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

			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election. The Polls \|work=] \|page=7 \|date=26 November 1885}}</ref>
	===Elections in the 1950s===

	{{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>
	}}		}}
	{{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 = ]		\|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}}
			]

	{{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=]<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 = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 35,~~821~~		\|votes = 3,174
	\|percentage = 61.0		\|percentage = 61.4
	\|change = +9.6		\|change = +3.7
	}}		}}
	{{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 = ]
	\|votes = 15,~~105~~		\|votes = 1,979
	\|percentage = 25.7		\|percentage = 38.3
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = -4.0
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Liberal~~ ~~Party (UK)~~		\|party = Independent Conservative
	\|candidate = ~~Frank~~ ~~Albert Marlow~~		\|candidate = Henry Munster
	\|votes = ~~5,575~~		\|votes = 17
	\|percentage = 9.5		\|percentage = 0.3
	\|change = N/A		\|change = N/A
	}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
	\|candidate = J R Betteridge
	\|votes = 4,891
	\|percentage = 3.8
	\|change = -20.4
	}}		}}
	{{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\|
	\|winner = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}
			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election. The Polls \|work=] \|page=6 \|date=6 July 1886}}</ref>

	=== Elections in the 1940s ===

	{{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>
	}}		}}
	{{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 = 2,800
	\|percentage = 51.6		\|percentage = 50.9
	\|change = -7.7		\|change = -10.5
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~National Liberal~~ Party (UK~~, 1931~~)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = S ~~Price~~		\|candidate = C J Darling
	\|votes = 4,~~901~~		\|votes = 2,700
	\|percentage = 24.2		\|percentage = 49.1
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = +10.8
	}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
	\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,891
	\|percentage = 24.2
	\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~5,531~~		\|votes = 100
	\|percentage = 27.4		\|percentage = 1.8
	\|change = +8.8		\|change = -21.3
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	===Elections in the ~~1930s~~===		=== Elections in the 1890s ===
			]

			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election. The Polls \|work=] \|page=6 \|date=7 July 1892}}</ref>
	{{Election box begin \|
	\|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 = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 15,~~830~~		\|votes = 4,537
	\|percentage = 59.3		\|percentage = 57.9
	\|change = +~~14.~~7		\|change = +7.0
	}}		}}
	{{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 = 3,293
	\|percentage = 40.7		\|percentage = 42.1
	\|change = -~~14.~~7		\|change = -7.0
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes =~~4,954~~		\|votes = 1,244
	\|percentage = 18.6		\|percentage = 15.9
	\|change = +29.4		\|change = +14.1
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
	\|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|loser =
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{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=], 7 May 1894 <ref>{{cite news \|title=Election Intelligence (Hackney South) \|work=] \|page=5 \|date=8 May 1894}}</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 = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 15,~~920~~		\|votes = 4,530
	\|percentage = 55.4		\|percentage = 51.1
	\|change = ~~+28~~.4		\|change = -6.8
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 12,~~827~~		\|votes = 4,338
	\|percentage = 44.6		\|percentage = 48.9
	\|change = -6.6		\|change = +6.8
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes =~~3,093~~		\|votes = 192
	\|percentage = 10.8		\|percentage = 2.2
	\|change = ~~+35~~.0		\|change = -13.7
	}}		}}
	{{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 = Labour Party (UK)
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}
			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election, More Unionist Gains, The Polls \|work=] \|page=6 \|date=17 July 1895}}</ref>

	===Elections in the 1920s===

	{{Election box begin \|
	\|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\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 15,~~590~~		\|votes = 4,681
	\|percentage = 51.2		\|percentage = 51.2
	\|change = +4.7		\|change = +2.3
	}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Unionist Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 8,222
	\|percentage = 27.0
	\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Liberal Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ~~Miss~~ ~~Muriel~~ ~~Morgan~~ ~~Gibbon~~		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 6,~~302~~		\|votes = 4,362
	\|percentage = 20.7		\|percentage = 48.8
	\|change = -32.8		\|change = -2.3
	}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
	\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 331
	\|percentage = 1.1
	\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes =~~7,368~~		\|votes = 319
	\|percentage = 24.2		\|percentage = 3.5
	\|change = +31.2		\|change = +5.7
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
	\|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|loser =
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{Election box begin \|
			=== Elections in the 1900s ===
	\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs
			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref>
	\|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 = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 13,~~415~~		\|votes = 4,714
	\|percentage = 53.5		\|percentage = 50.1
	\|change = +23.3		\|change = +1.3
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 11,~~651~~		\|votes = 4,376
	\|percentage = 46.5		\|percentage = 49.9
	\|change = +3.7		\|change = -1.3
	}}		}}

