- Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Deptford Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885–February 1974 Number of members one Replaced by Lewisham Deptford Created from Greenwich Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Deptford in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.
Deptford in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.
Deptford in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
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Members of Parliament
Election Member[1] Party 1885 William John Evelyn Conservative 1888 by-election Charles John Darling, later Baron Darling Conservative 1897 by-election Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton Conservative 1906 Charles William Bowerman Labour 1931 Denis Augustine Hanley Conservative 1935 Walter Henry Green Labour 1945 John Wilmot Labour 1950 Jack Cooper Labour 1951 Sir Leslie Plummer Labour 1963 by-election John Silkin Labour Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Lewisham Deptford Election results
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 3 May 1979:
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Electorate , Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Silkin 21,145 58.87 Conservative CH Cross 8,111 22.58 Liberal M Steele 4,931 13.73 National Front Richard Edmonds 1,731 4.82 Majority 13,034 36.3 Turnout 35,918 58.68 General Election 28 February 1974:
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General Election 31 March 1966:
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General Election 8 October 1959:
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General Election 5 to 19 July 1945:
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General Election 14 November 1935:
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Electorate , Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Denis Augustine Hanley Labour Rt Hon Charles William Bowerman Majority Turnout Election in the 1920s
General Election 30 May 1929:
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Electorate , Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Charles William Bowerman 26,848 Conservative E. E. Gates 14,832 Liberal Lt. H. Charles Bevan B.Sc. 6,935 Majority Turnout General Election 29 October 1924:
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Electorate 54,135 Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Rt Hon. Charles Bowerman 21,576 Conservative M J Pike 12,666 Majority Turnout General Election 15 November 1922:
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General Election 14 December 1918:
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Electorate 51,611, Turnout %,Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour C Bowerman 14,073 Conservative J T Prestige 9,711 Independent F Rumsey 2,106 Majority 51,611 Turnout Labour hold Swing References
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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