Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency)
Lewisham | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Lewisham in London | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | West Kent |
Replaced by | Lewisham East and Lewisham West |
Lewisham was a borough constituency in the Lewisham district of London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
[edit]The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It was replaced by the new Lewisham East and Lewisham West constituencies.
During its existence Lewisham was a safe Conservative seat. In Lewisham, between 1885 and 1906, the electorate more than doubled and over this period the population of poorer people in the constituency grew.[1] Over the six general elections of 1885, 1886, 1892, 1906 and January and December 1910 the average Conservative share of the vote in Lewisham was 63.0%.[1]
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The parishes of Lewisham and Lee.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | William Legge | Conservative | |
1891 | John Penn | Conservative | |
1903 | Sir Edward Coates | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Lewisham East and Lewisham West |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Legge | 4,244 | 58.4 | ||
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | 3,019 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 1,225 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,263 | 78.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,280 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Legge | 3,839 | 69.5 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | George Offor | 1,688 | 30.5 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 2,151 | 39.0 | +22.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,527 | 59.6 | −18.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,280 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.1 |
Legge was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Legge | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Penn | 4,585 | 61.3 | −8.2 | |
Liberal | George Septimus Warmington | 2,892 | 38.7 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 1,693 | 22.6 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,477 | 64.2 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,650 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.2 |
- Caused by Legge's succession to the peerage, becoming Earl of Dartmouth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Penn | 5,309 | 64.7 | −4.8 | |
Liberal | George Alfred Harvey | 2,895 | 35.3 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 2,414 | 29.4 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,204 | 69.3 | +9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,834 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Penn | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Penn | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Coates | 7,709 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | James William Cleland | 5,697 | 42.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,012 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,406 | 71.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,708 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Coates | 9,689 | 54.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick Wilkins Aveling | 8,006 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,683 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,695 | 79.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 22,243 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Coates | 12,690 | 58.6 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Felix Rosenheim | 8,960 | 41.4 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 3,730 | 17.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,021 | 86.5 | +6.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Coates | 11,179 | 62.2 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Loughlin O'Malley | 6,792 | 37.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 4,387 | 24.4 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,021 | 71.8 | −14.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Henry Pelling, Social Geography of British Elections, 1885-1910 (Macmillan, 1967), p. 35.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c "Flowing Tide for Unionism - Lewisham". Sheffield Telegraph. 18 January 1910. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
References
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- 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