Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Deptford | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Deptford and New Cross |
1885–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Greenwich |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
Boundaries
edit1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.[1]
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Members of Parliament
editYear | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William John Evelyn | Conservative | |
1888 | Charles Darling | Conservative | |
1897 | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | Conservative | |
1906 | C. W. Bowerman | Labour | |
1931 | Denis Hanley | Conservative | |
1935 | Walter Green | Labour | |
1945 | John Wilmot | Labour | |
1950 | Jack Cooper | Labour | |
1951 | Sir Leslie Plummer | Labour | |
1963 | John Silkin | Labour | |
1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
editElection in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 14,672 | 62.96 | ||
Conservative | Michael Brotherton | 7,355 | 31.56 | ||
National Front | Martin Vaux | 1,277 | 5.48 | ||
Majority | 7,317 | 31.40 | |||
Turnout | 23,304 | 54.67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,983 | 66.80 | ||
Conservative | John R Giles | 7,033 | 26.12 | ||
British National | Gerald Rowe | 1,906 | 7.08 | New | |
Majority | 10,950 | 40.68 | |||
Turnout | 26,922 | 60.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 17,676 | 62.44 | ||
Conservative | Murray M Leask | 8,248 | 29.13 | ||
Independent | Colin M H Atkins[3] | 2,386 | 8.43 | New | |
Majority | 9,428 | 33.31 | |||
Turnout | 28,310 | 60.08 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Silkin | 12,209 | 58.25 | −3.70 | |
Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 4,726 | 22.55 | n/a | |
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 4,023 | 19.20 | −18.85 | |
Majority | 7,483 | 35.70 | +11.80 | ||
Turnout | 20,958 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 21,226 | 61.95 | ||
Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 13,038 | 38.05 | ||
Majority | 8,188 | 23.90 | |||
Turnout | 34,264 | 69.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 23,925 | 65.73 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 12,472 | 34.27 | ||
Majority | 11,453 | 31.46 | |||
Turnout | 36,397 | 69.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Plummer | 28,878 | 65.17 | ||
Conservative | Irene Dowling | 15,431 | 34.83 | ||
Majority | 13,447 | 30.34 | |||
Turnout | 44,309 | 80.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Cooper | 28,230 | 63.07 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey F. Sarjeant | 13,330 | 29.78 | ||
Liberal | Edward Isaac Miller | 2,637 | 5.89 | new | |
Communist | Leslie Francis Stannard | 562 | 1.26 | new | |
Majority | 14,900 | 33.29 | |||
Turnout | 44,759 | 81.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wilmot | 22,313 | 73.47 | ||
Conservative | Eric Cuddon | 8,059 | 26.53 | ||
Majority | 14,254 | 46.94 | |||
Turnout | 30,372 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Walter Green | 27,021 | 57.31 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell | 20,129 | 42.69 | ||
Majority | 6,892 | 14.62 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,150 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denis Hanley | 26,558 | 54.42 | ||
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 22,244 | 45.58 | ||
Majority | 4,314 | 8.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,802 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 26,848 | 55.2 | +0.7 | |
Unionist | Ernest Gates | 14,832 | 30.5 | −15.0 | |
Liberal | H. Charles Bevan | 6,935 | 14.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,016 | 24.7 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,615 | 68.2 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 71,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,903 | 54.5 | −8.5 | |
Unionist | James Hargreaves | 18,279 | 45.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 3,624 | 9.0 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,182 | 72.0 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,797 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,576 | 63.0 | +10.4 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 12,666 | 37.0 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 8,910 | 26.0 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,242 | 63.3 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 54,135 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 18,512 | 52.6 | −1.8 | |
Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 16,687 | 47.4 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 5.2 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,199 | 66.2 | +16.0 | ||
Registered electors | 53,195 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 14,073 | 54.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | John Prestige | 9,711 | 37.5 | −11.1 | |
NFDDSS | Frederick Alfred Rumsey | 2,106 | 8.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,362 | 16.9 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,890 | 50.2 | −31.3 | ||
Registered electors | 51,611 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,357 | 51.4 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 5,999 | 48.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 358 | 2.8 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,356 | 81.5 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,880 | 52.0 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Stuart Coats | 6,358 | 48.0 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 522 | 4.0 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,238 | 87.3 | +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | C. W. Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | New | |
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 4,977 | 41.7 | −20.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Vivian | 726 | 6.1 | −31.8 | |
Majority | 1,259 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,939 | 77.5 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 15,397 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Morton | 6,236 | 62.1 | +6.0 | |
Lib-Lab | Ben Jones | 3,806 | 37.9 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 2,430 | 24.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,042 | 66.9 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,000 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | 5,317 | 51.6 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | John Benn | 4,993 | 48.4 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 324 | 3.2 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,310 | 74.3 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 13,868 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,654 | 56.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Macnamara | 4,425 | 43.9 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 1,229 | 12.2 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,079 | 73.0 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,815 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,298 | 52.8 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Edmond Fitzmaurice | 4,733 | 47.2 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 565 | 5.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,031 | 76.8 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 13,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Darling | 4,345 | 51.6 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Blunt | 4,070 | 48.4 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 275 | 3.2 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,415 | 80.3 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,473 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 |
- Caused by Evelyn's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,682 | 54.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,055 | 45.3 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 627 | 9.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,737 | 71.9 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,927 | 52.5 | ||
Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,560 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 367 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,487 | 79.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ Anti-immigration. Colin Murray Hazlewood Atkins (12 Aug 1929 - 21 July 2008). One of ‘The three London candidates, in Southall, Deptford and Islington East, who under different labels, fought on avowedly anti-immigrant platforms’ - David Butler, and Anthony King, The British General Election of 1964 (1965), p 119. See also Nicholas Deakin (ed.), Colour and the British Electorate 1964 (1965), Chapter 6.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
- Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918