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Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was initially composed of four wards of the metroplitan borough: Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms and Park.[1] When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.[2] However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.[3] Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies. From 1950 to 1974 Battersea North consisted of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage and Winstanley wards.[4] [5]

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. Renamed Wandsworth, Battersea North, the seat was defined as consisting of five wards of the London Borough: Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park and Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury and St John's were transferred from Battersea South.[6] These boundaries were used until abolition.

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 Richard Morris Coalition Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Great Britain/meta/color" | 1922 Shapurji Saklatvala Communist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Henry Cairn Hogbin Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Great Britain/meta/color" | 1924 Shapurji Saklatvala Communist
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 William Stephen Saunders Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Arthur Marsden Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 William Stephen Saunders Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1940 Francis Douglas Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1946 Douglas Jay Labour
1983 Constituency abolished: see Battersea

Election results

1918 General Election: Battersea North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Richard Morris 11,311
Labour Charlotte Despard 5,634
Majority 5,597
National Liberal win (new seat)
1922 General Election: Battersea North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 11,311
National Liberal Party (UK) H C Hogbin 9,200
Liberal V C Albu 1,756
Majority 2,021
Communist gain from National Liberal Swing
1923 General Election: Battersea North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H C Hogbin 12,527
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 12,341
Majority 186
Turnout
Liberal gain from Communist Swing
1924 General Election: Battersea North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 15,096
Liberal H C Hogbin 14,554
Majority 542
Turnout
Communist gain from Liberal Swing
1929 General Election: Battersea North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Stephen Saunders 13,265
Conservative Commander Arthur Marsden 10,833
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 6,334
Liberal T P Brogan 4,513
Majority 2,432
Turnout
Labour gain from Communist Swing
1931 General Election: Battersea North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Commander Arthur Marsden 18,688
Labour William Stephen Saunders 11,985
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala 3,021
Majority 6,703
Turnout 33,694
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
1935 General Election: Battersea North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Stephen Saunders 17,596 58.7 23.1
Conservative Arthur Marsden 12,393 41.3 −14.1
Majority 5,203 17.4 N/A
Turnout 29,989 63.5 −4.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 18.6%

William Saunders resigned in 1940, leading to a by-election.

Battersea North by-election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Francis Douglas 9,947 92.6 33.9
Independent E.C. Joyce 791 7.4 N/A
Majority 9,156 85.2 +67.8
Turnout 10,738 25.1 −38.4
Labour hold Swing N/A


General Election 1945: Battersea North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F C R Douglas 14,070 73.9
Conservative J G W Paget 4,969 26.1
Majority 9,101 47.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

F C R Douglas was appointed Governor of Malta, leading to a by-election.

Battersea North by-election, 1946[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Douglas Jay 11,329
Conservative B A Shattock 4,858
Ind. Labour Party Hugo Dewar 240
Majority 6,471
Turnout 61
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1950: Battersea North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Jay 24,762 69.57 −4.33
Conservative M Madden 9,084 25.52 −0.58
Liberal E R Handscombe 1,090 3.06 N/A
Communist J Mahon 655 1.84 N/A
Majority 15,678 44.05
Turnout 80.7
Labour hold Swing -3.75
General Election 1951: Battersea North[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D P T Jay 25,882 72.53 2.96
Conservative W I Percival 9,905 27.47 1.95
Majority 16,077 45.05 1.00
Turnout 80.24 −0.46
Labour hold Swing 2.96
General Election 1955: Battersea North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D P T Jay 20,980 70.73 −1.8
Conservative W I Percival 8,058 27.17 −0.3
Independent E Fenner 622 2.10 N/A
Majority 12,922 43.57 −1.58
Turnout 42,766 69.35 −10.89
Labour hold Swing -1.8
General Election 1959: Battersea North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D P T Jay 19,575 67.84 −2.89
Conservative R G Taylor 9,289 32.16 4.99
Majority 6,533 13.67 −29.9
Turnout 40,937 70.56 1.21
Labour hold Swing -29.9
General Election 1964: Battersea North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D P T Jay 14,930 63.71 −4.13
Conservative R G Taylor 5,847 24.95 −7.21
Liberal S R Jakobi 2,187 9.33 N/A
Communist G M Easton 471 2.01 N/A
Majority 9,083 13.67 25.09
Turnout 35,659 65.72 −4.84
Labour hold Swing -4.13
General Election 1966: Battersea North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D P T Jay 15,522 72.12 8.41
Conservative C P M Davidson 5,350 24.86 −0.06
Communist G M Easton 650 3.02 1.01
Majority 10,172 47.26 33.59
Turnout 63.21 −2.51
Labour hold Swing 8.41

References

  1. ^ Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 C.64), Schedule 9
  2. ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, (1948, C.65), Schedule 1
  3. ^ Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552)
  4. ^ The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)
  5. ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
  6. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674)
  7. ^ General Election 1918 - The Polls, The Times, December 30, 1918, Election Supplement, p.1
  8. ^ The General Election. First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting, The Times, November 16, 1922, p.6
  9. ^ The General Election. First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains, The Times, December 07, 1923, p.6
  10. ^ The General Election, First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, The Times, May 31, 1929, p. 6
  11. ^ The General Election First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, The Times, October 28, 1931, p. 6
  12. ^ "UK General Election results July 1945". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  13. ^ No change at N. Battersea, The Times, July 26, 1946, p.4
  14. ^ "UK General Election results February 1950". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  15. ^ "UK General Election results October 1951". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  16. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  17. ^ "UK General Election results October 1959". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  18. ^ "UK General Election results October 1964". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  19. ^ "UK General Election results March 1966". United Kingdom General Election results. University of Keele. Retrieved 2008-06-26.

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