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==Elections== ==Elections==

===Elections in the 1880s===
===Elections in the 1950s===

{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=7 |date=26 November 1885}}</ref> |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>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 3,544 |votes = 39,271
|percentage = 57.7 |percentage = 66.5
|change = N/A |change = +5.5
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = C J Darling |candidate = P A G Rawlinson
|votes = 2,602 |votes = 18,003
|percentage = 42.3 |percentage = 30.5
|change = N/A |change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = J R Betteridge
|votes = 1,744
|percentage = 3.0
|change = -0.8
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 942 |votes = 21,268
|percentage = 15.3 |percentage = 36.0
|change = N/A |change = +0.7
}} }}
{{Election box new seat win| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}

Following the appointment of Russell as ], he was obliged to stand for re-election.


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], 11 February 1886 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=6 |date=12 February 1886}}</ref> |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>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 3,174 |votes = 35,821
|percentage = 61.4 |percentage = 61.0
|change = +3.7 |change = +9.6
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = H P Brooks
|votes = 1,979 |votes = 15,105
|percentage = 38.3 |percentage = 25.7
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Henry Munster
|votes = 17
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A |change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,195
|percentage = 23.1
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=6 July 1886}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = F A Marlow
|candidate = ]
|votes = 2,800 |votes = 5,575
|percentage = 50.9 |percentage = 9.5
|change = -10.5 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = C J Darling |candidate = J R Betteridge
|votes = 2,700 |votes = 4,891
|percentage = 49.1 |percentage = 3.8
|change = +10.8 |change = -20.4
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 100 |votes = 20,716
|percentage = 1.8 |percentage = 35.3
|change = -21.3 |change = +7.9
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1890s=== === Elections in the 1940s ===

{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=7 July 1892}}</ref> |title=]: Hackney South<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=] | date= | accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,537 |votes = 10,432
|percentage = 57.9 |percentage = 51.6
|change = +7.0 |change = -7.7
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = National Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = S Price
|votes = 3,293 |votes = 4,901
|percentage = 42.1 |percentage = 24.2
|change = -7.0 |change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = W Rust
|votes = 4,891
|percentage = 24.2
|change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,244 |votes = 5,531
|percentage = 15.9 |percentage = 27.4
|change = +14.1 |change = +8.8
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1930s===
Sir George Russell was elevated to the peerage in 1894, neccessitating a by-election.


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], 7 May 1894 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=5 |date=8 May 1894}}</ref> |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs
|work=] |page=8 |date=15 November 1935}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|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
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,338 |votes = 10,876
|percentage = 48.9 |percentage = 40.7
|change = +6.8 |change = -14.7
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 192 |votes =4,954
|percentage = 2.2 |percentage = 18.6
|change = -13.7 |change = +29.4
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], Hackney South <ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=17 July 1895}}</ref> |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs
|work=] |page=6 |date=28 October 1931}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box 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
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,362 |votes = 12,827
|percentage = 48.8 |percentage = 44.6
|change = -2.3 |change = -6.6
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 319 |votes =3,093
|percentage = 3.5 |percentage = 10.8
|change = +5.7 |change = +35.0
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1900s=== ===Elections in the 1920s===


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], Hackney South |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs
|work=] |page=6 |date=31 May 1929}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 15,590
|percentage = 51.2
|change = +4.7
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = Sir Tresham Lever
|votes = 4,714 |votes = 8,222
|percentage = 50.1 |percentage = 27.0
|change = +1.3 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = Miss M J Gibbon
|votes = 4,376 |votes = 6,302
|percentage = 49.9 |percentage = 20.7
|change = -1.3 |change = -32.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = J T Murphy
|votes = 331
|percentage = 1.1
|change = N/A
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 338 |votes =7,368
|percentage = 3.6 |percentage = 24.2
|change = +0.1 |change = +31.2
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], Hackney South |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs
|work=] |page=6 |date=30 October 1924}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 6,736 |votes = 13,415
|percentage = 62.4 |percentage = 53.5
|change = +12.5 |change = +23.3
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 3,257 |votes = 11,651
|percentage = 30.2 |percentage = 46.5
|change = -19.9 |change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = Rev. W Riley
|votes = 804
|percentage = 7.4
|change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,476 |votes = 1,761
|percentage = 32.2 |percentage = 7.0
|change = +38.8 |change = +19.2
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1910s===
{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney North<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains
|work=] |page=6 |date=20 January 1910}}</ref> |work=] |page=6 |date=7 December 1923}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 9,578
|percentage = 42.8
|change = -5.8
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = G Jones
|votes = 7,299 |votes = 6,757
|percentage = 62.9 |percentage = 30.2
|change = +0.5 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = C Wertheimer |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,304 |votes = 6,047
|percentage = 37.1 |percentage = 27.0
|change = +6.9 |change = -24.4
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,995 |votes = 2,821
|percentage = 25.8 |percentage = 12.2
|change = -6.4 |change = +29.6
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting
|work=] |page=7 |date=7 December 1910}}</ref> |work=] |page=6 |date=16 November 1922}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 5.068
|percentage = 49.4
|change = -13.3
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = S C King-Farlow |candidate = ]
|votes = 3,243 |votes = 14,017
|percentage = 31.6 |percentage = 51.4
|change = -5.5 |change = +1.2
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R H Roberts |candidate = G Holford Knight
|votes = 1,946 |votes = 9,276
|percentage = 19.0 |percentage = 48.6
|change = N/A |change = -1.2
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,825 |votes = 4,741
|percentage = 17.8 |percentage = 17.4
|change = -8.0 |change = +17.0
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


