Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentford and Chiswick
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950February 1974
Number of members one
Replaced by Brentford and Isleworth
19181950
Number of members one
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Brentford

Brentford and Chiswick was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Brentford and Chiswick districts 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 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Brentford and Chiswick in Middlesex 1918-45
Brentford and Chiswick in Middlesex 1945-50

This former constituency is located in the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is now west London. It was established as a division of the county, named after the towns of Brentford and Chiswick. In the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats it had been the southern part of the Brentford division.

In 1918 the constituency comprised the Brentford and the Chiswick Urban Districts. In 1927 the two districts were combined to form a single Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, which in 1932 became the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick. In 1950 the boundaries of the seat were left unchanged, but it was reclassified as a borough constituency.

In 1965 Brentford and Chiswick became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect at the February 1974 general election, this seat was abolished and replaced by Brentford and Isleworth.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Walter Morden Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1931 Harold Mitchell Conservative
1945 Francis Noel-Baker Labour
1950 Percy Lucas Conservative
1959 Dudley Smith Conservative
1966 Michael Cecil John Barnes Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Brentford & Isleworth

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Brentford & Chiswick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist
  • Walter Grant Peterson Morden
9,077 70.04 n/a
Labour William Haywood 2,620 20.22 n/a
Independent Rachel Pearsall Conn Strachey 1,263 9.75 n/a
Majority 6,457 49.82 n/a
Turnout 12,960 n/a
Unionist win

Elections in the 1920s

Strachey
General Election 1922: Brentford & Chiswick[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 10,150 56.53 -13.51
Independent Rachel Pearsall Conn Strachey 7,804 43.47 +33.72
Majority 2,346 13.06 -36.76
Turnout 17,954
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1923: Brentford & Chiswick [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 9,648 54.53 -2.0
Independent Rachel Pearsall Conn Strachey 4,828 27.29 -16.18
Labour William Haywood 3,216 18.18 n/a
Majority 4820 27.24 +14.18
Turnout 17,692
Unionist hold Swing +7.1
General Election 1929: Brentford and Chiswick [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 14,025 48.53 -6.0
Labour Stella Churchill 10,918 37.78 +19.6
Liberal John Stevenson 3,957 13.69 n/a
Majority 3,107 10.75 -3.4
Turnout 28,900
Unionist hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Brentford and Chiswick [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harold Paton Mitchell 22,667 74.96 +26.43
Labour George Edward Gordon Catlin 7,572 25.04 -12.74
Majority 15,095 49.92 +39.17
Turnout 30,239 71.82
Conservative hold Swing +19.59
General Election 1935: Brentford and Chiswick [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harold Paton Mitchell 17,568 65.40 -9.56
Labour Frederick Wilson Temple 9,296 34.60 +9.56
Majority 8,272 30.79 -19.13
Turnout 26,864 64.19
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Brentford and Chiswick [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Francis Edward Noel-Baker 17,693 57.63 +23.03
Conservative Harold Paton Mitchell 13,006 42.37 -23.03
Majority 4,687 15.27
Turnout 30,699 75.87 +11.68
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +23.03

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Percy Belgrave Lucas 18,408 47.88 +5.51
Labour Francis Edward Noel-Baker 17,551 45.65 -11.98
Liberal Denis Faulkner Horne 2,086 5.43 +5.43
Communist J Parker 401 1.04 +1.04
Majority 857 2.23
Turnout 38,446 87.67 +11.80
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.75
General Election 1951: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Percy Belgrave Lucas 19,612 52.00 +4.12
Labour Isaiah Leonard Lewis 18,102 48.00 +2.35
Majority 1,510 4.00 +1.77
Turnout 37,714 86.19 -1.48
Conservative hold Swing +0.89
General Election 1955: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Percy Belgrave Lucas 18,489 53.02 +1.02
Labour Alexander Warnock Filson 16,384 46.98 -1.02
Majority 2,105 6.04 +2.04
Turnout 34,873 82.00 -4.19
Conservative hold Swing +1.02
General Election 1959: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dudley Gordon Smith 17,869 54.45 +1.43
Labour Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew 14,950 45.55 -1.43
Majority 2,919 8.89 +2.85
Turnout 32,819 82.29 +0.29
Conservative hold Swing +1.43

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dudley Gordon Smith 14,019 46.05 -8.40
Labour David W. Chalkley 13,475 44.26 -1.29
Liberal Meurig D Jones 2,951 9.69 +9.69
Majority 544 1.79 -7.10
Turnout 30,445 79.15 -3.14
Conservative hold Swing +3.56
General Election 1966: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Cecil John Barnes 14,638 47.63 +3.37
Conservative Dudley Gordon Smith 14,031 45.66 −0.39
Liberal Geoffrey Roy King 2,063 6.71 −2.98
Majority 607 1.98
Turnout 30,732 82.05 +2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.88

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Brentford and Chiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Cecil John Barnes 14,051 50.93 +3.30
Conservative Oliver C Wright 13,538 49.07 +3.41
Majority 513 1.86 -0.12
Turnout 27,589 73.16 −8.89
Labour hold Swing −0.06

References

  1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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