Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Bermondsey
Type = Borough
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1918
members = one

Bermondsey was a borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South 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 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election, when its territory was represented by two new constituencies: Rotherhithe and Bermondsey West.

A new Bermondsey constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark and Bermondsey constituency.

History

The Bermondsey by-election, 1983 was one of the most bitterly-contested by-elections in the United Kingdom.

Members of Parliament

Results

Election box begin
title=Bermondsey by-election, 1983Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Hughes
votes = 17,017
percentage = 57.7
change = +50.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Tatchell
votes = 7,698
percentage = 26.1
change = -37.5Election box candidate
party = Real Bermondsey Labour
candidate = John O'Grady
votes = 2,243
percentage = 7.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Hughes
votes = 1,631
percentage = 5.5
change = -19.4Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = James Sneath
votes = 426
percentage = 1.4
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = David Sutch
votes = 97
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Independent Patriot
candidate = Dowager Lady Birdwood
votes = 69
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = New Britain Party
candidate = Michael Keulemans
votes = 62
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour
candidate = Barry Giddings
votes = 50
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Robert Gordon
votes = 50
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Ecology Party
candidate = George Hannah
votes = 45
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Revolutionary Communist Party (Furedi)
candidate = Fran Eden
votes = 38
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = National Labour Party
candidate = Ann King
votes = 25
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = United Democratic Party
candidate = Alan Baker
votes = 15
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Anti-Common Market Free Trade Party
candidate = David Wedgwood
votes = 15
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Systems Designer
candidate = Esmond Bevan
votes = 8
percentage = 0.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,319
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 29,489
percentage = 57.7
change = -1.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

"Note: Esmond Bevan made a mistake and inserted his occupation rather than politics in the nomination paper. He was an Independent Labour candidate."

The results for the previous election were:

Election box begin
title=
1979 General Election: BermondseyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Mellish
votes = 19,338
percentage = 63.6
change = -9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Duma
votes = 7,582
percentage = 24.9
change = +11.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Taylor
votes = 2,072
percentage = 6.8
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = James Sneath
votes = 1,175
percentage = 3.9
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Moore
votes = 239
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,756
percentage = 38.7
change = -20.9Election box turnout
votes = 30,406
percentage = 59.3
change = -2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -10.5

References

* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832]
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