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> 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>

{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], 24 May 1912 <ref>{{cite news |title=South Hackney Election |work=] |page=9 |date=25 May 1912}}</ref> |title=], 18 August 1922
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 5,339 |votes = 9,118
|percentage = 52.5 |percentage = 50.2
|change = +3.1 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John C Gibson |candidate = G Holford Knight
|votes = 4,836 |votes = 9,046
|percentage = 47.5 |percentage = 49.8
|change = +15.9 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 503 |votes = 72
|percentage = 4.9 |percentage = 0.4
|change = -12.9 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}

Although elected ], Erskine-Bolst was unable to take his seat as the House had adjourned, and did not meet again prior to dissolution.


===Elections in the 1910s===


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> 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 end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1920s===


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> 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>

{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=], 18 August 1922 |title=], 24 May 1912 <ref>{{cite news |title=South Hackney Election |work=] |page=9 |date=25 May 1912}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 9,118 |votes = 5,339
|percentage = 50.2 |percentage = 52.5
|change = N/A |change = +3.1
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G Holford Knight |candidate = John C Gibson
|votes = 9,046 |votes = 4,836
|percentage = 49.8 |percentage = 47.5
|change = N/A |change = +15.9
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 72 |votes = 503
|percentage = 0.4 |percentage = 4.9
|change = N/A |change = -12.9
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


Although elected ], Erskine-Bolst was unable to take his seat as the House had adjourned, and did not meet again prior to dissolution.


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election
|work=] |page=6 |date=16 November 1922}}</ref> |work=] |page=7 |date=7 December 1910}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 5.068
|percentage = 49.4
|change = -13.3
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = S C King-Farlow
|votes = 14,017 |votes = 3,243
|percentage = 51.4 |percentage = 31.6
|change = +1.2 |change = -5.5
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = G Holford Knight |candidate = R H Roberts
|votes = 9,276 |votes = 1,946
|percentage = 48.6 |percentage = 19.0
|change = -1.2 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,741 |votes = 1,825
|percentage = 17.4 |percentage = 17.8
|change = +17.0 |change = -8.0
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains |title=]: Hackney North<ref>{{cite news |title=Progress Of The General Election
|work=] |page=6 |date=7 December 1923}}</ref> |work=] |page=6 |date=20 January 1910}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 9,578
|percentage = 42.8
|change = -5.8
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G Jones |candidate = ]
|votes = 6,757 |votes = 7,299
|percentage = 30.2 |percentage = 62.9
|change = N/A |change = +0.5
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = C Wertheimer
|votes = 6,047 |votes = 4,304
|percentage = 27.0 |percentage = 37.1
|change = -24.4 |change = +6.9
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,821 |votes = 2,995
|percentage = 12.2 |percentage = 25.8
|change = +29.6 |change = -6.4
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}




===Elections in the 1900s===


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |title=], Hackney South
|work=] |page=6 |date=30 October 1924}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 13,415 |votes = 6,736
|percentage = 53.5 |percentage = 62.4
|change = +23.3 |change = +12.5
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 11,651 |votes = 3,257
|percentage = 46.5 |percentage = 30.2
|change = +3.7 |change = -19.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = Rev. W Riley
|votes = 804
|percentage = 7.4
|change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,761 |votes = 3,476
|percentage = 7.0 |percentage = 32.2
|change = +19.2 |change = +38.8
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |title=], Hackney South
|work=] |page=6 |date=31 May 1929}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|votes = 15,590
|percentage = 51.2
|change = +4.7
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sir Tresham Lever |candidate = ]
|votes = 8,222 |votes = 4,714
|percentage = 27.0 |percentage = 50.1
|change = N/A |change = +1.3
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Miss M J Gibbon |candidate = ]
|votes = 6,302 |votes = 4,376
|percentage = 20.7 |percentage = 49.9
|change = -32.8 |change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = J T Murphy
|votes = 331
|percentage = 1.1
|change = N/A
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes =7,368 |votes = 338
|percentage = 24.2 |percentage = 3.6
|change = +31.2 |change = +0.1
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}



===Elections in the 1930s===

===Elections in the 1890s===


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |title=], Hackney South <ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=17 July 1895}}</ref>
|work=] |page=6 |date=28 October 1931}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 15,920 |votes = 4,681
|percentage = 55.4 |percentage = 51.2
|change = +28.4 |change = +2.3
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 12,827 |votes = 4,362
|percentage = 44.6 |percentage = 48.8
|change = -6.6 |change = -2.3
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes =3,093 |votes = 319
|percentage = 10.8 |percentage = 3.5
|change = +35.0 |change = +5.7
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}



Sir George Russell was elevated to the peerage in 1894, neccessitating a by-election.


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |title=], 7 May 1894 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=5 |date=8 May 1894}}</ref>
|work=] |page=8 |date=15 November 1935}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 15,830 |votes = 4,530
|percentage = 59.3 |percentage = 51.1
|change = +14.7 |change = -6.8
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 10,876 |votes = 4,338
|percentage = 40.7 |percentage = 48.9
|change = -14.7 |change = +6.8
}} }}

{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes =4,954 |votes = 192
|percentage = 18.6 |percentage = 2.2
|change = +29.4 |change = -13.7
}} }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


=== Elections in the 1940s ===


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|title=]: Hackney South<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=] | date= | accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=7 July 1892}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 10,432 |votes = 4,537
|percentage = 51.6 |percentage = 57.9
|change = -7.7 |change = +7.0
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = S Price |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,901 |votes = 3,293
|percentage = 24.2 |percentage = 42.1
|change = N/A |change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = W Rust
|votes = 4,891
|percentage = 24.2
|change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,531 |votes = 1,244
|percentage = 27.4 |percentage = 15.9
|change = +8.8 |change = +14.1
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1950s=== ===Elections in the 1880s===


{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|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> |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=6 |date=6 July 1886}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 35,821 |votes = 2,800
|percentage = 61.0 |percentage = 50.9
|change = +9.6 |change = -10.5
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H P Brooks |candidate = C J Darling
|votes = 15,105 |votes = 2,700
|percentage = 25.7 |percentage = 49.1
|change = N/A |change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 100
|percentage = 1.8
|change = -21.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}



Following the appointment of Russell as ], he was obliged to stand for re-election.

{{Election box begin |
|title=], 11 February 1886 <ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) |work=] |page=6 |date=12 February 1886}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ]
|candidate = F A Marlow
|votes = 5,575 |votes = 3,174
|percentage = 9.5 |percentage = 61.4
|change = N/A |change = +3.7
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J R Betteridge |candidate = ]
|votes = 4,891 |votes = 1,979
|percentage = 3.8 |percentage = 38.3
|change = -20.4 |change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Henry Munster
|votes = 17
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,716 |votes = 1,195
|percentage = 35.3 |percentage = 23.1
|change = +7.9 |change = +7.8
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}



{{Election box begin | {{Election box begin |
|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> |title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Election. The Polls |work=] |page=7 |date=26 November 1885}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK) |party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = ] |candidate = ]
|votes = 39,271 |votes = 3,544
|percentage = 66.5 |percentage = 57.7
|change = +5.5 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| {{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = P A G Rawlinson |candidate = C J Darling
|votes = 18,003 |votes = 2,602
|percentage = 30.5 |percentage = 42.3
|change = +9.8 |change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = J R Betteridge
|votes = 1,744
|percentage = 3.0
|change = -0.8
}} }}
{{Election box majority| {{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,268 |votes = 942
|percentage = 36.0 |percentage = 15.3
|change = +0.7 |change = N/A
}} }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing| {{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}} }}
{{Election box end}} {{Election box end}}

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Hackney South was a parliamentary constituency in the "The Metropolis" (later the County of London). It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 when the two-member Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was split into three single-member divisions. The seat, officially the Southern Division of the Parliamentary Borough of Hackney was first contested at the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1955.

