Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974}}
{{For|similarly named constituencies|Southwark constituency (disambiguation){{!}}Southwark constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Southwark
|parliament = uk
|map1 =
|map_entity =
|map_year =
|year = 1295
|abolished = 1885
|elects_howmany = Two
|previous = Surrey (part of)
|next = Bermondsey
Rotherhithe
Southwark West
|year2 = 1950
|abolished2 = 1974
|type = Borough
|previous2 = Southwark Central, Southwark North and Southwark South East
|elects_howmany2 = One
|next2 = Bermondsey (abolished 1983)
Peckham (abolished 1997)
Dulwich (absorbed small parts) (abolished 1997)
|electorate =
|mp = Vacant
|region = England
|county = London
}}
Southwark ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʌ|ð|ər|k|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Southwark.wav}} {{respell|SUDH|ərk}})"Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press. was a constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament from 1295 to 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the UK Parliament until its first abolition for the 1885 general election. A seat of the same name, covering a smaller area than the last form of the earlier seat in the west of the original and beyond its boundaries to the southwest, was created in 1950 and abolished in 1974.
In its last creation the seat's broad electorate heavily supported the three successive Labour candidates, who won Southwark with a majority of greater than 36% of the votes cast at its eight elections – an extremely safe seat.
Creation, boundaries, abolition
;First creation – or Southwark dual-member constituency
The constituency was created in 1295 as a parliamentary borough (also known as burgh) when its electorate was restricted to the owners of certain properties in its main streets of its burgage, returning two 'burgesses' as they were sometimes called. Its electorate was expanded to a more standard franchise in 1832. In 1833 the electorate was 4,775 adult males and this had risen to 23,472 by 1880.F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977)
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 replaced the two-member constituency with the seats West Southwark, Rotherhithe and Bermondsey.{{cite web | title=The public general acts : Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog | access-date=2021-05-13}}
;Second creation – or Southwark seat
A seat taking the old constituency name was established for the 1950 general election. Its boundaries were unaltered in the 1955 corrective review and it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Members of Parliament
=MPs 1295–1640=
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
=MPs 1640–1885=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Election | colspan="2"|First Member | First Party | colspan="2"|Second Member | Second Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640
| style="background-color: | | | |Richard Tuffnell | | | ||||
| November 1640
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" | | Royalist |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" | |rowspan="2"| John WhiteDied January 1645; the writ to fill both vacancies was issued in August 1645 |rowspan="2"| Parliamentarian | ||||
| January 1644
|colspan="3"|Bagshawe disabled from sitting – seat vacant | ||||
| 1645
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |||
| 1653
|colspan="6"|Southwark was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | ||||
| 1654
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Samuel Highland | rowspan="2"|
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |||
| 1656
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | ||||
| January 1659
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |||
| April 1660
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Sir Thomas Bludworth |rowspan="3"| | ||||
| 1661
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1666
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1679
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1685
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1689
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| John Arnold |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1690
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Anthony Bowyer |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| 1695
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="4"| Sir Charles Cox |rowspan="4"| Whig | ||||
| 1698
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
| January 1712
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"| | Edmund HalseyOn petition, Halsey was found not to have been duly elected, and a new election was held | | ||||
| February 1712
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1713
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |Tory | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Fisher TenchCreated a baronet, August 1715 | Whig | ||||
| 1722
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Edmund Halsey |rowspan="3"| Whig | ||||
| 1724 by-electionThe by-election in January 1724 was caused by death of George Meggott
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||
| 1727
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Joseph Eyles |rowspan="2"| Whig | ||||
| 1730 by-electionThe by-election in January 1730 was caused by death of Edmund Halsey
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Thomas Inwen |rowspan="3"| | ||||
| 1734
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||
| 1741
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Ralph Thrale |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| 1743 by-electionThe by-election in June 1743 was caused by death of Thomas Inwen
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Alexander Hume |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| 1747
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| William Belchier |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| 1754
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1761
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Joseph MawbeyMawbey was created a baronet in July 1765 |rowspan="2"| |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
| 1765 by-electionThe by-election in December 1765 was caused by death of William Hammond
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Henry Thrale |rowspan="2"| Pro-Government Chathamite/Northite | ||||
| 1774
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Nathaniel Polhill |rowspan="2"| Radical | ||||
| 1780
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Richard Hotham |rowspan="2"| | ||||
| 1782 by-electionThe by-election in December 1782 was caused by death of Nathaniel Polhill
|rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="7"| Henry Thornton | rowspan="8" | Tory | ||||
| April 1784
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | | ||||
| June 1784 by-electionThe by-election in June 1784 was caused by death of Sir Barnard Turner
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="2" | Tory | ||||
| May 1796
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | George Woodford ThellussonThellusson's election in May 1796 was declared void in November 1796; a by-election was held at which he was re-elected but he was found to be ineligible to sit and Tierney was declared elected in his place | ||||
| December 1796 by-election
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=70–72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70 }} | ||||
| 1806
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||
| 1812
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Charles Calvert | rowspan="6" | Whig | ||||
| 1815 by-electionThe by-election in February 1815 was caused by death of Henry Thornton
