Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Mitcham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County of London, then Greater London
1918–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Mitcham and Morden
Created from Wimbledon

Mitcham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Mitcham suburb of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election from part of the Wimbledon constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Beddington and Wallington, Carshalton, and Mitcham.

1945-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Beddington and Wallington, and Mitcham.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Thomas Worsfold Conservative Resigned 1923
1923 by-election James Chuter Ede Labour
1923 Richard Meller Conservative Died 1940
1940 by-election Malcolm Robertson Conservative
1945 Tom Braddock Labour
1950 Robert Carr Conservative Leader of the House of Commons 1972; Home Secretary 1972-74; subsequently MP for Carshalton
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Mitcham and Morden

Election Results

1970s

General Election 1970: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Leonard Robert Carr 27,257 54.58
Labour Reginald C Vincent 22,047 44.15
Communist Sidney E French 638 1.28
Majority 5,210 10.43
Turnout 68.76
Conservative hold Swing

1960s

General Election 1966: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Leonard Robert Carr 24,234 45.73
Labour Thomas J Higgs 23,706 44.74
Liberal Ross C Burgess 4,470 8.44
Communist Sidney E French 580 1.09
Majority 528 1.00
Turnout 79.43
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Leonard Robert Carr 25,087 46.61
Labour Roger Charles Mackay 21,175 39.34
Liberal William Antony Heath 6,902 12.82
Communist Sidney E French 657 1.22
Majority 3,912 7.27
Turnout 79.19
Conservative hold Swing

1950s

General Election 1959: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard Robert Carr 33,661 58.53
Labour Eric JC Smythe 23,845 41.47
Majority 9,816 17.07
Turnout 81.61
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard Robert Carr 32,798 56.54
Labour Hugh Gater Jenkins 25,208 43.46
Majority 7,590 13.08
Turnout 80.53
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard Robert Carr 34,056 54.71
Labour Harry Enos Randall 28,187 45.29
Majority 5,869 9.43
Turnout 84.60
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard Robert Carr 31,881 50.77
Labour Thomas Braddock 27,055 43.08
Liberal Mrs Doreen L Page 3,864 6.15
Majority 4,826 7.68
Turnout 85.84
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1940s

General Election 1945: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Braddock 26,910 57.68
Conservative Sir Malcolm Arnold Robertson 19,742 42.32
Majority 7,168 15.36
Turnout 73.58
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Mitcham by-election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir Malcolm Arnold Robertson unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

1930s

General Election 1935: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir Richard James Meller 35,239 57.46
Labour Paul Winterton 26,087 42.54
Majority 9,152 14.92
Turnout 66.74
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir Richard James Meller 38,948 76.26
Labour W Graham 12,124 23.74
Majority 26,824 52.52
Turnout 69.97
Conservative hold Swing

1920s

General Election 1929: Mitcham [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Richard James Meller 20,254 47.9 -14.1
Labour Benjamin Skene Mackay 13,057 30.8 -7.2
Liberal Raymond V. Jones 9,016 21.3 n/a
Majority 7,197 17.1 -6.9
Turnout 70.2 -4.6
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Mitcham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Richard James Meller 10,829 52.3
Labour James Chuter Ede 9,877 47.7
Majority 952 4.6
Turnout 63.2
Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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