Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
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Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, and then the London Borough of Wandsworth, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Battersea North | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Battersea North in Greater London for the February 1974 general election | |
| County | County of London, then Greater London |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Battersea |
| Replaced by | Battersea |
It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.
Boundaries
| Dates | Local authority | Maps | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–1950 | Metropolitan Borough of Battersea |  | Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms, and Park. |
| 1950–1974 | Metropolitan Borough of Battersea (before 1965) London Borough of Wandsworth (after 1965) |
 | Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage, and Winstanley. |
| 1974–1983 | London Borough of Wandsworth | | Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park, and Shaftesbury. |
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918.[1] When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.[2] However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.[3] Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies.[4][5]
In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. St John's and Shaftesbury wards were transferred from Battersea South.[6] These boundaries were used until abolition.
The constituency was abolished for the election of 1983, and was subsumed by the new Battersea seat, where it formed 61.5% of the total constituency (with the addition of Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards from Battersea South).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Richard Morris | Coalition Liberal | ||
| Jan 1922 | National Liberal | |||
| 1922 | Shapurji Saklatvala | Communist | ||
| 1923 | Henry Hogbin | Liberal | ||
| 1924 | Shapurji Saklatvala | Communist | ||
| 1929 | William Sanders | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Arthur Marsden | Conservative | ||
| 1935 | William Sanders | Labour | ||
| 1940 by-election | Francis Douglas | Labour | Resigned after being appointed Governor of Malta | |
| 1946 by-election | Douglas Jay | Labour | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Battersea | |||
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | National Liberal | Richard Morris | 11,231 | 66.6 | |
| Labour | Charlotte Despard | 5,634 | 33.4 | ||
| Majority | 5,597 | 33.2 | |||
| Turnout | 16,865 | 43.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 38,552 | ||||
| National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist (Labour) | Shapurji Saklatvala | 11,311 | 50.6 | +17.2 | |
| National Liberal | Henry Hogbin | 9,290 | 41.6 | –25.0 | |
| Liberal | Vivian Claude Albu | 1,756 | 7.9 | New | |
| Majority | 2,021 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 22,357 | 56.5 | –24.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,602 | ||||
| Communist gain from National Liberal | Swing | +21.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Hogbin | 12,527 | 50.4 | +42.5 | |
| Communist (Labour) | Shapurji Saklatvala | 12,341 | 49.6 | –1.0 | |
| Majority | 186 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,868 | 61.9 | +5.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,183 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Communist | Swing | +21.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 15,096 | 50.9 | +1.3 | |
| Constitutionalist (Liberal) | Henry Hogbin | 14,554 | 49.1 | –1.3 | |
| Majority | 542 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,650 | 73.1 | +11.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,586 | ||||
| Communist gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Sanders | 13,265 | 37.7 | New | |
| Unionist | Arthur Marsden | 10,833 | 30.8 | New | |
| Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 6,554 | 18.6 | –32.3 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Brogan | 4,513 | 12.9 | –36.3 | |
| Majority | 2,432 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,165 | 69.7 | –3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,460 | ||||
| Labour gain from Communist | Swing | +35.0 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Marsden | 18,688 | 55.5 | +24.7 | |
| Labour | William Sanders | 11,985 | 35.6 | –2.2 | |
| Communist | Shapurji Saklatvala | 3,021 | 8.9 | –9.7 | |
| Majority | 6,703 | 19.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,694 | 67.6 | –2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,873 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Sanders | 17,596 | 58.7 | +23.1 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Marsden | 12,393 | 41.3 | –14.1 | |
| Majority | 5,203 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,989 | 63.5 | –4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,213 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.6 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francis Douglas | 9,947 | 92.6 | +34.0 | |
| Independent | E.C. Joyce | 791 | 7.4 | New | |
| Majority | 9,156 | 85.2 | +67.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,738 | 25.1 | –38.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,725 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francis Douglas | 14,070 | 73.9 | +15.2 | |
