Brentford (UK Parliament constituency)
Brentford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Brentford and Chiswick, Spelthorne and Twickenham |
Created from | Middlesex |
Brentford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Brentford district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
The local government district of Brentford, the civil parishes of Heston, Isleworth, Norwood, and Twickenham, and part of the civil parish of Hanwell.
The constituency was located in the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is now West London. It was a division of the county, named after the town of Brentford, on the north (or Middlesex) bank of the River Thames.
The seat was surrounded by the constituencies of Ealing to the north-east, Kingston to the east, Epsom to the south and Uxbridge to the west and north-west.
In 1965 the town of Brentford became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Octavius Coope | Conservative | |
1886 | James Bigwood | Conservative | |
1906 | Vickerman Rutherford | Liberal | |
1910 | Lord Alwyne Compton | Conservative | |
1911 | William Joynson-Hicks | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Edward Coope | 3,563 | 61.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | James Haysman | 2,267 | 38.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,296 | 22.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 73.1 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Edward Coope | 3,043 | 68.4 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | James Haysman | 1,409 | 31.6 | -7.3 | |
Majority | 1,634 | 36.8 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 55.9 | -17.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bigwood | 2,572 | 66.2 | ||
Liberal | James Haysman | 1,316 | 33.8 | ||
Majority | 1,256 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 48.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bigwood | 4,417 | 62.7 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Harry Heldmann | 2,625 | 37.3 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 1,792 | 25.4 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 70.6 | +21.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bigwood | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bigwood | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Vickerman Henzell Rutherford | 6,506 | 51.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | James Bigwood | 6,053 | 48.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 453 | 3.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 73.2 | n/a | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton | 10,675 | 61.0 | ||
Liberal | Vickerman Henzell Rutherford | 6,819 | 39.0 | ||
Majority | 3,856 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 84.5 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton | 9,197 | 60.0 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | William George Lobjoit | 6,124 | 40.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 20.0 | -2.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.0 | -10.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Joynson Hicks | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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;
- Unionist: William Joynson Hicks
- Liberal: William George Lobjoit [22]
References
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Middlesex Chronicle 30 May 1914
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)