Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)

Battersea North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County of London, then Greater London
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Battersea
Created from	Battersea

Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in 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 voting system.

It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.

Boundaries

Battersea North in London 1918-49

A map showing the wards of Battersea Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Battersea North in London 1950-74

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea wards of Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms, and Park.

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea wards of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage, and Winstanley.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park, and Shaftesbury.

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918.^[1] When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.^[2] However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.^[3] Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies.^[4]^[5]

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. St John's and Shaftesbury wards were transferred from Battersea South.^[6] These boundaries were used until abolition.

The constituency was abolished for the election of 1983, and was subsumed by the new Battersea seat, where it formed 61.5% of the total constituency (with the addition of Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards from Battersea South).

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Richard Morris	Coalition Liberal
1922	Shapurji Saklatvala	Communist
1923	Henry Cairn Hogbin	Liberal
1924	Shapurji Saklatvala	Communist
1929	William Stephen Sanders	Labour
1931	Arthur Marsden	Conservative
1935	William Sanders	Labour
1940 by-election	Francis Douglas	Labour
1946 by-election	Douglas Jay	Labour
1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Richard Morris	11,231	66.6	n/a
	Labour	Charlotte Despard	5,634	33.4	n/a
Majority			5,597	33.2	n/a
Turnout				43.7	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Communist	Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala	11,311	50.5	n/a
	National Liberal	Henry Cairn Hogbin	9,290	41.6	n/a
	Liberal	Vivian Claude Albu	1,756	7.9	n/a
Majority			2,021	9.5	n/a
Turnout
	Communist gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

Henry Hogbin

General Election 1923: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henry Cairn Hogbin	12,527	50.4	+8.8
	Communist	Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala	12,341	49.6	-0.9
Majority			186	0.8	9.7
Turnout				61.9
	Liberal gain from Communist		Swing	+4.9

General Election 1924: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Communist	Shapurji Saklatvala	15,096	50.9
	Constitutionalist	Henry Cairn Hogbin	14,554	49.1
Majority			542	1.8
Turnout				73.1
	Communist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1929: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Stephen Sanders	13,265	37.8	n/a
	Unionist	Arthur Marsden	10,833	30.8	n/a
	Communist	Shapurji Saklatvala	6,554	18.6	-32.3
	Liberal	Thomas Patrick Brogan	4,513	12.9	n/a
Majority			2,432	7.0	8.8
Turnout				69.7	-3.4
	Labour gain from Communist		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Marsden	18,688	55.5%
	Labour	William Stephen Sanders	11,985	35.6%
	Communist	Shapurji Saklatvala	3,021	8.9%
Majority			6,703	19.9%
Turnout			33,694
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Stephen Sanders	17,596	58.7	23.1
	Conservative	Arthur Marsden	12,393	41.3	-14.1
Majority			5,203	17.4	N/A
Turnout			29,989	63.5	-4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	18.6%

Elections in the 1940s

Battersea North by-election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Francis Campbell Ross Douglas	9,947	92.6	+33.9
	Independent	E.C. Joyce	791	7.4	N/A
Majority			9,156	85.2	+67.8
Turnout			10,738	25.1	-38.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Francis Campbell Ross Douglas	14,070	73.9	+15.2
	Conservative	J G W Paget	4,969	26.1	-15.2
Majority			9,101	47.8	+30.4
Turnout			19,039	71.1	+15.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Battersea North by-election, 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	11,329	68.9	−5.0
	Conservative	B A Shattock	4,858	29.6	+3.5
	Ind. Labour Party	Hugo Dewar	240	1.5	N/A
Majority			6,471	39.3	−8.5
Turnout			16,427	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	24,762	69.57	-4.33
	Conservative	Martin Madden	9,084	25.52	-0.58
	Liberal	Edward Richter Handscombe	1,090	3.06	N/A
	Communist	John Mahon	655	1.84	N/A
Majority			15,678	44.05
Turnout			35,591	80.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.75

General Election 1951: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	25,882	72.53	+2.96
	Conservative	Walter Ian Percival	9,905	27.47	+1.95
Majority			16,077	45.05	+1.00
Turnout			35,787	80.24	-0.46
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.51

General Election 1955: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	20,980	70.73	-1.8
	Conservative	Walter Ian Percival	8,058	27.17	-0.3
	Independent	Eric Fenner	622	2.10	N/A
Majority			12,922	43.57	-1.58
Turnout			29,660	69.35	-10.89
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election 1959: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	19,595	67.84	-2.89
	Conservative	Robert George Taylor	9,289	32.16	+4.99
Majority			6,533	35.68	-7.89
Turnout			28,884	70.56	1.21
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.94

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	14,930	63.71	-4.13
	Conservative	Robert George Taylor	5,847	24.95	-7.21
	Liberal	Stephen R Jakobi	2,187	9.33	N/A
	Communist	Mrs. Gladys M Easton	471	2.01	N/A
Majority			9,083	38.76	+3.08
Turnout			23,435	65.72	-4.84
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.54

General Election 1966: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	15,522	72.12	+8.41
	Conservative	C Peter M Davidson	5,350	24.86	-0.06
	Communist	Mrs. Gladys M Easton	650	3.02	+1.01
Majority			10,172	47.26	+8.5
Turnout			21,522	63.21	-2.51
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.24

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	11,621	65.51	-6.61
	Conservative	Anthony V Bradbury	4,927	27.77	+2.91
	Liberal	Hester M G Smallbone	1,012	5.70	N/A
	Communist	D Welsh	179	1.01	-2.01
Majority			6,694	37.74	-9.52
Turnout			17,739	58.69	-3.52
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.15

General Election 1974: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	18,503	58.79	-6.72
	Conservative	Simon Randall	8,080	25.67	-2.10
	Liberal	John Savile	4,683	14.88	+9.18
	Communist (ML)	Carol Reakes	208	0.66	N/A
Majority			10,423	33.12	-4.62
Turnout			31,474	70.72	12.03
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.31

General Election 1974: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	17,161	62.22	+3.43
	Conservative	Simon J C Randall	6,019	21.82	-3.85
	Liberal	C R Williams	3,048	11.05	-3.43
	National Front	R Friend	1,250	4.53	N/A
	Communist (ML)	Carol Reakes	102	0.37	-0.29
Majority			11,142	40.40	+7.28
Turnout			27,580	61.56	-9.16
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.64

General Election 1979: Battersea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay	15,384	56.22	-6.00
	Conservative	P Phillips	9,358	33.22	+11.40
	Liberal	W Brown	2,021	7.18	-3.87
	National Front	Michael Salt	772	2.74	-1.79
	Workers (Leninist)	A Lavelle	104	0.37	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	P Clay	47	0.17	N/A
	Community Party	J Harwell	30	0.11	N/A
Majority			6,746	22.99	-17.41
Turnout			27,716	67.98	6.42
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.70

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

↑ Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 C.64), Schedule 9
↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, (1948, C.65), Schedule 1
↑ Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552)
↑ The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)
↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674)

Historic constituencies in London

1918	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Clapham Dulwich Chelsea City of London Deptford Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West

1950	Barnet Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barnet Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

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