Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hammersmith North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1918–1965: County of London
1965–1983: Greater London
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Hammersmith
Created from Hammersmith

Hammersmith North was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in West 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.

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History

The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1983 general election when it was partly replaced by a new Hammersmith constituency.

Boundaries

1918–1950

The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of wards Four, Five, Six and Seven of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.[1]

1950–1955

The original  boundaries were used until the 1950 general election. The wards of the metropolitan borough had been redrawn since 1918, and the seat was redefined by the Representation of the People Act 1948 as comprising six wards: College Park & Latimer, Coningham, Old Oak, Starch Green, White City and Wormholt.[1]

1955–1974

The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 allowed for periodic reviews of constituency boundaries. Seats in the two metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham were redrawn prior to the 1955 general election. The neighbouring seat of Hammersmith South was abolished and the three wards of Addison, Olympia and St. Stephen's were transferred to the North constituency.[1]

1974–1983

The last redrawing of the boundaries of the constituency took place prior to the February 1974 election. In 1965 the former metropolitan borough had become part of the larger London Borough of Hammersmith, and the seat was defined as consisting of ten wards of the London Borough, namely: Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, College Park & Old Oak, Coningham, Grove, St. Stephen's, Starch Green, White City and Wormholt.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Henry Foreman Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1923 James Gardner Labour
1924 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Conservative
1926 by-election James Gardner Labour
1931 Mary Pickford Conservative
1934 by-election Fielding West Labour
1935 Denis Pritt Labour
1940 Independent Labour
1949 Labour Independent Group
1950 Frank Tomney Labour
1979 Clive Soley Labour
1983 constituency abolished : see Hammersmith

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979:

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General Election 10 October 1974:

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General Election 28 February 1974:

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General Election 18 June 1970:

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Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966:

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General Election 15 October 1964:

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Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959:

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General Election 26 May 1955:

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General Election 25 October 1951:

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General Election 23 February 1950:

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Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 July 1945: Hammersmith, North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Denis Nowell Pritt 18,845 63.8
Conservative L. Caplan 7,516 25.5
Labour W.H. Church 3,165 10.7
Majority 11,329 38.3
Turnout 40,444 73.0
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Hammersmith, North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Nowel Pritt 15,464 52.8
Conservative N.A.H. Bower 13,830 47.2
Majority 1,634 5.6
Turnout 44,570 65.7
Labour hold Swing
Hammersmith, North: By-election, 24 April 1934
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fielding Reginald West 14,263 55.7
Conservative C.P. Davis 10,747 41.9
Communist E.F. Bramley 614 2.4
Majority 3,516 13.8
Turnout 45,216 56.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 27 October 1931: Hammersmith, North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. Mary Ada Pickford C.B.E. 18,815 59.2
Labour James Patrick Gardner 11,838 37.2
Communist E.F. Bramley 697 2.2
New Party R.E.N. Braden 431 1.4
Majority 6,977 22.0
Turnout 45,693 69.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929:[2]

Parliamentary Borough of Hammersmith, North Division
Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Four, Five, Six and Seven
Electorate 44,789, Turnout 70.0%,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Patrick Gardner 17,601 56.2
Conservative Sir Marshall Hays 13,744 43.8
Majority 3,857 12.3
Turnout 31,345 70.0
Labour hold
Hammersmith North by-election, 28 May 1926:[3]

Parliamentary Borough of Hammersmith, North Division
Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Four, Five, Six and Seven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Patrick Gardner 13,095 53.3
Conservative S Gluckstein 9,484 38.7
Liberal G P Murfitt 1,974 8.0
Majority 3,611 14.7
Turnout 24,553
Labour gain from Conservative
General Election 29 October 1924:[4]

Parliamentary Borough of Hammersmith, North Division
Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Four, Five, Six and Seven
Electorate 32,194, Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Captain Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 12,925 54.1
Labour James Patrick Gardner 10,970 45.9
Majority 1,955 8.2
Turnout 23,895 74.2
Conservative gain from Labour
General Election 6 December 1923:

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Electorate 31,331 Turnout %,
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Labour James Patrick Gardner 8,101
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 7,256
Liberal F L Coysh 4,274
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General Election 15 November 1922:

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Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:

Parliamentary Borough of Hammersmith, North Division
Composed of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Four, Five, Six and Seven
Electorate 26,656, Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Foreman 5,785 55.6 N/A
Liberal Ernest Young 2,542 24.4 N/A
Independent J C Walker 2,075 19.9 N/A
Majority 3,243 31.2 N/A
Turnout 10,402 39.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 743–746. ISBN 0901050679. 
  2. ^ "General Election 1929 - Results in Detail". The Times: p. i. 10 June 1929. 
  3. ^ "North Hammersmith Result. Labour Majority of 3,611". The Times: p. 12. 29 May 1926. 
  4. ^ "General Election 1924 - Full Polling Results". The Times: p. i. 13 January 1924.