Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hammersmith South
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County of London
1918–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Hammersmith
Replaced by	Barons Court

Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50

Hammersmith South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-55

A map showing the wards of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Hammersmith South was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in west 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 system.

The constituency was created when the Hammersmith constituency was divided for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1955 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards numbers one, two and three.

1950–1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, Olympia, Ravenscourt, and St Stephen's.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	William Bull	Conservative
	1929	Daniel Chater	Labour
	1931	James Cooke	Conservative
	1945	William Adams	Labour
	1949 by-election	Thomas Williams	Labour
1955		constituency abolished: see Barons Court

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	William Bull	8,592	65.6
	Liberal	Thomas Atholl Robertson	2,555	19.5
	Labour	John Thomas Westcott	1,958	14.9
Majority			6,037	46.1
Turnout			13,105	46.8
Registered electors			27,996
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

William Bull

General election 1922: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Bull	10,877	63.0	−2.6
	Labour	Wyndham Albery	6,397	37.0	+22.1
Majority			4,480	26.0	−20.1
Turnout			17,274	56.4	+9.6
Registered electors			30,618
	Unionist hold		Swing	−12.4

General election 1923: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Bull	8,184	43.4	−19.6
	Labour	Wyndham Albery	6,974	36.9	−0.1
	Liberal	Ernest Devan Wetton	3,723	19.7	New
Majority			1,210	6.5	−19.5
Turnout			18,881	61.1	+4.7
Registered electors			30,879
	Unionist hold		Swing	−9.8

Christopher Addison

General election 1924: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Bull	12,679	55.4	+12.0
	Labour	Christopher Addison	8,804	38.5	+1.6
	Liberal	Ernest Devan Wetton	1,393	6.1	−13.6
Majority			3,875	16.9	+10.4
Turnout			22,876	72.3	+11.2
Registered electors			31,633
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.2

General election 1929: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Chater	12,630	43.8	+5.3
	Unionist	John Ferguson	12,218	42.4	−13.0
	Liberal	J J Davies	3,976	13.8	+7.7
Majority			412	1.4	N/A
Turnout			28,824	67.3	−5.0
Registered electors			42,841
	Labour Co-op gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Cooke	21,018	71.5	+29.1
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Chater	8,390	28.5	−15.3
Majority			12,628	43.0	N/A
Turnout			29,408	68.0	+0.7
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+20.8

General election 1935: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Cooke	15,377	62.3	−9.2
	Labour Co-op	William Adams	9,309	37.7	+9.2
Majority			6,068	24.6	−18.4
Turnout			24,686	60.1	−7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	William Adams	12,502	58.0	+20.3
	Conservative	Douglas Cooke	9,044	42.0	−20.3
Majority			3,458	16.0	N/A
Turnout			21,546	65.9	+5.8
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

1949 Hammersmith South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	15,223	52.8	−5.2
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	13,610	47.2	+5.2
Majority			1,613	5.6	−10.4
Turnout			28,833	60.6	−5.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	18,825	51.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	16,161	44.4	+2.4
	Liberal	John Stanton Ritter	1,400	3.8	New
Majority			2,664	7.4	−8.6
Turnout			36,386
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General election 1951: Hammersmith South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	19,273	54.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Robert N E Hinton	16,038	45.4	+1.0
Majority			3,235	9.2	+1.8
Turnout			35,311	80.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.9

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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