Southampton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1950
Seatstwo
Replaced bySouthampton Itchen and Southampton Test

Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the English and after 1707 British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The existing Parliamentary borough, the parish of Milbrook, the ecclesiastical district of Holy Saviour, Bittern, the parish of St. Mary Extra, and the detached part of the parish of Hound included within the parish of St. Mary Extra.[1]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1307 Sir William Russell of Yaverland[2]
1386 John Penkestone Roger Mascall[3]
1388 (February) William Maple John Scarlet[3]
1388 (September) Nicholas Sherwind John Bigard[3]
1390 (January) William Maple Thomas Appleby[3]
1390 (November)
1391 William Maple Thomas Appleby[3]
1393 William Maple Thomas Appleby[3]
1394 John Penkestone Thomas Appleby[3]
1395 Thomas Appleby Thomas Marlborough[3]
1397 (January) Thomas Appleby John Dering[3]
1397 (September) Walter Lange John Dering[3]
1399 Thomas Middleton Richard Bradway[3]
1401
1402 Thomas Middleton Thomas Marlborough[3]
1404 (January)
1404 (October)
1406 Walter Lange John Penkestone[3]
1407
1410
1411 John Shipton Thomas Marlborough[3]
1413 (February)
1413 (May) Thomas Armorer William Soper[3]
1414 (April) Thomas Armorer Thomas Marlborough[3]
1414 (November) William Soper Thomas Marlborough[3]
1415 Thomas Marlborough Benedict Wichford[3]
1416 (March) Thomas Marlborough Benedict Wichford[3]
1416 (October)
1417 John Lucas William Chamberlain[3]
1419 William Soper William Chamberlain[3]
1420 William Soper William Chamberlain[3]
1421 (May) Richard Thornes Thomas Marlborough[3]
1421 (December) William Soper John Mascall[3]
1510–1515 No names known[4]
1523 Nicholas Dey ?[4]
1529 Nicholas Dey John Mill[4]
1536 Nicholas Dey ?[4]
1539 John Mill John Huttoft[4]
1542 John Huttoft ?[4]
1545 ?
1547 Sir Robert Southwell Thomas Mill[4]
1553 (March) James Stonard ?[4]
1553 (October) Sir Francis Fleming Thomas Mill[4]
1554 (April) Richard Butler James Brande[4]
1554 (November) James Brande James Stonard[4]
1555 James Brande Thomas Fassmyn[4]
1558 John Staveley James Brande[4]
1559 Thomas Beckingham Edward Wilmott[5]
1563 John Caplyn James Brande[5]
1571 Edward Horsey Sir John Croke[5]
1572 Sir Henry Wallop, posted to Ireland ,
replaced in 1581 by Fulke Greville		 Nicholas Caplyn[5]
1584 Thomas Digges Thomas Godard[5]
1586 John Penruddock William Thorley[5]
1588 Thomas Wilkes Richard Goddard[5]
1593 Sir Thomas Wilkes Thomas Heton[5]
1597 William Wallop Francis Bacon, sat for Ipswich,
repl. by Sir Oliver Lambert[5]
1601 Thomas Fleming Thomas Lambert[5]
1604 Sir Thomas Fleming, made judge
and repl. in 1604 by Sir Thomas Fleming		 Sir John Jeffrys
1614 Sir Thomas Fleming Thomas Cheeke
1621–1622 Sir Thomas Fleming Henry Sherfield
1624 Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet Henry Sherfield, sat for Salisbury,
repl. by John Bonde
1625 Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet George Gallop
1626 Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet George Gallop
1628 John Major George Gallop
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (April) Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet Thomas Levington
1640 (November) George Gallop Edward Exton
1653 Southampton not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 John Lisle (one seat only)
1656 John Lisle (one seat only)
1659 Thomas Knollys Roger Gallop
1659 Edward Exton