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | ||||
| 1818
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Sir Robert Wilson |rowspan="3"| Radical | ||||
| Aug 1830
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | ||||
| Nov 1830 by-electionThe by-election in November 1830 was caused by death of John Rawlinson Harris
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Charles Calvert | ||||
| 1831
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| William Brougham |rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Howard |title=BROUGHAM, William (1795–1886), of 12 Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Mdx. |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/brougham-william-1795-1886 |website=The History of Parliament |date=2009}} | ||||
| 1832
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="4"| John Humphery |rowspan="4"| Whig{{cite web|last1=Spencer|first1=Howard|title=Southwark|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/southwark|website=The History of Parliament|access-date=4 April 2018}} | ||||
| 1835
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | | Radical{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=HARVEY, Daniel Whittle (1786–1863), of Feering House, Kelvedon, Essex and 7 Great George Street, Mdx. |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/harvey-daniel-1786-1863 |website=The History of Parliament |date=2009}} | ||||
| 1840 by-electionThe by-election in January 1840 was caused by the resignation of Daniel Whittle Harvey
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite news |title=Southwark |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000819/18400127/023/0002|work=Dublin Morning Register |date=27 January 1840 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=Southwark Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000418/18400125/010/0002|work=Cambridge Independent Press |date=25 January 1840 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||||
| 1845 by-electionThe by-election in September 1845 was caused by the death of Benjamin Wood
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir William Molesworth |rowspan="2"| Radical{{cite news |title=Newcastle Journal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000243/18450906/003/0002 |date=6 September 1845 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=The Elections—Sunderland and Southwark |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000384/18450905/016/0004|work=Coventry Herald |date=5 September 1845 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||||
| 1852
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Apsley Pellatt |rowspan="2"| Radical{{cite book|last1=Steele|first1=E. D.|title=Palmerston and Liberalism, 1855–1865|date=1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521400459|pages=72, 118|chapter=At home}}{{cite book|last1=Weinstein|first1=Benjamin|title=Liberalism and Local Government in Early Victorian London|date=2011|publisher=Boydell and Brewer|isbn=9780861933129|page=91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fAK77zKkOdMC&pg=PA91 }} | ||||
| 1855 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Sir Charles Napier |rowspan="2"| Radical{{cite book|editor1-last=Hicks|editor1-first=Geoff|editor2-last=Charmley|editor2-first=John|editor3-last=Grosvenor|editor3-first=Bendor|title=Documents on Conservative Foreign Policy, 1852–1878|date=2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107035928|page=112|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTezAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112 |chapter=The Second Derby Government}} | ||||
| 1857
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" | |rowspan="4"| John Locke |rowspan="1"| Radical{{cite book|last1=Hawkins|first1=Angus|title=Victorian Political Culture: 'habits of Heart and Mind'|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198728481|page=259|edition=Illustrated|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPsJCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA259 |chapter=Shooting Niagara}} | ||||
| 1859
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | rowspan="2" | Liberal |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="3" | Liberal | ||||
| 1860 by-electionThe by-election in December 1860 was caused by the death of Sir Charles Napier
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
| 1870 by-electionThe by-election in February 1870 was caused by the resignation of Austen Henry Layard
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Marcus Beresford |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||
| 1880 by-electionThe by-election in December 1880 was caused by the death of John Locke
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
| 1880
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
| 1885
|colspan="6"| constituency abolished: creating all of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Southwark West |
=MPs 1950–1974=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1950 | rowspan="3" | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1959 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| colspan="2" align="right"|Feb 1974
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished |
Election results
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1830: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Rawlinson Harris
|votes = 1,664
|percentage = 40.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Robert Wilson
|votes = 1,434
|percentage = 35.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Calvert
|votes = 995
|percentage = 24.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 230
|percentage = 5.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 439
|percentage = 10.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,635
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Harris' death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election November 1830: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Calvert
|votes = 1,066
|percentage = 62.4
|change = −2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Farncomb
|votes = 643
|percentage = 37.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 423
|percentage = 24.8
|change = +19.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,709
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1831: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Calvert
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William Brougham
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1832: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William Brougham
|votes = 2,264
|percentage = 45.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Humphery
|votes = 1,708
|percentage = 34.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Lancelot Baugh Allen{{cite news |title=London and Suburbs Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000050/18321215/002/0027|work=Cobbett's Weekly Political Register |date=15 December 1832 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
|votes = 1,040
|percentage = 20.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Lamie Murray{{cite news |title=Southwark |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18321210/007/0002|work=Morning Post |date=10 December 1832 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
|votes = 0
|percentage = 0.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 668
|percentage = 13.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,810
|percentage = 58.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,775
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1835: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Humphery
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Whittle Harvey
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,249
