Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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Shoreditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Shoreditch district of the East End of 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.
| Shoreditch | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Shoreditch in London | |
| County | London |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Haggerston and Hoxton |
| Replaced by | Shoreditch & Finsbury |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Shoreditch and Finsbury constituency.
Boundaries
Throughout its existence, the constituency's boundaries were contiguous with those of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Whip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Christopher Addison | Coalition Liberal | |
| Jan 1922 | National Liberal | ||
| Jul 1922 | Liberal | ||
| 1922 | Ernest Griffith Price | National Liberal | |
| Nov 1923 | Liberal | ||
| Dec 1923 | Ernest Thurtle | Labour | |
| 1931 | Charles Summersby | Liberal National | |
| 1935 | Ernest Thurtle | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Election in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | National Liberal | Christopher Addison | 9,532 | 55.9 | |
| Unionist | Robert Sievier[2] | 3,414 | 20.0 | ||
| National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union (Labour) | Alfred Walton[3] | 2,072 | 12.2 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Chancellor | 1,524 | 8.9 | ||
| National | Thomas Warwick | 504 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 6,118 | 35.9 | |||
| Turnout | 17,046 | 37.3 | |||
| National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Election in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Ernest Griffith Price | 9,084 | 37.6 | –18.3 | |
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 8,834 | 36.5 | +24.3 | |
| Liberal | Christopher Addison | 6,273 | 25.9 | +17.0 | |
| Majority | 250 | 1.1 | −34.8 | ||
| Turnout | 24,191 | 47.4 | +10.1 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 13,874 | 56.6 | +20.1 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Griffith Price | 10,658 | 43.4 | +17.5 | |
| Majority | 3,216 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,532 | 47.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 16,608 | 53.0 | −3.6 | |
| Liberal | Harold Reckitt | 14,748 | 47.0 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 1,860 | 6.0 | −7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 31,356 | 59.5 | +12.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 20,552 | 51.5 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal | Harold Reckitt | 12,981 | 32.6 | −13.6 | |
| Unionist | Antony Bulwer-Lytton | 6,334 | 15.9 | New | |
| Majority | 7,571 | 18.9 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 39,867 | 64.3 | +4.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Election in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Charles Summersby | 19,596 | 56.7 | +40.8 | |
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 14,988 | 43.3 | −8.2 | |
| Majority | 4,608 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,584 | 55.9 | −8.6 | ||
| National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 18,602 | 61.4 | +18.1 | |
| National Liberal | Somerset Stopford Brooke | 11,673 | 38.6 | −18.1 | |
| Majority | 6,929 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,275 | 51.9 | −4.0 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +18.1 | |||
Election in the 1940s
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;
- Labour: Ernest Thurtle[4]
- Liberal National: James Houseman[5]
- British Union: Michael Goulding
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Thurtle | 11,592 | 74.0 | +12.6 | |
| National Liberal | Frederick L Boult | 4,081 | 26.0 | −12.6 | |
| Majority | 7,511 | 48.0 | +25.2 | ||
| Turnout | 15,673 | 57.6 | +2.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||