Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)
Tottenham North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Tottenham |
Created from | Tottenham |
Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History[]
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries[]
The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Lower, Middle, and West Green.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Whip | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | William Prescott | Unionist | |
1922 | Robert Morrison | Labour | |
1931 | Edward Doran | Conservative | |
1935 | Robert Morrison | Labour | |
1945 | William Irving | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Prescott | 11,891 | 62.0 | |
Liberal | Percy Alden | 7,293 | 38.0 | ||
Majority | 4,598 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 19,184 | 55.7 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 10,250 | 44.2 | New | |
Unionist | Charles David Roberts | 8,392 | 36.1 | -25.9 | |
National Liberal | Charles Baker | 4,181 | 18.0 | -20.0 | |
Ind U | Frank Bartle | 395 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,858 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,218 | 65.4 | +9.7 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 12,696 | 49.7 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | William Prescott | 8,323 | 32.6 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Oliver Frederick Broadway | 4,525 | 17.7 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 4,373 | 17.1 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,544 | 69.3 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 13,800 | 51.0 | +1.3 | |
Constitutionalist | John Sturrock | 13,243 | 49.0 | New | |
Majority | 557 | 2.0 | -15.1 | ||
Turnout | 27,043 | 71.3 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 20,884 | 54.0 | +3.0 | |
Unionist | Harold J Soloman | 11,231 | 29.1 | New | |
Liberal | Angus Holden | 6,535 | 16.9 | New | |
Majority | 9,653 | 24.9 | +22.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,650 | 73.8 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Doran | 22,172 | 55.7 | +26.6 | |
Labour | Robert Morrison | 17,651 | 44.3 | -9.7 | |
Majority | 4,521 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,823 | 71.2 | -2.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 21,075 | 57.2 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Doran | 13,066 | 35.5 | -20.2 | |
Liberal | Leon Charles Augustus Dubery | 2,697 | 7.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,009 | 11.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,838 | 65.9 | -5.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.5 |
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour Co-operative: Robert Morrison[8]
- Conservative: B Hubert Berry
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Morrison | 25,360 | 71.8 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | B Hubert Berry | 9,955 | 28.2 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 15,405 | 43.6 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,315 | 70.3 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Irving | 12,937 | 63.6 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Petre Crowder | 7,415 | 36.4 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 5,522 | 27.2 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,352 | 39.5 | −30.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 |
References[]
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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 1950
- Politics of the London Borough of Haringey
- Tottenham