Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the English and after 1707 British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Southampton
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1295–1950
Seats	two
Replaced by	Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test

Boundaries

1885-1918: The existing Parliamentary borough, the parish of Milbrook, the ecclesiastical district of Holy Saviour, Bittern, the parish of St. Mary Extra, and the detached part of the parish of Hound included within the parish of St. Mary Extra.^[1]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1307	Sir William Russell of Yaverland[2]
1386	John Penkestone	Roger Mascall[3]
1388 (February)	William Maple	John Scarlet[3]
1388 (September)	Nicholas Sherwind	John Bigard[3]
1390 (January)	William Maple	Thomas Appleby[3]
1390 (November)
1391	William Maple	Thomas Appleby[3]
1393	William Maple	Thomas Appleby[3]
1394	John Penkestone	Thomas Appleby[3]
1395	Thomas Appleby	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1397 (January)	Thomas Appleby	John Dering[3]
1397 (September)	Walter Lange	John Dering[3]
1399	Thomas Middleton	Richard Bradway[3]
1401
1402	Thomas Middleton	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1404 (January)
1404 (October)
1406	Walter Lange	John Penkestone[3]
1407
1410
1411	John Shipton	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1413 (February)
1413 (May)	Thomas Armorer	William Soper[3]
1414 (April)	Thomas Armorer	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1414 (November)	William Soper	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1415	Thomas Marlborough	Benedict Wichford[3]
1416 (March)	Thomas Marlborough	Benedict Wichford[3]
1416 (October)
1417	John Lucas	William Chamberlain[3]
1419	William Soper	William Chamberlain[3]
1420	William Soper	William Chamberlain[3]
1421 (May)	Richard Thornes	Thomas Marlborough[3]
1421 (December)	William Soper	John Mascall[3]
1510–1515	No names known[4]
1523	Nicholas Dey	?[4]
1529	Nicholas Dey	John Mill[4]
1536	Nicholas Dey	?[4]
1539	John Mill	John Huttoft[4]
1542	John Huttoft	?[4]
1545	?
1547	Sir Robert Southwell	Thomas Mill[4]
1553 (March)	James Stonard	?[4]
1553 (October)	Sir Francis Fleming	Thomas Mill[4]
1554 (April)	Richard Butler	James Brande[4]
1554 (November)	James Brande	James Stonard[4]
1555	James Brande	Thomas Fassmyn[4]
1558	John Staveley	James Brande[4]
1559	Thomas Beckingham	Edward Wilmott[5]
1563	John Caplyn	James Brande[5]
1571	Edward Horsey	Sir John Croke[5]
1572	Sir Henry Wallop, posted to Ireland , replaced in 1581 by Fulke Greville	Nicholas Caplyn[5]
1584	Thomas Digges	Thomas Godard[5]
1586	John Penruddock	William Thorley[5]
1588	Thomas Wilkes	Richard Goddard[5]
1593	Sir Thomas Wilkes	Thomas Heton[5]
1597	William Wallop	Francis Bacon, sat for Ipswich, repl. by Sir Oliver Lambert[5]
1601	Thomas Fleming	Thomas Lambert[5]
1604	Sir Thomas Fleming, made judge and repl. in 1604 by Sir Thomas Fleming	Sir John Jeffrys
1614	Sir Thomas Fleming	Thomas Cheeke
1621–1622	Sir Thomas Fleming	Henry Sherfield
1624	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet	Henry Sherfield, sat for Salisbury, repl. by John Bonde
1625	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet	George Gallop
1626	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet	George Gallop
1628	John Major	George Gallop
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (April)	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet	Thomas Levington
1640 (November)	George Gallop	Edward Exton
1653	Southampton not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	John Lisle	(one seat only)
1656	John Lisle	(one seat only)
1659	Thomas Knollys	Roger Gallop
1659	Edward Exton

MPs 1660–1832

Year	First member		First party	Second member		Second party
1660		William Stanley			Robert Richbell
1661		Sir Richard Ford (died 1678)			William Legge (died 1670)
1670					Thomas Knollys
1678		Sir Benjamin Newland
1679 (February)
1679 (August)					Sir Charles Wyndham
1681
1685
1689					Richard Brett
1689					Edward Fleming
1689					Sir Charles Wyndham
1698					John Smith
1699		Roger Mompesson
January 1701					Mitford Crowe
November 1701		Adam de Cardonnel
1702					Frederick Tylney
1705					Viscount Woodstock
1708					Simeon Stuart
1710					Richard Fleming
1712		Roger Harris
1715		Thomas Lewis
1722					Thomas Missing
1727		Robert Eyre			Anthony Henley
1729 by-election		Sir William Heathcote
1734					John Conduitt
1737 by-election					Thomas Lee Dummer
1741		Peter Delmé			Edward Gibbon
1747					Anthony Langley Swymmer
1754		Hans Stanley
1760 by-election					Henry Dawkins
1768					The Viscount Palmerston
1774			Tory[6]		John Fleming	Tory[6]
January 1780 by-election		John 'Mad Jack' Fuller	Tory[6]
Sep 1780					Hans Sloane	Tory[6]
1784		John Fleming	Tory[6]		James Amyatt	Tory[6]
1790		Henry Martin	Tory[6]
1795 by-election		George Henry Rose	Tory[6]
1806					Arthur Atherley	Whig[6]
1807					Josias Jackson	Whig[6]
1812					Arthur Atherley	Whig[6]
March 1818 by-election		William Chamberlayne	Whig[6]
Jun 1818					Sir William Champion de Crespigny, Bt	Whig[6]
1826					Abel Rous Dottin	Tory[6]
Jan. 1830 by-election		James Barlow-Hoy	Tory[6]
1831		Arthur Atherley	Whig[6]		John Storey Penleaze	Whig[6]

MPs 1832–1950

Portrait of Arthur Atherley by Thomas Lawrence

Election	First member		First party	Second member		Second party
1832		James Barlow-Hoy[7]	Tory[6]		Arthur Atherley	Whig[6]
1833[7]		John Storey Penleaze	Whig[6]
1835		James Barlow-Hoy	Conservative[6]		Abel Rous Dottin	Conservative[6]
1837		Viscount Duncan	Whig[6][8][9][10]
1841[11]		Lord Bruce	Conservative[6]		Charles Cecil Martyn	Conservative[6]
1842 by-election[11]		Humphrey St John-Mildmay	Conservative[6]		George William Hope	Conservative[6]
1847		Sir Alexander Cockburn	Whig[12][13][14]		Brodie McGhie Willcox	Whig[13][14]
1857 by-election		Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Whig[15][16]
1859		William Digby Seymour	Liberal			Liberal
1862 by-election					William Anderson Rose	Conservative
1865		Russell Gurney	Conservative		George Moffatt	Liberal
1868					Peter Merrick Hoare	Conservative
1874					Sir Frederick Perkins	Liberal
1878 by-election		Alfred Giles	Conservative
1880		Henry Lee	Liberal		Charles Parker Butt	Liberal
1883 by-election					Alfred Giles	Conservative
1885		Sir John Commerell	Conservative
1888 by-election		Francis Evans	Liberal
1892					Tankerville Chamberlayne	Conservative
1895		Sir John Simeon, Bt.	Liberal Unionist
1896 by-election					Sir Francis Evans	Liberal
1900					Tankerville Chamberlayne	Conservative
1906		Sir Ivor Philipps	Liberal		William Dudley Ward	Liberal
1922		Edwin King Perkins	Conservative		Allen Bathurst	Conservative
1929		Ralph Morley	Labour		Tommy Lewis	Labour
1931		William Craven-Ellis	Conservative		Sir Charles Barrie	Liberal
Feb 1940 by-election					Sir John Reith	National
Nov 1940 by-election					Dr Russell Thomas	National Liberal
1945		Ralph Morley	Labour		Tommy Lewis	Labour
1950	constituency abolished: see Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Chamberlayne's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 January 1830: Southampton^[17][6][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	James Barlow Hoy	437	71.4
	Whig	John Storey Penleaze	175	28.6
Majority			262	42.8
Turnout			612	c. 36.0
Registered electors			c. 1,700
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1830: Southampton^[6][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	James Barlow Hoy	Unopposed
	Tory	Abel Rous Dottin	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 1,700
	Tory hold
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1831: Southampton^[6][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Arthur Atherley	732	43.4
	Whig	John Storey Penleaze	632	37.5
	Tory	James Barlow Hoy	321	19.1
Majority			311	18.4
Turnout			1,018	c. 59.9
Registered electors			c. 1,700
	Whig gain from Tory
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1832: Southampton^[19][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Arthur Atherley	645	30.8	−12.6
	Tory	James Barlow Hoy	604	28.9	+19.4
	Whig	John Storey Penleaze	594	28.4	−9.1
	Tory	James Mackillop	249	11.9	+2.4
Turnout			1,046	74.6	c. +14.7
Registered electors			1,403
Majority			41	2.1	−16.3
	Whig hold		Swing	−11.8
Majority			10	0.5	N/A
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+15.1

