Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
Deptford | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Deptford and New Cross |
1885–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Greenwich |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.[1]
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William John Evelyn | Conservative | |
1888 | Charles Darling | Conservative | |
1897 | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | Conservative | |
1906 | C. W. Bowerman | Labour | |
1931 | Denis Hanley | Conservative | |
1935 | Walter Green | Labour | |
1945 | John Wilmot | Labour | |
1950 | Jack Cooper | Labour | |
1951 | Sir Leslie Plummer | Labour | |
1963 | John Silkin | Labour | |
1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Election in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 14,672 | 62.96 | ||
Conservative | Michael Brotherton | 7,355 | 31.56 | ||
National Front | Martin Vaux | 1,277 | 5.48 | ||
Majority | 7,317 | 31.40 | |||
Turnout | 23,304 | 54.67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,983 | 66.80 | ||
Conservative | John R Giles | 7,033 | 26.12 | ||
British National | Gerald Rowe | 1,906 | 7.08 | New | |
Majority | 10,950 | 40.68 | |||
Turnout | 26,922 | 60.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,676 | 62.44 | ||
Conservative | Murray M Leask | 8,248 | 29.13 | ||
Independent | Colin M H Atkins[3] | 2,386 | 8.43 | New | |
Majority | 9,428 | 33.31 | |||
Turnout | 28,310 | 60.08 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 12,209 | 58.25 | −3.70 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 4,726 | 22.55 | n/a | |
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 4,023 | 19.20 | −18.85 | |
Majority | 7,483 | 35.70 | +11.80 | ||
Turnout | 20,958 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 21,226 | 61.95 | ||
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 13,038 | 38.05 | ||
Majority | 8,188 | 23.90 | |||
Turnout | 34,264 | 69.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 23,925 | 65.73 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 12,472 | 34.27 | ||
Majority | 11,453 | 31.46 | |||
Turnout | 36,397 | 69.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 28,878 | 65.17 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 15,431 | 34.83 | ||
Majority | 13,447 | 30.34 | |||
Turnout | 44,309 | 80.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cooper | 28,230 | 63.07 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey F. Sarjeant | 13,330 | 29.78 | ||
Liberal | Edward Isaac Miller | 2,637 | 5.89 | new | |
Communist | Leslie Francis Stannard | 562 | 1.26 | new | |
Majority | 14,900 | 33.29 | |||
Turnout | 44,759 | 81.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilmot | 22,313 | 73.47 | ||
Conservative | Eric Cuddon | 8,059 | 26.53 | ||
Majority | 14,254 | 46.94 | |||
Turnout | 30,372 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Walter Green | 27,021 | 57.31 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell | 20,129 | 42.69 | ||
Majority | 6,892 | 14.62 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,150 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denis Hanley | 26,558 | 54.42 | ||
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 22,244 | 45.58 | ||
Majority | 4,314 | 8.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,802 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 26,848 | 55.2 | +0.7 | |
Unionist | Ernest Gates | 14,832 | 30.5 | −15.0 | |
Liberal | H. Charles Bevan | 6,935 | 14.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,016 | 24.7 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,615 | 68.2 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 71,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,903 | 54.5 | −8.5 | |
Unionist | James Hargreaves | 18,279 | 45.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 3,624 | 9.0 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,182 | 72.0 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,797 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,576 | 63.0 | +10.4 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 12,666 | 37.0 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 8,910 | 26.0 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,242 | 63.3 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 54,135 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 18,512 | 52.6 | −1.8 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 16,687 | 47.4 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 5.2 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,199 | 66.2 | +16.0 | ||
Registered electors | 53,195 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 14,073 | 54.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | John Prestige | 9,711 | 37.5 | −11.1 | |
NFDDSS | Frederick Alfred Rumsey | 2,106 | 8.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,362 | 16.9 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,890 | 50.2 | −31.3 | ||
Registered electors | 51,611 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,357 | 51.4 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 5,999 | 48.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 358 | 2.8 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,356 | 81.5 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,880 | 52.0 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 6,358 | 48.0 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 522 | 4.0 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,238 | 87.3 | +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | C. W. Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | New | |
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 4,977 | 41.7 | −20.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Vivian | 726 | 6.1 | −31.8 | |
Majority | 1,259 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,939 | 77.5 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 15,397 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 6,236 | 62.1 | +6.0 | |
Lib-Lab | Ben Jones | 3,806 | 37.9 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 2,430 | 24.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,042 | 66.9 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,000 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | 5,317 | 51.6 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | John Benn | 4,993 | 48.4 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 324 | 3.2 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,310 | 74.3 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 13,868 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,654 | 56.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Macnamara | 4,425 | 43.9 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 1,229 | 12.2 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,079 | 73.0 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,815 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,298 | 52.8 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Edmond Fitzmaurice | 4,733 | 47.2 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 565 | 5.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,031 | 76.8 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 13,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 4,345 | 51.6 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Blunt | 4,070 | 48.4 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 275 | 3.2 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,415 | 80.3 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,473 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 |
- Caused by Evelyn's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,682 | 54.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,055 | 45.3 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 627 | 9.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,737 | 71.9 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,927 | 52.5 | ||
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,560 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 367 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,487 | 79.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ Anti-immigration. Colin Murray Hazlewood Atkins (12 Aug 1929 - 21 July 2008). One of ‘The three London candidates, in Southall, Deptford and Islington East, who under different labels, fought on avowedly anti-immigrant platforms’ - David Butler, and Anthony King, The British General Election of 1964 (1965), p 119. See also Nicholas Deakin (ed.), Colour and the British Electorate 1964 (1965), Chapter 6.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- 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