Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brentford and Chiswick
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members one
Replaced by Brentford and Isleworth
Brentford and Chiswick
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one
Created from Brentford

Brentford and Chiswick was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Brentford and Chiswick districts of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Brentford and Chiswick in Middlesex 1918-45
Brentford and Chiswick in Middlesex 1945-50

This former constituency is located in the south-west of the historic county of Middlesex, in what is now west London. It was established as a division of the county, named after the towns of Brentford and Chiswick. In the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats it had been the southern part of the Brentford division.

In 1918 the constituency comprised the Brentford and the Chiswick Urban Districts. In 1927 the two districts were combined to form a single Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, which in 1932 became the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick. In 1950 the boundaries of the seat were left unchanged, but it was reclassified as a borough constituency.

In 1965 Brentford and Chiswick became part of the London Borough of Hounslow and Greater London.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect at the February 1974 general election, this seat was abolished and replaced by Brentford and Isleworth.

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1918 Walter Morden Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1931 Harold Mitchell Conservative
1945 Francis Noel-Baker Labour
1950 Percy Lucas Conservative
1959 Dudley Smith Conservative
1966 Michael Barnes Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Brentford & Isleworth

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Brentford & Chiswick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist
  • Walter Grant Peterson Morden
 9,077
Labour William Haywood 2,620
Independent Mrs Rachel Strachey 1,263
Majority
Turnout
Unionist win
  • denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

File:Rachel Strachey.jpg
Rachel Strachey
General Election 1922: Brentford & Chiswick[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 10,150
Independent Mrs Rachel Strachey 7,804
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Brentford & Chiswick [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 9,648
Independent Mrs Rachel Strachey 4,828
Labour William Haywood 3,216
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Brentford and Chiswick [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Grant Peterson Morden 14,025 48.5
Labour Stella Churchill 10,918 37.8
Liberal John Stevenson 3,957 13.7
Majority 3,107 10.7
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing

1955 General Election :

Percy Belgrave Lucas Conservative 18,489 53.02%

Alexander Warnock Filson Labour 16,384 46.98%

Electorate: 42,528; Turnout: 82.00%; Majority: 2,105 (6.04%)

References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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