Rotherhithe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Rotherhithe in London 1885–1918
	Rotherhithe in London 1918–50
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Southwark
Replaced by	Bermondsey

Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

Rotherhithe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rotherhithe district 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.

Quick Facts 1885–1950, Seats ...

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election when it became part of the revived Bermondsey constituency.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hamilton	3,202	60.2	+5.9
	Liberal	William Brampton Gurdon	2,115	39.8	-5.9
Majority			1,087	20.4	+11.8
Turnout			5,317	62.9	-9.6
Registered electors			8,455
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Macdona	3,995	59.1	-1.1
	Liberal	Harold Glanville	2,765	40.9	+1.1
Majority			1,230	18.2	-2.2
Turnout			6,760	70.1	+7.2
Registered electors			9,638
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Macdona	4,092	64.6	+5.5
	Liberal	Ambrose Pomeroy	2,246	35.4	-5.5
Majority			1,846	29.2	+11.0
Turnout			6,338	69.0	-1.1
Registered electors			9,188
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)

Rotherhithe
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Rotherhithe in London 1885–1918
Rotherhithe in London 1918–50
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Southwark
Replaced by	Bermondsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Macdona	3,938	62.6	-2.0
	Liberal	Thomas Hart-Davies	2,356	37.4	+2.0
Majority			1,582	25.2	-4.0
Turnout			6,294	65.8	-3.2
Registered electors			9,559
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Carr-Gomm	4,192	59.8	+22.4
	Conservative	John Macdona	2,821	40.2	-22.4
Majority			1,371	19.6	N/A
Turnout			7,013	80.6	+14.8
Registered electors			8,700
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+22.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Carr-Gomm	4,474	55.6	-4.2
	Conservative	Assheton Pownall	3,570	44.4	+4.2
Majority			904	11.2	-8.4
Turnout			8,044	84.3	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Carr-Gomm	4,030	57.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Assheton Pownall	3,026	42.9	-1.5
Majority			1,004	14.2	+3.0
Turnout			7,056	74.0	-10.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Lort-Williams	5,639	50.0	+7.1
	Liberal	Hubert Carr-Gomm	3,889	34.5	-22.6
	Labour	Will Godfrey	1,750	15.5	New
Majority			1,750	15.5	N/A
Turnout			25,088	45.1	-28.9
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.8
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Lort-Williams	6,749	36.5	-13.5
	Labour	Charles Diamond	6,703	36.3	+21.8
	Liberal	Hubert Carr-Gomm	5,034	27.2	-7.3
Majority			46	0.2	-15.3
Turnout			29,166	63.4	+18.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-17.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Smith	9,019	48.0	+11.7
	Unionist	John Lort-Williams	5,741	30.5	-6.0
	Liberal	Richard Hazleton	4,035	21.5	-5.7
Majority			3,278	17.5	N/A
Turnout			29,457	63.8	+0.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Smith	12,703	60.3	+12.3
	Unionist	Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann	8,375	39.7	+9.2
Majority			4,328	20.6	+3.1
Turnout			29,906	70.5	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Smith	14,664	61.6	+1.3
	Unionist	Gurney Braithwaite	4,594	19.3	-20.4
	Liberal	Dora West	4,556	19.1	New
Majority			10,070	42.3	+21.7
Turnout			36,133	65.9	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

1946 Rotherhithe by-election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Mellish	7,265	65.0	-14.1
	Liberal	Edward Martell	2,821	25.3	New
	Conservative	Frederick Burden	1,084	9.7	-11.2
Majority			4,444	39.7	-18.5
Turnout			11,170	50.9	-17.2
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norah Runge	11,666	50.3	+31.0
	Labour	Ben Smith	11,536	49.7	-11.9
Majority			130	0.6	N/A
Turnout			36,111	64.3	-1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+21.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Smith	14,416	59.7	+10.0
	Conservative	Norah Runge	9,751	40.3	-10.0
Majority			4,665	19.4	N/A
Turnout			33,899	71.3	+7.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Smith	9,741	79.1	+19.4
	Conservative	Norah Runge	2,577	20.9	-19.4
Majority			7,164	58.2	+38.8
Turnout			18,098	68.1	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.4