MPs 1660–1832

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1660 William Stanley Robert Richbell
1661 Sir Richard Ford (died 1678) William Legge (died 1670)
1670 Thomas Knollys
1678 Sir Benjamin Newland
1679 (February)
1679 (August) Sir Charles Wyndham
1681
1685
1689 Richard Brett
1689 Edward Fleming
1689 Sir Charles Wyndham
1698 John Smith
1699 Roger Mompesson
January 1701 Mitford Crowe
November 1701 Adam de Cardonnel
1702 Frederick Tylney
1705 Viscount Woodstock
1708 Simeon Stuart
1710 Richard Fleming
1712 Roger Harris
1715 Thomas Lewis
1722 Thomas Missing
1727 Robert Eyre Anthony Henley
1729 by-election Sir William Heathcote
1734 John Conduitt
1737 by-election Thomas Lee Dummer
1741 Peter Delmé Edward Gibbon
1747 Anthony Langley Swymmer
1754 Hans Stanley
1760 by-election Henry Dawkins
1768 The Viscount Palmerston
1774 Tory[6] John Fleming Tory[6]
January 1780 by-election John 'Mad Jack' Fuller Tory[6]
Sep 1780 Hans Sloane Tory[6]
1784 John Fleming Tory[6] James Amyatt Tory[6]
1790 Henry Martin Tory[6]
1795 by-election George Henry Rose Tory[6]
1806 Arthur Atherley Whig[6]
1807 Josias Jackson Whig[6]
1812 Arthur Atherley Whig[6]
March 1818 by-election William Chamberlayne Whig[6]
Jun 1818 Sir William Champion de Crespigny, Bt Whig[6]
1826 Abel Rous Dottin Tory[6]
Jan. 1830 by-election James Barlow-Hoy Tory[6]
1831 Arthur Atherley Whig[6] John Storey Penleaze Whig[6]

MPs 1832–1950

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 James Barlow-Hoy[7] Tory[6] Arthur Atherley Whig[6]
1833[7] John Storey Penleaze Whig[6]
1835 James Barlow-Hoy Conservative[6] Abel Rous Dottin Conservative[6]
1837 Viscount Duncan Whig[6][8][9][10]
1841[11] Lord Bruce Conservative[6] Charles Cecil Martyn Conservative[6]
1842 by-election[11] Humphrey St John-Mildmay Conservative[6] George William Hope Conservative[6]
1847 Sir Alexander Cockburn Whig[12][13][14] Brodie McGhie Willcox Whig[13][14]
1857 by-election Thomas Matthias Weguelin Whig[15][16]
1859 William Digby Seymour Liberal Liberal
1862 by-election William Anderson Rose Conservative
1865 Russell Gurney Conservative George Moffatt Liberal
1868 Peter Merrick Hoare Conservative
1874 Sir Frederick Perkins Liberal
1878 by-election Alfred Giles Conservative
1880 Henry Lee Liberal Charles Parker Butt Liberal
1883 by-election Alfred Giles Conservative
1885 Sir John Commerell Conservative
1888 by-election Francis Evans Liberal
1892 Tankerville Chamberlayne Conservative
1895 Sir John Simeon, Bt. Liberal Unionist
1896 by-election Sir Francis Evans Liberal
1900 Tankerville Chamberlayne Conservative
1906 Sir Ivor Philipps Liberal William Dudley Ward Liberal
1922 Edwin King Perkins Conservative Allen Bathurst Conservative
1929 Ralph Morley Labour Tommy Lewis Labour
1931 William Craven-Ellis Conservative Sir Charles Barrie Liberal
Feb 1940 by-election Sir John Reith National
Nov 1940 by-election Dr Russell Thomas National Liberal
1945 Ralph Morley Labour Tommy Lewis Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Chamberlayne's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 January 1830: Southampton[17][6][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory James Barlow Hoy 437 71.4
Whig John Storey Penleaze 175 28.6
Majority 262 42.8
Turnout 612 c. 36.0
Registered electors c. 1,700
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1830: Southampton[6][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory James Barlow Hoy Unopposed
Tory Abel Rous Dottin Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,700
Tory hold
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1831: Southampton[6][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Arthur Atherley 732 43.4
Whig John Storey Penleaze 632 37.5
Tory James Barlow Hoy 321 19.1
Majority 311 18.4
Turnout 1,018 c. 59.9
Registered electors c. 1,700
Whig gain from Tory
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Southampton[19][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Arthur Atherley 645 30.8 −12.6
Tory James Barlow Hoy 604 28.9 +19.4
Whig John Storey Penleaze 594 28.4 −9.1
Tory James Mackillop 249 11.9 +2.4
Turnout 1,046 74.6 c. +14.7
Registered electors 1,403
Majority 41 2.1 −16.3
Whig hold Swing −11.8
Majority 10 0.5 N/A
Tory gain from Whig Swing +15.1
General election 1835: Southampton[19][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Barlow Hoy 508 28.3 −0.6
Conservative Abel Rous Dottin 492 27.4 +15.5
Whig John Easthope 423 23.6 −7.2
Whig Peregrine Bingham 371 20.7 −7.7
Majority 69 3.8 +3.3
Turnout 911 77.7 +3.1
Registered electors 1,403
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +11.5
General election 1837: Southampton[19][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Abel Rous Dottin 587 26.6 −1.7
Whig Adam Haldane-Duncan 564 25.6 +2.0
Conservative Charles Cecil Martyn 543 24.6 −2.8
Whig Clarence Paget 509 23.1 +2.4
Turnout 1,107 77.3 −0.4
Registered electors 1,433
Majority 23 1.0 −2.8
Conservative hold Swing −2.0
Majority 21 1.0 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Southampton[19][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bruce 648 27.0 +0.4
Conservative Charles Cecil Martyn 645 26.8 +2.2
Whig Edward John Hutchins 556 23.1 −2.5
Whig Charles Edward Mangles[20][21] 554 23.1 ±0.0
Majority 89 3.7 +2.7
Turnout 1,202 76.9 −0.4
Registered electors 1,563
Conservative hold Swing +0.8
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +1.7

The election was declared void on petition on 6 May 1842, due to bribery by Bruce and Martyn's agents, and a writ for a by-election was not moved until 1 August 1842.[22]

By-election, 9 August 1842: Southampton[19][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Humphrey St John-Mildmay 685 28.1 +1.1
Conservative George William Hope 682 28.0 +1.2
Whig George Nugent-Grenville 535 22.0 −1.1
Radical George Thompson 532 21.9 −1.2
Majority 147 6.0 +2.3
Turnout 1,225 68.4 −8.5
Registered electors 1,790
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 1847: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Brodie McGhie Willcox Unopposed
Whig Alexander Cockburn Unopposed
Registered electors 2,258
Whig gain from Conservative
Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Cockburn was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 July 1850: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Alexander Cockburn Unopposed
Whig hold

Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 April 1851: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Alexander Cockburn Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1852: Southampton[19][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Brodie McGhie Willcox 1,062 29.2 N/A
Whig Alexander Cockburn 1,017 27.9 N/A
Conservative Alexander Baillie-Cochrane 797 21.9 New
Conservative Augustus Arthur Vansittart 767 21.1 New
Majority 220 6.0 N/A
Turnout 1,822 (est) 75.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,419
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 7 January 1853: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Alexander Cockburn 1,098 64.8 +7.7
Conservative Alexander Baillie-Cochrane 596 35.2 −7.8
Majority 502 29.6 +23.6
Turnout 1,694 65.8 −9.5
Registered electors 2,576
Whig hold Swing +7.8

Cockburn was appointed Recorder of Bristol, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 April 1854: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Alexander Cockburn Unopposed
Whig hold

Cockburn resigned after being appointed a Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 February 1857: Southampton[19][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Matthias Weguelin 994 37.1 −20.0
Conservative Edward Butler[24] 962 35.9 −7.1
Radical Robert Andrews[16][25] 726 27.1 N/A
Majority 32 1.2 −4.8
Turnout 2,682 76.5 +1.2
Registered electors 3,508
Whig hold Swing −6.5
General election 1857: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Brodie McGhie Willcox Unopposed
Whig Thomas Matthias Weguelin Unopposed
Registered electors 3,508
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1859: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Digby Seymour 1,331 37.5 N/A
Liberal Brodie McGhie Willcox 1,204 33.9 N/A
Liberal Thomas Matthias Weguelin 1,012 28.5 N/A
Majority 192 5.4 N/A
Turnout 1,774 (est) 47.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,730
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

Willcox's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 6 December 1862: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Anderson Rose 1,715 51.0 New
Liberal Charles Edward Mangles 1,647 49.0 N/A
Majority 68 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,362 81.5 +34.0
Registered electors 4,124
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1865: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russell Gurney 1,565 24.6 N/A
Liberal George Moffatt 1,527 24.1 N/A
Conservative William Anderson Rose 1,422 22.4 N/A
Liberal Thomas Miller Mackay[26] 1,388 21.9 N/A
Liberal William Digby Seymour 447 7.0 −30.5
Turnout 3,175 (est) 75.8 (est) +28.3
Registered electors 4,189
Majority 38 0.7 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority 105 1.7 −3.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russell Gurney 2,393 27.6 +3.0
Conservative Peter Merrick Hoare 2,178 25.1 +2.7
Liberal George Moffatt 2,161 24.9 +0.8
Liberal Frederick Maxse 1,947 22.4 +0.5
Majority 17 0.2 −0.5
Turnout 4,340 (est) 76.2 (est) +0.4
Registered electors 5,696
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Perkins 2,724 28.1 +5.7
Conservative Russell Gurney 2,534 26.1 −1.5
Liberal George Moffatt 2,345 24.2 −0.7
Conservative John Ralph Engledue 2,103 21.7 −3.4
Turnout 4,853 (est) 74.2 (est) −2.0
Registered electors 6,537
Majority 621 6.4 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.1
Majority 189 1.9 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing −2.0

Gurney's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 Jun 1878: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Giles 2,552 52.6 +4.8
Liberal Henry Mason Bompas[27] 2,304 47.4 −4.9
Majority 248 5.2 +3.3
Turnout 4,856 69.2 −5.0
Registered electors 7,021
Conservative hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Southampton[19][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Lee 3,051 25.5 −2.6
Liberal Charles Parker Butt 3,023 25.3 +1.1
Conservative Alfred Giles 2,972 24.9 −1.2
Conservative John Edmund Commerell 2,902 24.3 +2.6
Majority 51 0.4 −6.0
Turnout 5,974 (est) 80.8 (est) +6.6
Registered electors 7,394
Liberal hold Swing −2.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.2

Butt resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 Apr 1883: Southampton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Giles Unopposed
Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1885: Southampton[29][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Giles 5,595 28.0 +3.1
Conservative John Edmund Commerell 5,307 26.5 +2.2
Liberal Henry Lee 4,566 22.8 −2.7
Liberal Edwin Jones (British judge) 4,535 22.7 −2.6
Majority 741 3.7 N/A
Turnout 10,101 (est) 83.8 +3.0 (est)
Registered electors 12,061
Conservative gain from Liberal
Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1886: Southampton[29][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Giles 5,023 27.7 −0.3
Conservative John Edmund Commerell 4,726 26.0 −0.5
Liberal John Henry Cooksey[30] 4,384 24.1 +1.3
Liberal James Carlile McCoan 4,029 22.2 −0.5
Majority 342 1.9 −1.8
Turnout 9,181 (est) 76.7 −7.1
Registered electors 12,061
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Commerell resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 May 1888: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Evans 5,151 54.7 +8.4
Conservative Arthur Guest 4,266 45.3 -8.4
Majority 885 9.4 N/A
Turnout 9,417 74.8 −1.9
Registered electors 12,596
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Southampton[29][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tankerville Chamberlayne 5,449 26.8 +0.8
Liberal Francis Evans 5,182 25.6 +1.5
Liberal Charles Burt 4,920 24.3 +2.1
Conservative Alfred Giles 4,734 23.3 −4.4
Majority 529 2.5 +0.6
Majority 448 2.3 N/A
Turnout 10,570 77.1 +1.3
Registered electors 13,717
Conservative hold
Liberal gain from Conservative
Chamberlayne & Simeon
General election 1895: Southampton[29][32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tankerville Chamberlayne 5,924 27.5 +0.7
Liberal Unionist John Simeon 5,390 25.0 +1.7
Liberal Francis Evans 5,181 24.1 −1.5
Lib-Lab Henry George Wilson 4,178 19.4 −4.9
Ind. Labour Party Ramsay MacDonald 867 4.0 New
Majority 1,746 8.1 +5.6
Majority 209 0.9 N/A
Turnout 11,302 76.8 −0.3
Registered electors 14,725
Conservative hold
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal
1896 Southampton by-election[29][note 1][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Evans 5,555 48.9 +5.4
Conservative George Candy 5,522 48.7 −3.8
Social Democratic Federation Charles A. Gibson[34] 274 2.4 New
Majority 33 0.2 N/A
Turnout 11,351 76.1 −0.7
Registered electors 14,919
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1900s

Hyde
General election 1900: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tankerville Chamberlayne 6,888 29.4 +1.9
Liberal Unionist John Simeon 6,253 26.8 +1.8
Liberal Francis Evans 5,575 23.9 −0.2
Liberal Clarendon Hyde 4,652 19.9 +0.5
Majority 1,313 5.5 -2.6
Majority 1,601 6.9 +6.0
Turnout 23,368 72.6 −4.2
Registered electors 16,505
Conservative hold
Liberal Unionist hold
Philipps
Quelch
General election 1906: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivor Philipps 7,032 26.4 +2.5
Liberal Dudley Ward 6,255 23.4 +3.5
Conservative Tankerville Chamberlayne 5,754 21.5 −7.9
Conservative J. Aird 5,535 20.7 −6.1
Social Democratic Federation Harry Quelch 2,146 8.0 New
Majority 501 1.9 N/A
Turnout 26,722 80.1 +7.5
Registered electors 17,613
Liberal gain from Conservative
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist

Elections in the 1910s

Giles
General election January 1910: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivor Philipps 8,878 26.5 +0.1
Liberal Dudley Ward 8,830 26.4 +3.0
Conservative Kenneth Balfour 7,874 23.6 +2.1
Conservative Charles Tyrrell Giles 7,841 23.5 +2.8
Majority 956 2.8 +0.9
Turnout 33,423 83.5 +3.4
Registered electors 20,205
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
Ward
General election December 1910: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivor Philipps 8,496 26.5 0.0
Liberal Dudley Ward 8,449 26.4 0.0
Conservative Kenneth Balfour 7,551 23.6 0.0
Conservative Sir George Elliot Armstrong, 2nd Baronet 7,535 23.5 0.0
Majority 898 2.8 0.0
Turnout 32,031 80.0 −3.5
Registered electors 20,205
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
By-election, 1917: Southampton[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dudley Ward Unopposed
Liberal hold
Philipps
General election 1918: Southampton[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Ivor Philipps 26,884 36.4 +9.9
C Liberal Dudley Ward 16,843 22.8 −3.6
Unionist Edwin King Perkins 15,548 21.0 −2.6
Labour Tommy Lewis 7,828 10.6 New
Labour Frederick Perriman 6,776 9.2 New
Majority 1,295 1.8 −1.0
Turnout 73,879 49.0 −31.0
Registered electors 75,334
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Southampton[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edwin King Perkins 22,054 23.9 +2.9
Unionist Allen Bathurst 20,351 22.0 N/A
Labour Tommy Lewis 14,868 16.1 +5.5
Health E.H.M. Stancomb 14,193 15.4 New
National Liberal Ivor Philipps 11,576 12.5 −21.9
National Liberal Dudley Ward 9,318 10.1 −12.7
Majority 5,483 5.9 N/A
Turnout 92,360 61.3 +12.3
Registered electors 75,316
Unionist gain from Liberal
Unionist gain from Liberal
General election 1923: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Allen Bathurst 20,453 20.0 −2.0
Unionist Edwin Perkins 20,249 19.8 −4.1
Labour Tommy Lewis 17,208 16.9 +0.8
Labour Reginald Sorenson 16,679 16.4 N/A
Liberal Francis Jefferies Spranger 13,724 13.5 +1.0
Liberal Neville Dixey 13,657 13.4 +3.3
Majority 3,041 2.9 −3.0
Turnout 101,970 66.4 +5.1
Registered electors 76,833
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Allen Bathurst 30,703 29.3 +9.3
Unionist Edwin Perkins 30,201 28.8 +9.0
Labour Tommy Lewis 22,183 21.1 +4.2
Labour Reginald Sorenson 21,768 20.8 +4.4
Majority 8,018 7.7 +4.8
Turnout 104,855 66.6 +0.2
Registered electors 78,776
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1929: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Lewis 32,249 22.4 +1.3
Labour Ralph Morley 31,252 21.7 +0.9
Unionist Ian Maitland 27,898 19.4 −9.9
Unionist Alec Cunningham-Reid 26,801 18.6 −10.2
Liberal John Howard Whitehouse 12,966 9.0 New
Liberal Arthur Thomas Lamsley 12,836 8.9 New
Majority 3,354 2.3 N/A
Turnout 144,002 69.5 +2.9
Registered electors 103,653
Labour gain from Unionist
Labour gain from Unionist

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Craven-Ellis 54,699 33.9 +14.5
National Liberal Charles Barrie 54,269 33.6 +15.0
Labour Tommy Lewis 26,425 16.4 −6.0
Labour Ralph Morley 26,061 16.1 −5.6
Majority 28,274 17.5 N/A
Majority 28,208 17.5 N/A
Turnout 161,454 75.2 +5.7
Registered electors 107,376
Unionist gain from Labour
National Liberal gain from Labour
General election 1935: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Craven-Ellis 44,896 30.0 −3.9
National Liberal Charles Barrie 43,697 29.3 −4.3
Labour Tommy Lewis 30,751 20.6 +4.2
Labour Ralph Morley 30,028 20.1 +4.0
Majority 14,145 9.4 −8.1
Majority 13,669 9.2 −8.3
Turnout 149,372 67.9 −7.3
Registered electors 110,047
Unionist hold
National Liberal hold

Elections in the 1940s

By-election, February 1940: Southampton (2 seats) [35][note 2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Reith Unopposed
National gain from National Liberal
By-election, November 1940: Southampton (2 seats) [35][note 3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Russell Thomas Unopposed
National Liberal gain from National
General election 1945: Southampton (2 seats) [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Morley 37,556 28.8 +8.7
Labour Tommy Lewis 37,054 28.4 +7.8
National William Craven-Ellis 24,367 18.7 −11.3
National Liberal Russell Thomas 22,650 17.3 −12.0
Liberal Reginald Fulljames 8,878 6.8 New
Majority 12,687 9.7 N/A
Majority 14,404 11.1 N/A
Turnout 130,505 68.0 +0.1
Registered electors 95,898
Labour gain from National
Labour gain from National Liberal

Notes

  1. ^ Tankerville Chamberlayne was unseated on petition
  2. ^ Held due to Charles Barrie's resignation
  3. ^ Held due to John Reith's elevation to the House of Lords

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