Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)
Hammersmith South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County of London |
1918–1955 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Barons Court |
Created from | Hammersmith |
Hammersmith South was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post system.
The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards numbers one, two and three.
1950-1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, Olympia, Ravenscourt, and St Stephen's.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | William Bull | Conservative | |
1929 | Daniel Chater | Labour | |
1931 | James Cooke | Conservative | |
1945 | William Adams | Labour | |
1949 by-election | Thomas Williams | Labour | |
1955 | constituency abolished: see Barons Court |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 8,592 | 65.6 | n/a | ||
Liberal | Thomas Atholl Robertson | 2,555 | 19.5 | n/a | |
Labour | John Thomas Westcott | 1,958 | 14.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,037 | 46.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Conservative win | |||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir William James Bull | 10,877 | 63.0 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Wyndham James Albery | 6,397 | 37.0 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 4,480 | 26.0 | -24.6 | ||
Turnout | 56.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir William James Bull | 8,184 | 43.4 | -19.6 | |
Labour | Wyndham James Albery | 6,974 | 36.9 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 3,723 | 19.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,210 | 6.5 | -19.5 | ||
Turnout | 61.1 | +4.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir William James Bull | 12,679 | 55.4 | ||
Labour | Rt Hon. Christopher Addison | 8,804 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 1,393 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 3,875 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Chater | 12,630 | 43.8 | +5.3 | |
Unionist | Sir John Ferguson | 12,218 | 42.4 | -13.0 | |
Liberal | Capt. J J Davies | 3,976 | 13.8 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 412 | 1.4 | 18.3 | ||
Turnout | 67.3 | -5.0 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas Cooke | 21,018 | 71.5 | +27.7 | |
Labour | Daniel Chater | 8,390 | 28.5 | -13.9 | |
Majority | 12,628 | 42.9 | 41.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,408 | 68.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +20.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas Cooke | 15,377 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | William Thomas Adams | 9,309 | 37.7 | ||
Majority | 6,068 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 24,686 | 60.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Adams | 12,502 | 58.0 | ||
Conservative | Sir James Douglas Cooke | 9,044 | 42.0 | ||
Majority | 3,458 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 65.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Williams | 15,223 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 13,610 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 1,613 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 60.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Williams | 18,825 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 16,161 | 44.4 | ||
Liberal | John Stanton Ritter | 1,400 | 3.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,664 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Williams | 19,273 | 54.6 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Robert N E Hinton | 16,038 | 45.4 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 3,235 | 9.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 80.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
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