Boundaries

Hackney South in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.
Hackney South in the parliamentary county of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
Hackney South in the parliamentary county of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1955.

1885 - 1918

In 1885 the constituency was defined as consisting of:

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

1918 - 1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain. Seats in the County of London were redefined in terms of wards of the Metropolitan Boroughs that had been created in 1900. The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was divided into three divisions, with the same names as the constituencies created in 1885. Hackney South was defined as consisting of:

  • Homerton Ward
  • South Hackney Ward
  • Stamford Hill Ward
  • The part of Clapton Park Ward to the south of a line drawn along the centres of Glenarm Road, Glyn Road and Redwald Road to its junction with Maclaren Street, thence across the recreation grounds in Daubeney Road to the borough boundary at a point fifty feet north of a boundary post situate at the junction of the Waterworks River with the River Lea at Lead Mill Point.

1950 - 1955

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

Redistribution

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

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Sir Charles Russell Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1894 John Fletcher Moulton Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1895 Thomas Herbert Robertson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Horatio William Bottomley (resigned 16 May 1912 after being declared bankrupt) Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1912 Hector Morison Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color" | 1918 Horatio William Bottomley (expelled 1 Aug 1922 after being convicted of fraud) Independent
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Herbert Morrison Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 George Garro-Jones Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1929 Herbert Morrison Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Frances Marjorie Graves Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 Herbert Morrison Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Herbert Butler Labour
1955 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Butler 39,271 66.5 +5.5
Conservative P A G Rawlinson 18,003 30.5 +9.8
Communist J R Betteridge 1,744 3.0 −0.8
Majority 21,268 36.0 +0.7
Labour hold
General Election 1950: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Butler 35,821 61.0 +9.6
Conservative H P Brooks 15,105 25.7 N/A
Liberal F A Marlow 5,575 9.5 N/A
Communist J R Betteridge 4,891 3.8 −20.4
Majority 20,716 35.3 +7.9
Labour hold

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Butler 10,432 51.6 −7.7
National Liberal Party (UK) S Price 4,901 24.2 N/A
Communist W Rust 4,891 24.2 N/A
Majority 5,531 27.4 +8.8
Labour hold

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 15,830 59.3 +14.7
Conservative Marjorie Graves 10,876 40.7 −14.7
Majority 4,954 18.6 +29.4
Labour gain from Conservative
General Election 1931: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marjorie Graves 15,920 55.4 +28.4
Labour Herbert Morrison 12,827 44.6 −6.6
Majority 3,093 10.8 +35.0
Conservative gain from Labour

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 15,590 51.2 +4.7
Conservative Sir Tresham Lever 8,222 27.0 N/A
Liberal Miss M J Gibbon 6,302 20.7 −32.8
Communist J T Murphy 331 1.1 N/A
Majority 7,368 24.2 +31.2
Labour gain from Liberal
General Election 1924: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal G M Garro-Jones 13,415 53.5 +23.3
Labour Herbert Morrison 11,651 46.5 +3.7
Majority 1,761 7.0 +19.2
Liberal gain from Labour
General Election 1923: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Morrison 9,578 42.8 −5.8
Liberal G Jones 6,757 30.2 N/A
Conservative Clifford Erskine-Bolst 6,047 27.0 −24.4
Majority 2,821 12.2 +29.6
Labour gain from Conservative
General Election 1922: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Erskine-Bolst 14,017 51.4 +1.2
Labour G Holford Knight 9,276 48.6 −1.2
Majority 4,741 17.4 +17.0
Conservative hold

In May 1922 Bottomley was convicted of fraud and imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs. He was expelled from the Commons and a writ issued for a by-election in August.

Hackney South by-election, 18 August 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Erskine-Bolst 9,118 50.2 N/A
Labour G Holford Knight 9,046 49.8 N/A
Majority 72 0.4 N/A
Conservative gain from Independent

Although elected a member of the 31st parliament, Erskine-Bolst was unable to take his seat as the House had adjourned, and did not meet again prior to dissolution.


Elections in the 1910s

In December 1918 Horatio Bottomley's bankruptcy was annulled, allowing him to stand for parliament again.

