Wembley_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Wembley South
Wembley South
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1945–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	Harrow (part of); Hendon (small part of)
Replaced by	Brent North (part); Brent South (part) (newly created seats)

Wembley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1974

Wembley South was a constituency in what was then the Borough of Wembley in Middlesex and from 1965 wholly in northwest London. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, elected by the first past the post system, returning Conservative apart from in 1945, the victory of the First Attlee ministry when it returned a Labour member.

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	Member	Party
1945	Clarence Barton	Labour
1950	Sir Ronald Russell	Conservative
Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Brent North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clarence Barton	16,928	47.84
	Conservative	Noel Whiteside	13,497	38.15
	Liberal	John Jabez Over	4,958	14.01
Majority			3,431	9.69
Turnout			35,383	74.95
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	20,920	48.69
	Labour	Clarence Barton	17,251	40.15
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Jackson	4,366	10.16	New
	Communist	N Gill	430	1.00	New
Majority			3,669	8.54	N/A
Turnout			42,967	88.27
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	23,380	55.76
	Labour	Douglas Clark	18,546	44.24
Majority			4,834	11.52
Turnout			41,926	85.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	22,052	58.57
	Labour Co-op	Eric C Hutchison	15,596	41.43
Majority			6,456	17.14
Turnout			37,648	80.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wembley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Wembley South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1945–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	Harrow (part of) Hendon (small part of)
Replaced by	Brent North (part) Brent South (part) (newly created seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	19,733	52.90
	Labour	Edward Mackenzie	12,166	32.61
	Liberal	John EC Perry	5,403	14.48	New
Majority			7,567	20.29
Turnout			37,302	82.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	16,512	47.97
	Labour	Michael N Elliott	12,199	35.44
	Liberal	John EC Perry	5,713	16.60
Majority			4,313	12.53
Turnout			34,424	78,42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	15,377	45.28
	Labour	Michael N Elliott	14,194	41.80
	Liberal	Darcy Conyers	4,386	12.92
Majority			1,183	3.48
Turnout			33,957	79.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Russell	16,578	53.6	+8.3
	Labour	Michael N. Elliott	14,336	46.4	+4.6
Majority			2,242	7.25	+3.7
Turnout			30,914	68.9	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing