Tottenham South (UK Parliament constituency)
Tottenham South was a parliamentary constituency in Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Tottenham South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Tottenham |
Created from | Tottenham |
History
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Tottenham South in Middlesex, 1918-50
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban District of Tottenham wards of Harringay, High Cross, and St Ann's.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Whip | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Patrick Malone | Unionist | |
1923 | Percy Alden | Labour | |
1924 | Patrick Malone | Unionist | |
1929 | Frederick Messer | Labour | |
1931 | Francis Noel Palmer | National Labour | |
1935 | Frederick Messer | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 6,632 | 42.4 | n/a | |
Labour | Leo Money | 5,779 | 37.0 | n/a | |
National Democratic | Albert Ernest Harvey | 1,916 | 12.3 | n/a | |
NFDDSS | Albert Edward Jay | 1,295 | 8.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 853 | 5.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 45.3 | n/a | |||
Unionist win |
- no candidate was endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 9,903 | 44.5 | +2.1 | |
Labour | R. H. Tawney | 8,241 | 37.1 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Musgrove Mathews | 4,081 | 18.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,602 | 7.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 63.8 | +18.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.0 |
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Percy Alden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Alden | 10,312 | 46.9 | +9.8 | |
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 7,687 | 35.0 | -9.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred George Newell | 3,974 | 18.1 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 2,625 | 11.9 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 62.5 | -1.3 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 13,600 | 52.9 | +17.9 | |
Labour | Percy Alden | 12,099 | 47.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,501 | 5.8 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | 71.9 | +9.3 | |||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | 8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Messer | 14,423 | 46.5 | -0.6 | |
Unionist | Patrick Bernard Malone | 9,701 | 31.3 | -21.6 | |
Liberal | William John Stonestreet | 6,407 | 20.7 | n/a | |
Communist | Henry Thomas W Sara | 490 | 1.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,722 | 15.1 | 21.0 | ||
Turnout | 67.5 | -4.4 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Francis Noel Palmer | 17,824 | 58.6 | n/a | |
Labour | Frederick Messer | 12,602 | 41.4 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 5,222 | 17.2 | 32.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,426 | 65.4 | -2.1 | ||
National Labour gain from Labour | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Messer | 15,834 | 58.5 | +17.1 | |
National Labour | Francis Noel Palmer | 11,221 | 41.5 | -17.1 | |
Majority | 4,613 | 17.0 | 34.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,055 | 60.5 | -4.9 | ||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing | +17.1 | |||
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;
- Labour: Frederick Messer[8]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Messer | 18,335 | 73.3 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Arthur Bateman | 4,480 | 17.9 | n/a | |
Independent National | Archibald Church | 2,193 | 8.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 13,855 | 55.4 | +38.4 | ||
Turnout | 69.0 | +8.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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