| Conservative | John Paget | 4,969 | 26.1 | –15.2 | |
| Majority | 9,101 | 47.8 | +30.5 | ||
| Turnout | 19,039 | 71.1 | +7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,783 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 11,329 | 68.9 | –4.9 | |
| Conservative | B A Shattock | 4,858 | 29.6 | +3.5 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | Hugo Dewar | 240 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 6,471 | 39.3 | –8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 16,427 | 57.1 | –14.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 28,753 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –4.2 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 24,762 | 69.8 | –4.3 | |
| Conservative | Martin Madden | 9,084 | 25.5 | –0.6 | |
| Liberal | Edward Handscombe | 1,090 | 3.1 | New | |
| Communist | John Mahon | 655 | 1.8 | New | |
| Majority | 15,678 | 44.1 | –3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35,591 | 80.7 | +9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,101 | ||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 25,882 | 72.3 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Ian Percival | 9,905 | 27.7 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 16,077 | 44.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,787 | 80.5 | –0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,478 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 20,980 | 70.7 | –1.6 | |
| Conservative | Ian Percival | 8,058 | 27.2 | –0.5 | |
| Independent | Eric Fenner | 622 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 12,922 | 43.6 | –1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 29,660 | 69.35 | –11.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,766 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 19,595 | 67.8 | –2.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert Taylor | 9,289 | 32.2 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 6,533 | 35.7 | –7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 28,884 | 70.6 | +1.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,937 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –3.9 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 14,930 | 63.7 | –4.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Taylor | 5,847 | 24.9 | –7.2 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Jakobi | 2,187 | 9.3 | New | |
| Communist | Gladys Easton | 471 | 2.0 | New | |
| Majority | 9,083 | 38.8 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 23,435 | 65.7 | –4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,659 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 15,522 | 72.1 | +8.4 | |
| Conservative | C Peter M Davidson | 5,350 | 24.9 | –0.1 | |
| Communist | Gladys Easton | 650 | 3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 10,172 | 47.3 | +8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 21,522 | 63.2 | –2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,048 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 11,621 | 65.5 | –6.6 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Bradbury | 4,927 | 27.8 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal | Hester Smallbone | 1,012 | 5.7 | New | |
| Communist | D Welsh | 179 | 1.0 | –2.0 | |
| Majority | 6,694 | 37.7 | –9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 17,739 | 58.9 | –4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,226 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –4.8 | |||
| 1970 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 17,800 | 63.1 | |
| Conservative | 8,500 | 30.1 | |
| Liberal | 1,600 | 5.7 | |
| Others | 300 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | 28,200 | 60.2 | |
| Electorate | 46,837 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 18,503 | 58.8 | –4.3 | |
| Conservative | Simon Randall | 8,080 | 25.7 | –4.5 | |
| Liberal | John Savile | 4,683 | 14.9 | +9.2 | |
| Communist (ML) | Carol Reakes | 208 | 0.7 | –0.4 | |
| Majority | 10,423 | 33.1 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 31,474 | 70.7 | +10.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,502 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 17,161 | 62.2 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Simon Randall | 6,019 | 21.8 | –3.8 | |
| Liberal | C R Williams | 3,048 | 11.1 | –3.8 | |
| National Front | R Friend | 1,250 | 4.5 | New | |
| Communist (ML) | Carol Reakes | 102 | 0.4 | –0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,142 | 40.4 | +7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 27,580 | 61.6 | –9.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,799 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Jay | 15,834 | 56.2 | –6.0 | |
| Conservative | P Phillips | 9,358 | 33.2 | +11.4 | |
| Liberal | William Brown | 2,021 | 7.2 | –3.9 | |
| National Front | Michael Salt | 772 | 2.7 | –1.8 | |
| Workers (Leninist) | A Lavelle | 104 | 0.4 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | P Clay | 47 | 0.2 | New | |
| Community Party | J Harwell | 30 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 6,746 | 23.0 | –17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 27,716 | 66.9 | +6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,435 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –8.7 | |||