Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Wimbledon
|parliament = uk
|image = File:Wimbledon 2023 Constituency.svg
|caption = Boundary of Wimbledon in Greater London
|map2 =
|map_entity = Greater London
|map_year =
|year = 1885
|abolished =
|type = Borough
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Mid Surrey (northern half of)
|next5 = Mitcham
Merton and Morden
(later consolidated)
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=22 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}
|mp = Paul Kohler
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|region = England
|county = Greater London
|european = London
|towns = Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Morden, Motspur Park
}}
Wimbledon is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2024, the seat has been held by Paul Kohler of the Liberal Democrats.
History
The area was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and had lay in Mid Surrey that elected two MPs. The constituency covered great bounds, skirting around Croydon to its south to reach Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh in the North Downs and bearing formal alternate titles of the "Wimbledon Division (of Surrey)" and the "North East Division of Surrey" which in all but the most formal legal writing was written as "North East Surrey".{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog|title=The public general acts|first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|last=Great Britain|publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884|via=Internet Archive}}
An Act reduced the seat in 1918 to create the Mitcham seat in the south-east; another in 1950 created Merton and Morden in the south.{{#tag:ref|Later these merged to form Mitcham and Morden|group= n}}
=Political history=
Since 1885 the seat has always elected Conservative MPs except from 1945 to 1950 and 1997–2005 when the Labour candidate won the seat during that party's national landslide years, as well as in 2024 when the Liberal Democrats candidate won the seat during the Labour Party national landslide. While the 2005 Conservative majority was marginal, the 2010 majority was 24.1% of the vote, making the constituency a safe seat for the Conservative Party. It had previously also been considered a safe seat for the party until the 1997 United Kingdom general election.
Since 1990, the ward of Merton Park has only ever returned councillors for Merton Park Ward Residents Association.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mertonpark.org.uk/|title=Merton Park Ward Residents Association|work=MertonPark.org.uk|access-date=19 April 2017}} Since 1994 the ward of West Barnes, which contains Merton's half of the town of Motspur Park, has swung between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats; the latter presently hold all three seats in the ward.{{Cite web|url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/resstatsborough1994.pdf|title=London Borough of Merton Local Elections Statistics 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831110843/http://www.merton.gov.uk/resstatsborough1994.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=19 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/elections-may2002.pdf|title=Merton London Borough Council Election Results, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831110515/http://www.merton.gov.uk/elections-may2002.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=19 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/council/voting/electionresults/electionresults-history/electionresults-2010.htm|title=Council election results 2010|publisher=Merton Council|access-date=19 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=15&V=1&RPID=506739148|title=Merton Council Elections 2018 Wards Summary|date=3 May 2018|publisher=Merton Council|access-date=7 May 2018}} At the local elections in 2018, Liberal Democrat councillors were elected for the wards of Trinity and Dundonald for the first time in the borough's history, with a further first time win for the Liberal Democrats in a by-election in the Cannon Hill ward in 2019.
In 2010, the second-placed candidate was a Liberal Democrat. The national collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote at the 2015 election meant that the Liberal Democrats did not return to 2nd place until 2019, when they did so with a 22.7% upswing in their vote. The made the seat one of the most marginal in the country{{Cite journal|last=McInnes|first=Roderick|date=7 January 2020|publisher=UK Parliament|title=General Election 2019: Marginality|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/general-election-2019-marginality/}} and was a top Liberal Democrat target and Conservative defence for the 2024 general election.
At the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, the London Borough of Merton, of which the constituency is a part, voted to remain by 62.9%, and 70.6% of this constituency itself voted to remain in the European Union.{{Cite web |last=Library |first=House of Commons |date=February 6, 2017 |title=Brexit: votes by constituency |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/brexit-votes-by-constituency/}} In September 2019 the incumbent, Stephen Hammond lost his party's whip for rebelling on a key Brexit vote. He briefly sat as an Independent and the whip was restored on 29 October 2019, with 9 of 21 other rebels of the same party.
At the 2024 general election, The Liberal Democrats won the traditionally Conservative seat for the first time. This was after the seat had become marginal at the 2019 General Election with only a 1.2% majority for the Conservative Candidate. The Liberal Democrats won a record breaking 72 seats during this election with the Conservatives losing a historic 251 seats making the Wimbledon constituency a strong Liberal Democrat seat with a current majority of 12,610.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51y2z7jdz9o |title= Ed Davey hails record-breaking night for Lib Dems |access-date=7 July 2024 |work=BBC News}}
=Prominent frontbenchers=
- Henry Chaplin was sworn of the Privy Council in 1885 when he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until 1886. He became the first President of the Board of Agriculture as part of the Cabinet (1889–1892). In the Conservative cabinet of 1895 to 1900 he was President of the Local Government Board and was responsible for the Agricultural Rates Act 1896
- Sir Michael Havers reached the highest judicial and legal position in the country for four months in 1987, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who also acted as Lord Speaker. For eight years previously, Havers was Attorney General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having served as the more junior, Solicitor General in the Heath ministry
Boundaries
= Historic =
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=250|text=Map of boundaries 2010–2024}}
1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Croydon except so much as is within a district of the Metropolis, the parishes of Caterham, Chelsham, Farley, Warlingham, Merton, and Wimbledon, so much of the Parliamentary Borough of Deptford as is in Surrey, and the area of the Parliamentary Boroughs of Battersea and Clapham, Camberwell, Lambeth, Newington, Southwark, and Wandsworth.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, and the Urban District of Merton and Morden.
1950–1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Wimbledon, and Malden and Coombe.
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Wimbledon.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Merton wards of Cannon Hill, Priory, West Barnes, Wimbledon East, Wimbledon North, Wimbledon South, and Wimbledon West.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Merton wards of Abbey, Cannon Hill, Dundonald, Durnsford, Hillside, Merton Park, Raynes Park, Trinity, Village, and West Barnes.
2010–2024: As above except Durnsford ward had been replaced by Wimbledon Park ward following a local authority boundary review.
= Current =
File:Wimbledon 2023 Constituency.svg
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of: Old Malden; St. James.
- The London Borough of Merton wards of: Abbey; Hillside; Merton Park; Raynes Park; Village; Wandle; West Barnes; Wimbledon Park; Wimbledon Town & Dundonald.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}
The Merton Borough wards reflect the local authority boundary review which became effective on 4 May 2022, with the Cannon Hill ward being moved to Mitcham and Morden. The wards of Old Malden and St. James (as they existed on 1 December 2020) were transferred from Kingston and Surbiton. {{cite web | url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/2023-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-london/#lg_wimbledon-bc-74641 | title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London | Boundary Commission for England }}
A local government boundary review becoming effective in May 2022 was also carried out in Kingston upon Thames,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Kingston upon Thames {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/kingston-upon-thames |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}} but the Electoral Changes Order was not passed until 1 April 2021.{{Cite web |title=The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/417/contents/made}} Consequently, the parts in Kingston upon Thames now comprise the Motspur Park & Old Malden East ward, nearly all of the Old Malden ward, and parts of the Green Lane & St James, and New Malden Village wards.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Wimbledon |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Wimbledon |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
According to analysis by the New Statesman the Liberal Democrats, rather than the Conservatives, would have won the seat if the 2019 election had been held on the new boundaries. {{cite web | url=https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/09/new-constituency-boundaries-mean | title=What the new constituency boundaries mean for the next election | date=9 September 2023 }}
Constituency profile
The seat has a commuter-sustained suburban economy with an imposing shopping centre, overwhelmingly privately built and owned or rented homes and a range of open green spaces, ranging in value from elevated Wimbledon Village – sandwiched between Wimbledon Common and Wimbledon Park{{#tag:ref|This is where the All-England lawn tennis club and the croquet club where The Championships are held in June each year.|group= n}} – where a large tranche of homes exceed £1,000,000 – to Merton Abbey ruins and South Wimbledon, with more social housing in its wards.
Wimbledon station is a southern terminus of the District line, as well as a station on the South West main line. It is also the western terminus of the Croydon Tramlink. South Wimbledon is a station on the Northern line branch to Morden.
Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.{{Cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Simon |last2=Evans |first2=Lisa |date=2010-11-17 |title=Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
Members of Parliament
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!Member{{Rayment-hc|w|4|date=March 2012}}
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
||1885 || Cosmo Bonsor
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1900 || Eric Hambro
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1907 by-election || Henry Chaplin
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1916 by-election || Stuart Coats
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1918 || Sir Joseph Hood
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1924 || Sir John Power
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1945 || Arthur Palmer
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
||1950 || Sir Cyril Black
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1970 || Sir Michael Havers
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1987 || Dr. Charles Goodson-Wickes
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
||1997 || Roger Casale
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
| 2005
| rowspan="3" | Stephen Hammond
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|September 2019
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|-
|December 2019
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
| 2024
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|}
Election results
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Wimbledon {{cite web |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL |url=https://www.merton.gov.uk/system/files/statement_of_persons_nominated_and_notice_of_poll_-_wimbledon_constituency.pdf |website=Merton Council |access-date=9 June 2024}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Kohler
|votes = 24,790
|percentage = 45.1
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Danielle Dunfield-Prayero
|votes = 12,180
|percentage = 22.2
|change = –17.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eleanor Stringer
|votes = 11,733
|percentage = 21.3
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Ben Cronin
|votes = 3,221
|percentage = 5.9
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rachel Brooks
|votes = 2,442
|percentage = 4.4
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Workers Party of Britain
|candidate = Aaron Mafi
|votes = 341
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sarah Barber
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Amy Lynch
|votes = 80
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Heritage Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Watson
|votes = 69
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,610
|percentage = 22.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,985
|percentage = 72.0
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 76,334
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}}12.0
}}
{{election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| Conservative ||align=right| 22,617 ||align=right| 39.8
|-
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 21,778 ||align=right| 38.3
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour ||align=right| 11,834 ||align=right| 20.8
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others ||align=right| 366 ||align=right| 0.6
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green ||align=right| 138 ||align=right| 0.2
|-
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}}
| Brexit Party ||align=right| 139 ||align=right| 0.2
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|56,872
|align=right|76.2
|-
|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|74,641
|}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Wimbledon{{cite web|url=https://www.merton.gov.uk/Documents/Statement%20of%20persons%20nominated%20and%20notice%20of%20poll%20-%20Wimbledon%20v2.pdf|title=Election of a Member of Parliament for the Wimbledon Constituency|publisher=London Borough of Merton|date=14 November 2019}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 20,373
|percentage = 38.4
|change = –8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Kohler
|votes = 19,745
|percentage = 37.2
|change = +22.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jackie Schneider
|votes = 12,543
|percentage = 23.7
|change = –11.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Graham Hadley
|votes = 366
|percentage = 0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 628
|percentage = 1.2
|change = –9.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 53,027
|percentage = 77.7
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 68,232
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –15.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2017: Wimbledon{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001040 |title=Wimbledon parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News}}{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=House of Commons Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 23,946
|percentage = 46.5
|change = –5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Imran Uddin{{#tag:ref|The day before the vote Cllr Uddin (Labour) and his solicitors' business co-owner had their practising certificates suspended by their professional regulator, who seized the business' files and took control of its accounts. Crescent Law, the firm, specialises in personal injury. An investigation was opened into possible misconduct or unethical practices; it was set to report within weeks. Cllr Uddin remained on the ballot paper and his local Party took no action given the early stage of the intervention.{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-candidate-in-wimbledon-faces-dishonesty-investigation-a3559036.html|title=Labour candidate in Wimbledon faces 'dishonesty' investigation|date=7 June 2017|work=Evening Standard|access-date=8 June 2017|language=en-GB}}
|group= n}}
|votes = 18,324
|percentage = 35.6
|change = +9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carl Quilliam
|votes = 7,472
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charles Barraball
|votes = 1,231
|percentage = 2.4
|change = –1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Strachan McDonald
|votes = 553
|percentage = 1.1
|change = –4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,622
|percentage = 10.9
|change = –15.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,526
|percentage = 77.2
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 66,780
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –7.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Wimbledon[http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt Election Data 2015], Electoral Calculus, 17 October 2015{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=47|title=Councillors|first=CS-Democracy|last=Services|date=May 7, 2015|website=democracy.merton.gov.uk}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 25,225
|percentage = 52.1
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Judge
|votes = 12,606
|percentage = 26.0
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Shas Sheehan
|votes = 6,129
|percentage = 12.7
|change = –12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Bucklitsch
|votes = 2,476
|percentage = 5.1
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charles Barraball
|votes = 1,986
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,619
|percentage = 26.1
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,422
|percentage = 73.5
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 65,853
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 23,257
|percentage = 49.1
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Shas Sheehan
|votes = 11,849
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Judge
|votes = 10,550
|percentage = 22.3
|change = –13.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mark McAleer
|votes = 914
|percentage = 1.9
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rajeev Thacker
|votes = 590
|percentage = 1.2
|change = –1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Christian Party (UK)
|candidate = David Martin
|votes = 235
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,408
|percentage = 24.1
|change = +18.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,395
|percentage = 73.0
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 65,723
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 17,886
|percentage = 41.2
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Casale
|votes = 15,585
|percentage = 35.9
|change = –9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Gee
|votes = 7,868
|percentage = 18.1
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Giles Barrow
|votes = 1,374
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Andrew Mills
|votes = 408
|percentage = 0.9
|change = –0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Christopher Coverdale
|votes = 211
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Tiger's Eye – the Party for Kids
|candidate = Alastair Wilson
|votes = 50
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
|candidate = George Weiss
|votes = 22
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,301
|percentage = 5.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,404
|percentage = 68.1
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 63,696
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +7.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2001: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Casale
|votes = 18,806
|percentage = 45.7
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hammond
|votes = 15,062
|percentage = 36.6
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Pierce
|votes = 5,341
|percentage = 13.0
|change = –3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rajeev Thacker
|votes = 1,007
|percentage = 2.4
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|candidate = Roger Glencross
|votes = 479
|percentage = 1.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mariana Bell
|votes = 414
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,744
|percentage = 9.1
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,109
|percentage = 64.3
|change = –11.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 63,930
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Casale
|votes = 20,674
|percentage = 42.8
|change = +19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Goodson-Wickes
|votes = 17,684
|percentage = 36.6
|change = –16.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alison Willott
|votes = 8,014
|percentage = 16.6
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Abid Hameed
|votes = 993
|percentage = 2.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rajeev Thacker
|votes = 474
|percentage = 1.0
|change = –0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = ProLife Alliance
|candidate = Sophie Davies
|votes = 346
|percentage = 0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Mongolian Barbeque Great Place to Party
|candidate = Matthew Kirby
|votes = 112
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
|candidate = Graham Stacey
|votes = 47
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,990
|percentage = 6.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,344
|percentage = 75.4
|change = –2.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,113
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –17.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1992: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Goodson-Wickes
|votes = 26,331
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kingsley Abrams
|votes = 11,570
|percentage = 23.3
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alison Willott
|votes = 10,569
|percentage = 21.3
|change = –6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Vaughan Flood
|votes = 860
|percentage = 1.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Hugh Godfrey
|votes = 181
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Graham Hadley
|votes = 170
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,761
|percentage = 29.7
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,681
|percentage = 80.2
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 61,917
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Goodson-Wickes
|votes = 24,538
|percentage = 50.9
|change = –1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Slade
|votes = 13,237
|percentage = 27.5
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Bickerstaff
|votes = 10,428
|percentage = 21.6
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,301
|percentage = 23.4
|change = –1.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,203
|percentage = 76.1
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 63,353
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Wimbledon{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Havers
|votes = 24,169
|percentage = 52.1
|change = –3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David J. Twigg
|votes = 12,623
|percentage = 27.2
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rock Tansey
|votes = 8,806
|percentage = 19.0
|change = –9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate = Antony Jones
|votes = 717
|percentage = 1.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Party of Associates with Licensees
|candidate = E.J. Weakner
|votes = 114
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,546
|percentage = 24.9
|change = –1.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,429
|percentage = 72.4
|change = –4.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,132
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Havers
|votes = 27,567
|percentage = 55.10
|change = +6.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rock Tansey{{cite book|title=Election Expenses|date=1980|isbn=0102374805|page=17|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
|votes = 14,252
|percentage = 28.48
|change = –2.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David J. Twigg
|votes = 7,604
|percentage = 15.20
|change = –5.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|votes = 612
|percentage = 1.22
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,315
|percentage = 26.62
|change = +8.73
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 50,035
|percentage = 76.42
|change = +7.62
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 65,471
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Havers
|votes = 23,615
|percentage = 48.53
|change = –0.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Bill
|votes = 14,909
|percentage = 30.64
|change = +2.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Searby
|votes = 10,133
|percentage = 20.83
|change = –3.86
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,706
|percentage = 17.89
|change = –4.48
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,657
|percentage = 68.80
|change = –8.95
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 70,726
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Havers
|votes = 26,542
|percentage = 48.62
|change = –4.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Bill
|votes = 14,329
|percentage = 26.25
|change = –3.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Searby
|votes = 13,478
|percentage = 24.69
|change = +8.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Bill Boaks
|votes = 240
|percentage = 0.44
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,213
|percentage = 22.37
|change = –1.18
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,589
|percentage = 77.75
|change = +11.92
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 70,210
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Havers
|votes = 15,285
|percentage = 53.47
|change = +3.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ralph C. Holmes
|votes = 8,554
|percentage = 29.92
|change = –1.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Reginald MacDonald
|votes = 4,749
|percentage = 16.61
|change = –2.19
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,731
|percentage = 23.55
|change = +4.75
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,588
|percentage = 66.83
|change = –8.16
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 42,774
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 15,191
|percentage = 50.33
|change = –1.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Braddock
|votes = 9,517
|percentage = 31.53
|change = +2.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Reginald MacDonald
|votes = 5,475
|percentage = 18.14
|change = –0.83
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,674
|percentage = 18.80
|change = –4.22
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,183
|percentage = 74.99
|change = +0.11
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 40,248
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 15,952
|percentage = 52.03
|change = –14.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John R. Daly
|votes = 8,891
|percentage = 29.00
|change = –4.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =George Scott
|votes = 5,817
|percentage = 18.97
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,061
|percentage = 23.02
|change = –10.69
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,660
|percentage = 74.88
|change = –3.55
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 40,947
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 21,538
|percentage = 66.86
|change = +1.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence M. Kershaw
|votes = 10,678
|percentage = 33.15
|change = –1.31
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,860
|percentage = 33.71
|change = +2.61
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 32,216
|percentage = 78.43
|change = +0.16
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 42,151
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 22,112
|percentage = 65.55
|change = –0.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Greville Janner
|votes = 11,622
|percentage = 34.45
|change = +0.98
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,490
|percentage = 31.10
|change = –1.96
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,734
|percentage = 78.27
|change = –4.07
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 43,099
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 42,218
|percentage = 66.53
|change = +5.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Ford
|votes = 21,242
|percentage = 33.47
|change = +2.61
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,976
|percentage = 33.06
|change = +2.59
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 63,460
|percentage = 82.34
|change = –3.38
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 77,067
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Black
|votes = 40,339
|percentage = 61.33
|change = +18.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Leonard Deacon
|votes = 20,296
|percentage = 30.86
|change = –13.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Forester Gibson
|votes = 5,136
|percentage = 7.81
|change = –1.75
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,043
|percentage = 30.47
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 65,771
|percentage = 85.72
|change = +7.65
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 76,728
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Substantial loss of territory to create Mitcham and Morden
= Elections in the 1940s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Palmer
|votes = 30,188
|percentage = 44.41
|change = +12.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts{{cite web|title=Hardy-Roberts, Brig. Sir Geoffrey (Paul)|publisher=King's College London|work=Liddell Hart Military Archives}}
|votes = 28,820
|percentage = 42.39
|change = –25.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Alick Kay
|votes = 6,501
|percentage = 9.56
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Common Wealth Party
|candidate = K. Horne
|votes = 2,472
|percentage = 3.64
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,368
|percentage = 2.02
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 67,981
|percentage = 78.07
|change = +10.47
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 89,363
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1930s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1935: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Power
|votes = 36,816
|percentage = 67.84
|change = –12.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Braddock
|votes = 17,452
|percentage = 32.16
|change = +12.54
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,364
|percentage = 35.68
|change = –25.08
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,268
|percentage = 67.60
|change = –3.35
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 80,283
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1931: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Power
|votes = 39,643
|percentage = 80.38
|change = +26.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Braddock
|votes = 9,674
|percentage = 19.62
|change = –4.58
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,969
|percentage = 60.76
|change = +41.56
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,317
|percentage = 70.95
|change = +2.15
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 69,508
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1920s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1929: Wimbledon British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = John Power
|votes = 21,902
|percentage = 53.4
|change = –20.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Braddock
|votes = 9,924
|percentage = 24.2