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1837: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Humphery
|votes = 1,941
|percentage = 41.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Whittle Harvey
|votes = 1,927
|percentage = 40.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Richards
|votes = 847
|percentage = 18.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin Harrison
|votes = 2
|percentage = 0.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,898
|percentage = 52.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,477
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,080
|percentage = 22.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Harvey was appointed a registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 27 February 1839: Southwark
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Whittle Harvey
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
Harvey resigned after being appointed a Commissioner of Police for the City of London, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 24 January 1840: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Benjamin Wood
|votes = 2,059
|percentage = 57.3
|change = +16.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Walter{{cite news |title=Southwark Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001316/18400120/027/0006|work=Evening Mail |date=20 January 1840 |page=6 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,535
|percentage = 42.7
|change = +24.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 524
|percentage = 14.6
|change = +14.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,594
|percentage = 71.2
|change = +18.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,047
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner =Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Radicals (UK)
|swing = −4.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Humphery
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Benjamin Wood
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,124
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Wood's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 12 September 1845: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = William Molesworth
|votes = 1,943
|percentage = 55.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeremiah Pilcher{{cite news |title=Southwark Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18450902/002/0001|work=Globe |date=2 September 1845 |page=1 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 34.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Edward Miall{{cite news |title=Belfast Commercial Chronicle |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001287/18450915/017/0002 |date=15 September 1845 |pages=2–3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 352
|percentage = 10.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 761
|percentage = 21.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,477
|percentage = 65.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,353
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Humphery
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = William Molesworth
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 7,989
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = William Molesworth
|votes = 3,941
|percentage = 36.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Apsley Pellatt
|votes = 3,887
|percentage = 36.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = George Scovell{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000101/18520704/038/0014|work=Reynold's Weekly Newspaper|date=4 July 1852|page=14|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 2,909
|percentage = 27.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 978
|percentage = 9.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,369 (est)
|percentage = 56.8 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,458
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Molesworth was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 1 January 1853: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = William Molesworth
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Molesworth was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 27 July 1855: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = William Molesworth
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Molesworth's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 20 November 1855: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Charles Napier
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Charles Napier
|votes = 3,991
|percentage = 39.4
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
|votes = 3,647
|percentage = 36.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Apsley Pellatt
|votes = 2,499
|percentage = 24.7
|change = −11.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,148
|percentage = 11.3
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,069 (est)
|percentage = 49.8 (est)
|change = −7.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,170
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Napier
|votes = 4,446
|percentage = 38.9
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
|votes = 4,255
|percentage = 37.2
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Apsley Pellatt
|votes = 2,730
|percentage = 23.9
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,525
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,716 (est)
|percentage = 53.9 (est)
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,606
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
Napier's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 12 December 1860: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Austen Henry Layard
|votes = 4,572
|percentage = 57.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Scovell{{cite news|title=Scovell|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001427/18601120/031/0003|work=Morning Advertiser|date=20 November 1860|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 3,377
|percentage = 42.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,195
|percentage = 15.0
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,949
|percentage = 70.5
|change = +16.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,278
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Locke was appointed Recorder of Brighton, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 24 April 1861: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Austen Henry Layard
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,631
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
|votes = 6,027
|percentage = 41.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Austen Henry Layard
|votes = 5,908
|percentage = 40.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Cotton
|votes = 2,495
|percentage = 17.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,413
|percentage = 23.6
|change =N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,463 (est)
|percentage = 47.8 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 17,703
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Layard was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 21 December 1868: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Austen Henry Layard
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
Layard resigned after being appointed British ambassador to Spain.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 17 Feb 1870: Southwark (1 seat)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marcus Beresford
|votes = 4,686
|percentage =38.9
|change = +21.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = George Odger
|votes = 4,382
|percentage = 36.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Sydney Waterlow
|votes = 2,966
|percentage = 24.6
