Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barons Court
Borough constituency
Created: 1955
Abolished: 1974
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Barons Court was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created by merging areas formerly within Hammersmith South, Fulham East and Fulham West.

In 1974 the Barons Court constituency was divided between Fulham and Hammersmith North.

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[edit] Boundaries

Barons Court was a constituency located in the part of the historic county of Middlesex which, in 1889, was transferred for administrative purposes to the County of London. It joined the northern end of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (Barons Court, Margravine, and Lillie wards) and the southern section of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith (Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, and Ravenscourt wards). It did not include the whole of either Metropolitan Borough.

When local government in London was reformed in 1965, the area became part of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1955 William Thomas Williams Labour
1959 William Compton Carr Conservative
1964 Ivor Richard Labour
1974 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

The constituency returned one member, using the first past the post electoral system.

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1955
General Election 1955: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour (William) Thomas Williams 20,748 50.2 N/A
Conservative Sir Keith Joseph, Bt 20,623 49.8 N/A
Majority 125 0.4 N/A
Turnout 41,371 75.8 N/A
Registered Electors 54,613
Labour gain from new seat Swing N/A
General election of 1959
General Election 1959: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Compton Carr 18,658 48.9 -0.9
Labour (William) Thomas Williams 17,745 46.5 -3.7
Independent Liberal S.H.J.A. Knott 1,766 4.6 N/A
Majority 913 2.4 N/A
Turnout 38,169 76.3 +0.5
Registered Electors 50,032
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1964
General Election 1964: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 15,966 47.5 +1.0
Conservative William Compton Carr 14,800 44.1 -4.8
Liberal S.H.J.A. Knott 2,821 8.4 N/A
Majority 1,166 3.4 N/A
Turnout 33,587 72.9 -3.4
Registered Electors 46,048
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election of 1966
General Election 1966: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 17,021 51.7 +4.2
Conservative William Compton Carr 13,551 41.1 -3.0
Liberal S.H.J.A. Knott 2,384 7.2 -1.2
Majority 3,470 10.6 +7.2
Turnout 32,956 75.2 +2.3
Registered Electors 43,830
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1970
General Election 1970: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 13,374 48.0 -3.7
Conservative R.E. Brum 12,269 44.1 +3.0
Liberal S.H.J.A. Knott 2,206 7.9 +0.7
Majority 1,105 3.9 -6.7
Turnout 27,849 67.3 -7.9
Registered Electors 41,375
Labour hold Swing

Constituency abolished 1974

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
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