Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South was a parliamentary constituency in "The Metropolis" (later the County of London). It was represented by nine Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, only two of whom, Horatio Bottomley and Herbert Morrison, were elected more than once.

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 Southern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1955.

Boundaries

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Hackney South in London 1885–1918

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Hackney South in London 1918–1950

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Hackney South in London 1950–1955

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

1885–1918

In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of:

• No. 7 or South Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish
• No. 6 or Homerton Ward of Hackney Parish
• The part of the No. 5 or Hackney Ward of Hackney Parish south of the centres of Everning Road, Upper Clapton Road, and the Upper and Lower Clapton Roads.

1918–1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. 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 South was defined as consisting of:

• Homerton Ward
• South Hackney Ward
• The part of Clapton Park Ward to the south 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.

1950–1955

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the Boroughs of Hackney and Stoke Newington jointly formed two seats, the borough constituencies of Stoke Newington and Hackney North and Hackney South. Hackney South was enlarged: consisting of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney except the five wards of Leaside, Maury, Southwold, Springfield and Stamford.

Redistribution

Following a review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission appointed under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, parliamentary seats in the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Hackney and Stoke Newington were redrawn. The Hackney South constituency was abolished, with most passing to a new Hackney Central borough constituency, and some parts to Bethnal Green.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Sir Charles Russell	Liberal	later Baron Russell of Killowen
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1894 by-election	John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal	later Baron Moulton
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Horatio Bottomley	Liberal	resigned 16 May 1912 after being declared bankrupt
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1912 by-election	Hector Morison	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Horatio Bottomley	Independent	expelled 1 August 1922 after being convicted of fraud
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922 by-election	Clifford Erskine-Bolst	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Herbert Morrison	Labour	later Baron Morrison of Lambeth
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	George Garro-Jones	Liberal	later 1st Baron Trefgarne
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Herbert Morrison	Labour	later Baron Morrison of Lambeth
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Marjorie Graves	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1935	Herbert Morrison	Labour	later Baron Morrison of Lambeth
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Herbert Butler	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1885: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Darling	2,602	42.3
Majority			942	15.4
Turnout			6,146	70.8
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Russell was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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Scoble

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1886 Hackney South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Scoble	1,979	38.3
		Henry Munster	17	0.3
Majority			1,195	23.1
Turnout			5,170	59.5
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	hold		Swing	+3.8

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General election 1886: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Darling	2,700	49.1
Majority			100	1.8
Turnout			5,500	63.3
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	hold		Swing	−6.8

Elections in the 1890s

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Robertson

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General election 1892: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Robertson	3,294	42.6
Majority			1,146	14.8
Turnout			7,734	70.0
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	hold		Swing	+6.5

Russell is appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 1892: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Russell is appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, becoming Lord Russell of Killowen, causing a by-election.

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Moulton

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1894 Hackney South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Robertson	4,338	48.9
Majority			192	2.2
Turnout			8,868	75.9
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	hold		Swing	−6.3

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General election 1895: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Moulton	4,362	48.2
Majority			319	3.6
Turnout			9,043	73.2
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Horatio Bottomley	4,376	48.1
Majority			338	3.8
Turnout			9,090	69.1
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	hold		Swing	+0.1

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General election 1906: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Robertson	3,257	27.6
	Free Church and Progressive	William Riley	804	15.3
Majority			3,479	29.5
Turnout			10,797	89.9
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+16.7

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Conway Wertheimer	4,304	37.1
Majority			2,995	25.8
Turnout			11,603	82.2
	hold		Swing	−1.8

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General election December 1910: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sydney Charles Nettleton King-Farlow	3,243	31.6
		Richard Roberts	1,946	19.0
Majority			1,825	17.8
Turnout			10,257	72.6
	hold		Swing	−4.0

• Roberts was nominated by a breakaway local Liberal Association opposed to Bottomley, which was recognised by the London Liberal Federation.

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Morison

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1912 Hackney South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Constant Gibson	4,836	47.5
Majority			503	5.0
Turnout			10,175	70.1
	hold		Swing	−6.4

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority			8,315	59.4
Turnout			13,975	55.4
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1922 Hackney South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Holford Knight	9,046	49.8
Majority			72	0.4
Turnout			18,164	56.3
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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General election 1922: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Holford Knight	9,276	39.8
Majority			4,741	20.4
Turnout			23,293	70.0
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General election 1923: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Garro-Jones	6,757	30.2
		Clifford Erskine-Bolst	6,047	27.0
Majority			2,821	12.6
Turnout			22,382	65.8
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+18.1

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General election 1924: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Morrison	11,651	46.5
Majority			1,764	7.0
Turnout			25,066	72.5
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.8

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General election 1929: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir Tresham Lever, 2nd Baronet	8,222	27.0
		Muriel Morgan Gibbon	6,302	20.7
		J. T. Murphy	331	1.1
Majority			7,368	24.2
Turnout			30,445	69.2
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+18.8

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Morrison	12,827	44.6
Majority			3,093	10.8
Turnout			28,747
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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General election 1935: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marjorie Graves	10,876	40.7
Majority			4,954	18.6
Turnout			26,706
	gain from Template:Yesno		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: Herbert Morrison
• Liberal National:

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stanley Price	4,901	24.2
		William Rust	4,891	24.2
Majority			5,531	27.4
Turnout			20,224
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert P. Brooks	15,105	25.7
		Frank Albert Marlow	5,575	9.5
		John Richard Betteridge	1,891	3.8
Majority			20,716	35.3
Turnout			61,392	77.4
	hold		Swing

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General election 1951: Hackney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Rawlinson	18,003	30.5
		John Richard Betteridge	1,744	3.0
Majority			21,268	36.0
Turnout			59,018	77.1
	hold		Swing