Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Replaced by Southwark
Created from Southwark West

Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] North 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.

Southwark North in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-49

History

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.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Edward Anthony Strauss Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Leslie Haden-Guest Labour
1927 Edward Anthony Strauss Liberal
1929 George Isaacs Labour
1931 Edward Anthony Strauss National Liberal
1939 by-election George Isaacs Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Southwark

Election results

Election in the 1910s

Edward Strauss
General Election 1918[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 4,254 47.1 n/a
Independent Unionist Lt-Col. Sir John Lane Harrington 2,183 24.2 n/a
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 2,027 22.4 n/a
NFDDSS George Gregory Gebbett 573 6.3 n/a
Majority 2,071 22.9 n/a
Turnout 40.4 n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1922[3]

Electorate 24,541

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Edward Anthony Strauss 7,435 54.0
Labour Leslie Haden-Guest 6,323 46.0
Majority 1,112 8.0
Turnout 56.1 +15.7
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1923[4]

Electorate 25,055

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Haden-Guest 7,665 51.2 +5.2
Liberal Edward Anthony Strauss 7,303 48.8 -5.2
Majority 362 2.4 10.4
Turnout 59.7
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
General Election, 29 October 1924

Electorate: 25,897

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Haden-Guest 8,115 43.8
Liberal Edward Anthony Strauss 7,085 38.3
Unionist John Jestyn Llewellin 3,305 17.9
Majority 1,030 5.5
Turnout 71.5
Labour hold Swing
Southwark North by-election, 1927[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Anthony Strauss 7,334 43.9
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 6,167 36.9
Constitutionalist Leslie Haden-Guest 3,215 19.2
Majority 1,167 7.0
Turnout 62.8
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General Election 30 May 1929

Electorate 32,340

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 9,660 45.8 +8.9
Liberal Edward Anthony Strauss 9,228 43.8 -0.1
Unionist Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel 2,198 10.4 -8.8
Majority 2.0 9.0
Turnout 65.2
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +4.5

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1931[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 13,045 64.9
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 7,053 35.1
Majority 5,992 29.8 31.8
Turnout 63.2
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +15.9
General Election, 14 November 1935[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Edward Anthony Strauss 8,086 50.2
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 8,007 49.8
Majority 79 0.4
Turnout 56.1
Liberal National hold Swing
Southwark North by-election, 1939[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 5,815 57.4 +7.6
Liberal National Alfred H. Henderson-Livesey 4,322 42.6 -7.6
Majority 14.8 15.2
Turnout 38.9 -17.2
Labour gain from Liberal National Swing +7.6

Election in the 1940s

General Election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Alfred Isaacs 5,943 69.0
Liberal National Edward Terrell 2,673 31.0
Majority 3,270 38.0
Turnout 61.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949, p49
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig