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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Clapham1885.png/250px-Clapham1885.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Clapham1885.png/375px-Clapham1885.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Clapham1885.png/500px-Clapham1885.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="577" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Clapham in London 1885-1918</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>–February 1974</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">one</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Surrey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)">East Surrey</a> (one and a half parishes of)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth Central</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Battersea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Clapham</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">borough constituency</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">South London</a> which returned one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a>. It was created in time for the <a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885 general election</a> then altered in periodic national boundary reviews, principally in 1918, and abolished before the <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974 general election</a>. In its early years (until 1918) the seat was officially named <b>Battersea and Clapham Parliamentary Borough: No. 2—The Clapham Division.</b> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clapham1918.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Clapham1918.png/260px-Clapham1918.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Clapham1918.png/390px-Clapham1918.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Clapham1918.png/520px-Clapham1918.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Clapham in London 1918-50</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/150px-Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/225px-Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/300px-Wandsworth_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clapham1950.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clapham1950.png/260px-Clapham1950.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clapham1950.png/390px-Clapham1950.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Clapham1950.png/520px-Clapham1950.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Clapham in London 1950-74</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1885–1918</b>: In 1885 the constituency was established as one of two divisions of a new <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary borough">parliamentary borough</a> to be named <a href="/wiki/Battersea" title="Battersea">Battersea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a>, in the northern part of the historic county of <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. </p><p> The <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</a> provided the constituency, carved out of a corner of East Surrey, was to consist of:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><b>No. 2—The Clapham Division.</b> </p><ul><li>The Parish of Clapham,</li> <li>No. 1 Ward of Battersea Parish, and</li> <li>No. 4 Ward of Battersea Parish, except so much as is comprised in <a href="/wiki/Battersea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)">Division No. 1</a> as herein described.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Redistribution of Seats Act 1885<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></li></ul></blockquote> <p><b>1918–1950</b>: In the redistribution of 1918 the seat was altered to remove half of the wards which constituted Battersea (into a new seat of <a href="/wiki/Battersea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a>) and to instead consist of the local government wards of Clapham North and Clapham South, together with a part of <a href="/wiki/Balham,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Balham, London">Balham</a>. As a matter of strict nomenclature it became a division of Wandsworth 'parliamentary borough'. </p> <dl><dt>Local government bodies</dt></dl> <p>In 1889 the area was among many square miles severed from Surrey to become part of a new county, the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a>. In 1900 the lower rung of local government in London was reorganised. The constituency became part of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wandsworth" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth">Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth</a>. </p><p>In 1965 the area as it then stood for the purposes of local government became almost wholly part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">London Borough of Lambeth</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Moulton,_Baron_Moulton" title="John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton">John Moulton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_Gilliat" title="John Saunders Gilliat">John Saunders Gilliat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Percy_Thornton" title="Percy Thornton">Percy Thornton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denison_Faber,_1st_Baron_Wittenham" title="Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham">Denison Faber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_Clapham_by-election" title="1918 Clapham by-election">1918 b-e</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Greer" title="Harry Greer">Harry Greer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_du_Cros,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur du Cros, 1st Baronet">Sir Arthur du Cros</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_Clapham_by-election" title="1922 Clapham by-election">1922 b-e</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">Sir John Leigh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Battley" title="John Battley">John Battley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gibson (UK politician)">Charles Gibson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Glyn" title="Alan Glyn">Alan Glyn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McKay" title="Margaret McKay">Margaret McKay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shelton_(politician)" title="Bill Shelton (politician)">Bill Shelton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency abolished</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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/></a><figcaption>Moulton</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">General election 1885</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Moulton,_Baron_Moulton" title="John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton">John Moulton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,976 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Algernon Henry Bourke </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,650 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.9 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">326 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,626 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,454 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg/120px-John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg/180px-John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg/240px-John_Saunders_Gilliat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="469" /></a><figcaption>Gilliat</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">General election 1886</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_Gilliat" title="John Saunders Gilliat">John Gilliat</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,816 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Moulton,_Baron_Moulton" title="John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton">John Moulton</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,347 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">469 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,163 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,454 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/120px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/180px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/240px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3289" data-file-height="4152" /></a><figcaption>R. McKenna</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">General election 1892</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Percy_Thornton" title="Percy Thornton">Percy Thornton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,170 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>0.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">Reginald McKenna</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,526 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">644 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,696 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12,124 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">General election 1895</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Percy_Thornton" title="Percy Thornton">Percy Thornton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,925 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Kempster </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,904 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,829 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">13,872 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">General election 1900</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Percy_Thornton" title="Percy Thornton">Percy Thornton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,504 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank Duerdin Perrott </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,420 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+21.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,588 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">16,572 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+10.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_Low.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Frederick_Low.jpg/120px-Frederick_Low.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Frederick_Low.jpg/180px-Frederick_Low.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Frederick_Low.jpg/240px-Frederick_Low.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="567" /></a><figcaption>Low</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">General election 1906</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Percy_Thornton" title="Percy Thornton">Percy Thornton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,912 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−20.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Low_(British_politician)" title="Frederick Low (British politician)">Frederick Low</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,816 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+20.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−41.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,728 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+18.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">19,180 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−20.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election January 1910</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Denison_Faber,_1st_Baron_Wittenham" title="Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham">Denison Faber</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,743 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John George Kipling </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,762 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,981 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,611 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Benn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Sir_John_Benn.jpg/120px-Sir_John_Benn.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Sir_John_Benn.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="158" /></a><figcaption>Sir John Benn</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election December 1910</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Denison_Faber,_1st_Baron_Wittenham" title="Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham">Denison Faber</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,560 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Benn,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet">John Benn</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,639 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,921 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,611 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>General Election 1914–15</b>: </p><p>Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; </p> <ul><li><b>Unionist</b>: <a href="/wiki/Denison_Faber,_1st_Baron_Wittenham" title="Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham">Denison Faber</a></li> <li><b>Liberal</b>: Joseph William Molden<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_Clapham_by-election" title="1918 Clapham by-election">1918 Clapham by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Greer" title="Harry Greer">Harry Greer</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,512 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_Beamish" title="Henry Hamilton Beamish">Henry Hamilton Beamish</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,331 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,181 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,526 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−42.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Beamish was the nominee of <a href="/wiki/Noel_Pemberton_Billing" title="Noel Pemberton Billing">Pemberton Billing's</a> Vigilante Society</li></ul> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">General election 1918</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-craig1918_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px"><b><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon"><span style="color:white">C</span></a></b> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Du_Cros" title="Arthur Du Cros">Arthur Du Cros</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>9,776</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>60.2</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>+4.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_Beamish" title="Henry Hamilton Beamish">Henry Hamilton Beamish</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,070 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Philip Henry Thomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,790 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−27.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">William James Harvey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">594 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,706 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+30.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,230 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−29.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">34,640 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>C</b> <small>indicates <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">candidate endorsed by the coalition government</a>.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Beamish was supported by, and may have been the nominee, of the <a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Discharged_and_Demobilized_Sailors_and_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers">National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Leigh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Sir_John_Leigh.jpg/120px-Sir_John_Leigh.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Sir_John_Leigh.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="189" /></a><figcaption>Sir John Leigh</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_Clapham_by-election" title="1922 Clapham by-election">By-election 1922</a>: Clapham <sup id="cite_ref-craig1918_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Clapham <sup id="cite_ref-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,285 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Leopold Spero </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,919 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Villiers" title="Ernest Villiers">Ernest Villiers</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,444 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,366 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,648 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">35,962 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Clapham <sup id="cite_ref-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1918_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,287 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−12.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Leopold Spero </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,404 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas George Graham </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,479 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,883 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,170 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">36,498 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−9.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">General election 1924</a>: Clapham <sup id="cite_ref-craig1918_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,404 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+17.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Diamond" title="Charles Diamond">Charles Diamond</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,200 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,608 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">36,872 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">General election 1929</a>: Clapham <sup id="cite_ref-craig1918_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,507 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−22.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/J._Allen_Skinner" title="J. Allen Skinner">J. Allen Skinner</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,871 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Picton_Davies" title="Owen Picton Davies">Owen Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,991 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,636 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,369 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">48,061 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−8.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,648 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.00 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #B22222; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour Party (UK)">Ind. Labour Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hilda_Browning" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilda Browning">Hilda Browning</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,317 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">new </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Henry Clarke </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,869 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.01 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,331 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31,834 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Leigh,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet">John Leigh</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,458 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.56 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Monica_Whately" title="Monica Whately">Monica Whately</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,368 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.43 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">new </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,090 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28,826 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Battley" title="John Battley">John Battley</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,205 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54.17 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roy Lucas Lowndes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,014 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.68 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Erik Paterson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,850 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,191 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28,069 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Clapham<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gibson (UK politician)">Charles Gibson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,300 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.47 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roy L Lowndes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,094 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.01 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Beatrice L Curtis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,071 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.26 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gladys Mary Draper </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">619 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.26 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,206 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.46 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gibson (UK politician)">Charles Gibson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,053 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.34 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roy L Lowndes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,745 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.66 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,308 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,798 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gibson (UK politician)">Charles Gibson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,398 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.25 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_van_Straubenzee" title="William van Straubenzee">William van Straubenzee</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,173 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.75 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">225 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,571 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Glyn" title="Alan Glyn">Alan Glyn</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,266 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.20 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gibson (UK politician)">Charles Gibson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,390 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.89 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,876 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,656 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.19 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McKay" title="Margaret McKay">Margaret McKay</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,657 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.20 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Glyn" title="Alan Glyn">Alan Glyn</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,101 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.75 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Lyden-Cowan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,611 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"> <ul><li>David G Russell</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">847 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">556 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.45 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,369 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.34 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Anti-Common Market</li></ul> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McKay" title="Margaret McKay">Margaret McKay</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,555 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.60 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,379 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.58 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael A Minter </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,968 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.83 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,176 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,902 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.05 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Clapham </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shelton_(politician)" title="Bill Shelton (politician)">Bill Shelton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,593 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Pitt,_Baron_Pitt_of_Hampstead" title="David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead">David Pitt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,473 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eric G Thwaites </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,982 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Socialist Party of Great Britain">Socialist (GB)</a> </td> <td class="fn">F.E. Simkins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">220 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Boaks" title="Bill Boaks">Bill Boaks</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,120 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; 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Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885"</a>. <i>The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria</i>. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chap.+23.+Redistribution+of+Seats+Act%2C+1885&rft.btitle=The+Public+General+Acts+of+the+United+Kingdom+passed+in+the+forty-eighth+and+forty-ninth+years+of+the+reign+of+Queen+Victoria&rft.place=London&rft.pages=111-198&rft.pub=Eyre+and+Spottiswoode&rft.date=1885&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpublicgeneralac01walegoog%2Fpage%2Fn113%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClapham+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-craig1885-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1974" class="citation book cs1">Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). <i>British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918</i>. London: Macmillan Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781349022984" title="Special:BookSources/9781349022984"><bdi>9781349022984</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Parliamentary+Election+Results%3A+1885-1918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macmillan+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=9781349022984&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClapham+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Western Daily Press 13 May 1914</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-craig1918-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-craig1918_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1918_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1918_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1918_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1918_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1969" class="citation book cs1">Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai"><i>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949</i></a></span>. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/page/57">57</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-01-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-900178-01-9"><bdi>0-900178-01-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+parliamentary+election+results+1918-1949&rft.place=Glasgow&rft.pages=57&rft.pub=Political+Reference+Publications&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=0-900178-01-9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbritishparliamen0000crai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClapham+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1930_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Liberal Year Book, 1930</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918</i>, compiled and edited by F.W.S. 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constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Finsbury Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finsbury East (UK Parliament constituency)">Finsbury East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haggerston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)">Haggerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoxton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hoxton (UK Parliament constituency)">Hoxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Limehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Marylebone East (UK Parliament constituency)">Marylebone East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)">Marylebone West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_End_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mile End (UK Parliament constituency)">Mile End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Newington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St George (UK Parliament constituency)">St George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_George%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)">St George's Hanover Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strand_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strand (UK Parliament constituency)">Strand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Walworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1918</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balham_and_Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Balham and Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_Bromley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bow and Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)">Bow and Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)">Camberwell North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Camberwell North West</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="City of London (UK Parliament constituency)">City of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Limehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_End_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mile End (UK Parliament constituency)">Mile End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South West (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_George%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_and_St_Georges_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitechapel and St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich West</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Shoreditch and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke Newington and Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich West</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barons_Court_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)">Barons Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone 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