• On petition, Hoy was unseated in favour of Penleaze

General election 1835: Southampton^[19][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barlow Hoy	508	28.3	−0.6
	Conservative	Abel Rous Dottin	492	27.4	+15.5
	Whig	John Easthope	423	23.6	−7.2
	Whig	Peregrine Bingham	371	20.7	−7.7
Majority			69	3.8	+3.3
Turnout			911	77.7	+3.1
Registered electors			1,403
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+11.5

General election 1837: Southampton^[19][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abel Rous Dottin	587	26.6	−1.7
	Whig	Adam Haldane-Duncan	564	25.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Charles Cecil Martyn	543	24.6	−2.8
	Whig	Clarence Paget	509	23.1	+2.4
Turnout			1,107	77.3	−0.4
Registered electors			1,433
Majority			23	1.0	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0
Majority			21	1.0	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Southampton^[19][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bruce	648	27.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Charles Cecil Martyn	645	26.8	+2.2
	Whig	Edward John Hutchins	556	23.1	−2.5
	Whig	Charles Edward Mangles[20][21]	554	23.1	±0.0
Majority			89	3.7	+2.7
Turnout			1,202	76.9	−0.4
Registered electors			1,563
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+1.7

The election was declared void on petition on 6 May 1842, due to bribery by Bruce and Martyn's agents, and a writ for a by-election was not moved until 1 August 1842.^[22]

By-election, 9 August 1842: Southampton^[19][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Humphrey St John-Mildmay	685	28.1	+1.1
	Conservative	George William Hope	682	28.0	+1.2
	Whig	George Nugent-Grenville	535	22.0	−1.1
	Radical	George Thompson	532	21.9	−1.2
Majority			147	6.0	+2.3
Turnout			1,225	68.4	−8.5
Registered electors			1,790
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 1847: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Brodie McGhie Willcox	Unopposed
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,258
	Whig gain from Conservative
	Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Cockburn was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 July 1850: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 April 1851: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1852: Southampton^[19][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Brodie McGhie Willcox	1,062	29.2	N/A
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	1,017	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	797	21.9	New
	Conservative	Augustus Arthur Vansittart	767	21.1	New
Majority			220	6.0	N/A
Turnout			1,822 (est)	75.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,419
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 7 January 1853: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	1,098	64.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	596	35.2	−7.8
Majority			502	29.6	+23.6
Turnout			1,694	65.8	−9.5
Registered electors			2,576
	Whig hold		Swing	+7.8

Cockburn was appointed Recorder of Bristol, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 April 1854: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alexander Cockburn	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Cockburn resigned after being appointed a Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 February 1857: Southampton^[19][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Matthias Weguelin	994	37.1	−20.0
	Conservative	Edward Butler[24]	962	35.9	−7.1
	Radical	Robert Andrews[16][25]	726	27.1	N/A
Majority			32	1.2	−4.8
Turnout			2,682	76.5	+1.2
Registered electors			3,508
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.5

General election 1857: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Brodie McGhie Willcox	Unopposed
	Whig	Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,508
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1859: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Digby Seymour	1,331	37.5	N/A
	Liberal	Brodie McGhie Willcox	1,204	33.9	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Matthias Weguelin	1,012	28.5	N/A
Majority			192	5.4	N/A
Turnout			1,774 (est)	47.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,730
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1860s

Willcox's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 6 December 1862: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Anderson Rose	1,715	51.0	New
	Liberal	Charles Edward Mangles	1,647	49.0	N/A
Majority			68	2.0	N/A
Turnout			3,362	81.5	+34.0
Registered electors			4,124
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Gurney	1,565	24.6	N/A
	Liberal	George Moffatt	1,527	24.1	N/A
	Conservative	William Anderson Rose	1,422	22.4	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Miller Mackay[26]	1,388	21.9	N/A
	Liberal	William Digby Seymour	447	7.0	−30.5
Turnout			3,175 (est)	75.8 (est)	+28.3
Registered electors			4,189
Majority			38	0.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Majority			105	1.7	−3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Gurney	2,393	27.6	+3.0
	Conservative	Peter Merrick Hoare	2,178	25.1	+2.7
	Liberal	George Moffatt	2,161	24.9	+0.8
	Liberal	Frederick Maxse	1,947	22.4	+0.5
Majority			17	0.2	−0.5
Turnout			4,340 (est)	76.2 (est)	+0.4
Registered electors			5,696
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Perkins	2,724	28.1	+5.7
	Conservative	Russell Gurney	2,534	26.1	−1.5
	Liberal	George Moffatt	2,345	24.2	−0.7
	Conservative	John Ralph Engledue	2,103	21.7	−3.4
Turnout			4,853 (est)	74.2 (est)	−2.0
Registered electors			6,537
Majority			621	6.4	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.1
Majority			189	1.9	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

Gurney's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 Jun 1878: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	2,552	52.6	+4.8
	Liberal	Henry Mason Bompas[27]	2,304	47.4	−4.9
Majority			248	5.2	+3.3
Turnout			4,856	69.2	−5.0
Registered electors			7,021
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Southampton^[19][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Lee	3,051	25.5	−2.6
	Liberal	Charles Parker Butt	3,023	25.3	+1.1
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	2,972	24.9	−1.2
	Conservative	John Edmund Commerell	2,902	24.3	+2.6
Majority			51	0.4	−6.0
Turnout			5,974 (est)	80.8 (est)	+6.6
Registered electors			7,394
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.2

Butt resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 Apr 1883: Southampton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal

General election 1885: Southampton^[29][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	5,595	28.0	+3.1
	Conservative	John Edmund Commerell	5,307	26.5	+2.2
	Liberal	Henry Lee	4,566	22.8	−2.7
	Liberal	Edwin Jones (British judge)	4,535	22.7	−2.6
Majority			741	3.7	N/A
Turnout			10,101 (est)	83.8	+3.0 (est)
Registered electors			12,061
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Conservative gain from Liberal

General election 1886: Southampton^[29][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	5,023	27.7	−0.3
	Conservative	John Edmund Commerell	4,726	26.0	−0.5
	Liberal	John Henry Cooksey[30]	4,384	24.1	+1.3
	Liberal	James Carlile McCoan	4,029	22.2	−0.5
Majority			342	1.9	−1.8
Turnout			9,181 (est)	76.7	−7.1
Registered electors			12,061
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Commerell resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 May 1888: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Evans	5,151	54.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Arthur Guest	4,266	45.3	−8.4
Majority			885	9.4	N/A
Turnout			9,417	74.8	−1.9
Registered electors			12,596
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Southampton^[29][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tankerville Chamberlayne	5,449	26.8	+0.8
	Liberal	Francis Evans	5,182	25.6	+1.5
	Liberal	Charles Burt	4,920	24.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Alfred Giles	4,734	23.3	−4.4
Majority			529	2.5	+0.6
Majority			448	2.3	N/A
Turnout			10,570	77.1	+1.3
Registered electors			13,717
	Conservative hold
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Chamberlayne & Simeon

General election 1895: Southampton^[29][32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tankerville Chamberlayne	5,924	27.5	+0.7
	Liberal Unionist	John Simeon	5,390	25.0	+1.7
	Liberal	Francis Evans	5,181	24.1	−1.5
	Lib-Lab	Henry George Wilson	4,178	19.4	−4.9
	Ind. Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald	867	4.0	New
Majority			1,746	8.1	+5.6
Majority			209	0.9	N/A
Turnout			11,302	76.8	−0.3
Registered electors			14,725
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

1896 Southampton by-election^{[29][note 1][33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Evans	5,555	48.9	+5.4
	Conservative	George Candy	5,522	48.7	−3.8
	Social Democratic Federation	Charles A. Gibson[34]	274	2.4	New
Majority			33	0.2	N/A
Turnout			11,351	76.1	−0.7
Registered electors			14,919
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1900s

Hyde

General election 1900: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tankerville Chamberlayne	6,888	29.4	+1.9
	Liberal Unionist	John Simeon	6,253	26.8	+1.8
	Liberal	Francis Evans	5,575	23.9	−0.2
	Liberal	Clarendon Hyde	4,652	19.9	+0.5
Majority			1,313	5.5	−2.6
Majority			1,601	6.9	+6.0
Turnout			23,368	72.6	−4.2
Registered electors			16,505
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Unionist hold

Philipps

Quelch

General election 1906: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivor Philipps	7,032	26.4	+2.5
	Liberal	Dudley Ward	6,255	23.4	+3.5
	Conservative	Tankerville Chamberlayne	5,754	21.5	−7.9
	Conservative	J. Aird	5,535	20.7	−6.1
	Social Democratic Federation	Harry Quelch	2,146	8.0	New
Majority			501	1.9	N/A
Turnout			26,722	80.1	+7.5
Registered electors			17,613
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist

Elections in the 1910s

Giles

General election January 1910: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivor Philipps	8,878	26.5	+0.1
	Liberal	Dudley Ward	8,830	26.4	+3.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	7,874	23.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Charles Tyrrell Giles	7,841	23.5	+2.8
Majority			956	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			33,423	83.5	+3.4
Registered electors			20,205
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Ward

General election December 1910: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivor Philipps	8,496	26.5	0.0
	Liberal	Dudley Ward	8,449	26.4	0.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	7,551	23.6	0.0
	Conservative	Sir George Elliot Armstrong, 2nd Baronet	7,535	23.5	0.0
Majority			898	2.8	0.0
Turnout			32,031	80.0	−3.5
Registered electors			20,205
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

By-election, 1917: Southampton^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dudley Ward	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Philipps

General election 1918: Southampton^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Ivor Philipps	26,884	36.4	+9.9
C	Liberal	Dudley Ward	16,843	22.8	−3.6
	Unionist	Edwin King Perkins	15,548	21.0	−2.6
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	7,828	10.6	New
	Labour	Frederick Perriman	6,776	9.2	New
Majority			1,295	1.8	−1.0
Turnout			73,879	49.0	−31.0
Registered electors			75,334
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Southampton^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edwin King Perkins	22,054	23.9	+2.9
	Unionist	Allen Bathurst	20,351	22.0	N/A
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	14,868	16.1	+5.5
	Health	E.H.M. Stancomb	14,193	15.4	New
	National Liberal	Ivor Philipps	11,576	12.5	−21.9
	National Liberal	Dudley Ward	9,318	10.1	−12.7
Majority			5,483	5.9	N/A
Turnout			92,360	61.3	+12.3
Registered electors			75,316
	Unionist gain from Liberal
	Unionist gain from Liberal

