Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Hornsey /ˈhɔːrnˌziː/ was a constituency that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1885 — 1983. It was then largely replaced by Hornsey & Wood Green. Its voters using the first-past-the-post system elected the Conservative Party candidate at each election. Its closest result was a 1.29% majority at the 1966 election which saw the start of the Second Wilson Ministry. From 1945 onwards the runners-up in the seat were the Labour Party candidates.

Hornsey
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Hornsey 1885-1918
Hornsey 1918-1950
County	1885–1965: Middlesex 1965–1983: Greater London
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hornsey & Wood Green (newly created seat) Tottenham (minor additions to)[1]
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Borough version above and Finchley (newly created seat in 1918 using mainly western part of)
Created from	Middlesex

History

From 1885 to 1918, the constituency was a county division of Middlesex, and in 1918 it became a parliamentary borough. From 1950 it was a borough constituency.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parishes of Hornsey (including South Hornsey) and Finchley, and the area (very small exclaves) included in the Parliamentary Boroughs of the City of London, Finsbury, and Islington.

1918–1974: The Municipal Borough of Hornsey.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Central Hornsey, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Muswell Hill, South Hornsey, Stroud Green, and Turnpike.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member[2]	Party[3][4]
	1885	Sir James McGarel-Hogg	Conservative
	1887	Henry 'Inky' Stephens	Conservative
	1900	Charles Balfour	Conservative
	1907	Lawrence Dundas	Conservative
	1916	Kennedy Jones	Unionist
	1921	William Ward	Unionist
	1924	Euan Wallace	Unionist
	1941	Sir David Gammans	Conservative
	1957	Muriel Gammans	Conservative
	1966	Sir Hugh Rossi	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

McGarel-Hogg

General election 1885: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James McGarel-Hogg	4,619	58.3	N/A
	Liberal	William Edwardes	3,299	41.7	N/A
Majority			1,320	16.6	N/A
Turnout			7,918	74.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,648
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James McGarel-Hogg	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

McGarel-Hogg was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Magheramorne, causing a by-election.

Stephens

By-election, 19 Jul 1887: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Stephens	4,476	64.3	N/A
	Liberal	Horatio Bottomley	2,488	35.7	New
Majority			1,988	28.6	N/A
Turnout			6,964	64.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,814
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Stephens	6,192	68.0	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Rees Sydenham-Jones[7][8]	2,913	32.0	N/A
Majority			3,279	36.0	N/A
Turnout			9,105	67.7	N/A
Registered electors			13,451
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Stephens	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Balfour	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Hornsey [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Balfour	8,859	54.9	N/A
	Liberal	C W Tomkinson	7,289	45.1	New
Majority			1,570	9.8	N/A
Turnout			16,148	82.2	N/A
Registered electors			19,651
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

1907 Hornsey by-election [5][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lawrence Dundas	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Hornsey [5][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lawrence Dundas	12,014	58.2	+3.3
	Liberal	Robert Dummett	8,633	41.8	-3.3
Majority			3,381	16.4	N/A
Turnout			20,647	87.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election December 1910: Hornsey [5][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lawrence Dundas	11,066	59.2	+1.0
	Liberal	Robert Dummett	7,613	40.8	-1.0
Majority			3,453	18.4	+2.0
Turnout			18,679	79.4	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

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;

• Unionist: Lawrence Dundas
• Liberal:

1916 Hornsey by-election [5][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Kennedy Jones	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1918: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Kennedy Jones	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Hornsey by-election[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Ward	15,959	53.4	N/A
	Liberal	Leslie Burgin	13,943	46.6	New
Majority			2,016	6.8	N/A
Turnout			29,902	65.7	N/A
Registered electors			45,510
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Ward	18,462	53.2	N/A
	Liberal	Leslie Burgin	16,239	46.8	N/A
Majority			2,223	6.4	N/A
Turnout			34,701	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			44,964
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Ward	16,812	47.4	−5.8
	Liberal	Leslie Burgin	15,197	42.8	−4.0
	Labour	Christopher Francis Healy	3,487	9.8	New
Majority			1,615	4.6	−1.8
Turnout			35,496	76.6	−0.6
Registered electors			46,312
	Unionist hold		Swing	−0.9

General election 1924: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Euan Wallace	21,017	54.6	+7.2
	Liberal	Leslie Burgin	13,217	34.3	−8.5
	Labour	Christopher Francis Healy	4,277	11.1	+1.3
Majority			7,800	20.3	+15.7
Turnout			38,511	81.6	+5.0
Registered electors			47,174
	Unionist hold		Swing	+7.9

