Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark South East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members one
Replaced by Southwark
Created from Walworth

Southwark South East was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in 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, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.

The constituency comprised the wards of St. John, St. George and St. Peter. It covered most of East Walworth and Faraday wards, together with a sliver of Grange ward, in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 James Arthur Dawes Coalition Liberal
1921 by-election Thomas Ellis Naylor Labour
1922 Maurice Alexander National Liberal
1923 Thomas Ellis Naylor Labour
1931 Evelyn George Harcourt Powell Conservative
1935 Thomas Ellis Naylor Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
General Election 27 October 1931:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Ellis Naylor 13527
Liberal W J Squire 4766
Conservative Evelyn George Harcourt Powell 4086
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 29 October 1924:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
General Election 6 December 1923:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Ellis Naylor 9,374
Liberal Lt-Col. Maurice Alexander 7,884
Majority
Turnout
General Election 15 November 1922:

constituency of
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:

constituency of Southwark South-East
Composed of the Southwark wards of St Johns, St Peters and St Georges (part)
Electorate 27,512, Turnout %,
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J Arthur Dawes 7,208
Labour T Naylor 2,718
Majority 4,490
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

References