General Election 1918: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Horatio Bottomley 11,145 79.7 N/A
National Liberal Arthur Henry 2,830 20.3 N/A
Majority 8,315 59.5 N/A
Independent gain from National Liberal


Bottomley resigned his Commons seat on 16 May 1912, due to his involvement in bankruptcy hearings.

Hackney South by-election, 24 May 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hector Morison 5,339 52.5 +3.1
Conservative John C Gibson 4,836 47.5 +15.9
Majority 503 4.9 −12.9
Liberal hold


General Election December 1910: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horatio Bottomley 5.068 49.4 −13.3
Conservative S C King-Farlow 3,243 31.6 −5.5
Independent Liberal R H Roberts 1,946 19.0 N/A
Majority 1,825 17.8 −8.0
Liberal hold
General Election January 1910: Hackney North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horatio Bottomley 7,299 62.9 +0.5
Conservative C Wertheimer 4,304 37.1 +6.9
Majority 2,995 25.8 −6.4
Liberal hold



Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906, Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Horatio Bottomley 6,736 62.4 +12.5
Conservative Thomas Herbert Robertson 3,257 30.2 −19.9
Independent Liberal Rev. W Riley 804 7.4 N/A
Majority 3,476 32.2 +38.8
Liberal gain from Conservative
General Election 1900, Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Herbert Robertson 4,714 50.1 +1.3
Liberal Horatio Bottomley 4,376 49.9 −1.3
Majority 338 3.6 +0.1
Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895, Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Herbert Robertson 4,681 51.2 +2.3
Liberal John Fletcher Moulton 4,362 48.8 −2.3
Majority 319 3.5 +5.7
Conservative gain from Liberal


Sir George Russell was elevated to the peerage in 1894, neccessitating a by-election.

Hackney South by-election, 7 May 1894
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Fletcher Moulton 4,530 51.1 −6.8
Conservative Thomas Herbert Robertson 4,338 48.9 +6.8
Majority 192 2.2 −13.7
Liberal hold


General Election 1892: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Russell 4,537 57.9 +7.0
Conservative Thomas Herbert Robertson 3,293 42.1 −7.0
Majority 1,244 15.9 +14.1
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Russell 2,800 50.9 −10.5
Conservative C J Darling 2,700 49.1 +10.8
Majority 100 1.8 −21.3
Liberal hold


Following the appointment of Russell as Attorney General, he was obliged to stand for re-election.

Hackney South by-election, 11 February 1886
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Russell 3,174 61.4 +3.7
Conservative Andrew Richard Scoble 1,979 38.3 −4.0
Ind. Conservative Henry Munster 17 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,195 23.1 +7.8
Liberal hold


General Election 1885: Hackney South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Russell 3,544 57.7 N/A
Conservative C J Darling 2,602 42.3 N/A
Majority 942 15.3 N/A
Liberal win (new seat)

References

  1. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.
  2. Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
  3. Representation Of The People Act 1948, c.65, First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies
  4. The Parliamentary Constituencies (Bethnal Green, Hackney and Stoke Newington) Order 1955 (S.I. 1955/20)
  5. "UK general election results 1951". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  6. "UK general election results 1950". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  7. "UK general election results 1945". Political Science Resources. University of Keele. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  8. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 15 November 1935. p. 8.
  9. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 28 October 1931. p. 6.
  10. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 31 May 1929. p. 6.
  11. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times. 30 October 1924. p. 6.
  12. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains". The Times. 7 December 1923. p. 6.
  13. "The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting". The Times. 16 November 1922. p. 6.
  14. "Horatio Bottomley. An Extraordinary Career". The Times. 30 May 1922. p. 18.
  15. "House of Commons. South Hackney Writ". The Times. 5 August 1922. p. 4.
  16. "Mr Bottomley's Bankruptcy". The Times. 5 December 1918. p. 2.
  17. "Resignation Of Mr. Bottomley. A By-Election In Hackney". The Times. 17 May 1912. p. 7.
  18. "South Hackney Election". The Times. 25 May 1912. p. 9.
  19. "Progress Of The General Election". The Times. 7 December 1910. p. 7.
  20. "Progress Of The General Election". The Times. 20 January 1910. p. 6.
  21. "The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls". The Times. 17 July 1895. p. 6.
  22. "Election Intelligence (Hackney South)". The Times. 8 May 1894. p. 5.
  23. "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 7 July 1892. p. 6.
  24. "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 6 July 1886. p. 6.
  25. "Election Intelligence (Hackney South)". The Times. 12 February 1886. p. 6.
  26. "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 26 November 1885. p. 7.

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