Newington West | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Southwark Central |
Created from | Southwark |
Newington West was a parliamentary constituency in the Newington area of South 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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The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, although the new constituency of Southwark Central had very similar boundaries.
Election | Member[1] | Party[2] | |
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1885 | Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke | Conservative | |
1892 | Cecil William Norton | Liberal | |
1916 by-election | James Daniel Gilbert | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election 1885 [2] New seat Electorate: 6,377 Turnout: 5,014 (78.6%) N/A |
Conservative win Majority: 645 (12.8%) N/A |
C. W. Radcliffe Cooke | Conservative | 2,419 | 48.2 | N/A | ||
John Seymour Keay | Liberal | 1,774 | 35.4 | N/A | ||||
Sir William McArthur[3] | Independent Liberal | 821 | 16.4 | N/A | ||||
General election 1886 [2] Electorate: 6,377 Turnout: 4,502 (70.8%) −7.8 |
Conservative hold Majority: 382 (8.4%) −4.4 Swing: 2.2% from Con to Lib |
C. W. Radcliffe Cooke | Conservative | 2,447 | 54.2 | +6.0 | ||
F. F. B. Firth | Liberal | 2,065 | 45.8 | +10.4 | ||||
General election 1892 [2] Electorate: 7,579 Turnout: 5,749 (75.9%) +5.1 |
Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 1,093 (19.0%) Swing: 13.7% from Con to Lib |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 3,421 | 59.5 | +13.7 | ||
G. W. Tallents | Conservative | 2,238 | 40.5 | −13.7 | ||||
General election 1895 [2] Electorate: 7,971 Turnout: 5,978 (75.1%) −0.8 |
Liberal hold Majority: 450 (7.6%) −11.4 Swing: 5.7% from Lib to Con |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 3,219 | 53.8 | −5.7 | ||
G. W. Tallents | Conservative | 2,769 | 46.2 | 5.7 | ||||
General election 1900 [2] Electorate: 8,491 Turnout: 5,962 (70.2%) −4.9 |
Liberal hold Majority: 1,156 (19.4%) +11.8 Swing: 5.9% from Con to Lib |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 3,559 | 59.7 | +5.9 | ||
F.I. Ricarde-Seaver | Conservative | 2,403 | 40.3 | −5.9 | ||||
General election 1906 [2] Electorate: 8,995 Turnout: 6,871 (76.4%) +6.2 |
Liberal hold Majority: 2,021 (29.4%) +10.0 Swing: 5.0% from Con to Lib |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 4,446 | 64.7 | +5.0 | ||
R. E. Belilios[4] | Conservative | 2,425 | 35.3 | −5.0 | ||||
General election January 1910 [2] Electorate: 9,635 Turnout: 8,288 (86.0%) +9.6 |
Liberal hold Majority: 412 (5.0%) −24.4 Swing: 12.2% from Lib to Con |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 4,350 | 52.5 | −12.2 | ||
Warwick Brookes | Conservative | 3,938 | 47.5 | +12.2 | ||||
General election December 1910 [2] Electorate: 9,635 Turnout: 7,536 (78.2%) −7.8 |
Liberal hold Majority: 540 (7.2%) +2.2 Swing: 1.1% from Con to Lib |
Cecil Norton | Liberal | 4,038 | 53.6 | +1.1 | ||
Warwick Brookes | Conservative | 3,498 | 46.4 | −1.1 | ||||
By-election January 1916 [2] Norton elevated to the peerage Electorate: 9,814 Turnout: 3,433 (35.0%) −43.2 |
Liberal hold Majority: 1,859 (54.2%) +47.0 |
James Daniel Gilbert | Liberal | 1,646 | 77.1 | +23.5 | ||
J. J. Terrett | Independent | 787 | 22.9 | N/A |