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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
The constituency is portrayed in an episode (A Place in the World) of TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs as the safe DocklandsLabour seat of "Rotherhithe East" that is unsuccessfully contested by James Bellamy for the Conservatives in a by-election in 1920. Location scenes were actually shot in Rotherhithe in January 1975 during the making of the episode. (In real life through 1920 Rotherhithe was a Unionist seat.)
Referencesedit
^ abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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Rotherhithe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rotherhithe district of South London It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post system RotherhitheFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsRotherhithe in London 1885 1918Rotherhithe in London 1918 501885 1950SeatsoneCreated fromSouthwarkReplaced byBermondsey The constituency was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election when it became part of the revived Bermondsey constituency Contents 1 Boundaries 1 1 1885 1918 1 2 1918 1950 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 Election in the 1920s 3 6 Election in the 1930s 3 7 Election in the 1940s 4 In fiction 5 References 6 External linksBoundaries edit1885 1918 edit nbsp The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St Olave s St John s St Thomas s St Mary Rotherhithe and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey 1 1918 1950 edit The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St John St Olave Bermondsey five and six and Rotherhithe one two and three Members of Parliament editElection Member Party 1885 Charles Hamilton Conservative 1892 John Macdona Conservative 1906 Hubert Carr Gomm Liberal 1918 John Lort Williams Unionist 1923 Ben Smith Labour 1931 Norah Runge Conservative 1935 Ben Smith Labour 1946 b e Bob Mellish Labour 1950 constituency abolishedElection results editDecades 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1820s 1930s 1940s nbsp Bermondsey historical election results Elections in the 1880s edit nbsp Pankhurst General election 1885 Rotherhithe 2 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Hamilton 3 327 54 3 Lib Lab Richard Pankhurst 2 800 45 7 Majority 527 8 6 Turnout 6 127 72 5 Registered electors 8 455 Conservative win new seat General election 1886 Rotherhithe 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Hamilton 3 202 60 2 5 9 Liberal William Brampton Gurdon 2 115 39 8 5 9 Majority 1 087 20 4 11 8 Turnout 5 317 62 9 9 6 Registered electors 8 455 Conservative hold Swing 5 9 Elections in the 1890s edit nbsp Glanville General election 1892 Rotherhithe 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Macdona 3 995 59 1 1 1 Liberal Harold Glanville 2 765 40 9 1 1 Majority 1 230 18 2 2 2 Turnout 6 760 70 1 7 2 Registered electors 9 638 Conservative hold Swing 1 1 General election 1895 Rotherhithe 2 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Macdona 4 092 64 6 5 5 Liberal Ambrose Pomeroy 2 246 35 4 5 5 Majority 1 846 29 2 11 0 Turnout 6 338 69 0 1 1 Registered electors 9 188 Conservative hold Swing 5 5 Elections in the 1900s edit nbsp Hart Davies General election 1900 Rotherhithe 2 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Macdona 3 938 62 6 2 0 Liberal Thomas Hart Davies 2 356 37 4 2 0 Majority 1 582 25 2 4 0 Turnout 6 294 65 8 3 2 Registered electors 9 559 Conservative hold Swing 2 0 nbsp Carr Gomm General election 1906 Rotherhithe 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm 4 192 59 8 22 4 Conservative John Macdona 2 821 40 2 22 4 Majority 1 371 19 6 N A Turnout 7 013 80 6 14 8 Registered electors 8 700 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 22 4 Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Rotherhithe 2 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm 4 474 55 6 4 2 Conservative Assheton Pownall 3 570 44 4 4 2 Majority 904 11 2 8 4 Turnout 8 044 84 3 3 7 Liberal hold Swing 4 2 General election December 1910 Rotherhithe 2 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm 4 030 57 1 1 5 Conservative Assheton Pownall 3 026 42 9 1 5 Majority 1 004 14 2 3 0 Turnout 7 056 74 0 10 3 Liberal hold Swing 1 5 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 July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm Unionist General election 1918 Rotherhithe 6 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist John Lort Williams 5 639 50 0 7 1 Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm 3 889 34 5 22 6 Labour Will Godfrey 1 750 15 5 New Majority 1 750 15 5 N A Turnout 25 088 45 1 28 9 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 14 8 C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Election in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Unionist John Lort Williams 6 749 36 5 13 5 Labour Charles Diamond 6 703 36 3 21 8 Liberal Hubert Carr Gomm 5 034 27 2 7 3 Majority 46 0 2 15 3 Turnout 29 166 63 4 18 3 Unionist hold Swing 17 6 nbsp Hazleton General election 1923 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Labour Ben Smith 9 019 48 0 11 7 Unionist John Lort Williams 5 741 30 5 6 0 Liberal Richard Hazleton 4 035 21 5 5 7 Majority 3 278 17 5 N A Turnout 29 457 63 8 0 4 Labour gain from Unionist Swing 8 8 General election 1924 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Labour Ben Smith 12 703 60 3 12 3 Unionist Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann 8 375 39 7 9 2 Majority 4 328 20 6 3 1 Turnout 29 906 70 5 6 7 Labour hold Swing 1 5 General election 1929 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Labour Ben Smith 14 664 61 6 1 3 Unionist Gurney Braithwaite 4 594 19 3 20 4 Liberal Dora West 4 556 19 1 New Majority 10 070 42 3 21 7 Turnout 36 133 65 9 0 6 Labour hold Swing 10 8 Election in the 1930s edit nbsp Runge General election 1931 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Conservative Norah Runge 11 666 50 3 31 0 Labour Ben Smith 11 536 49 7 11 9 Majority 130 0 6 N A Turnout 36 111 64 3 1 6 Conservative gain from Labour Swing 21 4 General election 1935 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Labour Ben Smith 14 416 59 7 10 0 Conservative Norah Runge 9 751 40 3 10 0 Majority 4 665 19 4 N A Turnout 33 899 71 3 7 0 Labour gain from Conservative Swing 10 0 Election in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Rotherhithe Party Candidate Votes Labour Ben Smith 9 741 79 1 19 4 Conservative Norah Runge 2 577 20 9 19 4 Majority 7 164 58 2 38 8 Turnout 18 098 68 1 3 2 Labour hold Swing 19 4 1946 Rotherhithe by election 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bob Mellish 7 265 65 0 14 1 Liberal Edward Martell 2 821 25 3 New Conservative Frederick Burden 1 084 9 7 11 2 Majority 4 444 39 7 18 5 Turnout 11 170 50 9 17 2 Labour holdIn fiction editThe constituency is portrayed in an episode A Place in the World of TV drama series Upstairs Downstairs as the safe Docklands Labour seat of Rotherhithe East that is unsuccessfully contested by James Bellamy for the Conservatives in a by election in 1920 Location scenes were actually shot in Rotherhithe in January 1975 during the making of the episode In real life through 1920 Rotherhithe was a Unionist seat References edit a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1886 a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 FWS Craig a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book 1907 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1901 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig The Times 19 November 1946External links editLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with R part 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rotherhithe UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1219540044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
