Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1918	William Henry Prescott	Coalition Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1922	Robert Morrison	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1931	Edward Doran	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1935	Robert Morrison	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1945	William Irving	Labour Co-operative
1950		constituency abolished

Elections in the 1940s

General Election July 1945: Tottenham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Morrison	25,360	71.8	+14.6
	Conservative	B. H. Berry	9,955	28.2	−7.3
Majority			15,405	43.6	+21.9
Turnout			35,315	70.3	+4.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−10.0

Tottenham North by-election, 13 December 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Irving	12,937	63.6	−8.2
	Conservative	Petre Crowder	7,415	36.4	+8.2
Majority			5,522	27.2	−16.4
Turnout			20,352	39.5	−30.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.2

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages