Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency) Facts for Kids

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Southwark South East was a special area in South London that elected one person to represent its people in the UK Parliament. This elected person is called a Member of Parliament (MP). MPs work in the House of Commons, which is where laws are made for the whole country.

Southwark South East in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-49

A map showing the wards of Southwark Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

This area was created for the general election in 1918. It stopped being a separate area for elections in 1950. After that, most of its area became part of the new Southwark constituency.

Southwark South East included parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark. It covered areas known as St. George, St. John, and St. Peter. Today, these areas are mostly in East Walworth and Faraday, plus a small part of Grange ward, all within the London Borough of Southwark.

Who Represented Southwark South East?
How Elections Worked

Who Represented Southwark South East?

This section shows the people who were elected as MPs for Southwark South East. Each MP represented the area for a certain time.

	Member	Party
1918	James Arthur Dawes	Coalition Liberal
1921 by-election	Thomas Naylor	Labour
1922	Maurice Alexander	National Liberal
1923	Thomas Naylor	Labour
1931	George Powell	Conservative
1935	Thomas Naylor	Labour
1950	Area no longer existed

How Elections Worked

People in Southwark South East voted in several elections to choose their MP. Here's a look at some of those elections.

The 1918 Election

J.A. Dawes

The first election for Southwark South East was in 1918.

General election 1918: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	7,208	72.6
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	2,718	27.4
Majority			4,490	45.2
Turnout			9,926
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Jacobsen

In 1921, there was a special election called a by-election. This happens when an MP leaves their job before the next general election.

1921 Southwark South East by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	6,561	57.0	+29.6
	National Liberal	Thomas Owen Jacobsen	2,636	22.9	-49.7
	Ind U	Horace Louis Petit Boot	2,307	20.1	New
Majority			3,925	34.1	N/A
Turnout			11,504	38.5	-6.7
	Labour gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing	+39.6

M. Alexander

Another general election took place in 1922.

General election 1922: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Maurice Alexander	10,014	56.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	7,734	43.6	+16.2
Majority			2,280	12.8	N/A
Turnout			17,748	58.2
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

The next general election was in 1923.

General election 1923: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	9,374	54.3	+10.7
	Liberal	Maurice Alexander	7,884	45.7	-10.7
Majority			1,490	8.6	N/A
Turnout			17,258	55.7	-2.5
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.7

Elias

In 1924, another general election was held.

General election 1924: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	11,635	54.3	0.0
	Unionist	Geoffrey Lloyd	7,387	34.5	New
	Liberal	Elsie Elias	2,388	11.2	-34.5
Majority			4,248	19.8	+11.2
Turnout			21,410	68.1	+8.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The last general election in the 1920s was in 1929.

General election 1929: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	13,527	60.4	+6.1
	Liberal	William John Squire	4,766	21.3	+10.1
	Unionist	Evelyn George Harcourt Powell	4,086	18.3	-16.2
Majority			8,761	39.1	+19.3
Turnout			22,379	58.9	-9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1930s

A general election was held in 1931.

General election 1931: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn George Harcourt Powell	11,063	53.3	+35.0
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	9,678	46.7	-13.7
Majority			1,385	6.6	N/A
Turnout			20,741	54.1	-4.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The next general election was in 1935.

General election 1935: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	11,942	63.2	+16.5
	Conservative	Evelyn George Harcourt Powell	6,945	36.8	-16.5
Majority			4,997	26.4	+19.8
Turnout			18,887	53.3	-0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The 1945 Election

The last general election for this constituency was in 1945.

General election 1945: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	9,599	76.9	+13.7
	Conservative	James Greenwood	2,881	23.1	-13.7
Majority			6,718	53.8	+27.4
Turnout			12,480	60.8	+7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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