Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)
Clapham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Streatham and Vauxhall |
Clapham was a borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: In 1885 the constituency was established as a division of the parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, in the northern part of the historic county of Surrey. It was based on the Clapham area of South London.
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of-
- "The Parish of Clapham,
- No. 1 Ward of Battersea Parish, and
- No. 4 Ward of Battersea Parish, except so much as is comprised in Division No. 1 as herein described".[1]
In 1889 the area was severed from Surrey and became part of the new County of London. In 1900 local government in London was reorganised. The constituency became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
1918-1950: In the redistribution of 1918, the constituency became a division of Wandsworth. It consisted of the local government wards of Clapham North and Clapham South, with a part of Balham.
In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Lambeth and Greater London.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | John Fletcher Moulton | 3,976 | 52.1 | ||
Conservative | Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke | 3,650 | 47.9 | ||
Majority | 326 | ||||
Turnout | 9,454 | 80.7 | |||
Liberal gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Saunders Gilliat | 3,816 | 53.3 | 5.4 | |
Liberal | John Fletcher Moulton | 3,347 | 46.7 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 469 | ||||
Turnout | 9,454 | 75.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Percy Melville Thornton | 5,170 | 53.3 | 0 | |
Liberal | Reginald McKenna | 4,526 | 46.7 | 0 | |
Majority | 644 | ||||
Turnout | 12,124 | 80.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Melville Thornton | 5,925 | 60.3 | 7.0 | |
Liberal | John Kempster | 3,904 | 39.7 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 2,021 | ||||
Turnout | 13,872 | 70.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Percy Melville Thornton | 7,504 | 70.9 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | Frank Duerdin Perrott | 3,084 | 29.1 | -10.6 | |
Majority | 4,420 | 41.8 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,572 | 63.9 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Melville Thornton | 7,912 | 50.3 | -20.6 | |
Liberal | Frederick Low | 7,816 | 49.7 | +20.6 | |
Majority | 96 | 0.6 | -41.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,180 | 82.0 | +18.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -20.6 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | George Denison Faber | 10,743 | 55.1 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | John George Kipling | 8,762 | 44.9 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 1,981 | 10.2 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,611 | 86.3 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Denison Faber | 9,560 | 55.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Sir John Williams Benn | 7,639 | 44.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,921 | 11.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,611 | 76.1 | -10.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
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: George Denison Faber
- Liberal: Joseph William Molden[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Harry Greer | 4,512 | 57.5 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Henry Hamilton Beamish | 3,331 | 42.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,181 | 15.0 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,526 | 33.3 | -42.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
- Beamish was the nominee of Pemberton Billing's Vigilante Society
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Sir John Leigh | 13,285 | 58.7 | ||
Labour | Leopold Spero | 4,919 | 21.7 | n/a | |
Liberal | Ernest Amherst Villiers | 4,444 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 8,366 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 22,648 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Sir John Leigh | 10,287 | |||
Labour | Leopold Spero | 6,404 | |||
Liberal | Thomas George Graham | 5,479 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Sir John Leigh | 13,507 | 41.7 | -22.4 | |
Labour | J Allen Skinner | 9,871 | 30.5 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | Owen Picton Davies | 8,991 | 27.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,636 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 67.3 | -2.2 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sir John Leigh | 21,648 | 68.00 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Hilda Alice Browning | 7,317 | 22.98 | ||
Liberal | J. H. Clarke | 2,869 | 9.01 | ||
Majority | 14,331 | 45.02 | |||
Turnout | 66.13 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Leigh | 17,458 | 60.56 | ||
Labour | Mary Monica Whately | 11,368 | 22.98 | ||
Majority | 6,090 | 21.13 | |||
Turnout | 60.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Rose Battley | 15,205 | 54.17 | ||
Conservative | Roy L Lowndes | 10,014 | 35.68 | ||
Liberal | CE Paterson | 2,850 | 10.15 | ||
Majority | 5,191 | 18.49 | |||
Turnout | 70.78 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Charles William Gibson | 23,300 | 47.47 | ||
Conservative | Roy L Lowndes | 22,094 | 45.01 | ||
Liberal | Mrs Beatrice L Curtis | 3,071 | 6.26 | ||
Communist | Mrs Gladys Mary Draper | 619 | 1.26 | ||
Majority | 1,206 | 2.46 | |||
Turnout | 80.64 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles William Gibson | 25,053 | 51.34 | ||
Conservative | Roy L Lowndes | 23,745 | 48.66 | ||
Majority | 1,308 | 2.68 | |||
Turnout | 81.86 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles William Gibson | 22,398 | 50.25 | ||
Conservative | William Radcliffe van Straubenzee | 22,173 | 49.75 | ||
Majority | 225 | 0.50 | |||
Turnout | 81.86 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Jack Glyn | 22,266 | 52.20 | ||
Labour | Charles William Gibson | 20,390 | 47.89 | ||
Majority | 1,876 | 4.40 | |||
Turnout | 76.19 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret McKay | 17,657 | 46.20 | ||
Conservative | Alan Jack Glyn | 17,101 | 44.75 | ||
Liberal | Peter Lyden-Cowan | 2,611 | 6.83 | ||
Independent Liberal |
|
847 | 2.22 | ||
Majority | 556 | 1.45 | |||
Turnout | 72.34 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
- Anti-Common Market
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret McKay | 19,555 | 51.59 | ||
Conservative | Ian Reginald Edward Gow | 15,379 | 40.58 | ||
Liberal | Michael A Minter | 2,968 | 7.83 | ||
Majority | 4,176 | 11.02 | |||
Turnout | 73.05 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jeremy Masefield Shelton | 16,593 | 49.76 | ||
Labour | David Thomas Pitt | 13,473 | 40.40 | ||
Liberal | Eric G Thwaites | 2,982 | 8.94 | ||
Socialist (GB) | FE Simpkins | 220 | 0.66 | ||
Independent | William George Boaks | 80 | 0.24 | ||
Majority | 3,120 | 9.36 | |||
Turnout | 62.91 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule
- ↑ Western Daily Press 13 May 1914
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1930
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1930
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)