Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Rotherhithe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rotherhithe district 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.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election when it became part of the revived Bermondsey constituency after the London Blitz had destroyed much of the housing and substantially reduced the resident population and electorate.

Boundaries

1885–1918

File:Bermondsey Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St Olave's, St John's, St Thomas's, St Mary, Rotherhithe and St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey.[1]

1918–1950

The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey wards of St John, St Olave, Bermondsey five and six, and Rotherhithe one, two and three.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1885 Charles Hamilton Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1892 John Macdona Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1906 Hubert Carr-Gomm Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 John Lort-Williams Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1923 Ben Smith Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 Norah Runge Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1935 Ben Smith Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1946 b-e Bob Mellish Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

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Bermondsey historical election results

Elections in the 1880s

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Pankhurst
General election 1885: Rotherhithe [2][3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Hamilton Template:Replace 54.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Pankhurst 2,800 45.7
Majority 527 8.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,127 72.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,455 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1886: Rotherhithe [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Hamilton Template:Replace 60.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Brampton Gurdon 2,115 39.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,087 20.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,317 62.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,455 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +5.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1890s

File:Harold Glanville.jpg
Glanville
General election 1892: Rotherhithe [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Macdona Template:Replace 59.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harold Glanville 2,765 40.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,230 18.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,760 70.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 9,638 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.1

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1895: Rotherhithe [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Macdona Template:Replace 64.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ambrose Pomeroy 2,246 35.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,846 29.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,338 69.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 9,188 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +5.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1900s

File:1906 Thomas Hart-Davies.jpg
Hart-Davies
General election 1900: Rotherhithe [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Macdona Template:Replace 62.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Hart-Davies 2,356 37.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,582 25.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,294 65.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 9,559 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -2.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:Hubert Carr-Gomm.jpg
Carr-Gomm
General election 1906: Rotherhithe [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hubert Carr-Gomm Template:Replace 59.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Macdona 2,821 40.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,371 19.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 7,013 80.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,700 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +22.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Rotherhithe [2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hubert Carr-Gomm Template:Replace 55.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Assheton Pownall 3,570 44.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 904 11.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 8,044 84.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -4.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election December 1910: Rotherhithe [2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hubert Carr-Gomm Template:Replace 57.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Assheton Pownall 3,026 42.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,004 14.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 7,056 74.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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Election in the 1920s

General election 1918: Rotherhithe [6]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hubert Carr-Gomm 3,889 34.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Will Godfrey 1,750 15.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,750 15.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 25,088 45.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +14.8
General election 1922: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Lort-Williams Template:Replace 36.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Diamond 6,703 36.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hubert Carr-Gomm 5,034 27.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 46 0.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 29,166 63.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -17.6

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:Richard Hazleton.jpg
Hazleton
General election 1923: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith Template:Replace 48.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Lort-Williams 5,741 30.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Hazleton 4,035 21.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,278 17.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 29,457 63.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +8.8

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1924: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith Template:Replace 60.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann 8,375 39.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,328 20.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 29,906 70.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1929: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith Template:Replace 61.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gurney Braithwaite 4,594 19.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dora West 4,556 19.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,070 42.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,133 65.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +10.8

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Election in the 1930s

File:Superintendent Mrs Norah Cecil Runge OBE in 1918.jpg
Runge
General election 1931: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Norah Runge Template:Replace 50.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith 11,536 49.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 130 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,111 64.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +21.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1935: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith Template:Replace 59.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Norah Runge 9,751 40.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,665 19.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 33,899 71.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +10.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Rotherhithe
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ben Smith Template:Replace 79.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Norah Runge 2,577 20.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,164 58.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 18,098 68.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +19.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1946 Rotherhithe by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bob Mellish Template:Replace 65.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward Martell 2,821 25.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frederick Burden 1,084 9.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,444 39.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,170 50.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In fiction

The constituency is portrayed in an episode (A Place in the World) of TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs as the safe Docklands Labour seat of "Rotherhithe East" that is unsuccessfully contested by James Bellamy for the Conservatives in a by-election in 1920. Location scenes were actually shot in Rotherhithe in January 1975 during the making of the episode. (In real life through 1920 Rotherhithe was a Unionist seat.)

References

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  1. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  2. a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  3. a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  7. The Times, 19 November 1946

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External links

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