Newington West (UK Parliament constituency)

Newington West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark Central
Created from	Southwark

Newington West was a parliamentary constituency in the Newington area of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

Newington West in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, although the new constituency of Southwark Central had very similar boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative
	1892	Cecil William Norton	Liberal
	1916 by-election	James Daniel Gilbert	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election 1885  New seat Electorate: 6,377 Turnout: 5,014 (78.6%) N/A		Conservative win Majority: 645 (12.8%) N/A		C. W. Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative	2,419	48.2	N/A
				John Seymour Keay	Liberal	1,774	35.4	N/A
				Sir William McArthur	Independent Liberal	821	16.4	N/A
General election 1886  Electorate: 6,377 Turnout: 4,502 (70.8%) −7.8		Conservative hold Majority: 382 (8.4%) −4.4 Swing: 2.2% from Con to Lib		C. W. Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative	2,447	54.2	+6.0
				Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	Liberal	2,065	45.8	+10.4
General election 1892  Electorate: 7,579 Turnout: 5,749 (75.9%) +5.1		Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 1,093 (19.0%) Swing: 13.7% from Con to Lib		Cecil Norton	Liberal	3,421	59.5	+13.7
				George William Tallents	Conservative	2,238	40.5	−13.7
General election 1895  Electorate: 7,971 Turnout: 5,978 (75.1%) −0.8		Liberal hold Majority: 450 (7.6%) −11.4 Swing: 5.7% from Lib to Con		Cecil Norton	Liberal	3,219	53.8	−5.7
				George William Tallents	Conservative	2,769	46.2	5.7
General election 1900  Electorate: 8,491 Turnout: 5,962 (70.2%) −4.9		Liberal hold Majority: 1,156 (19.4%) +11.8 Swing: 5.9% from Con to Lib		Cecil Norton	Liberal	3,559	59.7	+5.9
				Francis Ignatius Ricarde-Seaver	Conservative	2,403	40.3	−5.9
General election 1906  Electorate: 8,995 Turnout: 6,871 (76.4%) +6.2		Liberal hold Majority: 2,021 (29.4%) +10.0 Swing: 5.0% from Con to Lib		Cecil Norton	Liberal	4,446	64.7	+5.0
				Ralph Emanuel Belilios	Conservative	2,425	35.3	−5.0
General election January 1910  Electorate: 9,635 Turnout: 8,288 (86.0%) +9.6		Liberal hold Majority: 412 (5.0%) −24.4 Swing: 12.2% from Lib to Con		Cecil Norton	Liberal	4,350	52.5	−12.2
				Warwick Brookes	Conservative	3,938	47.5	+12.2
General election December 1910  Electorate: 9,635 Turnout: 7,536 (78.2%) −7.8		Liberal hold Majority: 540 (7.2%) +2.2 Swing: 1.1% from Con to Lib		Cecil Norton	Liberal	4,038	53.6	+1.1
				Warwick Brookes	Conservative	3,498	46.4	−1.1
By-election January 1916  Norton elevated to the peerage Electorate: 9,814 Turnout: 3,433 (35.0%) −43.2		Liberal hold Majority: 1,859 (54.2%) +47.0		James Daniel Gilbert	Liberal	1,646	77.1	+23.5
				Joseph J. Terrett	Independent Labour	787	22.9	N/A

Notes and references

• Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918