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Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election

Bethnal Green North East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Bethnal Green North East in London 1885–1918
Bethnal Green North East in London 1918–1950
18851950
Seatsone
Created fromHackney
Replaced byBethnal Green

Boundaries edit

 

The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).

1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.[1]

Members of Parliament edit

Notes:-

  • a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip.
  • b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.

Election results edit

Elections in the 1880s edit

 
George Howell
General election 1885: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 3,095 62.7
Conservative John Dawson Mayne 1,844 37.3
Majority 1,251 25.4
Turnout 4,939 69.5
Registered electors 7,102
Lib-Lab win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,278 54.4 −8.3
Liberal Unionist Edward John Stoneham 1,906 45.6 +8.3
Majority 372 8.8 −16.6
Turnout 4,184 58.9 −10.6
Registered electors 7,102
Lib-Lab hold Swing −8.3

Elections in the 1890s edit

General election 1892: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,918 54.4 0.0
Conservative Harry Marks 2,321 43.2 −2.4
Social Democratic Federation Hugh Robert Taylor 106 2.0 New
Independent R. Ballard 23 0.4 New
Majority 597 11.2 +2.4
Turnout 5,368 72.2 +13.3
Registered electors 7,438
Lib-Lab hold Swing +1.2
General election 1895: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,591 51.6 +8.4
Lib-Lab George Howell 2,431 48.4 −6.0
Majority 160 3.2 N/A
Turnout 5,022 67.6 −4.6
Registered electors 7,431
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1900s edit

General election 1900: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,988 53.4 +1.8
Liberal Harry Levy-Lawson 2,609 46.6 −1.8
Majority 379 6.8 +3.6
Turnout 5,597 69.9 +2.3
Registered electors 8,012
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
 
Cornwall
General election 1906: Bethnal Green North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4,127 66.0 +19.4
Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2,130 34.0 −19.4
Majority 1,997 32.0 N/A
Turnout 6,257 80.9 +11.0
Registered electors 7,730
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +19.4

Elections in the 1910s edit

General election January 1910: Bethnal Green North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3,842 61.2 −4.8
Conservative John Molson 2,435 38.8 +4.8
Majority 1,407 22.4 −9.6
Turnout 6,277 83.1 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing −4.8
General election December 1910: Bethnal Green North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3,188 61.0 −0.2
Conservative John Molson 2,037 39.0 +0.2
Majority 1,151 22.0 −0.4
Turnout 5,225 69.2 −13.9
Liberal hold Swing −0.2

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;

General election 1918: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4,448 56.4 −4.6
National Wilfred Liddell Steel 2,312 29.3 New
Health William Shadforth 1,127 14.3 New
Majority 2,136 27.1 +5.1
Turnout 25,253 31.2 −38.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s edit

General election 1922: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 5,774 36.1 −20.3
Communist Walter Windsor 5,659 35.3 New
Unionist Eric Alfred Hoffgaard 2,806 17.5 New
National Liberal George Garro-Jones 1,780 11.5 New
Majority 115 0.8 −26.3
Turnout 27,262 58.8 +27.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Windsor 7,415 45.7 +12.4
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 6,790 41.8 +5.7
Unionist Robert Tasker 2,035 12.5 −5.0
Majority 625 3.9 N/A
Turnout 27,468 59.1 +0.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +3.3
General election 1924: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Windsor 9,560 50.2 +4.5
Liberal Garnham Edmonds 9,465 49.8 +8.0
Majority 95 0.4 −3.5
Turnout 27,827 68.4 +9.3
Labour hold Swing −1.8
General election 1929: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Nathan 11,690 47.4 −2.4
Labour Walter Windsor 11,101 44.9 −5.3
Unionist James Alan Bell 1,908 7.7 New
Majority 589 2.5 N/A
Turnout 34,453 71.7 +3.3
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Nathan 13,135 55.9 +8.5
Labour William Barratt 10,368 44.1 −0.8
Majority 2,767 11.8 +9.3
Turnout 34,377 68.4 −3.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.7
General election 1935: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Dan Chater 11,581 63.5 +19.4
Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 6,644 36.5 −19.4
Majority 4,937 27.0 N/A
Turnout 32,809 55.5 −12.9
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Swing +19.4

Elections in the 1940s edit

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;

General election 1945: Bethnal Green North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Dan Chater 7,696 59.9 −3.6
Liberal Paul Wright 3,979 30.9 −5.6
Conservative William Sackville 1,185 9.2 New
Majority 3,717 29.0 +2.0
Turnout 19,225 66.9 +11.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  2. ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, F. W. S. Craig
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F. W. S. Craig.
  4. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939.
  5. ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939.