|change = –1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Peters
|votes = 9,202
|percentage = 22.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,978
|percentage = 29.2
|change = –19.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,028
|percentage = 68.8
|change = –3.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 59,654
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = –9.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1924: Wimbledon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = John Power
|votes = 21,209
|percentage = 74.2
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Starr
|votes = 7,386
|percentage = 25.8
|change = –4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,823
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,595
|percentage = 72.2
|change = +14.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 39,604
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +4.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1923: Wimbledon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Hood
|votes = 15,495
|percentage = 69.8
|change = –1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Starr
|votes = 6,717
|percentage = 30.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,778
|percentage = 39.6
|change = –3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,212
|percentage = 57.3
|change = –4.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 38,793
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = –1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1922: Wimbledon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Hood
|votes = 16,751
|percentage = 71.7
|change = –9.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Oswald Moon
|votes = 6,627
|percentage = 28.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,124
|percentage = 43.4
|change = –19.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 23,378
|percentage = 62.0
|change = +15.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 37,677
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = –9.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1918: Wimbledon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Hood
|votes = 13,652
|percentage = 81.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = G.M. Edwardes Jones
|votes = 3,079
|percentage = 18.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,573
|percentage = 63.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,731
|percentage = 46.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,258
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1916 Wimbledon by-election
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stuart Coats
|votes = 8,970
|percentage = 55.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Kennedy Jones
|votes = 7,159
|percentage = 44.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,811
|percentage = 11.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,129
|percentage = 46.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 34,719
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election December 1910: Wimbledon
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Chaplin
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,810
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election January 1910: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Chaplin
|votes = 14,445
|percentage = 61.8
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Holland
|votes = 8,930
|percentage = 38.2
|change = –5.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,515
|percentage = 23.6
|change = +11.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 23,375
|percentage = 84.1
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,810
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=1907 Wimbledon by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Chaplin
|votes = 10,263
|percentage = 75.7
|change = +19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = Bertrand Russell
|votes = 3,299
|percentage = 24.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,694
|percentage = 51.4
|change = +39.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 13,562
|percentage = 57.2
|change = –20.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 23,702
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1906: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Hambro
|votes = 9,523
|percentage = 56.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = St George Lane Fox-Pitt
|votes = 7,409
|percentage = 43.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,114
|percentage = 12.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,932
|percentage = 77.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 21,899
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1900: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Hambro
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1895: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cosmo Bonsor
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1892: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cosmo Bonsor
|votes = 7,397
|percentage = 74.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Arthur Meates
|votes = 2,602
|percentage = 26.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,795
|percentage = 48.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,999
|percentage = 64.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 15,582
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1886: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cosmo Bonsor
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1885: Wimbledon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cosmo Bonsor
|votes = 6,189
|percentage = 62.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Cooper{{cite news|title=General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18851127/011/0006|access-date=15 December 2017|work=Liverpool Mercury|date=27 November 1885|page=6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 3,745
|percentage = 37.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,444
|percentage = 24.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,934
|percentage = 70.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,086
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
{{Reflist|group=n}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935 | publisher=Politico's (reprint) | year=2003 | editor=Iain Dale | isbn=1-84275-033-X }}
- {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1945 | work=The Times | year=1945 }}
- {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1950 | work=The Times | year=1950 }}
- {{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1955 | work=The Times | year=1955 }}
External links
- [http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13465.html Wimbledon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65827.html Wimbledon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168578.html Wimbledon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Constituencies in London}}
{{Historic constituencies in London
| 1832 = n
| 1868 = n
| 1885 = n
| 1918 = n
| 1950 = n
| 1955 = n
| 1965 = y
| 1974 = y
| 1983 = y
| 1997 = y
| 2010 = y
| 2024 = y
}}
{{Authority control}}
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