Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

Carshalton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1945–1983
Seatsone
Created fromMitcham
Replaced byCarshalton and Wallington

Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead, Carshalton which is a suburb on a long, north–south hillside south of London. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of the London Borough of Sutton. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1945 general election having been the south-west of "Mitcham" and on shedding Banstead in 1974 it gained what had been the south-east of the Mitcham seat, then was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by Carshalton and Wallington, a nearly identical eastern set of 13 wards of its (post-1965) solely related local government area (London Borough).

Boundaries

First version of the seat (at centre). Result in 1945. A north-west indent was the equally inceptive Sutton and Cheam seat.
Later version of the seat (at centre). Result in Oct. 1974. The seat swapped its bulk (south-west) on the North Downs for north-eastern suburbs.

1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton.

Note: abolished as entities from April 1965, falling into Surrey County Council and the London Borough of Sutton respectively

1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North East, Carshalton North West, Carshalton St Helier North, Carshalton St Helier South, Carshalton St Helier West, Carshalton South East, Carshalton South West, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Notes
1945 Antony Head Conservative In 1960 elevated to the Lords
1960 by-election Walter Elliot Conservative
Feb 1974 Robert Carr Conservative MP for "Mitcham" 1950–74. In 1976 elevated to the Lords.
1976 by-election Nigel Forman Conservative continued in successor seat until his 1997 defeat

1983: constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Head 20,181 45.34
Labour William F Hawkins 19,164 43.05
Liberal Wilfrid Barrow 5,167 11.61
Majority 1,017 2.29
Turnout 44,512 77.07
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Head 29,493 52.52
Labour S Sharman 21,536 38.35
Liberal Dennis W Clarke 5,132 9.14
Majority 7,957 14.17
Turnout 56,161 88.14
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Head 32,634 58.73
Labour Clifford H Davies 22,928 41.27
Majority 9,706 17.46
Turnout 55,562 85.07
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Head 30,429 55.70
Labour Harvey R Cole 18,924 34.64
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 5,277 9.66
Majority 11,505 21.06
Turnout 54,630 80.87
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Head 30,454 53.99
Labour John H Powell 17,210 30.51
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 8,744 15.50
Majority 13,244 23.48
Turnout 56,408 82.48
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1960 Carshalton by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 19,175 51.66 −2.33
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 10,250 27.61 +12.11
Labour Brian Thomas 7,696 20.73 −9.78
Majority 8,925 24.04 +0.56
Turnout 37,121
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 26,118 48.88
Labour Brian Thomas 16,105 30.14
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 11,207 20.98
Majority 10,013 18.74
Turnout 53,430 80.18
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 24,615 47.02
Labour Philip John Bassett 18,746 35.81
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 8,988 17.17
Majority 5,869 11.21
Turnout 52,349 79.35
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Elliot 27,342 53.98
Labour Gilbert Samuel Baker 16,896 33.36
Liberal Jack Henry Gordon Browne 6,411 12.66
Majority 10,446 20.62
Turnout 50,649 71.17
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Carr 24,440 44.53
Labour Peter James Walker 18,750 34.16
Liberal Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone 11,695 21.31
Majority 5,690 10.37
Turnout 54,885 82.85
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Carshalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Carr 22,538 45.39 +0.86
Labour Bernard Frances Atherton 18,840 37.95 +3.79
Liberal Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone 8,272 16.66 −4.65
Majority 3,698 7.45 −2.92
Turnout 49,650 74.28 −8.57
Conservative hold Swing
Carshalton by-election 1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 20,753 51.69 +6.29
Labour Colin Blau 11,021 27.45 −10.46
Liberal John Hatherley 6,028 15.01 −1.65
National Front Terry Denville-Faulkner[2] 1,851 4.61 New
Conservative Anti-Common Market Reginald Simmerson 251 0.63 New
Logic Party William Dunmore 133 0.33 New
Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 115 0.29 New
Majority 9,732 24.24
Turnout 40,152 60.53
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Carshalton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 26,492 51.30 +5.91
Labour Michael Geikie Ormerod 16,121 31.22 −6.73
Liberal John Hatherley 8,112 15.71 −0.95
National Front Terry Denville-Faulkner 919 1.78 N/A
Majority 10,371 20.08 +12.63
Turnout 51,644 76.79 +2.51
Conservative hold Swing

See also

As to 1945-1965 period: list of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

References

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  2. ^ "NF". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)