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Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).
1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
Members of Parliament
Notes:-
- a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip.
- b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General election 1914–15:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Edwin Cornwall
- Unionist:
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Garnham Edmonds |
5,774 |
36.1 |
−20.3 |
|
Communist |
Walter Windsor |
5,659 |
35.3 |
New |
|
Unionist |
Eric Alfred Hoffgaard |
2,806 |
17.5 |
New |
|
National Liberal |
George Garro-Jones |
1,780 |
11.5 |
New |
Majority |
115 |
0.8 |
−26.3 |
Turnout |
27,262 |
58.8 |
+27.6 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
N/A |
|
General election 1923: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Walter Windsor |
7,415 |
45.7 |
+12.4 |
|
Liberal |
Garnham Edmonds |
6,790 |
41.8 |
+5.7 |
|
Unionist |
Robert Tasker |
2,035 |
12.5 |
−5.0 |
Majority |
625 |
3.9 |
N/A |
Turnout |
27,468 |
59.1 |
+0.3 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+3.3 |
|
General election 1924: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Walter Windsor |
9,560 |
50.2 |
+4.5 |
|
Liberal |
Garnham Edmonds |
9,465 |
49.8 |
+8.0 |
Majority |
95 |
0.4 |
−3.5 |
Turnout |
27,827 |
68.4 |
+9.3 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
−1.8 |
|
General election 1929: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Harry Nathan |
11,690 |
47.4 |
−2.4 |
|
Labour |
Walter Windsor |
11,101 |
44.9 |
−5.3 |
|
Unionist |
James Alan Bell |
1,908 |
7.7 |
New |
Majority |
589 |
2.5 |
N/A |
Turnout |
34,453 |
71.7 |
+3.3 |
|
Liberal gain from Labour |
Swing |
+1.5 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Harry Nathan |
13,135 |
55.9 |
+8.5 |
|
Labour |
William Barratt |
10,368 |
44.1 |
−0.8 |
Majority |
2,767 |
11.8 |
+9.3 |
Turnout |
34,377 |
68.4 |
−3.3 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+4.7 |
|
General election 1935: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Dan Chater |
11,581 |
63.5 |
+19.4 |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Burton Hobman |
6,644 |
36.5 |
−19.4 |
Majority |
4,937 |
27.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
32,809 |
55.5 |
−12.9 |
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+19.4 |
|
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1939–40
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Dan Chater
- Liberal: Ormond Lewis
General election 1945: Bethnal Green North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Dan Chater |
7,696 |
59.9 |
−3.6 |
|
Liberal |
Paul Wright |
3,979 |
30.9 |
−5.6 |
|
Conservative |
William Sackville |
1,185 |
9.2 |
New |
Majority |
3,717 |
29.0 |
+2.0 |
Turnout |
19,225 |
66.9 |
+11.4 |
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
+1.0 |
|