Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Southwark
Created from	Southwark West

Southwark North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Southwark North in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Edward Anthony Strauss	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923	Leslie Haden-Guest	Labour
	1927	Edward Anthony Strauss	Liberal
	1929	George Isaacs	Labour
	1931	Edward Anthony Strauss	National Liberal
	1939 by-election	George Isaacs	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Southwark

Election results

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Southwark North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Alfred Isaacs	9660
	Liberal	Edward Anthony Strauss	9228
	Conservative	M R A Samuel	2198
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Southwark North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E Strauss	4,254
	Independent	G Harrington	2,183
	Labour	G Isaacs	2,027
	Independent	J Gebbett	573
Majority			2,071
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)