Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Tottenham North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Tottenham
Created from	Tottenham

Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

Tottenham North constituency within the Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-50.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Lower, Middle, and West Green.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	William Henry Prescott	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Robert Morrison	Labour Co-operative
	1931	Edward Doran	Conservative
	1935	Robert Morrison	Labour Co-operative
	1945	William Irving	Labour Co-operative
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Percy Alden

1918 General Election:Tottenham North Electorate 34,463[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Maj. William Henry Prescott	11,891	62.0
	Liberal	Percy Alden	7,293	38.0
Majority			4,598	24.0
Turnout				55.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

• received the Coalition Government 'Coupon'.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Tottenham North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	10,250	44.2	n/a
	Unionist	C D Roberts	8,392	36.1	-25.9
	National Liberal	C Baker	4,181	18.0	n/a
	Independent Conservative	F Bartle	395	1.7	n/a
Majority			1,858	8.1
Turnout				65.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Tottenham North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	12,696	49.7	+5.5
	Unionist	Sir William Henry Prescott	8,323	32.6	-3.5
	Liberal	Oliver Frederick Broadway	4,525	17.7	n/a
Majority			4,373	17.1	+9.0
Turnout				69.3	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 1924: Tottenham North[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	13,800	51.0
	Constitutionalist	John Leng Sturrock	13,243	49.0
Majority			557	2.0
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Angus Holden

General Election 1929: Tottenham North[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	20884	54.0	+3.0
	Unionist	Harold J Soloman	11,231	29.1	n/a
	Liberal	Hon. Angus William Eden Holden	6,535	16.9	n/a
Majority			9,653	24.9	+22.9
Turnout				73.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Tottenham North[6] Electorate 55,922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Doran	22,172	55.7
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	17,651	44.3
Majority			4,521	11.4
Turnout				71.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Tottenham North[7] Electorate 55,926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	21,075	57.2
	Conservative	Edward Doran	13,066	35.5
	Liberal	Leon Charles Augustus Dubery	2,697	7.3
Majority
Turnout				65.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Labour: Robert Craigmyle Morrison^[8]
• Conservative: B Hubert Berry
• Liberal: ^[9]

Elections in the 1940s

General Election July 1945: Tottenham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	25,360	71.8	+14.6
	Conservative	B. H. Berry	9,955	28.2	−7.3
Majority			15,405	43.6	+21.9
Turnout			35,315	70.3	+4.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−10.0

Tottenham North by-election, 13 December 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Irving	12,937	63.6	−8.2
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	7,415	36.4	+8.2
Majority			5,522	27.2	−16.4
Turnout			20,352	39.5	−30.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.2

References

1. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
8. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
9. The Liberal Magazine, 1939

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)