Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Southwark Central | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Newington West |
Replaced by | Southwark |
Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])
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As the borough of Southwark had only 67,279 electors on 15 October 1946, the relevant date for the subsequent Boundary Commission review, the borough was only entitled to a single Member of Parliament. As a consequence Southwark Central was abolished as a separate constituency by the Representation of the People Act 1948, along with its neighbours Southwark North and Southwark South East and went out of existence at the 1950 general election, forming part of the re-established Southwark constituency.
Boundaries
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When the constituency was created, it was defined to include three whole wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark (St Mary's, St Paul's and Trinity) together with a small section of the St George's ward. This formed an area in two main parts linked by a narrow strip of land around
North of Elephant and Castle, the constituency turned to the east and included a second area of Newington between New Kent Road and Newington Causeway in the Trinity ward. The southern boundary of this part of the constituency continued along New Kent Road to divide St George's ward along it and Tower Bridge Road up to the borough boundary with Bermondsey. The northern part of Trinity ward, north of Wickham Place, was not included.[2] The constituency's last MP, future Chancellor Roy Jenkins, described it as "postage stamp-sized".[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | James Daniel Gilbert | Coalition Liberal
| |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Liberal | ||
1924 | Harry Day | Labour | |
1931 | Ian Horobin | National
| |
1935 | Harry Day | Labour | |
1940 by-election | John Hanbury Martin | Labour | |
1948 by-election | Roy Jenkins | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Southwark |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | James Daniel Gilbert | 8,060 | 72.1 | |
Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 3,126 | 27.9 | ||
Majority | 4,934 | 44.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,186 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Daniel Gilbert | 10,522 | 65.6 | -6.5 | |
Labour | George Dobson Bell | 5,522 | 34.4 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 5,000 | 31.2 | -13.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,044 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Daniel Gilbert | 8,676 | 45.3 | -20.3 | |
Labour | Harry Day | 6,690 | 34.9 | +0.5 | |
Unionist
|
Charles Louis Nordon | 3,801 | 19.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,986 | 10.4 | -20.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,167 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 9,199 | 40.0 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | James Daniel Gilbert | 7,817 | 34.1 | -11.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Louis Nordon | 5,937 | 25.9 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 1,382 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,953 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 13,318 | 52.3 | +12.3 | |
Unionist
|
Edward Keeling | 6,256 | 24.6 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | James Robert Want | 5,878 | 23.1 | -11.0 | |
Majority | 7,062 | 27.7 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 25,452 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Horobin | 15,913 | 65.3 | New | |
Labour | Harry Day | 8,466 | 34.7 | -17.6 | |
Majority | 7,447 | 30.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,379 | ||||
National gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Day | 11,098 | 53.3 | +18.6 | |
National Labour | Ernest Stanford | 9,735 | 46.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,363 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,833 | ||||
Labour gain from National | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hanbury Martin | 5,285 | 64.3 | +11.0 | |
Anti-War | Charles W. Searson | 1,550 | 18.9 | New | |
National
|
Violet Van der Elst | 1,382 | 16.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,735 | 45.4 | +38.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,217 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hanbury Martin | 9,336 | 71.9 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | William Steward
|
3,654 | 28.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,682 | 43.8 | +37.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,990 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 8,744 | 65.4 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | James Greenwood (MP) | 4,623 | 34.6 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 4,121 | 30.8 | -13.0 | ||
Turnout | 13,367 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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