Loading AI tools
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rotherhithe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rotherhithe district of South 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.
Rotherhithe | |
---|---|
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Southwark |
Replaced by | Bermondsey |
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election when it became part of the revived Bermondsey constituency.
The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St Olave's, St John's, St Thomas's, St Mary, Rotherhithe and St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey.[1]
The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St John, St Olave, Bermondsey five and six, and Rotherhithe one, two and three.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Charles Hamilton | Conservative | |
1892 | John Macdona | Conservative | |
1906 | Hubert Carr-Gomm | Liberal | |
1918 | John Lort-Williams | Unionist | |
1923 | Ben Smith | Labour | |
1931 | Norah Runge | Conservative | |
1935 | Ben Smith | Labour | |
1946 b-e | Bob Mellish | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Hamilton | 3,327 | 54.3 | ||
Lib-Lab | Richard Pankhurst | 2,800 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 527 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,127 | 72.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,455 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Hamilton | 3,202 | 60.2 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | William Brampton Gurdon | 2,115 | 39.8 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 1,087 | 20.4 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,317 | 62.9 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 8,455 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Macdona | 3,995 | 59.1 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Harold Glanville | 2,765 | 40.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,230 | 18.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,760 | 70.1 | +7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,638 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Macdona | 4,092 | 64.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Ambrose Pomeroy | 2,246 | 35.4 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 1,846 | 29.2 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,338 | 69.0 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Macdona | 3,938 | 62.6 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Thomas Hart-Davies | 2,356 | 37.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,582 | 25.2 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,294 | 65.8 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,559 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hubert Carr-Gomm | 4,192 | 59.8 | +22.4 | |
Conservative | John Macdona | 2,821 | 40.2 | −22.4 | |
Majority | 1,371 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,013 | 80.6 | +14.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,700 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +22.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hubert Carr-Gomm | 4,474 | 55.6 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Assheton Pownall | 3,570 | 44.4 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 904 | 11.2 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,044 | 84.3 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hubert Carr-Gomm | 4,030 | 57.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Assheton Pownall | 3,026 | 42.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 14.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,056 | 74.0 | −10.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Lort-Williams | 5,639 | 50.0 | +7.1 |
Liberal | Hubert Carr-Gomm | 3,889 | 34.5 | −22.6 | |
Labour | Will Godfrey | 1,750 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,750 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,088 | 45.1 | −28.9 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Lort-Williams | 6,749 | 36.5 | −13.5 | |
Labour | Charles Diamond | 6,703 | 36.3 | +21.8 | |
Liberal | Hubert Carr-Gomm | 5,034 | 27.2 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 46 | 0.2 | −15.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,166 | 63.4 | +18.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -17.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Smith | 9,019 | 48.0 | +11.7 | |
Unionist | John Lort-Williams | 5,741 | 30.5 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Hazleton | 4,035 | 21.5 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 3,278 | 17.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,457 | 63.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Smith | 14,664 | 61.6 | +1.3 | |
Unionist | Gurney Braithwaite | 4,594 | 19.3 | −20.4 | |
Liberal | Dora West | 4,556 | 19.1 | New | |
Majority | 10,070 | 42.3 | +21.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,133 | 65.9 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norah Runge | 11,666 | 50.3 | +31.0 | |
Labour | Ben Smith | 11,536 | 49.7 | −11.9 | |
Majority | 130 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,111 | 64.3 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +21.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Smith | 14,416 | 59.7 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Norah Runge | 9,751 | 40.3 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 4,665 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,899 | 71.3 | +7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Smith | 9,741 | 79.1 | +19.4 | |
Conservative | Norah Runge | 2,577 | 20.9 | −19.4 | |
Majority | 7,164 | 58.2 | +38.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,098 | 68.1 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +19.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Mellish | 7,265 | 65.0 | −14.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Martell | 2,821 | 25.3 | New | |
Conservative | Frederick Burden | 1,084 | 9.7 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 4,444 | 39.7 | −18.5 | ||
Turnout | 11,170 | 50.9 | −17.2 | ||
Labour hold |
The constituency is portrayed in an episode (A Place in the World) of TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs as the safe Docklands Labour seat of "Rotherhithe East" that is unsuccessfully contested by James Bellamy for the Conservatives in a by-election in 1920. Location scenes were actually shot in Rotherhithe in January 1975 during the making of the episode. (In real life through 1920 Rotherhithe was a Unionist seat.)
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.