Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament 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 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
Created from | Greenwich |
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
1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.[1]
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Members of Parliament
Year | 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
Election in the 1970s
Party | 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
Party | 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 | 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 | D J Penwarden | 4,726 | 22.55 | New | |
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
Party | 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 | 32,759 | 81.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
- Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sch. 4
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/63.html%23luton&date=2009-10-25+19:14:28
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
- 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
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