Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)
Battersea North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County of London, then Greater London |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Battersea |
Created from | Battersea |
Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in 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 voting system.
It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.
Boundaries
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The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was initially composed of four wards of the metropolitan borough: Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms and Park.[1] When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.[2] However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.[3] Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies. From 1950 to 1974 Battersea North consisted of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage and Winstanley wards.[4][5]
In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. Renamed Wandsworth, Battersea North, the seat was defined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park and Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury and St John's were transferred from Battersea South.[6] These boundaries were used until abolition.
The constituency was abolished for the election of 1983, and was subsumed by the new Battersea seat, where it formed 61.5% of the total constituency (with the addition of the Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards from Battersea South).
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 3 May 1979: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 15,384 | 56.22 | -6.00 | |
Conservative | P Phillips | 9,358 | 21.82 | 11.40 | |
Liberal | W Brown | 2,021 | 7.18 | -3.87 | |
National Front | Michael Salt | 772 | 2.74 | -1.79 | |
Workers (Leninist) | A Lavelle | 104 | 0.37 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | P Clay | 47 | 0.17 | N/A | |
Community Party | J Harwell | 30 | 0.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,746 | 22.99 | -10.13 | ||
Turnout | 67.98 | 6.42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.70 | |||
General Election 10 October 1974: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 17,161 | 62.22 | 3.43 | |
Conservative | Simon J C Randall | 6,019 | 21.82 | -3.85 | |
Liberal | C R Williams | 3,048 | 11.05 | -3.43 | |
National Front | R Friend | 1,250 | 4.53 | N/A | |
Communist (ML) | Carol Reakes | 102 | 0.37 | -0.29 | |
Majority | 11,142 | 33.12 | 7.28 | ||
Turnout | 61.56 | -9.16 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.64 | |||
General Election 28 February 1974: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 18,503 | 58.79 | -6.72 | |
Conservative | Simon Randall | 8,080 | 25.67 | -2.10 | |
Liberal | John Savile | 4,683 | 14.88 | 9.18 | |
Communist (ML) | Carol Reakes | 208 | 0.66 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,423 | 33.12 | -14.14 | ||
Turnout | 70.72 | 12.03 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.00 | |||
General Election 18 June 1970: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 11,621 | 65.51 | -6.61 | |
Conservative | Anthony V Bradbury | 4,927 | 27.77 | 2.91 | |
Liberal | Hester M G Smallbone | 1,012 | 5.70 | N/A | |
Communist | D Welsh | 179 | 1.01 | -2.01 | |
Majority | 6,694 | 47.26 | -9.52 | ||
Turnout | 58.69 | -3.52 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.15 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 31 March 1966: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 15,522 | 72.12 | 8.41 | |
Conservative | C Peter M Davidson | 5,350 | 24.86 | -0.06 | |
Communist | Mrs. Gladys M Easton | 650 | 3.02 | 1.01 | |
Majority | 10,172 | 47.26 | 33.59 | ||
Turnout | 63.21 | -2.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.24 | |||
General Election 15 October 1964: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 14,930 | 63.71 | -4.13 | |
Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 5,847 | 24.95 | -7.21 | |
Liberal | Stephen R Jakobi | 2,187 | 9.33 | N/A | |
Communist | Mrs. Gladys M Easton | 471 | 2.01 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,083 | 13.67 | 25.09 | ||
Turnout | 35,659 | 65.72 | -4.84 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.67 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 8 October 1959: | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay | 19,595 | 67.84 | -2.89 | |
Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 9,289 | 32.16 | 4.99 | |
Majority | 6,533 | 13.67 | -29.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,937 | 70.56 | 1.21 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.94 | |||
General Election 26 May 1955: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay | 20,980 | 70.73 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 8,058 | 27.17 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Eric Fenner | 622 | 2.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,922 | 43.57 | -1.58 | ||
Turnout | 42,766 | 69.35 | -10.89 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
General Election 25 October 1951: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay | 25,882 | 72.53 | 2.96 | |
Conservative | Walter Ian Percival | 9,905 | 27.47 | -1.95 | |
Majority | 16,077 | 45.05 | 1.00 | ||
Turnout | 80.24 | -0.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.46 | |||
General Election 23 February 1950: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay | 24,762 | 69.57 | -4.33 | |
Conservative | Martin Madden | 9,084 | 25.52 | -0.58 | |
Liberal | Edward Richter Handscombe | 1,090 | 3.06 | N/A | |
Communist | John Mahon | 655 | 1.84 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,678 | 44.05 | |||
Turnout | 80.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.75 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Francis Douglas was appointed Governor of Malta, leading to a by-election.
by-election, 25 July 1946: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Jay | 11,329 | 68.9 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | B A Shattock | 4,858 | 29.6 | +3.5 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Hugo Dewar | 240 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,471 | 39.3 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 16427 | 55.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Francis Douglas | 14,070 | 73.9 | ||
Conservative | J G W Paget | 4,969 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 9,101 | 47.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
William Sanders resigned in 1940, leading to a by-election.
by-election, 17 April 1940: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Francis Douglas | 9,947 | 92.6 | 33.9 | |
Independent | E.C. Joyce | 791 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,156 | 85.2 | +67.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,738 | 25.1 | -38.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Election in the 1930s
General Election 14 November 1935: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Stephen Sanders | 17,596 | 58.7 | 23.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Marsden | 12,393 | 41.3 | -14.1 | |
Majority | 5,203 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,989 | 63.5 | -4.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.6% | |||
General Election 27 October 1931: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Commander Arthur Marsden | 18,688 | 55.5% | ||
Labour | William Stephen Sanders | 11,985 | 35.6% | ||
Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 3,021 | 8.9% | ||
Majority | 6,703 | 19.9% | |||
Turnout | 33,694 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1920s
General Election 30 May 1929: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Stephen Sanders | 13,265 | 37.8 | n/a | |
Unionist | Arthur Marsden | 10,833 | 30.8 | n/a | |
Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 6,554 | 18.6 | -32.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Patrick Brogan | 4,513 | 12.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,432 | 7.0 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 69.7 | -3.4 | |||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing | n/a | |||
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General Election 29 October 1924: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 15,096 | 50.9 | ||
Constitutionalist | Henry Cairn Hogbin | 14,554 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 542 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.1 | ||||
Communist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election 6 December 1923: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Henry Cairn Hogbin | 12,527 | 50.4 | +8.8 | |
Communist | Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala | 12,341 | 49.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 186 | 0.8 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | 61.9 | ||||
Liberal gain from Communist | Swing | +4.9 | |||
General Election 15 November 1922: Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Communist | Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala | 11,311 | 50.5 | n/a | |
National Liberal | Henry Cairn Hogbin | 9,290 | 41.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | Vivian Claude Albu | 1,756 | 7.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,021 | 9.5 | n/a | ||
Turnout | |||||
Communist gain from National Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
Election in the 1910s
General Election 14 December 1918: constituency of Battersea North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Coalition Liberal | Richard Morris | 11,231 | 66.6 | ||
Labour | Charlotte Despard | 5,634 | 33.4 | ||
Majority | 5,597 | 33.2 | |||
Coalition Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 C.64), Schedule 9
- ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, (1948, C.65), Schedule 1
- ↑ Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552)
- ↑ The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)
- ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674)