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Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
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Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Arthur Cohen | Liberal | |
| 1888 by-election | Richard Causton | Liberal | |
| 1910 | William Dunn | Conservative | |
| 1910 | Edward Strauss | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
| Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
| General election 1885: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Arthur Cohen | 2,851 | 52.2 | ||
| Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,611 | 47.8 | ||
| Majority | 240 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 5,462 | 70.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,776 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| General election 1886: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Arthur Cohen | 2,566 | 51.1 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,453 | 48.9 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 113 | 2.2 | -2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,019 | 64.5 | -5.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,776 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Cohen resigned, causing a by-election.
| By-election, 17 Feb 1888: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,638 | 59.8 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Augustus Beddall | 2,444 | 40.2 | -8.7 | |
| Majority | 1,194 | 19.6 | +17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,082 | 73.3 | +8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,296 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| General election 1892: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,534 | 60.6 | +9.5 | |
| Conservative | Edward Bond | 2,295 | 39.4 | −9.5 | |
| Majority | 1,239 | 21.2 | +19.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,829 | 72.4 | +7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,048 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
Causton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
| By-election, 23 Aug 1892: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| General election 1895: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 2,989 | 51.0 | -9.6 | |
| Conservative | Frederick William Horner | 2,870 | 49.0 | +9.6 | |
| Majority | 119 | 2.0 | -19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,859 | 72.2 | -0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,113 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.6 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| General election 1900: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 2,893 | 51.1 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Newton | 2,763 | 48.9 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 130 | 2.2 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,656 | 71.2 | -1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,945 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| General election 1906: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,057 | 54.1 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Salter | 2,592 | 45.9 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 465 | 8.2 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,649 | 79.9 | +8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,066 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| General election January 1910: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Dunn | 3,387 | 51.2 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal | Richard Causton | 3,223 | 48.8 | -5.3 | |
| Majority | 161 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,610 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.3 | |||
| General election December 1910: Southwark West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Edward Strauss | 3,028 | 50.1 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | William Dunn | 3,010 | 49.9 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 18 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,038 | 74.9 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3 | |||
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: Edward Strauss
- Unionist:
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