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 14,600 66.5 +16.0
Conservative Charles John Busby7,35533.5-14.6
Majority7,24533.0+30.6
Turnout 37,02059.3+1.2
Labour hold Swing +15.3

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stepney, Limehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clement Attlee 8,398 83.8 +17.3
Conservative Alfred N Peter Woodard1,61816.2-17.3
Majority6,78067.6+34.6
Turnout 16,36761.2+1.9
Labour hold Swing +17.3

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  2. ↑ William Benjamin Owen. "Thompson, William Marcus (DNB12)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement.
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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