Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)
Lambeth North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Lambeth North in London 1885-1918 | |
![]() Lambeth North in London 1918-50 | |
County | Greater London |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Vauxhall |
Created from | Lambeth |
Lambeth North was a borough constituency centred on the Lambeth district of South 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.
History[]
![Lambeth Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Lambeth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/120px-Lambeth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png)
The constituency was created when the two-member Lambeth constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election when the area was absorbed into the Vauxhall constituency.
Boundaries[]
- 1885 - 1918: The constituency was defined as comprising three wards of the parish of Lambeth: Bishop's, North Marsh and South Marsh.[1][2] The wards were those used to elect members of the Lambeth Vestry, the local authority established by the Metropolis Management Act 1855.[2]
- 1918 - 1950: The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies in London, defining them in terms of the wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs which had replaced the vestries in 1900.[2] The constituency comprised the following parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth: Bishop's Ward, Marsh Ward and the part of Prince's Ward that lay "to the north of a line running from Vauxhall Bridge along the middle of Upper Kennington Lane and Lower Kennington Lane to Newington Butts".[3]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser | Conservative | |
1892 | Francis Coldwells | Liberal | |
1895 | Sir Henry Morton Stanley | Liberal Unionist | |
1900 | Frederick William Horner | Conservative | |
1906 | Horatio Myer | Liberal | |
Jan 1910 | Sir William Houghton-Gastrell | Conservative | |
1918 | Frank Briant | Liberal | |
1929 | George Strauss | Labour | |
1931 | Frank Briant | Liberal | |
1934 by-election | George Strauss | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
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Walter Wren
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Fraser | 2,524 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal | Walter Wren | 2,346 | 42.2 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Lawrence | 692 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 178 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,562 | 70.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,939 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Fraser | 2,723 | 54.1 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Walter Wren | 2,311 | 45.9 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 412 | 8.2 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,034 | 63.4 | −6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,939 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
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Henry Stanley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Coldwells | 2,524 | 51.3 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Henry Morton Stanley | 2,394 | 48.7 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 130 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,918 | 68.0 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,229 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4 |
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Charles Trevelyan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Henry Morton Stanley | 2,878 | 53.8 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Trevelyan | 2,473 | 46.2 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 405 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,351 | 72.9 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,338 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fred Horner | 2,677 | 59.9 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Ford | 1,795 | 40.1 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 882 | 19.8 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,472 | 63.1 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 7,090 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 |
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Horatio Myer | 2,162 | 44.1 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | William Houghton-Gastrell | 1,904 | 38.8 | −21.1 | |
London Liberal and Radical Union | Dadabhai Naoroji | 733 | 14.9 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | Fred Horner | 108 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 258 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,907 | 72.1 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,802 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.6 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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Horatio Myer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Houghton-Gastrell | 2,947 | 55.1 | +16.3 | |
Liberal | Horatio Myer | 2,397 | 44.9 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 550 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,344 | 83.0 | +10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,440 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.8 |
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Harry Gosling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Houghton-Gastrell | 2,531 | 53.5 | −1.6 | |
Lib-Lab | Harry Gosling | 2,202 | 46.5 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 329 | 7.0 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,733 | 73.5 | −9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,440 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 7,326 | 62.3 | +15.8 | |
C | Unionist | William Houghton-Gastrell | 4,441 | 37.7 | -15.8 |
Majority | 2,885 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,767 | 40.9 | -32.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +15.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 8,132 | 43.1 | -19.2 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roy Bird | 7,362 | 39.1 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Barbara Ayrton-Gould | 3,353 | 17.8 | New | |
Majority | 770 | 4.0 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,847 | 62.2 | +21.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 9,036 | 48.5 | +5.4 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roy Bird | 5,509 | 29.6 | -9.5 | |
Labour | Fred Hughes | 4,089 | 21.9 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 3,527 | 18.9 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 18,634 | 59.8 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 7,943 | 37.2 | -11.3 | |
Labour | George Strauss | 7,914 | 37.1 | +15.2 | |
Unionist | Jack Lazarus | 5,488 | 25.7 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.1 | -18.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,866 | 67.0 | +7.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 11,264 | 43.8 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | Frank Briant | 10,722 | 41.8 | +4.6 | |
Unionist | Clyde Tabor Wilson | 3,691 | 14.4 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 542 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,677 | 66.2 | -0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
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Frank Briant
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Briant | 16,368 | 65.1 | +23.3 | |
Labour | George Strauss | 8,766 | 34.9 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 7,602 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,134 | 64.6 | -1.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 11,281 | 57.9 | +23.0 | |
Liberal | J.W. Simpson | 4,968 | 25.5 | -39.6 | |
National Labour | Frank Markham | 2,927 | 15.0 | New | |
Independent | A.S.G. Brown | 305 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,313 | 32.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,064 | 52.6 | -12.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +31.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 10,577 | 55.4 | +20.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Terrell | 8,521 | 44.6 | -20.5 | |
Majority | 2,056 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,211 | 54.2 | -10.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | -10.8 |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 8,677 | 66.6 | +11.2 | |
National Liberal | Eric William Bales | 2,624 | 20.1 | New | |
Liberal | Raymond Henry Walton | 1,730 | 13.3 | -31.3 | |
Majority | 6,053 | 46.5 | +35.7 | ||
Turnout | 20,223 | 64.4 | +10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule. Divisions of Boroughs: Number Names, Contents, and Boundaries of Divisions.
- ^ a b c Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 743, 765. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, Frederick Walter Scott (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Categories:
- 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
- Politics of the London Borough of Lambeth