Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18851950
Number of members one
Replaced by Stoke Newington and Hackney North
Created from Hackney

Hackney North was a parliamentary constituency in the "The Metropolis" (later the County of London). It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

Elections have been held here since De Montfort's Parliament in 1265 for the county constituency of Middlesex.

Under the Great Reform Act of 1832 and from then onward, Hackney formed part of the new Parliamentary Borough of Tower Hamlets. This much larger area than today's borough with that name was only divided with the creation of the two seat constituency of Hackney at the 1868 general election, comprising the large parishes of Bethnal Green and Shoreditch.[1] This was a creation of the Second Reform Act or the officially termed Representation of the People Act, 1867. Hackney's increased democratic representation provided suffrage for the first time to working-class men but was originally intended to increase the number of seats held in the House of Commons by the Conservative Party.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 when the two-member Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was split into three single-member divisions. The seat, officially the Northern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act, 1948 for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

Boundaries

Hackney North in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.
Hackney North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.

1885–1918

In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of:

1918–1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain. Seats in the County of London were redefined in terms of wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney North was defined as consisting of :

Stoke Newington was removed from the seat, and became a separate constituency.[3]

Redistribution

The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The Borough of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. The bulk of Hackney North passed to the Stoke Newington and Hackney North seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Lt Gen Sir Lewis Pelly Conservative
1892 by-election William Robert Bousfield Conservative
1906 Thomas Hart-Davies Liberal
1910 Walter Greene Conservative
1923 John Hobbis Harris Liberal
1924 Capt Sir Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson Conservative
1945 Henry Edwin Goodrich Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1945: Hackney North[4]

Electorate 38,410

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Edwin Goodrich 17,337 65.0 +16.9
Conservative Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 5,771 21.7 -30.2
Liberal Doreen Marjorie Gorsky 3,546 13.3 N/A
Majority 11,566 43.4
Labour gain from Conservative
General Election 1935: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 15,000 51.9 -17.6
Labour Francis George Bowles 13,920 48.1 +17.6
Majority 1,080 3.7 -35.2
Conservative hold
General Election 1931: Hackney North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 20,545 69.5 +33.8
Labour Francis George Bowles 9,022 30.5 -2.4
Majority 11,523 38.9 +36.1
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Hackney North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 11,199 35.7 -11.7
Labour Francis George Bowles 10,333 32.9 +8.7
Liberal John Hobbis Harris 9,844 31.4 +3.0
Majority 866 2.8
Conservative hold
John Hobbis Harris
General Election 1924: Hackney North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson 11,975 47.4 +1.4
Liberal John Hobbis Harris 7,181 28.4 -25.6
Labour Dr Stella Churchill 6,097 24.1 N/A
Majority 4,794 19.0
Conservative gain from Liberal
General Election 1923: Hackney North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hobbis Harris 11,177 54.0 +16.3
Conservative Sir Walter Raymond Greene 9,523 46.0 -16.3
Majority 1,654 7.9
Liberal gain from Conservative
General Election 1922: Hackney North

Electorate 33,706 [9]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Walter Raymond Greene 13,002 60.8 -9.8
Liberal Philip Guedalla 8,387 39.2 +9.8
Majority 4,615 21.6 -19.6
Turnout 21,389 63.5 +13.2
Conservative hold Swing -9.8

Elections 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918

Composed of the Hackney wards of Stamford Hill, Clapton Park (part) and West Hackney (part)
Electorate 27,871

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lt-Col. Sir Walter Raymond Greene 9,873 70.6 +14.4
Liberal Lt. Wright Burrows 4,119 29.4 -14.4
Majority 5,754 41.1 +28.7
Conservative hold
General Election December 1910: Hackney North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Walter Raymond Greene 5,290 56.2 +2.1
Liberal William Arthur Addinsell 4,126 43.8 -2.1
Majority 1,164 12.4 +4.3
Conservative hold
General Election January 1910: Hackney North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Walter Raymond Greene 5,620 54.1 +21.4
Liberal Thomas Hart-Davies 4,773 45.9 -21.4
Majority 847 8.1
Conservative gain from Liberal
General Election 1906: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hart-Davies 4,655 51.8 +19.1
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 4,331 48.2 -19.1
Majority 224 2.5
Liberal gain from Conservative
General Election 1900: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 5,005 67.3
Liberal H W Wilberforce 2,437 32.7
Majority 2,568 34.5
Conservative hold
General Election 1895: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Robert Bousfield
Liberal Sylvain Mayer
Majority 2,265
Conservative hold
General Election 1892: Hackney South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 4,799 59.4 +3.3
Liberal J McCall 3,280 40.6 -3.3
Majority 1,519 18.8 +6.6
Conservative hold
Hackney North by-election 1892[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 4,460 56.1 -8.4
Liberal T Arrowsmith Meates 3,491 43.9 +8.4
Majority 969 12.2 -16.7
Conservative hold
General Election 1886: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lewis Pelly 3,351 64.5 +11.2
Liberal Dr W H S Aubrey 1,848 35.5 -11.2
Majority 1,503 28.9 +22.2
Conservative hold
General Election 1885: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lewis Pelly 3,327 53.3 N/A
Liberal Æ J McIntyre 2,911 46.7 N/A
Majority 416 6.7 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. Representation of the People Act 1867, Schedule C, New Boroughs formed by Division of the Borough of the Tower Hamlets
  2. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
  4. "UK general election results 1945". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  5. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 28 October 1931. p. 6.
  6. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 31 May 1929. p. 6.
  7. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 30 October 1924. p. 6.
  8. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains". The Times. 7 December 1923. p. 6.
  9. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  10. "Progress Of The General Election". The Times. 7 December 1910. p. 7.
  11. "Progress Of The General Election". The Times. 20 January 1910. p. 6.
  12. "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 7 July 1892. p. 6.
  13. "Election Intelligence. North Hackney-Result". The Times. 12 May 1892. p. 6.