Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Walworth
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark South East
Created from	Southwark

Walworth (strictly the Walworth division of Newington) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Walworth district of South London, within the Newington Vestry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

Walworth in London 1885-1918

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party[2]
	1885	Lewis Isaacs	Conservative
	1892	William Saunders	Liberal
	1895	Sir James Bailey	Conservative
	1906	Charles O'Donnell	Liberal
	1910	James Dawes	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	1,885	47.8	n/a
	Liberal	Alfred Gutteres Henriques	1,816	46.0	n/a
	Independent Liberal	William Malthouse	246	6.2	n/a
Majority			69	1.8	n/a
Turnout				70.5	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	1,983	53.1	+5.3
	Liberal	Jabez Spencer Balfour	1,748	46.9	-5.3
Majority			235	6.2	+10.6
Turnout				66.6	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Saunders	2,514	53.1	+6.2
	Conservative	Lewis Henry Isaacs	2,218	46.9	-6.2
Majority			296	6.2
Turnout				69.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.2

Walworth by-election, 1895^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Bailey	2,676	52.2	+5.3
	Liberal	James Colquhoun Revell Reade	2,105	41.0	-12.1
	Social Democratic Federation	George Lansbury	347	6.8	n/a
Majority			571	11.2
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

James Bailey

General Election 1895: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Bailey	2,822	53.3	+1.1
	Liberal	Russell Spokes	2,269	42.9	+1.9
	Social Democratic Federation	George Lansbury	203	3.8	-3.0
Majority			553	10.4	-0.6
Turnout				71.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Bailey	3,098	58.1
	Liberal	Russell Spokes	2,233	41.9
Majority			865	16.2
Turnout				68.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

C.J.O'Donnell

General Election 1906: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles James O'Cahan O'Donnell	3,187	56.9	+15.0
	Conservative	Sir James Bailey	2,418	43.1	-15.0
Majority			769	13.8	30.0
Turnout				78.4	+9.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 1910s

James Dawes

General Election January 1910: Walworth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	3,509	51.4
	Conservative	Ralph Emanuel Belilios	3,319	48.6
Majority			190	2.8
Turnout				80.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Walworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	3,248	52.0
	Conservative	Ralph Emanuel Belilios	2,994	48.0
Majority			254	4.0
Turnout			6,242	73.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

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;

• Liberal: James Arthur Dawes
• Unionist:

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 36. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)