Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)

Barons Court
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County1955–1965: County of London
1965–1974: Greater London
BoroughLondon Borough of Hammersmith
1955–1974 (1974)
Seats1
Created fromHammersmith South, Fulham West and Fulham East
Replaced byFulham and Hammersmith North

Barons Court was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

Barons Court in London 1955-74

Barons Court was a borough constituency of the parliamentary County of London. It was created from parts of three abolished constituencies in 1955: the bulk of Hammersmith South and parts of Fulham West and Fulham East. It was composed of the northern end of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (Barons Court, Margravine, and Lillie wards) and the southern section of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith (Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, and Ravenscourt wards). It did not include the whole of either Metropolitan Borough.[1]

When local government in London was reformed in 1965, the area became part of the London Borough of Hammersmith in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until 1974. In that year constituencies were redrawn to correspond to wards of the London Borough: the Barons Court constituency was divided between the seats of Fulham and Hammersmith North.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1955 Thomas Williams Labour
1959 Compton Carr Conservative
1964 Ivor Richard Labour
1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Thomas Williams 20,748 50.2
Conservative Keith Joseph 20,623 49.8
Majority 125 0.4
Turnout 41,371 75.8
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
General election 1959: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Carr 18,658 48.9 −0.9
Labour Co-op Thomas Williams 17,745 46.5 −3.7
Independent Liberal Simon Harold John Arthur Knott 1,766 4.6 New
Majority 913 2.4 N/A
Turnout 38,169 76.3 +0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 15,966 47.5 +1.0
Conservative Bill Carr 14,800 44.1 −4.8
Liberal Simon Harold John Arthur Knott 2,821 8.4 New
Majority 1,166 3.4 N/A
Turnout 33,587 72.9 −3.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
General election 1966: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 17,021 51.7 +4.2
Conservative Bill Carr 13,551 41.1 −3.0
Liberal Simon Harold John Arthur Knott 2,384 7.2 −1.2
Majority 3,470 10.6 +7.2
Turnout 32,956 75.2 +2.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Barons Court
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Richard 13,374 48.0 −3.7
Conservative Robert E. Brum 12,269 44.1 +3.0
Liberal Simon Harold John Arthur Knott 2,206 7.9 +0.7
Majority 1,105 3.9 −6.7
Turnout 27,849 67.3 −7.9
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

Sources

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)

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