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.

Boundaries

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

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1918 General Election:Tottenham North Electorate 34,463^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Maj. William Henry Prescott	11,891	62.0
	Liberal	Percy Alden	7,293	38.0
Majority			4,598	24.0
Turnout				55.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

received the Coalition Government 'Coupon'.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Tottenham North^[2] Electorate 35,484
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	10,250	44.2	n/a
	Unionist	C D Roberts	8,392	36.1	−25.9
	National Liberal	C Baker	4,181	18.0	n/a
	Ind. Conservative	F Bartle	395	1.7	n/a
Majority			1,858	8.1
Turnout				65.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Tottenham North^[3] Electorate 36,846
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	12,696	49.7
	Unionist	Sir William Henry Prescott	8,323	32.6
	Liberal	Oliver Frederick Broadway	4,525	17.7	n/a
Majority			4,373	17.1
Turnout				69.3
	Labour hold		Swing

File:1923 John Leng Sturrock.jpg

John Sturrock

General Election 1924: Tottenham North^[4] Electorate 37,903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	13,800	51.0
	Constitutionalist	John Leng Sturrock	13,243	49.0
Majority			557	2.0
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Tottenham North^[5] Electorate 52,399
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	20884	54.0
	Unionist	Harold J Soloman	11,231	29.1
	Liberal	Hon. Angus William Eden Holden	6,535	16.9
Majority			9,653	24.9
Turnout				73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Tottenham North^[6] Electorate 55,922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Doran	22,172	55.7
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	17,651	44.3
Majority			4,521	11.4
Turnout				71.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Tottenham North^[7] Electorate 55,926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Craigmyle Morrison	21,075	57.2
	Conservative	Edward Doran	13,066	35.5
	Liberal	Leon Charles Augustus Dubery	2,697	7.3
Majority
Turnout				65.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: Robert Craigmyle Morrison^[8]
Conservative: B Hubert Berry
Liberal: ^[9]

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

^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939

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[1] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

[2] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[3] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[4] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[5] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[6] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[7] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[8] Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

[9] The Liberal Magazine, 1939

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