Brentford (UK Parliament constituency)

The local government district of Brentford, the civil parishes of Heston, Isleworth, Norwood (also known as Norwood Green), and Twickenham, and part of the civil parish of Hanwell.

;Context

The constituency was in the south-west of Middlesex, in present outer-southwest London. It was one of seven divisions of a soon-to-be County of London). It was named after its medieval market town of Brentford, on the north (Middlesex) bank of the River Thames. The seat bordered the Ealing division to the north and north-east, Kingston to the south-east and Uxbridge from the north-west to south-west.

Brentford had been the husting place for the two-member county of Middlesex since 1700, 155 years after the formation of the second breakaway urban division of Middlesex, the two-member seat of Westminster.[http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=localhistory011.htm "Brentford Elections In The Past: scenes of riot, disorder and tumult"] Brentford TW8: Brentford's local website Accessed 2017-60-03 The county as a whole saw 47 members replacing 18 before 1885, the greatest absolute rise of any county at a national boundary review.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

;Successors

Both of the seat's successors took in parts of an adjoining Middlesex division (seat).Representation of the People Act 1918

;Present administrative tiers

In 1965 the area of this old division became parts of the London Boroughs of Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames and Ealing.London Government Act 1963

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Octavius Coope

|votes =3,563

|percentage = 61.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Haysman

|votes = 2,267

|percentage = 38.9

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,296

|percentage = 22.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,830

|percentage = 73.1

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,971

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Octavius Coope

|votes =3,043

|percentage = 68.4

|change = +7.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Haysman

|votes = 1,409

|percentage = 31.6

|change = -7.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,634

|percentage = 36.8

|change = +14.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,452

|percentage = 55.9

|change = -17.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,971

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.3

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{{Election box end}}

Coope's death caused a by-election.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Bigwood

|votes =2,572

|percentage = 66.2

|change = −2.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Haysman

|votes = 1,316

|percentage = 33.8

|change = +2.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,256

|percentage = 32.4

|change = −4.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,888

|percentage = 48.8

|change = −7.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,971

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.2

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Bigwood

|votes =4,417

|percentage = 62.7

|change = −5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Heldmann

|votes = 2,625

|percentage = 37.3

|change = +5.7

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,792

|percentage = 25.4

|change = −11.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,042

|percentage = 70.6

|change = +14.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,975

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -3.5

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Bigwood

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Bigwood

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Vickerman Rutherford

|votes = 6,506

|percentage = 51.8

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Bigwood

|votes =6,053

|percentage = 48.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 453

|percentage = 3.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,559

|percentage = 73.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 17,153

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Brentford British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alwyne Compton

|votes =10,675

|percentage = 61.0

|change = +12.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Vickerman Rutherford

|votes = 6,819

|percentage = 39.0

|change = −12.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,856

|percentage = 22.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 17,494

|percentage = 84.5

|change = +11.3

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 20,701

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +12.8

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Brentford British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Alwyne Compton

|votes =9,199

|percentage =60.0

|change =-1.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William George Lobjoit

|votes = 6,124

|percentage =40.0

|change =+1.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =3,075

|percentage =20.0

|change =-2.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =15,323

|percentage =74.0

|change =-10.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 20,701

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =-1.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1911 Brentford by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =William Joynson-Hicks

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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;

• Unionist: William Joynson-Hicks
• Liberal: William George Lobjoit Middlesex Chronicle 30 May 1914

{{reflist}}

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
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Category:History of the London Borough of Hounslow

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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

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Category:Politics of the London Borough of Hounslow