Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hammersmith South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County of London
1918 (1918)–1955 (1955)
Number of members One
Replaced by Barons Court
Created from Hammersmith

Hammersmith South 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.

The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir William James Bull Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1929 Daniel Chater Labour Co-operative
1931 James Douglas Cooke Conservative
1945 William Thomas Adams Labour Co-operative
1949 William Thomas Williams Labour Co-operative
1955 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 to 19 July 1945:

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Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935:

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General Election 27 October 1931:

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Labour Daniel Chater
Conservative Dr James Douglas Cooke
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Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929:

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General Election 29 October 1924:

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General Election 6 December 1923:

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Electorate 30,879 Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon. Sir William Bull 8,184
Labour W Albery 6,974
Liberal E D Wetton 3,723
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General Election 15 November 1922:

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Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:

constituency of Hammersmith South
Composed of the Hammersmith wards of One, Two and Three
Electorate 27,996, Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Bull 8,592
Liberal T Robertson 2,555
Labour 1,958 J Westcott
Majority 6,037
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)