Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Barons Court
Type = Borough
Year = 1955
Abolition = 1974
members = one

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 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. [F A Youngs Jr., "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England", Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979]

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 effect 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 Hammermith, Fulham and Hammersmith, North.

Members of Parliament

Elections

The constituency returned one member, using the first past the post electoral system.

Elections in the 1950s

;General election of 1955Election box begin
title=General Election 1955: Barons CourtElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = (William) Thomas Williams
votes = 20,748
percentage = 50.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Keith Joseph, Bt
votes = 20,623
percentage = 49.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 125
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 41,371
percentage = 75.8
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 54,613Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = new seat
swing = "N/A"

;General election of 1959Election box begin
title=General Election 1959: Barons CourtElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Compton Carr
votes = 18,658
percentage = 48.9
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = (William) Thomas Williams
votes = 17,745
percentage = 46.5
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Liberal
candidate = S.H.J.A. Knott
votes = 1,766
percentage = 4.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 913
percentage = 2.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 38,169
percentage = 76.3
change = +0.5Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 50,032Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

;General election of 1964Election box begin
title=General Election 1964: Barons CourtElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Richard
votes = 15,966
percentage = 47.5
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Compton Carr
votes = 14,800
percentage = 44.1
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S.H.J.A. Knott
votes = 2,821
percentage = 8.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,166
percentage = 3.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 33,587
percentage = 72.9
change = -3.4Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 46,048Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

;General election of 1966Election box begin
title=General Election 1966: Barons CourtElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Richard
votes = 17,021
percentage = 51.7
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Compton Carr
votes = 13,551
percentage = 41.1
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S.H.J.A. Knott
votes = 2,384
percentage = 7.2
change = -1.2Election box majority
votes = 3,470
percentage = 10.6
change = +7.2Election box turnout
votes = 32,956
percentage = 75.2
change = +2.3Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 43,830Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1970s

;General election of 1970Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: Barons CourtElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Richard
votes = 13,374
percentage = 48.0
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R.E. Brum
votes = 12,269
percentage = 44.1
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S.H.J.A. Knott
votes = 2,206
percentage = 7.9
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 1,105
percentage = 3.9
change = -6.7Election box turnout
votes = 27,849
percentage = 67.3
change = -7.9Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 41,375Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

"Constituency abolished 1974"

See also

* Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

* "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)