Southwark North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Southwark West |
Replaced by | Southwark |
Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] North 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.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Edward Strauss | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Leslie Haden-Guest | Labour | |
1927 | Edward Strauss | Liberal | |
1929 | George Isaacs | Labour | |
1931 | Edward Strauss | National Liberal | |
1939 by-election | George Isaacs | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Southwark |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Edward Strauss | 4,254 | 47.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | John Harrington (Unionist) | 2,183 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | George Isaacs | 2,027 | 22.4 | ||
NFDDSS | George Gregory Gebbett | 573 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 2,071 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,037 | 40.4 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,435 | 54.0 | New | |
Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 6,323 | 46.0 | +23.6 | |
Majority | 1,112 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,758 | 56.1 | +15.7 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 7,665 | 51.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,303 | 48.8 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 362 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,968 | 59.7 | +3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie Haden-Guest | 8,115 | 43.8 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,085 | 38.3 | -10.5 | |
Unionist | John Llewellin | 3,305 | 17.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,030 | 5.5 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,505 | 71.5 | +11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Strauss | 7,334 | 43.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 6,167 | 36.9 | -6.9 | |
Constitutionalist | Leslie Haden-Guest | 3,215 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,167 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,716 | 62.8 | -8.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 9,660 | 45.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Strauss | 9,228 | 43.8 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | Marcus Samuel | 2,198 | 10.4 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 432 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,086 | 65.2 | -6.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | *Edward Strauss | 13,045 | 64.9 | +21.1 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 7,053 | 35.1 | -13.7 | |
Majority | 5,992 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,098 | 63.2 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +15.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Edward Strauss | 8,086 | 50.2 | -14.7 | |
Labour | George Isaacs | 8,007 | 49.8 | +14.7 | |
Majority | 79 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,093 | 56.1 | -7.1 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 5,815 | 57.4 | +7.6 | |
National Liberal | Alfred Henderson-Livesey | 4,322 | 42.6 | -7.6 | |
Majority | 1,493 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,137 | 38.9 | -17.2 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Isaacs | 5,943 | 69.0 | +19.2 | |
National Liberal | Edward Terrell | 2,673 | 31.0 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 3,270 | 38.0 | +37.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,616 | 61.3 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |