Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Hornsey
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1885–1965: Middlesex
1965–1983: Greater London
1918–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Hornsey & Wood Green and Tottenham[1]
1885–1918
Number of members One
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Middlesex

Hornsey was a parliamentary constituency covering what is now the Hornsey district of north London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1885 general election until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

History

From 1885 to 1918, the constituency was a county division of Middlesex, and in 1918 it became a parliamentary borough. From 1950 it was a borough constituency.

Hornsey in Middlesex, 1918-50

Boundaries

1885-1918: The parishes of Hornsey (including South Hornsey) and Finchley, and the area included in the Parliamentary Boroughs of the City of London, Finsbury, and Islington.

1918-1974: The Municipal Borough of Hornsey.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Central Hornsey, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Muswell Hill, South Hornsey, Stroud Green, and Turnpike.

Members of Parliament

Year Member[2] Party[3][4]
1885 Sir James McGarel-Hogg Conservative
1887 Inky Stephens Conservative
1900 Charles Balfour Conservative
1907 Earl of Ronaldshay Conservative
1916 Kennedy Jones Unionist
1921 Viscount Ednam Unionist
1924 Euan Wallace Unionist
1941 Sir David Gammans Conservative
1957 Lady Gammans Conservative
1966 Sir Hugh Rossi Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election Results

Elections in the 1880s

McGarel-Hogg
General Election 1885: Hornsey [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir James Macnaghten McGarel-Hogg 4,619 58.3 n/a
Liberal Rt Hon. Lord Kensington 3,299 41.7 n/a
Majority 1,320 16.6 n/a
Turnout 74.4 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Hornsey [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sir James Macnaghten McGarel-Hogg unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Stephens
Hornsey by-election, 1887 [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Charles Stephens 4,476 64.3 n/a
Liberal Horatio William Bottomley 2,488 35.7 n/a
Majority 1,988 28.6 n/a
Turnout 64.4 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Hornsey [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Charles Stephens 6,192 68.0 +3.7
Liberal Dr T R S Jones 2,913 32.0 -3.7
Majority 3,279 36.0 +7.4
Turnout 67.7 +3.3
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
General Election 1895: Hornsey [13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Charles Stephens unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Hornsey [15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Barrington Balfour unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1906: Hornsey [17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Barrington Balfour 8,859 54.9 n/a
Liberal C W Tomkinson 7,289 45.1 n/a
Majority 1,570 9.8 n/a
Turnout 82.2 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Hornsey by-election, 1907 [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Earl of Ronaldshay unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Hornsey [21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Earl of Ronaldshay 12,014 58.2 n/a
Liberal Robert Ernest Dummett 8,633 41.8 n/a
Majority 3,381 16.4 n/a
Turnout 87.7 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election December 1910: Hornsey [23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Earl of Ronaldshay 11,066 59.2 +1.0
Liberal Robert Ernest Dummett 7,613 40.8 -1.0
Majority 3,453 18.4 +2.0
Turnout 79.4 -8.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

General Election 1914/15:

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;

Hornsey by-election, 1916 [25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist William Kennedy Jones unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1918: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1920s

Hornsey by-election, 1921[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Viscount Ednam 15,959 53.4 n/a
Liberal Edward Leslie Burgin 13,943 46.6 n/a
Majority 2,016 6.8 n/a
Turnout 65.7 n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1922: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Viscount Ednam 18,462 53.2
Liberal Edward Leslie Burgin 16,239 46.8
Majority 2,223 6.4
Turnout 77.2
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Viscount Ednam 16,812 47.4 -5.8
Liberal Edward Leslie Burgin 15,197 42.8 -4.0
Labour Christopher Francis Healy 3,487 9.8 n/a
Majority 1,615 4.6 -1.8
Turnout 76.6 -0.6
Unionist hold Swing -0.9
General Election 1924: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist David Euan Wallace 21,017 54.6
Liberal Edward Leslie Burgin 13,217 34.3
Labour Christopher Francis Healy 4,277 11.1 +1.3
Majority 7,800 20.3
Turnout 81.6
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist David Euan Wallace 25,540 51.0 -3.6
Liberal William Thomson 16,029 32.0 -2.3
Labour Francis Henry Wiltshire 8,529 17.0 +5.9
Majority 9,511 19.0 -1.3
Turnout 75.2 -6.4
Unionist hold Swing -0.7

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Euan Wallace 41,194 84.5
Labour Hugh Arthur Franklin 7,585 15.5
Majority 33,609 69.0
Turnout 48,779 70.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Euan Wallace 30,494 64.9
Labour Mrs Mari M Power 10,320 21.9
Liberal Herbert James Baxter 6,206 13.2 n/a
Majority 20,174 43.0
Turnout 47,020 67.0
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

Hornsey by-election, 1941[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard David Gammans 11,077 72.8
National Independent Noel Pemberton Billing 4,146 27.2
Majority 6,931 45.6 +2.6
Turnout 21.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1945: Hornsey [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard David Gammans 24,684 52.8
Labour William Geoffrey Fiske 12,015 25.7
Communist George John Jones 10,058 21.5
Majority 12,669 27.1
Turnout 73.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Hornsey[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard David Gammans 33,927 53.8 +1.0
Labour Reginald Alfred Pestell 22,832 36.2 +10.5
Liberal Adrienne Annie Ellen Marjorie Leevers 5,122 8.1 n/a
Communist George John Jones 1,191 1.9 -19.6
Conservative hold Swing
Majority 11,095 17.6 -
General Election 1951: Hornsey[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard David Gammans 36,417 58.7
Labour Reginald Alfred Pestell 25,643 41.3
Majority 10,774 17.4 -
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Hornsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leonard David Gammans 33,294 60.2
Labour Frederick Evelyn Mostyn 20,568 37.2
Communist George John Jones 1,442 2.6
Majority 12,726 23.0 -
Conservative hold Swing
Hornsey by-election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Muriel Gammans 24,169 53.5 -6.7
Labour Frederick Evelyn Mostyn 21,038 46.5 +9.3
Majority 3,131 7.0 -16.0
Conservative hold Swing -8.0
General Election 1959: Hornsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Muriel Gammans 30,048 55.06
Labour Frederick Evelyn Mostyn 17,710 32.45
Liberal Samuel Solomon 5,706 10.46
Communist George John Jones 1,107 2.03
Majority 12,338 22.61 -
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Hornsey[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lady Ann Muriel Gammans 22,590 46.68 -8.38
Labour C Stephen Yeo 18,528 38.29 +5.84
Liberal Samuel Solomon 6,015 12.43 +1.97
Communist Max Morris 1,258 2.60 +0.57
Majority 4,062 8.39 -14.22
Turnout 48,391 70.45 -6.25
Conservative hold Swing -7.11
General Election 1966: Hornsey[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi 21,116 44.15 -2.53
Labour C Stephen Yeo 20,501 42.86 +4.57
Liberal Percy W Meyer 5,026 10.51 -1.92
Communist Max Morris 1,184 2.48 -0.12
Majority 615 1.29 -7.10
Turnout 47,827 72.75 +2.30
Conservative hold Swing -3.55

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Hornsey[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi 21,434 49.14 +4.99
Labour Philip Wells-Pestell 17,645 40.46 -2.40
Liberal Laurence S Brass 3,755 8.61 -1.9
Communist Mrs. Margaret Morris 624 1.43 -1.05
Socialist (GB) Edmund Grant 156 0.36
Majority 3,789 8.69 +7.40
Turnout 67.37
Conservative hold Swing
General Election, February 1974: Hornsey[1][36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi 18,792 42.66 -6.48
Labour Irving Howard Kuczynski 16,584 37.65 -2.81
Liberal Patrick William O'Brien 8,676 19.69 +11.09
Majority 2,208 5.01 -3.68
Turnout 44,052 75.96 +8.59
Conservative hold Swing
General Election, October 1974: Hornsey[1][37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi 17,226 43.14 +0.49
Labour Irving Howard Kuczynski 16,444 41.19 +3.54
Liberal Philip Laurence Smulian 5,283 13.23 -6.46
National Front Jennifer Stubbs 973 2.44
Majority 782 1.96 -3.05
Turnout 39,926 68.52 -7.44
Conservative hold Swing -1.53
General Election 1979: Hornsey[1][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi 20,225 49.37 +6.23
Labour Edward Robert Knight 16,188 39.52 -1.67
Liberal Patrick William O'Brien 4,058 9.91 -3.33
National Front Bruce William Pell 337 0.82 -1.61
Independent Conservative Derek Walter Berry 156 0.38
Majority 4,037 9.85 +7.89
Turnout 40,964 70.13 +1.61
Conservative hold Swing +3.95

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Hornsey', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 348. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 148. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  16. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  17. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  18. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  19. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  20. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1908
  21. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  22. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  23. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  24. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  25. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  26. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  28. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  29. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1950
  30. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1951
  31. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  32. ↑
  33. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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  35. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  36. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  37. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  38. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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