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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1955}} |
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| Name = Hackney South |
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| Year = 1885 |
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|name = Hackney South |
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| Abolition = 1955 |
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|type = Borough |
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'''Hackney South''' was a ] in "]" (later the ]). It was represented by nine ] to the ] of the ], only two of whom, ] and ], were returned. |
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'''Hackney South''' was a ] in "The Metropolis" (later the ]). It was represented by nine ] to the ] of the ], only two of whom, ] and ], were elected more than once. |
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== History == |
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== History == |
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The constituency was created under the ] when the two-member ] 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 ]. The constituency was abolished in 1955. |
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The constituency was created under the ] when the two-member ] 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 ]. The constituency was abolished in 1955. |
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==Boundaries== |
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===1885 - 1918=== |
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===1885–1918=== |
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In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of: |
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In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of: |
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*No. 7 or South Hackney ] of Hackney Parish |
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*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.<ref>Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., ''Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.''</ref> |
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*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.<ref>Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., ''Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.''</ref> |
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===1918 - 1950=== |
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The ] redrew constituencies throughout ]. Seats in the ] were redefined in terms of wards of the ]s that had been created in ]. The ] was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney South was defined as consisting of: |
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The ] redrew constituencies throughout ]. Seats in the ] were redefined in terms of wards of the ]s that had been created in ]. The ] was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney South was defined as consisting of: |
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*Homerton Ward |
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*Homerton Ward |
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*South Hackney Ward |
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*South Hackney Ward |
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*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.<ref name=rpa1918>Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, ''Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats''</ref> |
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*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.<ref name=rpa1918>Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, ''Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats''</ref> |
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===1950 - 1955=== |
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Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the Boroughs of Hackney and ] jointly formed two seats, the ] of ] 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.<ref>Representation Of The People Act 1948, c.65, ''First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies''</ref> |
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Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the Boroughs of Hackney and ] jointly formed two seats, the ] of ] 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.<ref>Representation Of The People Act 1948, c.65, ''First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies''</ref> |
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==Elections== |
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==Elections== |
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===Elections in the 1950s=== |
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=== Elections in the 1880s === |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=7 |date=26 November 1885}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite web | title=UK general election results 1951 | url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i09.htm | work=Political Science Resources | publisher=] | date= | accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 39,271 |
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|votes = 3,544 |
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|percentage = 66.5 |
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|percentage = 57.7 |
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|change = +5.5 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = P A G Rawlinson |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 18,003 |
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|votes = 2,602 |
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|percentage = 30.5 |
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|percentage = 42.3 |
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|change = +9.8 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = J R Betteridge |
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|votes = 1,744 |
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|percentage = 3.0 |
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|change = -0.8 |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 21,268 |
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|votes = 942 |
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|percentage = 36.0 |
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|change = +0.7 |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 6,146 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 70.8 |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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Russell was appointed ], requiring a by-election. |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite web | title=UK general election results 1950 | url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge50/i09.htm | work=Political Science Resources | publisher=] | date= | accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> |
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|title=]<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=6 |date=12 February 1886}}</ref> |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|votes = 35,821 |
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|percentage = 61.0 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = H P Brooks |
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|votes = 15,105 |
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|votes = 1,979 |
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|percentage = 25.7 |
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|change = N/A |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=6 July 1886}}</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = F A Marlow |
