Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Southwark North in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-50

Southwark North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark
Created from	Southwark West

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.

Boundaries

A map showing the wards of Southwark Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

The constituency comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Edward Strauss	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923	Leslie Haden-Guest	Labour
	1927	Edward Strauss	Liberal
	1929	George Isaacs	Labour
	1931	Edward Strauss	National Liberal
	1939 by-election	George Isaacs	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Southwark

Election results

Election in the 1910s

Edward Strauss

General election 1918[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Edward Strauss	4,254	47.1
	Independent Unionist	John Harrington (Unionist)	2,183	24.2
	Labour	George Isaacs	2,027	22.4
	NFDDSS	George Gregory Gebbett	573	6.3
Majority			2,071	22.9
Turnout			9,037	40.4
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Edward Strauss	7,435	54.0	New
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	6,323	46.0	+23.6
Majority			1,112	8.0	N/A
Turnout			13,758	56.1	+15.7
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1923: Southwark North [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	7,665	51.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Edward Strauss	7,303	48.8	-5.2
Majority			362	2.4	N/A
Turnout			14,968	59.7	+3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.2

General election, 29 October 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Haden-Guest	8,115	43.8	-7.4
	Liberal	Edward Strauss	7,085	38.3	-10.5
	Unionist	John Llewellin	3,305	17.9	New
Majority			1,030	5.5	+3.1
Turnout			18,505	71.5	+11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1927 Southwark North by-election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Strauss	7,334	43.9	+5.6
	Labour	George Isaacs	6,167	36.9	-6.9
	Constitutionalist	Leslie Haden-Guest	3,215	19.2	New
Majority			1,167	7.0	N/A
Turnout			16,716	62.8	-8.7
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General election 30 May 1929 : Southwark North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Isaacs	9,660	45.8	+2.0
	Liberal	Edward Strauss	9,228	43.8	+5.5
	Unionist	Marcus Samuel	2,198	10.4	-7.5
Majority			432	2.0	N/A
Turnout			21,086	65.2	-6.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	*Edward Strauss	13,045	64.9	+21.1
	Labour	George Isaacs	7,053	35.1	-13.7
Majority			5,992	29.8	N/A
Turnout			20,098	63.2	-2.0
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+15.9

• After the election, Strauss took the Liberal National whip.

General election, 14 November 1935[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Edward Strauss	8,086	50.2	-14.7
	Labour	George Isaacs	8,007	49.8	+14.7
Majority			79	0.4	N/A
Turnout			16,093	56.1	-7.1
	Liberal National hold		Swing

1939 Southwark North by-election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Isaacs	5,815	57.4	+7.6
	Liberal National	Alfred Henderson-Livesey	4,322	42.6	-7.6
Majority			1,493	14.8	N/A
Turnout			10,137	38.9	-17.2
	Labour gain from Liberal National		Swing	+7.6

Election in the 1940s

General election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Isaacs	5,943	69.0	+19.2
	Liberal National	Edward Terrell	2,673	31.0	-19.2
Majority			3,270	38.0	+37.6
Turnout			8,616	61.3	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
2. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949, p49
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
7. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
8. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)