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 | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Bull | 8,592 | 65.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Atholl Robertson | 2,555 | 19.5 | ||
Labour | John Thomas Westcott | 1,958 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 6,037 | 46.1 | |||
Turnout | 13,105 | 46.8 | |||
Registered electors | 27,996 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bull | 10,877 | 63.0 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Wyndham Albery | 6,397 | 37.0 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 4,480 | 26.0 | −20.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,274 | 56.4 | +9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 30,618 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bull | 8,184 | 43.4 | −19.6 | |
Labour | Wyndham Albery | 6,974 | 36.9 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 3,723 | 19.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,210 | 6.5 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,881 | 61.1 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 30,879 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Bull | 12,679 | 55.4 | +12.0 | |
Labour | Christopher Addison | 8,804 | 38.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 1,393 | 6.1 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 3,875 | 16.9 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,876 | 72.3 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 31,633 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Chater | 12,630 | 43.8 | +5.3 | |
Unionist | John Ferguson | 12,218 | 42.4 | −13.0 | |
Liberal | J J Davies | 3,976 | 13.8 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 412 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,824 | 67.3 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 42,841 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 21,018 | 71.5 | +29.1 | |
Labour | Daniel Chater | 8,390 | 28.5 | -15.3 | |
Majority | 12,628 | 43.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,408 | 68.0 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +20.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 15,377 | 62.3 | -9.2 | |
Labour | William Adams | 9,309 | 37.7 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 6,068 | 24.6 | -18.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,686 | 60.1 | -7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Adams | 12,502 | 58.0 | +20.3 | |
Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 9,044 | 42.0 | -20.3 | |
Majority | 3,458 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,546 | 65.9 | +5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Williams | 15,223 | 52.8 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 13,610 | 47.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 1,613 | 5.6 | -10.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,833 | 60.6 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Williams | 18,825 | 51.8 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 16,161 | 44.4 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | John Stanton Ritter | 1,400 | 3.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,664 | 7.4 | -8.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,386 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 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 | 35,311 | 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)
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955
- Politics of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham