Strand (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Strand was a parliamentary constituency in the Strand district of the City of Westminster. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Strand District (comprising the Liberty of the Rolls, Precinct of the Savoy, St Anne, Soho, St Clement Danes, St Mary le Strand, and St Paul Covent Garden) and the parishes of St James, Westminster, and St Martin in the Fields.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1885 William Henry Smith Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1891 Frederick Smith Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1910 Walter Long Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1880s

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Smith
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General election 1885: Strand [2][3][4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Edmund George Johnson 2,486 30.6
Majority 3,159 38.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 8,131 72.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 11,264 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1886: Strand [2][3]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Edwin Hilary Skinner 1,508 23.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,526 53.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,542 58.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 11,264 Script error: No such module "String".
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Smith was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 11 Aug 1886: Strand[2]
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Elections in the 1890s

Smith was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 12 May 1891: Strand[5]
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Smith's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 27 Oct 1891: Strand[5]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Sandon Gutteridge 1,946 28.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,006 43.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,898 62.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 11,081 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −5.1

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General election 1892: Strand [2][3][5]
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General election 1895: Strand [2][3][6][5]
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Strand [2][3][6]
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General election 1906: Strand [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". Alexander Waldemar Lawrence 1,854 32.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,081 36.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,789 71.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,109 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

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Elections in the 1910s

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Costello
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General election January 1910: Strand [2][7]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Leonard Costello 1,627 25.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,213 49.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,467 80.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,019 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +6.8

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

File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg
Long
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General election December 1910: Strand [2][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". Samuel Robert Earle 1,138 21.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,005 57.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,281 65.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,019 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.7

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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;

References

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  4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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  6. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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