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Bethnal Green South West was a constituency in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was combined with Bethnal Green North East to form a new Bethnal Green constituency, reflecting the area's substantial fall in population.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the south and west wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).
1885-1918: The South and West wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Election in the 1890s
Election in the 1900s
Election in the 1910s
1911 Bethnal Green South West by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Charles Masterman |
2,745 |
50.4 |
-6.6 |
|
Conservative |
Eric Alfred Hoffgaard |
2,561 |
47.1 |
+4.1 |
|
Independent Labour |
John Scurr |
134 |
2.5 |
New |
Majority |
184 |
3.3 |
-10.7 |
Turnout |
5,440 |
76.8 |
+8.5 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-5.3 |
|
1914 Bethnal Green South West by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
Matthew Wilson |
2,828 |
47.6 |
+0.5 |
|
Liberal |
Charles Masterman |
2,804 |
47.1 |
-3.3 |
|
Independent Labour |
John Scurr |
316 |
5.3 |
+2.8 |
Majority |
24 |
0.5 |
N/A |
Turnout |
5.948 |
83.5 |
+6.7 |
|
Unionist gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+1.9 |
|
Election in the 1920s
General election 1922: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
5,152 |
40.7 |
+17.6 |
|
Communist |
Joe Vaughan |
4,034 |
31.9 |
New |
|
Unionist |
Matthew Wilson |
3,474 |
27.4 |
-24.9 |
Majority |
1,118 |
8.8 |
N/A |
Turnout |
21,129 |
59.9 |
+18.3 |
|
Liberal gain from Unionist |
Swing |
N/A |
|
General election 1923: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
5,735 |
43.3 |
+2.6 |
|
Labour |
Joe Vaughan |
5,251 |
39.6 |
+7.7 |
|
Unionist |
John Cecil Gerard Leigh |
2,267 |
17.1 |
-10.3 |
Majority |
484 |
3.7 |
-5.1 |
Turnout |
21,320 |
62.2 |
+2.3 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-2.5 |
|
General election 1924: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
6,236 |
42.3 |
-1.0 |
|
Communist |
Joe Vaughan |
6,024 |
40.9 |
+1.3 |
|
Unionist |
C.P. Norman |
2,467 |
16.8 |
-0.3 |
Majority |
212 |
1.4 |
-2.3 |
Turnout |
21,522 |
68.4 |
+6.2 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-1.1 |
|
General election 1929: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
8,109 |
45.9 |
+3.6 |
|
Labour |
Christopher John Kelly |
6,849 |
38.7 |
New |
|
Communist |
Robert Dunstan |
1,368 |
7.7 |
-33.2 |
|
Unionist |
Herbert John Malone |
1,365 |
7.7 |
-9.1 |
Majority |
1,260 |
7.2 |
+5.8 |
Turnout |
27,895 |
64.1 |
-4.3 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
n/a |
|
Election in the 1930s
General election 1931: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
10,176 |
59.6 |
+13.7 |
|
Labour |
W.J. Humphreys |
3,923 |
23.0 |
-14.3 |
|
Communist |
Joe Vaughan |
2,970 |
17.4 |
+9.7 |
Majority |
6,253 |
36.6 |
+29.4 |
Turnout |
27,895 |
61.2 |
-2.9 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+14.0 |
|
General election 1935: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
9,011 |
53.1 |
-6.5 |
|
Labour |
George Jeger |
7,945 |
46.9 |
+23.9 |
Majority |
1,066 |
6.2 |
-30.4 |
Turnout |
27,484 |
61.7 |
+0.5 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-15.2 |
|
Election in the 1940s
General election 1945: Bethnal Green South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Percy Holman |
6,669 |
57.3 |
+10.4 |
|
Liberal |
Percy Harris |
4,213 |
36.2 |
-16.9 |
|
National |
O. Howard Leicester |
750 |
6.5 |
New |
Majority |
2,456 |
21.1 |
N/A |
Turnout |
11,632 |
|
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal |
Swing |
+13.6 |
|