|change = −58.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 304
|percentage = 2.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,034
|percentage = 68.0
|change = +20.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 17,703
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +39.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Southwark (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Locke
|votes = 5,901
|percentage = 32.4
|change = −9.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marcus Beresford
|votes = 5,716
|percentage = 31.3
|change = +14.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = George Odger
|votes = 3,496
|percentage = 19.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Dunn{{cite news|title=Southwark Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001112/18740128/054/0009|work=Daily Telegraph & Courier|date=28 January 1874|page=9|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 3,121
|percentage =17.1
|change = −23.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,975 (est)
|percentage = 58.6 (est)
|change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 23,472
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 185
|percentage = 1.1
|change = −22.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −8.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,595
|percentage = 14.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +15.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
Locke's death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 14 Feb 1880: Southwark (1 seat){{cite news|title=For the representation of Southwark|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/18800214/049/0010|work=Illustrated London News|date=14 February 1880|page=10|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Clarke
|votes = 7,683
|percentage = 50.2
|change = +18.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Dunn
|votes = 6,830
|percentage = 44.6
|change = −4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = George Shipton
|votes = 799
|percentage = 5.2
|change = −14.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 853
|percentage = 5.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,312
|percentage = 65.2
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 23,472
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +11.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Southwark (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=16–17}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Cohen
|votes = 9,693
|percentage = 27.7
|change = −4.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thorold Rogers
|votes = 9,521
|percentage = 27.2
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Clarke
|votes = 8,163
|percentage = 23.3
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Cattley{{cite news|title=General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001945/18800320/023/0005|work=John Bull|date=20 March 1880|page=5}}
|votes = 7,674
|percentage = 21.9
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,358
|percentage = 3.9
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 17,526 (est)
|percentage = 74.7 (est)
|change = +16.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 23,472
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −5.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1950: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Isaacs
|votes = 35,049
|percentage = 68.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Greenwood (MP)|James Greenwood
|votes = 12,671
|percentage = 24.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Lionel Fowler
|votes = 2,950
|percentage = 5.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Spencer John Bent
|votes = 668
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,378
|percentage = 43.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,338
|percentage = 73.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1951: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Isaacs
|votes = 36,586
|percentage = 72.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Greenwood (MP)|James Greenwood
|votes = 14,032
|percentage = 27.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,554
|percentage = 44.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 50,618
|percentage = 72.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1955: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Isaacs
|votes = 28,174
|percentage = 70.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Greenwood (MP)|James Greenwood
|votes = 10,944
|percentage = 27.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Spencer John Bent
|votes = 959
|percentage = 2.39
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,230
|percentage = 42.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 40,077
|percentage = 60.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1959: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ray Gunter
|votes = 25,036
|percentage = 63.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Greenwood (MP)|James Greenwood
|votes = 12,696
|percentage = 32.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Spencer John Bent
|votes = 1,395
|percentage = 3.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,340
|percentage = 31.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,127
|percentage = 63.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1964: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ray Gunter
|votes = 22,426
|percentage = 68.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Paul R Noble
|votes = 8,563
|percentage = 26.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Spencer John Bent
|votes = 1,599
|percentage = 4.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,863
|percentage = 42.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 32,588
|percentage = 55.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1966: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ray Gunter
|votes = 21,855
|percentage = 73.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Paul Noble
|votes = 6,454
|percentage = 21.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Spencer John Bent
|votes = 1,404
|percentage = 4.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,401
|percentage = 51.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,713
|percentage = 54.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1970: Southwark
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ray Gunter
|votes = 16,834
|percentage = 67.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeffrey Gordon
|votes = 7,040
|percentage = 28.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Earle Hume
|votes = 1,128
|percentage = 4.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,794
|percentage = 39.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,002
|percentage = 48.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1972 Southwark by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Lamborn
|votes = 12,108
|percentage = 79.33
|change = +12.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeffrey Gordon
|votes = 2,756
|percentage = 18.06
|change = -10.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Brian McDermott
|votes = 398
|percentage = 2.61
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,352
|percentage = 61.27
|change = +22.10
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,262
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, from the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1 Digital Bodleian]
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- {{Rayment-hc|s|4|date=March 2012}}
{{Historic constituencies in London
| 1832 = y
| 1868 = y
| 1885 = n
| 1918 = n
| 1950 = y
| 1955 = y
| 1974 = n
| 1983 = n
| 1997 = n
}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974