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Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bethnal Green South West was a constituency in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Bethnal Green South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Bethnal Green South West in London 1885-1918
Bethnal Green South West in London 1918-50
1885–1950
Seatsone
Created fromHackney
Replaced byBethnal Green

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was combined with Bethnal Green North East to form a new Bethnal Green constituency, reflecting the area's substantial fall in population.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the south and west wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).

1885-1918: The South and West wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.[1]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885Edward PickersgillLiberal
1900Samuel Forde RidleyConservative
1906Edward PickersgillLiberal
1911Charles MastermanLiberal
1914Sir Mathew WilsonUnionist
1922Percy HarrisLiberal
1945Percy HolmanLabour
1950constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

E.H. Pickersgill
General election 1885: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 3,088 58.4
ConservativeJohn Evans Freke Aylmer2,20041.6
Majority88816.8
Turnout5,28864.0
Registered electors8,265
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 2,550 56.0 -2.4
ConservativeJohn Evans Freke Aylmer2,00144.0+2.4
Majority54912.0-4.8
Turnout4,55155.1-8.9
Registered electors8,265
Liberal holdSwing-2.4

Election in the 1890s

General election 1892: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 3,206 59.6 +3.6
ConservativeThomas Benskin2,17140.4-3.6
Majority1,03519.2+7.2
Turnout5,37768.8+13.7
Registered electors7,821
Liberal holdSwing+3.6
General election 1895: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 2,603 52.8 -6.8
ConservativeWilliam Arnold Statham2,32447.2+6.8
Majority2795.6-13.6
Turnout4,92762.7-6.1
Registered electors7,855
Liberal holdSwing-6.8

Election in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSamuel Ridley 2,862 53.2 +6.0
LiberalEdward Pickersgill2,51446.8-6.0
Majority3486.4N/A
Turnout5,37666.1+3.4
Registered electors8,128
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+6.0
General election 1906: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 3,542 63.2 +16.4
ConservativeSamual Ridley2,06436.8-16.4
Majority1,47826.4N/A
Turnout5,60677.2+11.1
Registered electors7,262
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+16.4

Election in the 1910s

E.H. Pickersgill
General election January 1910: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 3,328 58.6 -4.6
ConservativeEric Alfred Hoffgaard2,35041.4+4.6
Majority97817.2-9.2
Turnout5,67879.9+1.7
Liberal holdSwing-4.6
General election December 1910: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdward Pickersgill 2,768 57.0 -1.6
ConservativeEric Alfred Hoffgaard2,08643.0+1.6
Majority68214.0-3.2
Turnout4,85468.3-11.6
Liberal holdSwing-1.6
Masterman
1911 Bethnal Green South West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalCharles Masterman 2,745 50.4 -6.6
ConservativeEric Alfred Hoffgaard2,56147.1+4.1
Independent LabourJohn Scurr1342.5New
Majority1843.3-10.7
Turnout5,44076.8+8.5
Liberal holdSwing-5.3
1914 Bethnal Green South West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistMatthew Wilson 2,828 47.6 +0.5
LiberalCharles Masterman2,80447.1-3.3
Independent LabourJohn Scurr3165.3+2.8
Majority240.5N/A
Turnout5.94883.5+6.7
Unionist gain from LiberalSwing+1.9
Hugh Meyler
General election 1918: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CUnionistMatthew Wilson4,24052.3+4.7
NFDDSSErnest Thurtle1,94123.9New
LiberalHugh Meyler1,93523.8-23.3
Majority2,29928.4+27.9
Turnout6,11641.6-41.9
Unionist holdSwing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 5,152 40.7 +16.9
CommunistJoe Vaughan4,03431.9New
UnionistMatthew Wilson3,47427.4-24.9
Majority1,1188.8N/A
Turnout21,12959.9+18.3
Liberal gain from UnionistSwing
General election 1923: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 5,735 43.3 +2.6
LabourJoe Vaughan5,25139.6+7.7
UnionistJohn Cecil Gerard Leigh2,26717.1-10.3
Majority4843.7-5.1
Turnout21,32062.2+2.3
Liberal holdSwing-2.5
General election 1924: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 6,236 42.3 -1.0
CommunistJoe Vaughan6,02440.9+1.3
UnionistC.P. Norman2,46716.8-0.3
Majority2121.4-2.3
Turnout21,52268.4+6.2
Liberal holdSwing-1.1
General election 1929: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 8,109 45.9 +3.6
LabourChristopher John Kelly6,84938.7New
CommunistRobert Dunstan1,3687.7-33.2
UnionistHerbert John Malone1,3657.7-9.1
Majority1,2607.2+5.8
Turnout27,89564.1-4.3
Liberal holdSwing

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 10,176 59.6 +13.7
LabourW.J. Humphreys3,92323.0-15.7
CommunistJoe Vaughan2,97017.4+9.7
Majority6,25336.6+29.4
Turnout27,89561.2-2.9
Liberal holdSwing+14.0
General election 1935: Bethnal Green South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPercy Harris 9,011 53.1 -6.5
LabourGeorge Jeger7,94546.9+23.9
Majority1,0666.2-30.4
Turnout27,48461.7+0.5
Liberal holdSwing-15.2

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bethnal Green South West[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-opPercy Holman 6,669 57.3 +10.4
LiberalPercy Harris4,21336.2-16.9
NationalO. Howard Leicester7506.5New
Majority2,45621.1N/A
Turnout11,632
Labour gain from LiberalSwing+13.6

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