Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency)
Willesden East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Brent East |
Created from | Harrow |
Willesden East was a borough constituency in North-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 1918 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban District of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Cricklewood, Kensal Rise, Mid Kilburn, North Kilburn, and South Kilburn.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Cricklewood, Kilburn, Mapesbury, and Neasden.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Harry Deeley Mallaby-Deeley | Conservative | |
1923 by-election | Harcourt Johnstone | Liberal | |
1924 | George Frederick Stanley | Conservative | |
1929 | Daniel Somerville | Conservative | |
1938 by-election | Samuel Hammersley | Conservative | |
1945 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | |
1959 | Trevor Skeet | Conservative | |
1964 | Reg Freeson | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 12,044 | 61.0 | n/a | ||
Labour | Henry James Lincoln | 4,941 | 25.0 | n/a | |
Liberal | Herbert John Doree | 2,757 | 14.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,103 | 36.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 50.9 | n/a | |||
Unionist win | |||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Willesden East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir Harry Deeley Mallaby-Deeley | 12,525 | 52.8 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | 11,211 | 47.2 | +33.2 | |
Majority | 1,314 | 5.6 | -31.4 | ||
Turnout | 58.4 | +7.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -20.7 | |||
Willesden East by-election, 1923 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | 14,824 | 60.6 | +13.4 | |
Unionist | Hon. George Frederick Stanley | 9,648 | 39.4 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 5,176 | 21.2 | 26.8 | ||
Turnout | 60.2 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.4 | |||
General Election 6 December 1923: Willesden East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | 11,260 | 40.5 | -20.1 | |
Unionist | Hon. George Frederick Stanley | 11,146 | 40.1 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Joseph George Butler | 5,392 | 19.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 114 | 0.4 | -20.8 | ||
Turnout | 68.1 | +7.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.4 | |||
General Election 1924: Willesden East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Hon. George Frederick Stanley | 15,965 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | 7,992 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | William Davies Lloyd | 7,860 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | 7,973 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 76.0 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: Willesden East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Daniel Gerald Somerville | 17,090 | 40.4 | -9.8 | |
Labour | William Davies Lloyd | 13,977 | 33.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Maurice Gordon Liverman | 11,190 | 26.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,113 | 7.3 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 69.3 | -6.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Daniel Gerald Somerville | 28,993 | 62.1 | ||
Labour | William Davies Lloyd | 10,010 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Samuel Bridges | 7,684 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46,687 | 68.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1935 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Daniel Gerald Somerville | 25,613 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 15,523 | 35.0 | ||
Liberal | Miss Nancy Stuart Parnell | 3,217 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 10,090 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 62.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Willesden East by-election, 1938 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 16,009 | 56.6 | ||
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 12,278 | 43.4 | ||
Majority | 3,731 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Samuel Hammersley
- Labour: Maurice Orbach
- Liberal: Arthur Asher Shenfield
General Election 1945: Willesden East[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 23,457 | 53.00 | +9.60 | |
Conservative | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 14,027 | 31.70 | -14.90 | |
Liberal | Lt. RLR Morgan | 6,771 | 15.30 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,430 | 21.31 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,255 | 72.69 | +33.39 | ||
Registered electors | 60,882 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.25 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Willesden East[2][3] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 24,345 | 47.13 | -5.87 | |
Conservative | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 21,004 | 40.66 | +8.96 | |
Liberal | Walter John Done | 6,310 | 12.21 | -3.09 | |
Majority | 3,341 | 6.47 | -14.84 | ||
Turnout | 51,659 | 82.53 | +9.84 | ||
Registered electors | 62,596 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.42 | |||
General Election 1951: Willesden East[4][5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 26,695 | 51.81 | +4.68 | |
Conservative | Ronald E Simms | 24,827 | 48.19 | +7.53 | |
Majority | 1,868 | 3.63 | -2.84 | ||
Turnout | 51,522 | 81.83 | -0.70 | ||
Registered electors | 62,962 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.43 | |||
General Election 1955: Willesden East[6][7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 23,397 | 50.71 | -1.10 | |
Conservative | Ronald E Simms | 22,738 | 49.29 | +1.10 | |
Majority | 659 | 1.43 | -2.20 | ||
Turnout | 46,135 | 76.13 | -5.70 | ||
Registered electors | 60,604 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.10 | |||
General Election 1959: Willesden East[8][9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet | 22,709 | 52.56 | +3.27 | |
Labour | Maurice Orbach | 20,499 | 47.44 | -3.27 | |
Majority | 2,210 | 5.11 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,208 | 73.40 | -2.73 | ||
Registered electors | 58,865 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.27 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Willesden East[10][11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Reginald Yarnitz Freeson | 20,543 | 52.27 | +4.83 | |
Conservative | Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet | 18,755 | 47.73 | -4.83 | |
Majority | 1,788 | 4.55 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,298 | 68.76 | -4.64 | ||
Registered electors | 57,153 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.83 | |||
General Election 1966: Willesden East[12][13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Reginald Yarnitz Freeson | 21,767 | 54.62 | +2.35 | |
Conservative | Peter Derek Fry | 14,761 | 37.04 | -10.69 | |
Liberal | Malcolm H Brahams | 2,765 | 6.94 | N/A | |
Independent | Olive Bysouth | 556 | 1.40 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,006 | 17.58 | +13.03 | ||
Turnout | 39,849 | 71.05 | +2.29 | ||
Registered electors | 56,085 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.52 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Willesden East[14][15] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Reginald Yarnitz Freeson | 20,073 | 56.33 | +1.71 | |
Conservative | Horace Walter Cutler | 15,564 | 43.67 | +6.63 | |
Majority | 4,509 | 12.65 | -4.93 | ||
Turnout | 35,637 | 62.35 | -8.70 | ||
Registered electors | 57,152 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.46 | |||
References
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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