- Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hackney North Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1950 Number of members one Replaced by Stoke Newington and Hackney North Created from Hackney Hackney North was a parliamentary constituency in the "The Metropolis" (later the County of London). It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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History
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 when the two-member Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was split into three single-member divisions. The seat, officially the Northern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act, 1948 for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.
Boundaries
Hackney North in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.
Hackney North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.1885 - 1918
In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of:
- The Parish of Stoke Newington (previously part of the Parliamentary Borough of Finsbury)
- No. 1 or Stamford Hill Ward of Hackney Parish
- No. 2 or West Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish
- The part of No. 5 or Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish north of the centres of Everning Road, Upper Clapton Road, and Southwold Road.[1]
1918 - 1950
The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain. Seats in the County of London were redefined in terms of wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney North was defined as consisting of :
- Stamford Hill Ward
- The part of Clapton Park Ward to the north of a line drawn along the centres of Glenarm Road, Glyn Road and Redwald Road to its junction with Maclaren Street, thence across the recreation grounds in Daubeney Road to the borough boundary at a point fifty feet north of a boundary post situate at the junction of the Waterworks River with the River Lea at Lead Mill Point.
- The part of West Hackney Ward to the north and west of the centre of Shacklewell Lane.[2]
Stoke Newington was removed from the seat, and became a separate constituency.[2]
Redistribution
The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The Borough of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. The bulk of Hackney North passed to the Stoke Newington and Hackney North seat.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1885 Lt Gen Sir Lewis Pelly Conservative 1892 by-election William Robert Bousfield Conservative 1906 Thomas Hart-Davies Liberal 1910 Walter Greene Conservative 1923 John Hobbis Harris Liberal 1924 Capt Sir Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson Conservative 1945 Henry Edwin Goodrich Labour 1950 constituency abolished Elections
General Election 1945: Hackney North[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour H E Goodrich 17,337 65.0 +16.9 Conservative A U M Hudson 5,771 21.7 -30.2 Liberal Mrs. D Gorsky 3,546 13.3 N/A Majority 11,566 43.4 Labour gain from Conservative General Election 1935: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Captain A U M Hudson 15,000 51.9 -17.6 Labour F G Bowles 13,920 48.1 +17.6 Majority 1,080 3.7 -35.2 Conservative hold General Election 1931: Hackney North[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative A U M Hudson 20,545 69.5 +33.8 Labour F G Bowles 9,022 30.5 -2.4 Majority 11,523 38.9 +36.1 Conservative hold General Election 1929: Hackney North[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative A U M Hudson 11,199 35.7 -11.7 Labour F G Bowles 10,333 32.9 +8.7 Liberal J H Harris 9,844 31.4 +3.0 Majority 866 2.8 Conservative hold General Election 1924: Hackney North[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative A U M Hudson 11,975 47.4 +1.4 Liberal J H Harris 7,181 28.4 -25.6 Labour Dr Stella Churchill 6,097 24.1 N/A Majority 4,794 19.0 Conservative gain from Liberal General Election 1923: Hackney North[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal J H Harris 11,177 54.0 +16.3 Conservative Sir W R Greene 9,523 46.0 -16.3 Majority 1,654 7.9 Liberal gain from Conservative General Election 1922: Hackney North[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir W R Greene 13,882 62.3 -8.3 Liberal P Guedella 8,387 37.7 +8.3 Majority 5,495 24.7 -16.7 Conservative hold General Election 14 December 1918:
constituency of Hackney North
Composed of the Hackney wards of Stamford Hill, Clapton Park (part) and West Hackney (part)
Electorate 27,871, Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lieutenant-Colonel Sir W R Greene 9,873 70.6 +14.4 Liberal Lieutenant Wright Burrows 4,119 29.4 -14.4 Majority 5,754 41.1 +28.7 Conservative hold General Election December 1910: Hackney North[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Greene 5,290 56.2 +2.1 Liberal W A Addinsell 4,126 43.8 -2.1 Majority 1,164 12.4 +4.3 Conservative hold General Election January 1910: Hackney North[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Raymond Greene 5,620 54.1 +21.4 Liberal T Hart-Davies 4,773 45.9 -21.4 Majority 847 8.1 Conservative gain from Liberal General Election 1906: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal T Hart-Davies 4,655 51.8 +19.1 Conservative W R Bousfield 4,331 48.2 -19.1 Majority 224 2.5 Liberal gain from Conservative General Election 1900: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W R Bousfield 5,005 67.3 Liberal H W Wilberforce 2,437 32.7 Majority 2,568 34.5 Conservative hold General Election 1895: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W R Bousfield Liberal Sylvain Mayer Majority 2,265 Conservative hold General Election 1892: Hackney South[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W R Bousfield 4,799 59.4 +3.3 Liberal J McCall 3,280 40.6 -3.3 Majority 1,519 18.8 +6.6 Conservative hold Hackney North by-election 1892[12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative W R Bousfield 4,460 56.1 -8.4 Liberal T Arrowsmith Meates 3,491 43.9 +8.4 Majority 969 12.2 -16.7 Conservative hold General Election 1886: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Lewis Pelly 3,351 64.5 +11.2 Liberal Dr Aubrey 1,848 35.5 -11.2 Majority 1,503 28.9 +22.2 Conservative hold General Election 1885: Hackney North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Lewis Pelly 3,327 53.3 N/A Liberal Æ J McIntyre 2,911 46.7 N/A Majority 416 6.7 N/A Conservative win (new seat) References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.
- ^ a b Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
- ^ "UK general election results 1945". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i09.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times: p. 6. 28 October 1931.
- ^ "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times: p. 6. 31 May 1929.
- ^ "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times: p. 6. 30 October 1924.
- ^ "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains". The Times: p. 6. 7 December 1923.
- ^ "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting". The Times: p. 6. 16 November 1922.
- ^ "Progress Of The General Election". The Times: p. 7. 7 December 1910.
- ^ "Progress Of The General Election". The Times: p. 6. 20 January 1910.
- ^ "The General Election. The Polls". The Times: p. 6. 7 July 1892.
- ^ "Election Intelligence. North Hackney-Result". The Times: p. 6. 12 May 1892.
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- Parliamentary constituencies both current and historic of Hackney
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