Wembley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
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Wembley South | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1945–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Harrow (part of) Hendon (small part of) |
Replaced by | Brent North (part) Brent South (part) (newly created seats) |
Wembley South was a constituency in what was then the Borough of Wembley in Middlesex and from 1965 wholly in northwest London. It returned one member (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, elected by the first past the post system, returning Conservative apart from in 1945, the victory of the First Attlee ministry when it returned a Labour member.
History
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The constituency was created at the 1945 general election, and abolished at the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The Municipal Borough of Wembley wards of Alperton, Central, Sudbury, Sudbury Court, Tokyngton, and Wembley Park.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1945 | Clarence Barton | Labour | |
1950 | Sir Ronald Russell | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Brent North |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clarence Barton | 16,928 | 47.84 | ||
Conservative | Noel Whiteside | 13,497 | 38.15 | ||
Liberal | John Jabez Over | 4,958 | 14.01 | ||
Majority | 3,431 | 9.69 | |||
Turnout | 35,383 | 74.95 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 20,920 | 48.69 | ||
Labour | Clarence Barton | 17,251 | 40.15 | ||
Liberal | Charles Frederick Jackson | 4,366 | 10.16 | New | |
Communist | N Gill | 430 | 1.00 | New | |
Majority | 3,669 | 8.54 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,967 | 88.27 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 23,380 | 55.76 | ||
Labour | Douglas Clark | 18,546 | 44.24 | ||
Majority | 4,834 | 11.52 | |||
Turnout | 41,926 | 85.97 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 22,052 | 58.57 | ||
Labour Co-op | Eric C Hutchison | 15,596 | 41.43 | ||
Majority | 6,456 | 17.14 | |||
Turnout | 37,648 | 80.70 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 19,733 | 52.90 | ||
Labour | Edward Mackenzie | 12,166 | 32.61 | ||
Liberal | John EC Perry | 5,403 | 14.48 | New | |
Majority | 7,567 | 20.29 | |||
Turnout | 37,302 | 82.62 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 16,512 | 47.97 | ||
Labour | Michael N Elliott | 12,199 | 35.44 | ||
Liberal | John EC Perry | 5,713 | 16.60 | ||
Majority | 4,313 | 12.53 | |||
Turnout | 34,424 | 78,42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 15,377 | 45.28 | ||
Labour | Michael N Elliott | 14,194 | 41.80 | ||
Liberal | Darcy Conyers | 4,386 | 12.92 | ||
Majority | 1,183 | 3.48 | |||
Turnout | 33,957 | 79.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Russell | 16,578 | 53.6 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Michael N. Elliott | 14,336 | 46.4 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 2,242 | 7.25 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,914 | 68.9 | −10.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig