Newington West (UK Parliament constituency)

Newington West was a parliamentary constituency in the Newington area of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Newington West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Newington West in London
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark Central
Created from	Lambeth (part of)

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, although the new constituency of Southwark Central had very similar boundaries.

Boundaries

Part of St Mary's ward and Trinity and St Paul's ward.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party[3]
	1885	Charles Cooke	Conservative
	1892	Cecil Norton	Liberal
	1916	James Daniel Gilbert	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Decades:

1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Newington West [4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cooke	2,419	48.2
	Liberal	John Seymour Keay	1,774	35.4
	Independent Liberal	William McArthur	821	16.4
Majority			645	12.8
Turnout			5,014	78.6
Registered electors			6,377
	Conservative win (new seat)

Firth

General election 1886: Newington West [4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cooke	2,447	54.2	+6.0
	Liberal	Joseph Bottomley Firth	2,065	45.8	+10.4
Majority			382	8.4	-4.4
Turnout			4,502	70.8	-7.8
Registered electors			6,377
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1890s

Norton

General election 1892: Newington West [4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	3,421	59.5	+13.7
	Conservative	George Tallents	2,238	40.5	-13.7
Majority			1,093	19.0	N/A
Turnout			5,749	75.9	+5.1
Registered electors			7,579
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.7

General election 1895: Newington West [4][5][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	3,219	53.8	-5.7
	Conservative	George Tallents	2,769	46.2	+5.7
Majority			450	7.6	-11.4
Turnout			5,978	75.1	-0.8
Registered electors			7,971
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Newington West [4][5][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	3,559	59.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Francis Ricarde-Seaver	2,403	40.3	-5.9
Majority			1,156	19.4	+11.8
Turnout			5,962	70.2	-4.9
Registered electors			8,491
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

General election 1906: Newington West [4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	4,446	64.7	+5.0
	Conservative	Ralph Emanuel Belilios	2,425	35.3	-5.0
Majority			2,021	29.4	+10.0
Turnout			6,871	76.4	+6.2
Registered electors			8,995
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Newington West [4][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	4,350	52.5	-12.2
	Conservative	Warwick Brookes	3,938	47.5	+12.2
Majority			412	5.0	-24.4
Turnout			8,288	86.0	+9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.2

General election December 1910: Newington West [4][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Norton	4,038	53.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Warwick Brookes	3,498	46.4	-1.1
Majority			540	7.2	+2.2
Turnout			7,536	78.2	-7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

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:Cecil Norton
• Unionist:

Gilbert

1916 Newington West by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Daniel Gilbert	2,646	77.1	+23.5
	Independent Labour	Joseph J Terrett	787	22.9	New
Majority			1,859	54.2	+47.0
Turnout			3,433	35.0	−43.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Notes and references

1. Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 37. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
5. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
8. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918