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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] South East was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Southwark South East | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Walworth |
Replaced by | Southwark |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.
The constituency comprised the wards of St. George, St. John and St. Peter. It covered most of East Walworth and Faraday wards, together with a sliver of Grange ward, in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | James Arthur Dawes | Coalition Liberal | |
1921 by-election | Thomas Naylor | Labour | |
1922 | Maurice Alexander | National Liberal | |
1923 | Thomas Naylor | Labour | |
1931 | George Powell | Conservative | |
1935 | Thomas Naylor | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | James Arthur Dawes | 7,208 | 72.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 2,718 | 27.4 | ||
Majority | 4,490 | 45.2 | |||
Turnout | 9,926 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 6,561 | 57.0 | +29.6 | |
National Liberal | Thomas Owen Jacobsen | 2,636 | 22.9 | −49.7 | |
Ind. Unionist | Horace Louis Petit Boot | 2,307 | 20.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,925 | 34.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,504 | 38.5 | −6.7 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +39.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Maurice Alexander | 10,014 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 7,734 | 43.6 | +16.2 | |
Majority | 2,280 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,748 | 58.2 | |||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 9,374 | 54.3 | +10.7 | |
Liberal | Maurice Alexander | 7,884 | 45.7 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 1,490 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,258 | 55.7 | −2.5 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 11,635 | 54.3 | 0.0 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey Lloyd | 7,387 | 34.5 | New | |
Liberal | Elsie Elias | 2,388 | 11.2 | −34.5 | |
Majority | 4,248 | 19.8 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,410 | 68.1 | +8.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 13,527 | 60.4 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | William John Squire | 4,766 | 21.3 | +10.1 | |
Unionist | Evelyn George Harcourt Powell | 4,086 | 18.3 | −16.2 | |
Majority | 8,761 | 39.1 | +19.3 | ||
Turnout | 22,379 | 58.9 | −9.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn George Harcourt Powell | 11,063 | 53.3 | +35.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 9,678 | 46.7 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 1,385 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,741 | 54.1 | −4.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Naylor | 11,942 | 63.2 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Evelyn George Harcourt Powell | 6,945 | 36.8 | −16.5 | |
Majority | 4,997 | 26.4 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,887 | 53.3 | −0.8 | ||
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Naylor | 9,599 | 76.9 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | James Greenwood | 2,881 | 23.1 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 6,718 | 53.8 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,480 | 60.8 | +7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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