Southwark_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts 1885–1918, Seats ...
Southwark West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Southwark |
Replaced by | Southwark North |
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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Arthur Cohen | Liberal | |
1888 by-election | Richard Causton | Liberal | |
1910 | William Dunn | Conservative | |
1910 | Edward Strauss | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
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Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Cohen | 2,851 | 52.2 | ||
Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,611 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 240 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,462 | 70.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,776 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Cohen | 2,566 | 51.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,453 | 48.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 113 | 2.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,019 | 64.5 | -5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,776 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
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Cohen resigned, causing a by-election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,638 | 59.8 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,444 | 40.2 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 19.6 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,082 | 73.3 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,296 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
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Elections in the 1890s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,534 | 60.6 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Bond | 2,295 | 39.4 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 1,239 | 21.2 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,829 | 72.4 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,048 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
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Causton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | 2,989 | 51.0 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Frederick William Horner | 2,870 | 49.0 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 119 | 2.0 | -19.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,859 | 72.2 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,113 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.6 | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | 2,893 | 51.1 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Newton | 2,763 | 48.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 130 | 2.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,656 | 71.2 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,945 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,057 | 54.1 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Arthur Salter | 2,592 | 45.9 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 465 | 8.2 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,649 | 79.9 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,066 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Dunn | 3,387 | 51.2 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,223 | 48.8 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 161 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,610 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.3 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Strauss | 3,028 | 50.1 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | William Dunn | 3,010 | 49.9 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,038 | 74.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3 | |||
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General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Edward Strauss
- Unionist:
- Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 49. ISBN 9781349022984.
- Debrett's House of Commons, 1886