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Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk]) North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Southwark North in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-50
History
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.
Boundaries
A map showing the wards of Southwark Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
The constituency comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Election in the 1910s
Election in the 1920s
General election 1922: Southwark North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National Liberal |
Edward Strauss |
7,435 |
54.0 |
New |
|
Labour |
Leslie Haden-Guest |
6,323 |
46.0 |
+23.6 |
Majority |
1,112 |
8.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
13,758 |
56.1 |
+15.7 |
|
National Liberal hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1929: Southwark North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Isaacs |
9,660 |
45.8 |
+2.0 |
|
Liberal |
Edward Strauss |
9,228 |
43.8 |
+5.5 |
|
Unionist |
Marcus Samuel |
2,198 |
10.4 |
-7.5 |
Majority |
432 |
2.0 |
N/A |
Turnout |
21,086 |
65.2 |
-6.3 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+4.5 |
|
Election in the 1930s
General election 1931: Southwark North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
*Edward Strauss |
13,045 |
64.9 |
+21.1 |
|
Labour |
George Isaacs |
7,053 |
35.1 |
-13.7 |
Majority |
5,992 |
29.8 |
N/A |
Turnout |
20,098 |
63.2 |
-2.0 |
|
Liberal gain from Labour |
Swing |
+15.9 |
|
- After the election, Strauss took the Liberal National whip.
General election 1935: Southwark North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National Liberal |
Edward Strauss |
8,086 |
50.2 |
-14.7 |
|
Labour |
George Isaacs |
8,007 |
49.8 |
+14.7 |
Majority |
79 |
0.4 |
N/A |
Turnout |
16,093 |
56.1 |
-7.1 |
|
National Liberal Party hold |
Swing |
|
|
1939 Southwark North by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Isaacs |
5,815 |
57.4 |
+7.6 |
|
National Liberal |
Alfred Henderson-Livesey |
4,322 |
42.6 |
-7.6 |
Majority |
1,493 |
14.8 |
N/A |
Turnout |
10,137 |
38.9 |
-17.2 |
|
Labour gain from National Liberal Party |
Swing |
+7.6 |
|
Election in the 1940s
General election 1945: Southwark North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Isaacs |
5,943 |
69.0 |
+19.2 |
|
National Liberal |
Edward Terrell |
2,673 |
31.0 |
-19.2 |
Majority |
3,270 |
38.0 |
+37.6 |
Turnout |
8,616 |
61.3 |
+5.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
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