Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Fulham East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyMetropolitan Borough of Fulham (in the County of London)
1918–1955
Number of membersOne
Replaced byFulham
Created fromFulham

Fulham East was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Fulham East in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50
A map showing the wards of Fulham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Fulham East in the County of London, boundaries 1950-55

At the 1918 general election the previous Fulham constituency was divided into two constituencies, Fulham East and Fulham West; the two halves were re-united for the 1955 general election. At the 1997 general election, the Fulham constituency was replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham.

Boundaries[]

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham wards of Barons Court, Lillie, Sands End, and Walham.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member[1] Party
1918 Henry Norris Unionist
1922 Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan Unionist
1933 b-e John Wilmot Labour
1935 William Astor Conservative
1945 Michael Stewart Labour
1955 constituency abolished: see Fulham

Election results[]

Election in the 1910s[]

General election 1918: Fulham East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Henry Norris 10,242 69.4
Independent Labour David Cook 2,883 19.5
Liberal Frederick L. Coysh 1,644 11.1
Majority 7,359 49.9
Turnout 14,769 40.8
Registered electors 36,228
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s[]

General election 1922: Fulham East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 13,282 61.5 −7.9
Labour John Palmer 5,393 35.0 New
Liberal Maurice Gordon Liverman 2,907 13.5 +2.4
Majority 7,889 36.5 −13.4
Turnout 21,582 58.0 +17.2
Registered electors 37,180
Unionist hold Swing −5.2
General election 1923: Fulham East [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 9,757 43.9 −17.6
Labour John Palmer 7,683 34.5 -0.5
Liberal Robert Crawford Hawkin 4,817 21.6 +8.1
Majority 2,074 9.4 −27.1
Turnout 22,257 58.0 0.0
Registered electors 38,403
Unionist hold Swing −13.6
General election 1924: Fulham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 16,657 61.6 +17.7
Labour John Palmer 10,403 38.4 +3.9
Majority 6,254 23.2 +13.8
Turnout 27,060 69.1 +11.1
Registered electors 39,151
Unionist hold Swing +6.9
General election 1929: Fulham East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 15,130 44.3 −17.3
Labour John Palmer 13,425 39.4 +1.0
Liberal John Henry Greenwood 5,551 16.3 New
Majority 1,705 4.9 −18.3
Turnout 34,106 66.8 −2.3
Registered electors 51,066
Unionist hold Swing −9.2

Election in the 1930s[]

General election 1931: Fulham East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 23,438 68.7 +14.4
Labour John Maynard 8,917 26.1 -13.3
Liberal John Henry Greenwood 1,788 5.2 -11.1
Majority 14,521 42.6 +37.7
Turnout 34,143 66.1 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing
1933 Fulham East by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wilmot 17,790 57.9 +31.8
Conservative William James Waldron 12,950 42.1 -26.6
Majority 4,840 15.8 N/A
Turnout 30,740 59.5 -7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +29.2
General election 1935: Fulham East [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Astor 18,743 51.4 -16.3
Labour John Wilmot 17,689 48.6 +22.5
Majority 1,054 2.8 N/A
Turnout 37,433 71.9 +5.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Election in the 1940s[]

General election 1945: Fulham East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Stewart 15,662 55.4 +6.8
Conservative William Astor 10,309 36.4 -15.0
Liberal Philip Montague Syrett 2,315 8.2 New
Majority 5,353 19.0 N/A
Turnout 28,286
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s[]

General election 1950: Fulham East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Stewart 18,998 50.1 -5.3
Conservative Vyvyan Adams 16,233 42.9 +6.5
Liberal Frank Victor Jacoby 2,214 5.9 -2.3
Communist Roy Ellwood Elsmere 399 1.1 New
Majority 2,765 7.2 -11.8
Turnout 37,764 84.2
Labour hold Swing
Michael Stewart
General election 1951: Fulham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Stewart 20,279 53.2 +3.1
Conservative John Hall 17,806 46.8 +3.9
Majority 2,473 6.4 -0.8
Turnout 38,085 84.5 +0.3
Labour hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  4. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  5. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  6. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  7. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  8. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  9. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  10. ^ "The General Election: Last Night's Results". The Times. 24 February 1950. p. 8.
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