Bermondsey West (UK Parliament constituency)

Bermondsey West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members one
Replaced by Bermondsey
Created from Bermondsey

Bermondsey West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency, when it was created in 1918, comprised the wards numbered One, Two, Three and Four of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, in the County of London. This was the south-western part of the borough, and was similar in extent to the preceding Bermondsey Division of the parliamentary borough of Southwark.

Its extent covered most of Grange and South Bermondsey wards, together with small sections of Riverside, Chaucer and Livesey wards, in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Harold James Glanville Liberal
1922 Alfred Salter Labour
1923 Roderick Kedward Liberal
1924 Alfred Salter Labour
1945 Richard Sargood Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Sargood 8,139 72.2
Liberal National W.B. Pemberton 2,238 19.8
Liberal F.H. Collier 903 8.0
Majority 5,901 52.4
Turnout 17,004 66.3
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 12,603 62.2
Liberal National F.R.A. Glanville 7,674 37.8
Majority 4,929 24.4
Turnout 30,803 65.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 27 October 1931: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 10,039 48.1
Conservative N.H. Bower 9,948 47.7
Communist Wal Hannington 873 4.2
Majority 91 0.4
Turnout 32,904 63.4
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 13,231 60.2
Liberal Capt. Leonard J. Stein 4,865 22.2
Conservative Lt-Col H.C. Butcher 3,852 17.6
Majority 8,366 38.0
Turnout 32,963 66.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 29 October 1924: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 11,578 57.2
Liberal Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward 8,676 42.8
Majority 2,902 14.4
Turnout 26,989 75.0
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 6 December 1923: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward 9,186 52.5
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 8,296 47.5
Majority 888 5.0
Turnout 26,456 66.1
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General Election 15 November 1922: Bermondsey, West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 7,550 44.6
Liberal Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward 5,225 30.9
National Liberal C.R. Scriven 2,814 16.6
Independent Conservative C.L. Nordon 1,328 7.9
Majority 2,325 13.7
Turnout 26,168 64.6
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Bermondsey, West Bermondsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold James Glanville 4,260 40.6
Coalition Liberal C.R. Scriven 2,998 28.5
Labour Dr. Alfred Salter 1,956 18.6
NFDSS H. Becker 1,294 12.3
Majority 1,262 12.1
Turnout 23,100 45.5
Liberal hold Swing

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