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|votes = 5,575 |
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|percentage = 9.5 |
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|change = N/A |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = J R Betteridge |
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|votes = 4,891 |
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|percentage = 3.8 |
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|change = -20.4 |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 20,716 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|votes = 10,432 |
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|percentage = 51.6 |
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|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = S Price |
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|votes = 4,901 |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|votes = 15,830 |
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|votes = 4,530 |
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|percentage = 59.3 |
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|percentage = 51.1 |
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|change = +14.7 |
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|change = −6.3 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 10,876 |
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|votes = 4,338 |
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|percentage = 40.7 |
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|percentage = 48.9 |
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|change = -14.7 |
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|change = +6.3 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes =4,954 |
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|votes = 192 |
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|percentage = 18.6 |
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|percentage = 2.2 |
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|change = +29.4 |
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|change = −12.6 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 8,868 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 75.9 |
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|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|change = +5.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 11,688 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing=−6.3 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=17 July 1895}}</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=28 October 1931}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 15,920 |
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|votes = 4,681 |
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|percentage = 55.4 |
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|percentage = 51.8 |
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|change = +28.4 |
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|change = +9.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 12,827 |
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|votes = 4,362 |
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|percentage = 44.6 |
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|percentage = 48.2 |
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|change = -6.6 |
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|change = −9.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes =3,093 |
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|votes = 319 |
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|percentage = 10.8 |
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|percentage = 3.6 |
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|change = +35.0 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 9,043 |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 73.2 |
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|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
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|change = +3.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 12,360 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing = +9.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1920s=== |
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=== Elections in the 1900s === |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=31 May 1929}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 15,590 |
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|percentage = 51.2 |
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|change = +4.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Sir Tresham J P Lever |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 8,222 |
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|votes = 4,714 |
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|percentage = 27.0 |
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|percentage = 51.9 |
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|change = N/A |
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|change = +0.1 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Miss Muriel Morgan Gibbon |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 6,302 |
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|votes = 4,376 |
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|percentage = 20.7 |
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|percentage = 48.1 |
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|change = -32.8 |
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|change = −0.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 331 |
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|percentage = 1.1 |
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|change = N/A |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes =7,368 |
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|votes = 338 |
|
|percentage = 24.2 |
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|percentage = 3.8 |
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|change = +31.2 |
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|change = +0.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 9,090 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 69.1 |
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|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|change = −4.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|
|reg. electors = 13,146 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +0.1 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=30 October 1924}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 13,415 |
|
|votes = 6,736 |
|
|percentage = 53.5 |
|
|percentage = 57.1 |
|
|change = +23.3 |
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|change = +9.0 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 11,651 |
|
|votes = 3,257 |
|
|percentage = 46.5 |
|
|percentage = 27.6 |
|
|change = +3.7 |
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|change = −24.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = Free Church and Progressive |
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|candidate = William Riley |
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|votes = 804 |
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|percentage = 15.3 |
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|
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 1,761 |
|
|votes = 3,479 |
|
|percentage = 7.0 |
|
|percentage = 29.5 |
|
|change = +19.2 |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 10,797 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|percentage = 89.9 |
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|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
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|change = +20.8 |
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|
}} |
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|
{{Election box registered electors| |
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|
|reg. electors = 13,126 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +16.7 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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=== Elections in the 1910s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=7 December 1923}}</ref> |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=20 January 1910}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|
|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 9,578 |
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|
|percentage = 42.8 |
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|
|change = -5.8 |
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|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 6,757 |
|
|votes = 7,299 |
|
|percentage = 30.2 |
|
|percentage = 62.9 |
|
|change = N/A |
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|change = +5.8 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = Conway Wertheimer |
|
|votes = 6,047 |
|
|votes = 4,304 |
|
|percentage = 27.0 |
|
|percentage = 37.1 |
|
|change = -24.4 |
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|change = +9.5 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 2,821 |
|
|votes = 2,995 |
|
|percentage = 12.2 |
|
|percentage = 25.8 |
|
|change = +29.6 |
|
|change = −3.7 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 11,603 |
|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|
|percentage = 82.2 |
|
|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|
|change = −7.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing = −1.8 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1885-1918">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, ]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=16 November 1922}}</ref> |
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|work=] |page=7 |date=7 December 1910}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 5,068 |
|
|
|percentage = 49.4 |
|
|
|change = −13.5 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = Sydney Charles Nettleton King-Farlow |
|
|votes = 14,017 |
|
|votes = 3,243 |
|
|percentage = 51.4 |
|
|percentage = 31.6 |
|
|change = +1.2 |
|
|change = −5.5 |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|party = Independent Liberal |
|
|candidate = G Holford Knight |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 9,276 |
|
|votes = 1,946 |
|
|percentage = 48.6 |
|
|percentage = 19.0 |
|
|change = -1.2 |
|
|change = ''New'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 4,741 |
|
|votes = 1,825 |
|
|percentage = 17.4 |
|
|percentage = 17.8 |
|
|change = +17.0 |
|
|change = −8.0 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 10,257 |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|
|
|percentage = 72.6 |
|
|
|change = −9.6 |
|
|
}} |
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|
{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|swing = −4.0 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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*Roberts was nominated by a breakaway local Liberal Association opposed to Bottomley, which was recognised by the London Liberal Federation. |
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] |
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In May 1922 Bottomley was convicted of fraud and imprisoned in ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Horatio Bottomley. An Extraordinary Career. |work=] |page=18 |date=30 May 1922}}</ref> He was expelled from the Commons and a writ issued for a by-election in August.<ref>{{cite news |title=House of Commons. South Hackney Writ. |work=] |page=4 |date=5 August 1922}}</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], 18 August 1922 |
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|title=]<ref>{{cite news |title=South Hackney Election |work=] |page=9 |date=25 May 1912}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 5,339 |
|
|
|percentage = 52.5 |
|
|
|change = +3.1 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = John Constant Gibson |
|
|votes = 9,118 |
|
|votes = 4,836 |
|
|percentage = 50.2 |
|
|percentage = 47.5 |
|
|change = N/A |
|
|change = +15.9 |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|
|candidate = G Holford Knight |
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|
|votes = 9,046 |
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|
|percentage = 49.8 |
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|
|change = N/A |
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|
}} |
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}} |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 72 |
|
|votes = 503 |
|
|percentage = 0.4 |
|
|percentage = 5.0 |
|
|change = N/A |
|
|change = −12.8 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
|
{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 10,175 |
|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|
|
|percentage = 70.1 |
|
|loser = Independent (politician) |
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|
|
|change = −2.5 |
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|
}} |
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|
{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|swing = −6.4 |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref> |
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Although elected ], Erskine-Bolst was unable to take his seat as the House had adjourned, and did not meet again prior to dissolution. |
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===Elections in the 1910s=== |
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In December 1918 Horatio Bottomley's bankruptcy was annulled, allowing him to stand for parliament again.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Bottomley's Bankruptcy |work=] |page=2 |date=5 December 1918}}</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | title=]: <br /> |
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constituency of Hackney South <br /> |
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Composed of the Hackney wards of Homerton, South Hackney and Clapton Park (part) <br /> |
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Electorate , Turnout %,<br /> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
|
|party = Independent (politician) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 11,145 |
|
|votes = 11,145 |
|
|percentage = 79.7 |
|
|percentage = 79.7 |
|
|change = N/A |
|
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918| |
|
|party = Coalition Liberal |
|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = Arthur Henry |
|
|candidate = Arthur Henri |
|
|votes = 2,830 |
|
|votes = 2,830 |
|
|percentage = 20.3 |
|
|percentage = 20.3 |
|
|change = N/A |
|
|change = −29.1 |
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}} |
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}} |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 8,315 |
|
|votes = 8,315 |
|
|percentage = 59.5 |
|
|percentage = 59.4 |
|
|change = N/A |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
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|
}} |
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|
{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 13,975 |
|
|
|percentage = 55.4 |
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|
|change = −17.2 |
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|
}} |
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|
{{Election box registered electors| |
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|
|reg. electors = 25,212 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
|
|winner = Independent (politician) |
|
|winner = Independent (politician) |
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|loser = Coalition Liberal |
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|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|
|swing = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end 1918}} |
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Bottomley resigned his Commons seat on 16 May 1912, due to his involvement in bankruptcy hearings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Resignation Of Mr. Bottomley. A By-Election In Hackney |work=] |page=7 |date=17 May 1912}}</ref> |
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=== Elections in the 1920s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], 24 May 1912 <ref>{{cite news |title=South Hackney Election |work=] |page=9 |date=25 May 1912}}</ref> |
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|title=] |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|party = Coalition Unionist |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 5,339 |
|
|votes = 9,118 |
|
|percentage = 52.5 |
|
|percentage = 50.2 |
|
|change = +3.1 |
|
|change = ''New'' |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = John C Gibson |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,836 |
|
|votes = 9,046 |
|
|percentage = 47.5 |
|
|percentage = 49.8 |
|
|change = +15.9 |
|
|change = ''New'' |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 503 |
|
|votes = 72 |
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|percentage = 4.9 |
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|percentage = 0.4 |
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|change = -12.9 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 18,164 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 56.3 |
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|change = +0.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 32,262 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|loser = Independent (politician) |
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|swing = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting |
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|work=] |page=7 |date=7 December 1910}}</ref> |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=16 November 1922}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 5.068 |
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|votes = 14,017 |
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|percentage = 49.4 |
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|percentage = 60.2 |
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|change = -13.3 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = S C King-Farlow |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 3,243 |
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|votes = 9,276 |
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|percentage = 31.6 |
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|percentage = 39.8 |
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|change = -5.5 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent Liberal |
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|candidate = R H Roberts |
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|votes = 1,946 |
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|percentage = 19.0 |
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|change = N/A |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 1,825 |
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|votes = 4,741 |
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|percentage = 17.8 |
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|percentage = 20.4 |
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|change = -8.0 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 23,293 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 70.0 |
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|change = +14.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 33,284 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|loser = Independent (politician) |
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|swing = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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<section begin="General Election 1923"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney North<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=20 January 1910}}</ref> |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=7 December 1923}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 9,578 |
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|percentage = 42.8 |
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|change = +3.0 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 7,299 |
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|votes = 6,757 |
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|percentage = 62.9 |
|
|percentage = 30.2 |
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|change = +0.5 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate = C Wertheimer |
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|candidate = ] |
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|votes = 4,304 |
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|votes = 6,047 |
|
|percentage = 37.1 |
|
|percentage = 27.0 |
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|change = +6.9 |
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|change = −33.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 2,995 |
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|votes = 2,821 |
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|percentage = 25.8 |
|
|percentage = 12.6 |
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|change = -6.4 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 22,382 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 65.8 |
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|change = −4.2 |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 34,037 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|loser = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing= +18.1 |
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}} |
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<section begin="General Election 1924"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], Hackney South |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=30 October 1924}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 6,736 |
|
|votes = 13,415 |
|
|percentage = 62.4 |
|
|percentage = 53.5 |
|
|change = +12.5 |
|
|change = +23.3 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 3,257 |
|
|votes = 11,651 |
|
|percentage = 30.2 |
|
|percentage = 46.5 |
|
|change = -19.9 |
|
|change = +3.7 |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Independent Liberal |
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|
|candidate = Rev. W Riley |
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|
|votes = 804 |
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|
|percentage = 7.4 |
|
|
|change = N/A |
|
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 3,476 |
|
|votes = 1,764 |
|
|percentage = 32.2 |
|
|percentage = 7.0 |
|
|change = +38.8 |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 25,066 |
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|
|percentage = 72.5 |
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|
|change = +6.7 |
|
|
}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|
|reg. electors = 34,565 |
|
|
}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
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|
|swing = +9.8 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1924"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], Hackney South |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=31 May 1929}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|
|candidate = ] |
|
|
|votes = 15,590 |
|
|
|percentage = 51.2 |
|
|
|change = +4.7 |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = Sir Tresham Lever, 2nd Baronet|Tresham Lever |
|
|votes = 4,714 |
|
|votes = 8,222 |
|
|percentage = 50.1 |
|
|percentage = 27.0 |
|
|change = +1.3 |
|
|change = ''New'' |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,376 |
|
|votes = 6,302 |
|
|percentage = 49.9 |
|
|percentage = 20.7 |
|
|change = -1.3 |
|
|change = −32.8 |
|
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|
|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 331 |
|
|
|percentage = 1.1 |
|
|
|change = ''New'' |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 338 |
|
|votes =7,368 |
|
|percentage = 3.6 |
|
|percentage = 24.2 |
|
|change = +0.1 |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 30,445 |
|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|
|
|percentage = 69.2 |
|
|
|change = −3.3 |
|
|
}} |
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|
{{Election box registered electors| |
|
|
|reg. electors = 43,997 |
|
|
}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|
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|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|
|swing = +18.8 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1890s=== |
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=== Elections in the 1930s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], Hackney South <ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=17 July 1895}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=6 |date=28 October 1931}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,681 |
|
|votes = 15,920 |
|
|percentage = 51.2 |
|
|percentage = 55.4 |
|
|change = +2.3 |
|
|change = +28.4 |
|
}} |
|
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,362 |
|
|votes = 12,827 |
|
|percentage = 48.8 |
|
|percentage = 44.6 |
|
|change = -2.3 |
|
|change = −6.6 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 319 |
|
|votes =3,093 |
|
|percentage = 3.5 |
|
|percentage = 10.8 |
|
|change = +5.7 |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|
|votes = 28,747 |
|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|percentage = |
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|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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Sir George Russell was elevated to the peerage in 1894, necessitating a by-election. |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=], 7 May 1894 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=5 |date=8 May 1894}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |
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|work=] |page=8 |date=15 November 1935}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,530 |
|
|votes = 15,830 |
|
|percentage = 51.1 |
|
|percentage = 59.3 |
|
|change = -6.8 |
|
|change = +14.7 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 4,338 |
|
|votes = 10,876 |
|
|percentage = 48.9 |
|
|percentage = 40.7 |
|
|change = +6.8 |
|
|change = −14.7 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 192 |
|
|votes =4,954 |
|
|percentage = 2.2 |
|
|percentage = 18.6 |
|
|change = -13.7 |
|
|change = ''N/A'' |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 26,706 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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'''General Election 1939–40''' |
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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; |
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*'''Labour''': ]<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref> |
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*'''Liberal National''': |
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=== Elections in the 1940s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=7 July 1892}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1918-1949">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ].</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=UK general election results 1945 | url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i09.htm | work=Political Science Resources | publisher=] | access-date=2009-04-25 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 10,432 |
|
|
|percentage = 51.6 |
|
|
|change = −7.7 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) |
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|candidate = Stanley Price |
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|candidate = ] |
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|
|votes = 4,537 |
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|votes = 4,901 |
|
|percentage = 57.9 |
|
|percentage = 24.2 |
|
|change = +7.0 |
|
|change = −16.5 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 3,293 |
|
|votes = 4,891 |
|
|percentage = 42.1 |
|
|percentage = 24.2 |
|
|change = -7.0 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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{{Election box majority| |
|
|votes = 1,244 |
|
|votes = 5,531 |
|
|percentage = 15.9 |
|
|percentage = 27.4 |
|
|change = +14.1 |
|
|change = +8.8 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 20,224 |
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|percentage = |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1880s=== |
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=== Elections in the 1950s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=6 July 1886}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1950-1973">British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ].</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=UK general election results 1950 | url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge50/i09.htm | work=Political Science Resources | publisher=] | access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref> |
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}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|
|candidate = ] |
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|candidate = ] |
|
|votes = 2,800 |
|
|votes = 35,821 |
|
|percentage = 50.9 |
|
|percentage = 61.0 |
|
|change = -10.5 |
|
|change = +9.4 |
|
}} |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = C J Darling |
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|candidate = Herbert P. Brooks |
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|votes = 2,700 |
|
|votes = 15,105 |
|
|percentage = 49.1 |
|
|percentage = 25.7 |
|
|change = +10.8 |
|
|change = +1.5 |
|
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 100 |
|
|
|percentage = 1.8 |
|
|
|change = -21.3 |
|
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing| |
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|title=], 11 February 1886 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=6 |date=12 February 1886}}</ref> |
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|votes = 1,979 |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=7 |date=26 November 1885}}</ref> |
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|title=]: Hackney South<ref name="craig 1950-1973">British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ].</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=UK general election results 1951 | url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i09.htm | work=Political Science Resources | publisher=] | access-date=2009-04-25 | archive-date=9 June 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609184726/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i09.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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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.
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;