Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Walworth | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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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.
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History
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] | |
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1885 | Lewis Henry Isaacs | Conservative | |
1892 | William Saunders | Liberal | |
1895 by-election | Sir James Bailey | Conservative | |
1906 | Charles James O'Donnell | Liberal | |
Jan. 1910 | James Arthur Dawes | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Henry Isaacs | 1,885 | 47.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | Alfred Gutteres Henriques | 1,816 | 46.0 | n/a | |
Independent Liberal | W Malthouse | 246 | 6.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 69 | 1.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 70.5 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Bailey | 3,098 | 58.1 | ||
Liberal | Russell Spokes | 2,233 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 865 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 68.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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