Southwark_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts 1918–1950, Seats ...
Southwark North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Southwark West |
Replaced by | Southwark |
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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 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.
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Edward Strauss | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Leslie Haden-Guest | Labour | |
1927 | Edward Strauss | Liberal | |
1929 | George Isaacs | Labour | |
1931 | Edward Strauss | National Liberal | |
1939 by-election | George Isaacs | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Southwark |
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Election in the 1910s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Edward Strauss | 4,254 | 47.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | John Harrington (Unionist) | 2,183 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | George Isaacs | 2,027 | 22.4 | ||
NFDDSS | George Gregory Gebbett | 573 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 2,071 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,037 | 40.4 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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Election in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,435 | 54.0 | New | |
Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 6,323 | 46.0 | +23.6 | |
Majority | 1,112 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,758 | 56.1 | +15.7 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 7,665 | 51.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,303 | 48.8 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 362 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,968 | 59.7 | +3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 8,115 | 43.8 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,085 | 38.3 | -10.5 | |
Unionist | John Llewellin | 3,305 | 17.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,030 | 5.5 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,505 | 71.5 | +11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,334 | 43.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 6,167 | 36.9 | -6.9 | |
Constitutionalist | Leslie Haden-Guest | 3,215 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,167 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,716 | 62.8 | -8.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 9,660 | 45.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 9,228 | 43.8 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | Marcus Samuel | 2,198 | 10.4 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 432 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,086 | 65.2 | -6.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 | |||
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Election in the 1930s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | *Edward Strauss | 13,045 | 64.9 | +21.1 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 7,053 | 35.1 | -13.7 | |
Majority | 5,992 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,098 | 63.2 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +15.9 | |||
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- After the election, Strauss took the Liberal National whip.
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Edward Strauss | 8,086 | 50.2 | -14.7 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 8,007 | 49.8 | +14.7 | |
Majority | 79 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,093 | 56.1 | -7.1 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 5,815 | 57.4 | +7.6 | |
National Liberal | Alfred Henderson-Livesey | 4,322 | 42.6 | -7.6 | |
Majority | 1,493 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,137 | 38.9 | -17.2 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +7.6 | |||
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Election in the 1940s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 5,943 | 69.0 | +19.2 | |
National Liberal | Edward Terrell | 2,673 | 31.0 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 3,270 | 38.0 | +37.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,616 | 61.3 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
- British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949, p49
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig