Southwark West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Southwark West in London
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromSouthwark
Replaced bySouthwark North

Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of 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 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Arthur Cohen Liberal
1888 by-election Richard Causton Liberal
1910 William Dunn Conservative
1910 Edward Strauss Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Southwark West[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Cohen 2,851 52.2
Conservative Augustus Beddall 2,611 47.8
Majority 240 4.4
Turnout 5,462 70.2
Registered electors 7,776
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Cohen 2,566 51.1 -1.1
Conservative Augustus Beddall 2,453 48.9 +1.1
Majority 113 2.2 -2.2
Turnout 5,019 64.5 -5.7
Registered electors 7,776
Liberal hold Swing -1.1

Cohen resigned, causing a by-election.

Causton
By-election, 17 Feb 1888: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton 3,638 59.8 +8.7
Conservative Augustus Beddall 2,444 40.2 -8.7
Majority 1,194 19.6 +17.4
Turnout 6,082 73.3 +8.8
Registered electors 8,296
Liberal hold Swing +8.7

Elections in the 1890s

Bond
General election 1892: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton 3,534 60.6 +9.5
Conservative Edward Bond 2,295 39.4 −9.5
Majority 1,239 21.2 +19.0
Turnout 5,829 72.4 +7.9
Registered electors 8,048
Liberal hold Swing +9.5

Causton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 23 Aug 1892: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton 2,989 51.0 -9.6
Conservative Frederick William Horner 2,870 49.0 +9.6
Majority 119 2.0 -19.2
Turnout 5,859 72.2 -0.2
Registered electors 8,113
Liberal hold Swing -9.6

Elections in the 1900s

Causton
General election 1900: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton 2,893 51.1 +0.1
Conservative Alfred Newton 2,763 48.9 -0.1
Majority 130 2.2 +0.2
Turnout 5,656 71.2 -1.0
Registered electors 7,945
Liberal hold Swing +0.1
General election 1906: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Causton 3,057 54.1 +3.0
Conservative Arthur Salter 2,592 45.9 -3.0
Majority 465 8.2 +6.0
Turnout 5,649 79.9 +8.7
Registered electors 7,066
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Dunn 3,387 51.2 +5.3
Liberal Richard Causton 3,223 48.8 -5.3
Majority 161 2.4 N/A
Turnout 6,610
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.3
Strauss
General election December 1910: Southwark West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Strauss 3,028 50.1 +1.3
Conservative William Dunn 3,010 49.9 -1.3
Majority 18 0.2 N/A
Turnout 6,038 74.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.3

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 49. ISBN 9781349022984.
  2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1886
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