Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)
Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead, Carshalton which is a suburb on a long, north-south hillside south of London. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of the London Borough of Sutton. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Carshalton | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1945–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Carshalton and Wallington |
Created from | Mitcham |
It was created for the 1945 general election having been the south-west of "Mitcham" and on shedding Banstead in 1974 it gained what had been the south-east of the Mitcham seat, then was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by Carshalton and Wallington, a nearly identical eastern set of 13 wards of its (post-1965) solely related local government area (London Borough).
Boundaries
1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North East, Carshalton North West, Carshalton St Helier North, Carshalton St Helier South, Carshalton St Helier West, Carshalton South East, Carshalton South West, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1945 | Antony Head | Conservative | Resigned 1960 on being raised to the peerage | |
1960 by-election | Walter Elliot | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974 | Robert Carr | Conservative | MP for "Mitcham" 1950-1974. In 1976 elevated to the Lords instead. | |
1976 by-election | Nigel Forman | Conservative |
1983: constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Antony Head | 20,181 | 45.34 | ||
Labour | William F Hawkins | 19,164 | 43.05 | ||
Liberal | Wilfrid Barrow | 5,167 | 11.61 | ||
Majority | 1,017 | 2.29 | |||
Turnout | 44,512 | 77.07 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Antony Head | 29,493 | 52.52 | ||
Labour | S Sharman | 21,536 | 38.35 | ||
Liberal | Dennis W Clarke | 5,132 | 9.14 | ||
Majority | 7,957 | 14.17 | |||
Turnout | 56,161 | 88.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Antony Head | 32,634 | 58.73 | ||
Labour | Clifford H Davies | 22,928 | 41.27 | ||
Majority | 9,706 | 17.46 | |||
Turnout | 55,562 | 85.07 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Antony Head | 30,429 | 55.70 | ||
Labour | Harvey R Cole | 18,924 | 34.64 | ||
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 5,277 | 9.66 | ||
Majority | 11,505 | 21.06 | |||
Turnout | 54,630 | 80.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Antony Head | 30,454 | 53.99 | ||
Labour | John H Powell | 17,210 | 30.51 | ||
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 8,744 | 15.50 | ||
Majority | 13,244 | 23.48 | |||
Turnout | 56,408 | 82.48 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Walter Elliot | 19,175 | 51.66 | -2.33 | |
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 10,250 | 27.61 | +12.11 | |
Labour | Brian Thomas | 7,696 | 20.73 | -9.78 | |
Majority | 8,925 | 24.04 | +0.56 | ||
Turnout | 37,121 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Walter Elliot | 26,118 | 48.88 | ||
Labour | Brian Thomas | 16,105 | 30.14 | ||
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 11,207 | 20.98 | ||
Majority | 10,013 | 18.74 | |||
Turnout | 53,430 | 80.18 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Walter Elliot | 24,615 | 47.02 | ||
Labour | Philip John Bassett | 18,746 | 35.81 | ||
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 8,988 | 17.17 | ||
Majority | 5,869 | 11.21 | |||
Turnout | 52,349 | 79.35 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Walter Elliot | 27,342 | 53.98 | ||
Labour | Gilbert S Baker | 16,896 | 33.36 | ||
Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 6,411 | 12.66 | ||
Majority | 10,446 | 20.62 | |||
Turnout | 50,649 | 71.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Robert Carr | 24,440 | 44.53 | ||
Labour | PJ Walker | 18,750 | 34.16 | ||
Liberal | Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone | 11,695 | 21.31 | ||
Majority | 5,690 | 10.37 | |||
Turnout | 54,885 | 82.89 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Carr | 22,538 | 45.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Bernard Frances Atherton | 18,840 | 38.0 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone | 8,272 | 16.7 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 3,698 | 7.4 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 49,650 | 74.3 | −8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Nigel Forman | 20,753 | 51.69 | +6.29 | |
Labour | Colin Blau | 11,021 | 27.49 | -10.46 | |
Liberal | John Hatherley | 6,028 | 15.01 | -1.65 | |
National Front | Terry Denville-Faulkner[2] | 1,851 | 4.61 | New | |
Conservative Anti-Common Market | Reginald Simmerson | 251 | 0.63 | New | |
Logic Party | William Dunmore | 133 | 0.33 | New | |
Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 115 | 0.29 | New | |
Majority | 9,732 | 24.20 | |||
Turnout | 40,152 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Nigel Forman | 26,492 | 51.3 | +5.9 | |
Labour | MG Ormerod | 16,121 | 31.2 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | John Hatherley | 8,112 | 15.7 | -1.0 | |
National Front | Terry Denville-Faulkner | 919 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,371 | 20.1 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,645 | 76.8 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034528/http://by-elections.co.uk/76.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2009-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i05.htm
See also
As to 1945-1965 period: list of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey