Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)
Kennington | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Vauxhall and Brixton |
Created from | Lambeth |
Kennington was a borough constituency centred on the Kennington district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
In 1918 Alice Theresa Lucas became the first woman to stand as a Conservative party candidate. She took 32.2% of the vote and came second to the Liberal candidate Henry Purchase. She would have been the first woman MP if she had been elected.[1]
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Kennington in London 1885–1918
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Kennington in London 1918–50
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Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Robert Gent-Davis | Conservative | |
Mark Hanbury Beaufoy | Liberal | ||
1895 | Sir Frederick Cook | Conservative | |
1906 | Sir Stephen Collins | Liberal | |
1918 | Henry Purchase | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Francis Capel Harrison | Conservative | |
1923 | Thomas Williams | Labour | |
1924 | George Harvey | Unionist | |
1929 | Leonard Matters | Labour | |
1931 | Sir George Harvey | Conservative | |
1939 | John Wilmot | Labour | |
1945 | Charles Gibson | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Gibson | 12,910 | 70.2 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | S.H. Stanley | 5,471 | 29.8 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 7,439 | 40.4 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,529 | 62.2 | +11.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilmot | 10,715 | 60.1 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | A. Kennedy | 7,119 | 39.9 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 3,596 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,907 | 40.6 | -15.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvey | 12,401 | 51.1 | -13.2 | |
Labour | Leonard Matters | 11,856 | 48.9 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 545 | 2.2 | -26.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,583 | 55.7 | -5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvey | 18,371 | 64.3 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Leonard Matters | 10,188 | 35.7 | -20.0 | |
Majority | 8,183 | 28.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,600 | 61.3 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leonard Matters | 15,477 | 55.7 | +12.0 | |
Unionist | George Harvey | 12,328 | 44.3 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 3,149 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,805 | 60.1 | −10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 46,290 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Harvey | 14,898 | 56.3 | +19.5 | |
Labour | Thomas Williams | 11,572 | 43.7 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 3,326 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,470 | 70.3 | +12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,629 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +7.5 |
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Jacobsen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Williams | 8,292 | 39.2 | +3.1 | |
Unionist | Reginald Blair | 7,782 | 36.8 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Owen Jacobsen | 5,075 | 24.0 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 510 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,149 | 57.6 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 36,729 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.8 |
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Gosling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Francis Harrison | 10,081 | 47.3 | +15.1 | |
Labour | Harry Gosling | 7,670 | 36.1 | +10.7 | |
National Liberal | Henry Purchase | 3,522 | 16.6 | −25.8 | |
Majority | 2,411 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,273 | 58.4 | +28.7 | ||
Registered electors | 36,451 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +20.5 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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Purchase
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Henry Purchase | 4,705 | 42.4 | −5.2 |
Unionist | Alice Lucas | 3,573 | 32.2 | −14.7 | |
Labour | William Glennie | 2,817 | 25.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,132 | 10.2 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 11,095 | 29.7 | −44.5 | ||
Registered electors | 37,322 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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Collins
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Collins | 3,565 | 47.6 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 3,510 | 46.9 | −0.8 | |
Independent Labour | Victor Grayson | 408 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 55 | 0.7 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,483 | 74.2 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,088 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Collins | 4,246 | 52.3 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Francis Lucas | 3,865 | 47.7 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 381 | 4.6 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,111 | 80.4 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,088 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.0 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Collins
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Collins | 4,639 | 60.3 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Frederick Cook | 3,054 | 39.7 | −24.8 | |
Majority | 1,585 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,693 | 74.1 | +11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 10,382 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +24.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Cook | 4,195 | 64.5 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | Walter Essex | 2,309 | 35.5 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 1,886 | 29.0 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,504 | 62.3 | −9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,432 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Cook | 3,764 | 51.8 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Mark Beaufoy | 2,769 | 38.1 | −16.2 | |
Independent Liberal | William Wightman | 730 | 10.1 | New | |
Majority | 995 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,263 | 71.8 | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,117 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Beaufoy | 3,860 | 54.3 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Ferdinand Begg | 3,253 | 45.7 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 607 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,113 | 76.1 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,348 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.9 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Hanbury Beaufoy | 4,069 | 54.2 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Philip Beresford-Hope[3] | 3,439 | 45.8 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 630 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,508 | 84.2 | +11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,920 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gent-Davis | 3,222 | 53.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Mark Hanbury Beaufoy | 2,792 | 46.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 430 | 7.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,014 | 72.3 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,313 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gent-Davis | 3,351 | 52.6 | ||
Liberal | John O'Connor Power | 2,991 | 46.9 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | John Fielding | 32 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 360 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,374 | 76.7 | |||
Registered electors | 8,313 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References[]
- ^ Takayanagi, Mari (2018). "Lucas [née Stern], Alice Theresa (1853–1924), parliamentary candidate". www.oxforddnb.com. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112246. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ "Kennington Election". Nottingham Evening Post. 16 March 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 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 "K" (part 1)
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- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
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