Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency)

Willesden East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–February 1974
Number of members one
Replaced by Brent East
Created from Harrow

Willesden East was a borough constituency in the Municipal Borough of Willesden, in North-West 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 February 1974 general election.

Willesden East within Middlesex, showing boundaries 1918-50

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Harry Deeley Mallaby-Deeley Conservative
by-election, 1923 Harcourt Johnstone Liberal
1924 George Frederick Stanley Conservative
1929 Daniel Somerville Conservative
1938 by-election Samuel Hammersley Conservative
1945 Maurice Orbach Labour
1959 Trevor Skeet Conservative
1964 Reg Freeson Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Sir Harry Mallaby-Deeley
General Election 1918

Electorate 38,801

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 12,044
Labour Henry James Lincoln 4,941
Liberal Herbert John Doree 2,757
Majority
Turnout
Unionist win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922

Electorate 40,661

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Harry Deeley Mallaby-Deeley 12,525
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 11,211
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
Willesden East by-election, 1923

Electorate 40,797

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 14,824 60.6
Unionist Hon. George Frederick Stanley 9,648 39.4
Majority 5,176 21.2
Turnout 60.2
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 6 December 1923

Electorate 40,797

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 11,260
Unionist Hon. George Frederick Stanley 11,146
Labour Joseph George Butler 5,392
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1924

Electorate 41,870

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hon. George Frederick Stanley 15,965 50.2
Liberal Harcourt Johnstone 7,992 25.1
Labour W D Lloyd 7,860 24.7
Majority 7,973 25.1
Turnout 76.0
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1929

Electorate 60,942

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Daniel Gerald Somerville 17,090 40.4
Labour W D Lloyd 13,977 33.1
Liberal M Gordon Liverman 11,190 26.5
Majority
Turnout 69.3
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931

Electorate 68,352

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Gerald Somerville 28,993 62.1
Labour W D Lloyd 10,010 21.4
Liberal Dr J S Bridges 7,684 16.5
Majority
Turnout 46,687 68.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935

Electorate 71,411

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Gerald Somerville 25,613
Labour Maurice Orbach 15,523
Liberal Miss Nancy Stuart Parnell 3,217
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Willesden East by-election, 1938

Electorate 72,008

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Schofield Hammersley 16,009
Labour Maurice Orbach 12,278
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1945

Electorate 60,882

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Orbach 23,457
Conservative Samuel Schofield Hammersley 14,027
Liberal Lt. RLR Morgan 6,771
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sources