	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~1,761~~		\|votes = 338
	\|percentage = 7.0		\|percentage = 3.6
	\|change = +19.2		\|change = +0.1
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
	\|loser = Labour Party (UK)
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|loser =
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}
			{{Election box begin \| title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref>
	{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]: Hackney South <ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains
	\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=7 December 1923}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 9,~~578~~		\|votes = 6,736
	\|percentage = 42.8		\|percentage = 62.4
	\|change = -5.8		\|change = +12.5
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Liberal~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 6,~~757~~		\|votes = 3,257
	\|percentage = 30.2		\|percentage = 30.2
	\|change = ~~n/a~~		\|change = -19.9
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Unionist~~ ~~Party (UK)~~		\|party = Independent Liberal
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = Rev. W Riley
	\|votes = ~~6,047~~		\|votes = 804
	\|percentage = 27.0		\|percentage = 7.4
	\|change = ~~-24.4~~		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 2,~~821~~		\|votes = 3,476
	\|percentage = 12.2		\|percentage = 32.2
	\|change = +29.6		\|change = +38.8
	}}		}}
	{{Election box turnout\|		{{Election box turnout\|
	\|votes =		\|votes =
	\|percentage = ~~65.8~~		\|percentage =
	\|change = ~~-4.2~~		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box gain with party link\|		{{Election box gain with party link\|
	\|winner = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|loser = ~~Unionist~~ Party (UK)		\|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|swing=~~n/a~~		\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

			=== Elections in the 1910s ===
	{{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>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Progress Of The General Election
	\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=16 ~~November~~ ~~1922~~}}</ref>		\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=20 January 1910}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Unionist~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 14,~~017~~		\|votes = 7,299
	\|percentage = 51.4		\|percentage = 62.9
	\|change = +1.2		\|change = +0.5
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = C Wertheimer
	\|votes = 9,~~276~~		\|votes = 4,304
	\|percentage = 48.6		\|percentage = 37.1
	\|change = -1.2		\|change = +6.9
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 4,~~741~~		\|votes = 2,995
	\|percentage = 17.4		\|percentage = 25.8
	\|change = ~~+17~~.0		\|change = -6.4
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|loser =
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	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=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Progress Of The General Election
	\|title=], 18 August 1922
			\|work=] \|page=7 \|date=7 December 1910}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Unionist~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = ~~9,118~~		\|votes = 5.068
	\|percentage = 50.2		\|percentage = 49.4
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = -13.3
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Labour~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = S C King-Farlow
	\|votes = 9,~~046~~		\|votes = 3,243
	\|percentage = 49.8		\|percentage = 31.6
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = -5.5
	}}
	{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 72
	\|percentage = 0.4
	\|change = N/A
	}}
	{{Election box gain with party link without swing\|
	\|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
	\|loser = Independent (politician)
	}}
	{{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>

	{{Election box begin \| title=]
	Composed of the Hackney wards of Homerton, South Hackney and Clapton Park (part) <br />
	Electorate 25,212
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Independent ~~(politician)~~		\|party = Independent Liberal
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = R H Roberts
	\|votes = 11,~~145~~		\|votes = 1,946
	\|percentage = 79.7		\|percentage = 19.0
	\|change = N/A
	}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = Coalition Liberal
	\|candidate = Arthur Henry
	\|votes = 2,830
	\|percentage = 20.3
	\|change = N/A		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 8,~~315~~		\|votes = 1,825
	\|percentage = 59.5		\|percentage = 17.8
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = -8.0
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Independent (politician)
			\|percentage =
	\|loser = Coalition Liberal
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{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>

	{{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=], 24 May 1912 <ref>{{cite news \|title=South Hackney Election \|work=] \|page=9 \|date=25 May 1912}}</ref>
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	\|change = -12.9		\|change = -12.9
	}}		}}
	{{Election box hold with party link ~~without swing~~\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)		\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}
			'''General Election 1914/15''':

			Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
			*'''Unionist''':
			*'''Liberal''':
			*'''Labour''':
	{{Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>~~{{cite~~ ~~news~~ ~~\|title=Progress~~ Of ~~The~~ ~~General~~ ~~Election~~		\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref>
			}}
	\|work=] \|page=7 \|date=7 December 1910}}</ref>
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Independent (politician)
			\|candidate = ]
			\|votes = 11,145
			\|percentage = 79.7
			\|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 = *Arthur Henry
	\|votes = ~~5.068~~		\|votes = 2,830
	\|percentage = 49.4		\|percentage = 20.3
	\|change = ~~-13.3~~		\|change = N/A
			}}
			{{Election box majority\|
			\|votes = 8,315
			\|percentage = 59.5
			\|change = N/A
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link without swing\|
			\|winner = Independent (politician)
			\|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
			}}
			{{Election box end}}
			*endorsed by Coalition Government

			=== Elections in the 1920s ===
			{{Election box begin \|
			\|title=], 18 August 1922
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|candidate = ]
	\|candidate = S C King-Farlow
	\|votes = 3,~~243~~		\|votes = 9,118
	\|percentage = 31.6		\|percentage = 50.2
	\|change = ~~-5.5~~		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Independent~~ ~~Liberal~~		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = R H ~~Roberts~~		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 1,~~946~~		\|votes = 9,046
	\|percentage = 19.0		\|percentage = 49.8
	\|change = N/A		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~1,825~~		\|votes = 72
	\|percentage = 17.8		\|percentage = 0.4
	\|change = ~~-8.0~~		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|loser = Independent (politician)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=]: Hackney ~~North~~<ref>{{cite news \|title=~~Progress Of~~ The General Election		\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Heavy Voting
	\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=20 ~~January~~ ~~1910~~}}</ref>		\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=16 November 1922}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Liberal~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Unionist Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 7,~~299~~		\|votes = 14,017
	\|percentage = 62.9		\|percentage = 51.4
	\|change = +0.5		\|change = +1.2
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = C ~~Wertheimer~~		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~304~~		\|votes = 9,276
	\|percentage = 37.1		\|percentage = 48.6
	\|change = +6.9		\|change = -1.2
	}}		}}

	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 2,~~995~~		\|votes = 4,741
	\|percentage = 25.8		\|percentage = 17.4
	\|change = -6.4		\|change = +17.0
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	===Elections in the 1900s===

	{{Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=], Hackney South		\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The General Election: First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs, Liberal Gains
			\|work=] \|page=6 \|date=7 December 1923}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Liberal~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 6,~~736~~		\|votes = 9,578
	\|percentage = 62.4		\|percentage = 42.8
	\|change = ~~+12.~~5		\|change = -5.8
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 3,~~257~~		\|votes = 6,757
	\|percentage = 30.2		\|percentage = 30.2
	\|change = ~~-19.9~~		\|change = n/a
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Independent~~ ~~Liberal~~		\|party = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|candidate = ]
	\|candidate = Rev. W Riley
	\|votes = ~~804~~		\|votes = 6,047
	\|percentage = 7.4		\|percentage = 27.0
	\|change = ~~N/A~~		\|change = -24.4
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 3,~~476~~		\|votes = 2,821
	\|percentage = 32.2		\|percentage = 12.2
	\|change = +38.8		\|change = +29.6
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage = 65.8
	\|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|change = -4.2
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|swing=n/a
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
	\|title=], Hackney South		\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><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 = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~714~~		\|votes = 13,415
	\|percentage = 50.1		\|percentage = 53.5
	\|change = +1.3		\|change = +23.3
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Liberal~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~376~~		\|votes = 11,651
	\|percentage = 49.9		\|percentage = 46.5
	\|change = ~~-1.~~3		\|change = +3.7
	}}		}}

	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~338~~		\|votes = 1,761
	\|percentage = 3.6		\|percentage = 7.0
	\|change = +0.1		\|change = +19.2
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|loser = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	===Elections in the 1890s===

	{{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>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><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\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~681~~		\|votes = 15,590
	\|percentage = 51.2		\|percentage = 51.2
	\|change = +2.3		\|change = +4.7
			}}
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Unionist Party (UK)
			\|candidate = ]
			\|votes = 8,222
			\|percentage = 27.0
			\|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 Muriel Morgan Gibbon
	\|votes = 4,~~362~~		\|votes = 6,302
	\|percentage = 48.8		\|percentage = 20.7
	\|change = -2.3		\|change = -32.8
			}}
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
			\|candidate = ]
			\|votes = 331
			\|percentage = 1.1
			\|change = N/A
	}}		}}

	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~319~~		\|votes =7,368
	\|percentage = 3.5		\|percentage = 24.2
	\|change = +5.7		\|change = +31.2
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~gain with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
	\|loser = Liberal Party (UK)		\|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

			=== Elections in the 1930s ===
	Sir George Russell was elevated to the peerage in 1894, necessitating 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>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><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 = ~~Liberal~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Conservative Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~530~~		\|votes = 15,920
	\|percentage = 51.1		\|percentage = 55.4
	\|change = -6.8		\|change = +28.4
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = Labour Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ]		\|candidate = ]
	\|votes = 4,~~338~~		\|votes = 12,827
	\|percentage = 48.9		\|percentage = 44.6
	\|change = +6.8		\|change = -6.6
	}}		}}

	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~192~~		\|votes =3,093
	\|percentage = 2.2		\|percentage = 10.8
	\|change = ~~-13~~.7		\|change = +35.0
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|loser = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{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>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref><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,~~537~~		\|votes = 15,830
	\|percentage = 57.9		\|percentage = 59.3
	\|change = +7.0		\|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 = 3,~~293~~		\|votes = 10,876
	\|percentage = 42.1		\|percentage = 40.7
	\|change = -7.0		\|change = -14.7
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 1,~~244~~		\|votes =4,954
	\|percentage = 15.9		\|percentage = 18.6
	\|change = +14.1		\|change = +29.4
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
			\|loser = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}
			'''General Election 1939/40'''

			Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
	===Elections in the 1880s===
			*'''Conservative''':
			*'''Liberal''': <ref>The Liberal Magazine, 1939</ref>
			*'''Labour''': <ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>

			=== 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=6 ~~July~~ ~~1886~~}}</ref>		\|title=]: Hackney South<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</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=] \| 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 = 2,~~800~~		\|votes = 10,432
	\|percentage = 50.9		\|percentage = 51.6
	\|change = -10.5		\|change = -7.7
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Conservative~~ Party (UK)		\|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
	\|candidate = C ~~J Darling~~		\|candidate = S Price
	\|votes = 2,~~700~~		\|votes = 4,901
	\|percentage = 49.1		\|percentage = 24.2
	\|change = ~~+10.8~~		\|change = N/A
			}}
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
			\|candidate = ]
			\|votes = 4,891
			\|percentage = 24.2
			\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = ~~100~~		\|votes = 5,531
	\|percentage = 1.8		\|percentage = 27.4
	\|change = ~~-21~~.3		\|change = +8.8
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box gain with party link\|
			\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

			=== Elections in the 1950s ===
	Following the appointment of Russell as ], he was obliged to stand for re-election.

	{{Election box begin \|		{{Election box begin \|
			\|title=]: Hackney South <ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig</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=] \| date= \| accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
	\|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 = 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~~		\|change = N/A
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|		{{Election box candidate with party link\|
	\|party = ~~Independent~~ ~~Conservative~~		\|party = Liberal Party (UK)
	\|candidate = ~~Henry~~ ~~Munster~~		\|candidate = Frank Albert Marlow
	\|votes = 17		\|votes = 5,575
	\|percentage = 0.3		\|percentage = 9.5
	\|change = N/A		\|change = N/A
			}}
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
			\|candidate = J R Betteridge
			\|votes = 4,891
			\|percentage = 3.8
			\|change = -20.4
	}}		}}
	{{Election box majority\|		{{Election box majority\|
	\|votes = 1,~~195~~		\|votes = 20,716
	\|percentage = 23.1		\|percentage = 35.3
	\|change = +7.8		\|change = +7.9
	}}		}}
	{{Election box ~~hold with party link without swing~~\|		{{Election box turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

	{{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>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig</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=] \| 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 = ]
	\|candidate = C J Darling
	\|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 turnout\|
			\|votes =
	\|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
			\|percentage =
			\|change =
			}}
			{{Election box hold with party link\|
			\|winner = Labour Party (UK)
			\|swing =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

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Hackney South
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1955
Seats	one
Created from	Hackney
Replaced by	Bethnal Green and Hackney Central

For the present constituency, see Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency).

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

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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Arthur 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)

Hackney South by-election 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Charles Arthur 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		Swing

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

Elections in the 1890s

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

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 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
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Herbert Robertson	4,714	50.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Horatio William Bottomley	4,376	49.9	−1.3
Majority			338	3.6	+0.1
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horatio William 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
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horatio William Bottomley	7,299	62.9	+0.5
	Conservative	C Wertheimer	4,304	37.1	+6.9
Majority			2,995	25.8	−6.4
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horatio William 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
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

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		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist:
Liberal:
Labour:

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

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

Hackney South by-election, 18 August 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	9,118	50.2	N/A
	Labour	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	9,046	49.8	N/A
Majority			72	0.4	N/A
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Independent		Swing

General Election 1922: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	14,017	51.4	+1.2
	Labour	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	9,276	48.6	−1.2
Majority			4,741	17.4	+17.0
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Stanley Morrison	9,578	42.8	−5.8
	Liberal	George Morgan Garro-Jones	6,757	30.2	n/a
	Unionist	Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	6,047	27.0	−24.4
Majority			2,821	12.2	+29.6
Turnout				65.8	−4.2
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Morgan Trefgarne	13,415	53.5	+23.3
	Labour	Herbert Stanley Morrison	11,651	46.5	+3.7
Majority			1,761	7.0	+19.2
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1929: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Stanley Morrison	15,590	51.2	+4.7
	Unionist	Sir Tresham Joseph Philip Lever	8,222	27.0	N/A
	Liberal	Miss Muriel Morgan Gibbon	6,302	20.7	−32.8
	Communist	John Thomas Murphy	331	1.1	N/A
Majority			7,368	24.2	+31.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Marjorie Graves	15,920	55.4	+28.4
	Labour	Herbert Stanley Morrison	12,827	44.6	−6.6
Majority			3,093	10.8	+35.0
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Stanley Morrison	15,830	59.3	+14.7
	Conservative	Frances Marjorie Graves	10,876	40.7	−14.7
Majority			4,954	18.6	+29.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative:
Liberal:
Labour:

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert William Butler	10,432	51.6	−7.7
	National Liberal	S Price	4,901	24.2	N/A
	Communist	William Charles Rust	4,891	24.2	N/A
Majority			5,531	27.4	+8.8
Turnout
	Labour gain from		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert William Butler	35,821	61.0	+9.6
	Conservative	H P Brooks	15,105	25.7	N/A
	Liberal	Frank Albert Marlow	5,575	9.5	N/A
	Communist	J R Betteridge	4,891	3.8	−20.4
Majority			20,716	35.3	+7.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Hackney South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert William Butler	39,271	66.5	+5.5
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson	18,003	30.5	+9.8
	Communist	J R Betteridge	1,744	3.0	−0.8
Majority			21,268	36.0	+0.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, C. 23., Sixth Schedule, Divisions of boroughs. Number, names, contents, and boundaries of divisions.
Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats
Representation Of The People Act 1948, c.65, First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Bethnal Green, Hackney and Stoke Newington) Order 1955 (S.I. 1955/20)
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"The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 26 November 1885. p. 7.
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"South Hackney Election". The Times. 25 May 1912. p. 9.
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Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)

v t e Historic constituencies in London
1885	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich
1918	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Clapham Dulwich Chelsea City of London Deptford Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West
1950	Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

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