Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)

Fulham West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Fulham
Created from	Fulham

Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1918-50

A map showing the wards of Fulham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Fulham West in the County of London, boundaries 1950-55

Fulham West was a borough constituency based in the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955.

At the 1918 general election the previous Fulham constituency was divided into two constituencies, Fulham East and Fulham West; the two halves were re-united for the 1955 general election. At the 1997 general election, the Fulham constituency was replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham wards of Hurlingham, Margravine, Munster, and Town.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party[2]
	1918	Sir Cyril Cobb	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1929	Ernest Spero	Labour
	1930 by-election	Sir Cyril Cobb	Conservative
	1938 by-election	Edith Summerskill	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished: see Fulham

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1918 [2] New constituency Electorate: 39,953 Turnout: 46.9%		Coalition Conservative win Majority: 7,747 (41.2%)		Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Coalition Conservative	12,182	64.9
				Robert Mark Gentry	Labour	4,435	23.7
				Sir Herbert George Fordham	Liberal	1,139	6.1
				William Jones Allen	NFDDSS	995	5.3
General Election 1922 [2] Electorate: 39,562 Turnout: 23,085 (58.4%) +11.5		Conservative hold Majority: 6,665 (28.8%) −12.4 Swing: 5.7% from Con to Lab		Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative	14,875	64.4	−0.5
				Robert Mark Gentry	Labour	8,210	35.6	+11.9
General Election 1923 [2] Electorate: 40,134 Turnout: 25,256 (62.9%) +4.5		Conservative hold Majority: 1,278 (5.1%) −23.7		Sir Cyril Cobb	Conservative	9,965	39.5	−24.9
				Robert Mark Gentry	Labour	8,687	34.4	−1.2
				Christopher W Courtenay	Liberal	6,604	26.1	N/A
General Election 1924 [2] Electorate: 40.386 Turnout: 28,215 (71.3%) +8.4		Conservative hold Majority: 5,403 (18.8%) +13.7		Sir Cyril Cobb	Conservative	17,109	59.4	+19.8
				Robert Mark Gentry	Labour	11,706	40.6	+1.2
General Election 1929 [2] Electorate: 50,610 Turnout: 36,089 (71.4%) +0		Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 2,211 (6.2%) Swing: 12.5% from Con to Lab		Ernest Spero	Labour	16,190	44.9	+4.3
				Sir Cyril Cobb	Conservative	13,979	38.7	−20.7
				George Arthur Gale	Liberal	5,920	16.4	N/A
By-election, May 1930 [2] Resignation of Spero Electorate: 50,610 Turnout: 32,206 (63.6%) −7.7		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 240 (0.8%) Swing: 3.5% from Lab to Con		Sir Cyril Cobb	Conservative	16,223	50.4	+11.7
				John Banfield	Labour	15,983	49.6	+4.7
General Election 1931 [2] Electorate: 50,991 Turnout: 36,421 (71.4%) +7.8		Conservative hold Majority: 12,093 (33.2%) +32.4 Swing: 16.2% from Lab to Con		Cyril Cobb	Conservative	24,257	66.6	+16.2
				John Banfield	Labour	12,164	33.4	−16.2
General Election 1935 [2] Electorate: 49,480 Turnout: 69.9% (−1.5)		Conservative hold Majority: 3,483 (10.1%) −23.1 Swing: 11.6% from Con to Lab		Cyril Cobb	Conservative	18,461	53.4	−13.2
				Mont Follick	Labour	14,978	43.3	+9.9
				Ebenezer Josiah Johnson	Liberal	1,132	3.3	N/A
By-election, April 1938 [2] Death of Cobb Electorate: 48,469 Turnout: 31,745 (66.5%) −3.4		Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 1,421 (4.4%) Swing: 7.3% from Con to Lab		Edith Summerskill	Labour	16,583	52.2	+8.9
				(C.) John Busby	Conservative	15,162	47.8	−5.6
General Election 1945 [2] Electorate: 41,329 Turnout: 76.3% (+10.8)		Labour hold Majority: 7,521 (23.8%) +19.4 Swing: 9.7% from Con to Lab		Edith Summerskill	Labour	19,537	61.9	+9.7
				Percy Lucas	Conservative	12,016	38.1	−9.7
General Election 1950 [3] Electorate: 45,687 Turnout: 37,433 (86.2%) +9.9		Labour hold Majority: 2,849 (7.2%) −16.6 Swing: 8.3% from Lab to Con		Edith Summerskill	Labour	20,141	51.1	−10.8
				William O'Donovan	Conservative	17,292	43.9	+5.8
				Eric Walcot-Bather	Liberal	1,949	5.0	N/A
General Election 1951 [4] Electorate: 45,327 Turnout: 37,997 (86.6%) +0.4		Labour hold Majority: 2,583 (6.6%) −1.7 Swing: 22.2% from Con to Lab		Edith Summerskill	Labour	20,290	51.7	+0.6
				William John Brown	Independent	17,707	45.1	N/A
				Eric Walcot-Bather	Liberal	1,247	3.2	-1.8

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 18. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
3. "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
4. "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 25 December 2010.