General election 1929: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Euan Wallace	25,540	51.0	−3.6
	Liberal	William Thomson	16,029	32.0	−2.3
	Labour	Francis Henry Wiltshire	8,529	17.0	+5.9
Majority			9,511	19.0	−1.3
Turnout			50,098	75.2	−6.4
Registered electors			66,620
	Unionist hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Euan Wallace	41,194	84.5	+33.5
	Labour	Hugh Franklin	7,585	15.5	-2.0
Majority			33,609	69.0	+50.0
Turnout			48,779	70.3	-4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1935: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Euan Wallace	30,494	64.9	-19.6
	Labour	Mari Power	10,320	21.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Herbert Baxter	6,206	13.2	New
Majority			20,174	43.0	-26.0
Turnout			47,020	67.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Euan Wallace
• Labour: JT Murphy[13]

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Hornsey by-election[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gammans	11,077	72.8	+7.9
	National Independent	Noel Pemberton Billing	4,146	27.2	New
Majority			6,931	45.6	+2.6
Turnout			15,223	21.1	-45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1945: Hornsey [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gammans	24,684	52.8	-12.1
	Labour	Bill Fiske	12,015	25.7	+3.8
	Communist	George John Jones	10,058	21.5	New
Majority			12,669	27.1	-15.9
Turnout			46,757	73.1	+6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hornsey[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gammans	33,927	53.8	+1.0
	Labour	Reginald Pestell	22,832	36.2	+10.5
	Liberal	Adrienne Leevers	5,122	8.1	New
	Communist	George John Jones	1,191	1.9	-19.6
Majority			11,095	17.6	-9.5
Turnout			63,072
	Conservative hold		Swing

• Archive footage of the result and speeches from 3:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTmt5Rz-DTA

General election 1951: Hornsey[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gammans	36,417	58.7	+4.9
	Labour	Reginald Pestell	25,643	41.3	+5.1
Majority			10,774	17.4	-0.2
Turnout			62,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Hornsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gammans	33,294	60.2	+1.5
	Labour	Frederick Evelyn Mostyn	20,568	37.2	-4.1
	Communist	George John Jones	1,442	2.6	New
Majority			12,726	23.0	+5.6
Turnout			55,304
	Conservative hold		Swing

1957 Hornsey by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Muriel Gammans	24,169	53.5	-6.7
	Labour	Frederick Evelyn Mostyn	21,038	46.5	+9.3
Majority			3,131	7.0	-16.0
Turnout			45,207
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.0

General election 1959: Hornsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Muriel Gammans	30,048	55.06
	Labour	Frederick Evelyn Mostyn	17,710	32.45
	Liberal	Samuel Solomon	5,706	10.46
	Communist	George John Jones	1,107	2.03
Majority			12,338	22.61	-
Turnout			54,571
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hornsey[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Muriel Gammans	22,590	46.68	-8.38
	Labour	C Stephen Yeo	18,528	38.29	+5.84
	Liberal	Samuel Solomon	6,015	12.43	+1.97
	Communist	Max Morris	1,258	2.60	+0.57
Majority			4,062	8.39	-14.22
Turnout			48,391	70.45	-6.25
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.11

General election 1966: Hornsey[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	21,116	44.15	-2.53
	Labour	C Stephen Yeo	20,501	42.86	+4.57
	Liberal	Percy W Meyer	5,026	10.51	-1.92
	Communist	Max Morris	1,184	2.48	-0.12
Majority			615	1.29	-7.10
Turnout			47,827	72.75	+2.30
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.55

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Hornsey[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	21,434	49.14	+4.99
	Labour	Philip Wells-Pestell	17,645	40.46	-2.40
	Liberal	Laurence S Brass	3,755	8.61	-1.9
	Communist	Margaret Morris	624	1.43	-1.05
	Socialist (GB)	Edmund Grant	156	0.36	New
Majority			3,789	8.68	+7.39
Turnout			43,614	67.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Hornsey[1][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	18,792	42.66	-6.48
	Labour	Irving Howard Kuczynski	16,584	37.65	-2.81
	Liberal	Patrick William O'Brien	8,676	19.69	+11.09
Majority			2,208	5.01	-3.68
Turnout			44,052	75.96	+8.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Hornsey[1][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	17,226	43.14	+0.49
	Labour	Irving Howard Kuczynski	16,444	41.19	+3.54
	Liberal	Philip Laurence Smulian	5,283	13.23	-6.46
	National Front	Jennifer Stubbs	973	2.44	New
Majority			782	1.95	-3.06
Turnout			39,926	68.52	-7.44
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.53

General election 1979: Hornsey[1][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	20,225	49.37	+6.23
	Labour	Edward Robert Knight	16,188	39.52	-1.67
	Liberal	Patrick William O'Brien	4,058	9.91	-3.33
	National Front	Bruce William Pell	337	0.82	-1.61
	Ind. Conservative	Derek Walter Berry	156	0.38	New
Majority			4,037	9.85	+7.89
Turnout			40,964	70.13	+1.61
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.95

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