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Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general electionBethnal Green North EastFormer borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBethnal Green North East in London 1885 1918Bethnal Green North East in London 1918 19501885 1950SeatsoneCreated fromHackneyReplaced byBethnal Green Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1880s 3 2 Elections in the 1890s 3 3 Elections in the 1900s 3 4 Elections in the 1910s 3 5 Elections in the 1920s 3 6 Elections in the 1930s 3 7 Elections in the 1940s 4 ReferencesBoundaries edit nbsp The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green Middlesex later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London 1885 1918 The North and East wards of the parish of St Matthew Bethnal Green 1 Members of Parliament editYear Member Whip1885 George Howell Liberal1895 Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree Conservative1906 Sir Edwin Cornwall Liberal1919 Coalition Liberal1922 Garnham Edmonds Liberal1923 Walter Windsor Labour1929 Harry Nathan LiberalFebruary 1933 a Independent LiberalJune 1934 b Labour1935 Dan Chater Labour1950 constituency abolished see Bethnal GreenNotes a No election Nathan resigned the Liberal whip b No election Nathan took the Labour whip Election results editElections in the 1880s edit nbsp George HowellGeneral election 1885 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Lib Lab George Howell 3 095 62 7Conservative John Dawson Mayne 1 844 37 3Majority 1 251 25 4Turnout 4 939 69 5Registered electors 7 102Lib Lab win new seat General election 1886 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Lib Lab George Howell 2 278 54 4 8 3Liberal Unionist Edward John Stoneham 1 906 45 6 8 3Majority 372 8 8 16 6Turnout 4 184 58 9 10 6Registered electors 7 102Lib Lab hold Swing 8 3Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Lib Lab George Howell 2 918 54 4 0 0Conservative Harry Marks 2 321 43 2 2 4Social Democratic Federation Hugh Robert Taylor 106 2 0 NewIndependent R Ballard 23 0 4 NewMajority 597 11 2 2 4Turnout 5 368 72 2 13 3Registered electors 7 438Lib Lab hold Swing 1 2General election 1895 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2 591 51 6 8 4Lib Lab George Howell 2 431 48 4 6 0Majority 160 3 2 N ATurnout 5 022 67 6 4 6Registered electors 7 431Conservative gain from Lib Lab Swing 7 2Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2 988 53 4 1 8Liberal Harry Levy Lawson 2 609 46 6 1 8Majority 379 6 8 3 6Turnout 5 597 69 9 2 3Registered electors 8 012Conservative hold Swing 1 8 nbsp CornwallGeneral election 1906 Bethnal Green North East 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4 127 66 0 19 4Conservative Mancherjee Bhownaggree 2 130 34 0 19 4Majority 1 997 32 0 N ATurnout 6 257 80 9 11 0Registered electors 7 730Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 19 4Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Bethnal Green North East Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3 842 61 2 4 8Conservative John Molson 2 435 38 8 4 8Majority 1 407 22 4 9 6Turnout 6 277 83 1 2 2Liberal hold Swing 4 8General election December 1910 Bethnal Green North East Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edwin Cornwall 3 188 61 0 0 2Conservative John Molson 2 037 39 0 0 2Majority 1 151 22 0 0 4Turnout 5 225 69 2 13 9Liberal hold Swing 0 2General 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 Liberal Edwin Cornwall Unionist General election 1918 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Edwin Cornwall 4 448 56 4 4 6National Wilfred Liddell Steel 2 312 29 3 NewHealth William Shadforth 1 127 14 3 NewMajority 2 136 27 1 5 1Turnout 25 253 31 2 38 0Liberal hold Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Garnham Edmonds 5 774 36 1 20 3Communist Walter Windsor 5 659 35 3 NewUnionist Eric Alfred Hoffgaard 2 806 17 5 NewNational Liberal George Garro Jones 1 780 11 5 NewMajority 115 0 8 26 3Turnout 27 262 58 8 27 6Liberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1923 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Walter Windsor 7 415 45 7 12 4Liberal Garnham Edmonds 6 790 41 8 5 7Unionist Robert Tasker 2 035 12 5 5 0Majority 625 3 9 N ATurnout 27 468 59 1 0 3Labour gain from Liberal Swing 3 3General election 1924 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Walter Windsor 9 560 50 2 4 5Liberal Garnham Edmonds 9 465 49 8 8 0Majority 95 0 4 3 5Turnout 27 827 68 4 9 3Labour hold Swing 1 8General election 1929 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Harry Nathan 11 690 47 4 2 4Labour Walter Windsor 11 101 44 9 5 3Unionist James Alan Bell 1 908 7 7 NewMajority 589 2 5 N ATurnout 34 453 71 7 3 3Liberal gain from Labour Swing 1 5Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Harry Nathan 13 135 55 9 8 5Labour William Barratt 10 368 44 1 0 8Majority 2 767 11 8 9 3Turnout 34 377 68 4 3 3Liberal hold Swing 4 7General election 1935 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Dan Chater 11 581 63 5 19 4Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 6 644 36 5 19 4Majority 4 937 27 0 N ATurnout 32 809 55 5 12 9Labour Co op gain from Liberal Swing 19 4Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1939 40Another 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 Dan Chater 4 Liberal Ormond Lewis 5 General election 1945 Bethnal Green North East 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Dan Chater 7 696 59 9 3 6Liberal Paul Wright 3 979 30 9 5 6Conservative William Sackville 1 185 9 2 NewMajority 3 717 29 0 2 0Turnout 19 225 66 9 11 4Labour Co op hold Swing 1 0References edit Chap 23 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty eighth and forty ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1885 pp 111 198 a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 F W S Craig a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 F W S Craig Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party 1939 The Liberal Magazine 1939 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bethnal Green North East UK Parliament constituency 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