General election 1923: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Allen Bathurst	20,453	20.0	−2.0
	Unionist	Edwin Perkins	20,249	19.8	−4.1
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	17,208	16.9	+0.8
	Labour	Reginald Sorenson	16,679	16.4	N/A
	Liberal	Francis Jefferies Spranger	13,724	13.5	+1.0
	Liberal	Neville Dixey	13,657	13.4	+3.3
Majority			3,041	2.9	−3.0
Turnout			101,970	66.4	+5.1
Registered electors			76,833
	Unionist hold
	Unionist hold

General election 1924: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Allen Bathurst	30,703	29.3	+9.3
	Unionist	Edwin Perkins	30,201	28.8	+9.0
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	22,183	21.1	+4.2
	Labour	Reginald Sorenson	21,768	20.8	+4.4
Majority			8,018	7.7	+4.8
Turnout			104,855	66.6	+0.2
Registered electors			78,776
	Unionist hold
	Unionist hold

General election 1929: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	32,249	22.4	+1.3
	Labour	Ralph Morley	31,252	21.7	+0.9
	Unionist	Ian Maitland	27,898	19.4	−9.9
	Unionist	Alec Cunningham-Reid	26,801	18.6	−10.2
	Liberal	John Howard Whitehouse	12,966	9.0	New
	Liberal	Arthur Thomas Lamsley	12,836	8.9	New
Majority			3,354	2.3	N/A
Turnout			144,002	69.5	+2.9
Registered electors			103,653
	Labour gain from Unionist
	Labour gain from Unionist

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Craven-Ellis	54,699	33.9	+14.5
	National Liberal	Charles Barrie	54,269	33.6	+15.0
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	26,425	16.4	−6.0
	Labour	Ralph Morley	26,061	16.1	−5.6
Majority			28,274	17.5	N/A
Majority			28,208	17.5	N/A
Turnout			161,454	75.2	+5.7
Registered electors			107,376
	Unionist gain from Labour
	National Liberal gain from Labour

General election 1935: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Craven-Ellis	44,896	30.0	−3.9
	National Liberal	Charles Barrie	43,697	29.3	−4.3
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	30,751	20.6	+4.2
	Labour	Ralph Morley	30,028	20.1	+4.0
Majority			14,145	9.4	−8.1
Majority			13,669	9.2	−8.3
Turnout			149,372	67.9	−7.3
Registered electors			110,047
	Unionist hold
	National Liberal hold

Elections in the 1940s

By-election, February 1940: Southampton (2 seats) ^{[35][note 2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Reith	Unopposed
	National gain from National Liberal

By-election, November 1940: Southampton (2 seats) ^{[35][note 3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Russell Thomas	Unopposed
	National Liberal gain from National

General election 1945: Southampton (2 seats) ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Morley	37,556	28.8	+8.7
	Labour	Tommy Lewis	37,054	28.4	+7.8
	National	William Craven-Ellis	24,367	18.7	−11.3
	National Liberal	Russell Thomas	22,650	17.3	−12.0
	Liberal	Reginald Fulljames	8,878	6.8	New
Majority			12,687	9.7	N/A
Majority			14,404	11.1	N/A
Turnout			130,505	68.0	+0.1
Registered electors			95,898
	Labour gain from National
	Labour gain from National Liberal

Notes

1. Tankerville Chamberlayne was unseated on petition
2. Held due to Charles Barrie's resignation
3. Held due to John Reith's elevation to the House of Lords