Brentford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Brentford | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Brentford and Chiswick, Spelthorne and Twickenham |
| Created from | Middlesex |
Brentford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Brentford district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
The local government district of Brentford, the civil parishes of Heston, Isleworth, Norwood, and Twickenham, and part of the civil parish of Hanwell.
The constituency was located in the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is now West London. It was a division of the county, named after the town of Brentford, on the north (or Middlesex) bank of the River Thames.
The seat was surrounded by the constituencies of Ealing to the north-east, Kingston to the east, Epsom to the south and Uxbridge to the west and north-west.
In 1965 the town of Brentford became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Octavius Edward Coope | Conservative | |
| 1886 by-election | James Bigwood | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Vickerman Henzell Rutherford | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Lord Alwyne Compton | Conservative | |
| 1911 by-election | William Joynson-Hicks | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Brentford and Chiswick | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
| General Election 1906: Brentford[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Dr. Vickerman Henzell Rutherford | 6,506 | 51.8 | n/a | |
| Conservative | James Bigwood | 6,053 | 48.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 453 | 3.6 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 73.2 | n/a | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| General Election December 1910: Brentford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton | 9,197 | 60.0 | ||
| Liberal | William George Lobjoit | 6,124 | 40.0 | ||
| Majority | 20.0 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Brentford by-election, 1911 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Joynson Hicks | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)