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Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50
Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-55
A map showing the wards of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Hammersmith South was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post system.
The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards numbers one, two and three.
1950–1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, Olympia, Ravenscourt, and St Stephen's.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Bull |
10,877 |
63.0 |
−2.6 |
|
Labour |
Wyndham Albery |
6,397 |
37.0 |
+22.1 |
Majority |
4,480 |
26.0 |
−20.1 |
Turnout |
17,274 |
56.4 |
+9.6 |
Registered electors |
30,618 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
−12.4 |
|
General election 1923: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
William Bull |
8,184 |
43.4 |
−19.6 |
|
Labour |
Wyndham Albery |
6,974 |
36.9 |
−0.1 |
|
Liberal |
Ernest Devan Wetton |
3,723 |
19.7 |
New |
Majority |
1,210 |
6.5 |
−19.5 |
Turnout |
18,881 |
61.1 |
+4.7 |
Registered electors |
30,879 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
−9.8 |
|
General election 1929: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Daniel Chater |
12,630 |
43.8 |
+5.3 |
|
Unionist |
John Ferguson |
12,218 |
42.4 |
−13.0 |
|
Liberal |
J J Davies |
3,976 |
13.8 |
+7.7 |
Majority |
412 |
1.4 |
N/A |
Turnout |
28,824 |
67.3 |
−5.0 |
Registered electors |
42,841 |
|
|
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] gain from Unionist |
Swing |
+9.2 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Douglas Cooke |
21,018 |
71.5 |
+29.1 |
|
Labour |
Daniel Chater |
8,390 |
28.5 |
-15.3 |
Majority |
12,628 |
43.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
29,408 |
68.0 |
+0.7 |
|
Conservative gain from [[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] |
Swing |
+20.8 |
|
General election 1935: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Douglas Cooke |
15,377 |
62.3 |
-9.2 |
|
Labour |
William Adams |
9,309 |
37.7 |
+9.2 |
Majority |
6,068 |
24.6 |
-18.4 |
Turnout |
24,686 |
60.1 |
-7.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
William Adams |
12,502 |
58.0 |
+20.3 |
|
Conservative |
Douglas Cooke |
9,044 |
42.0 |
-20.3 |
Majority |
3,458 |
16.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
21,546 |
65.9 |
+5.8 |
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
1949 Hammersmith South by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Thomas Williams |
15,223 |
52.8 |
-5.2 |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Fell |
13,610 |
47.2 |
+5.2 |
Majority |
1,613 |
5.6 |
-10.4 |
Turnout |
28,833 |
60.6 |
-5.3 |
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
|
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Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Thomas Williams |
18,825 |
51.8 |
+1.8 |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Fell |
16,161 |
44.4 |
+2.4 |
|
Liberal |
John Stanton Ritter |
1,400 |
3.8 |
New |
Majority |
2,664 |
7.4 |
-8.6 |
Turnout |
36,386 |
|
|
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1951: Hammersmith South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Thomas Williams |
19,273 |
54.6 |
+2.8 |
|
Conservative |
Robert N E Hinton |
16,038 |
45.4 |
+1.0 |
Majority |
3,235 |
9.2 |
+1.8 |
Turnout |
35,311 |
80.2 |
|
|
[[Labour Co-operative|Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/shortname]] hold |
Swing |
+0.9 |
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