Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stepney
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

1885–1918
Number of membersone
Created fromTower Hamlets

1950–1974 (1974)
Number of membersone
Replaced byStepney and Poplar
Created from
Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's

Stepney was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stepney district of the East End of 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.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Boundaries


  • 3 Members of Parliament

    • 3.1 MPs 1885–1918


    • 3.2 MPs 1950–1974



  • 4 Elections

    • 4.1 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1910s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1900s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1890s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1880s



  • 5 References




History


The constituency existed for two separate periods:


  • it was first created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election

  • from the 1950 general election until its abolition for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Stepney and Poplar.


Boundaries




Stepney in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918




Stepney in the County of London, boundaries 1950-74


The constituency was first created in 1885, as a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the Stepney neighbourhood in the East End of London. The area was administered as part of the Tower division of the county of Middlesex.


In 1889 there were administrative changes. The territory of the constituency was severed from Middlesex and included in the new County of London. The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.


In 1900 local government in London was rationalised. The Stepney Board of Works was abolished and the civil parish of Stepney became part of a larger Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.


In the redistribution of parliamentary seats in 1918, the Metropolitan Borough was divided between three constituencies - Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel and St George's. The previous Stepney constituency was abolished and largely replaced by Whitechapel and St George's.


In the next major redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect for the United Kingdom general election, 1950, the Stepney constituency was re-created. The 1950 version of the seat comprised the whole of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.


In 1965 Stepney became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Greater London. When parliamentary constituencies were next redistributed, for the February 1974 general election, the area was included in the Stepney and Poplar seat.



Members of Parliament



MPs 1885–1918































ElectionMemberParty


1885

John Charles Durant

Liberal


1886

Frederick Wootton Isaacson

Conservative


1898

W. C. Steadman

Liberal


1900

William Evans-Gordon

Conservative


1907

Frederick Leverton Harris

Conservative


1910 Dec.

William Glyn-Jones

Liberal

1918

constituency abolished


MPs 1950–1974


Constituency re-established 1950
















ElectionMemberParty


1950

Walter Edwards

Labour


1964

Peter Shore

Labour


Feb 1974

constituency abolished


Elections



Elections in the 1970s








































General Election 1970: Stepney
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Shore
18,993
74.8



Conservative

Harry Greenway
4,922
19.4



Communist

Solly Kaye
1,468
5.8

Majority
14,071
55.4


Turnout

44.9



Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1960s








































General Election 1966: Stepney
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Shore
23,098
76.1



Conservative
Beryl Phyllis Cooper
5,049
16.6



Communist

Solly Kaye
2,209
7.3

Majority
18,049
59.5


Turnout

50.7



Labour hold

Swing








































General Election 1964: Stepney[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Shore
22,184
71.4



Conservative
Ian F Hay Davison
6,466
20.7



Communist

Solly Kaye
2,454
7.9

Majority
15,818
50.7


Turnout

51.3



Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1950s








































General Election 1959: Stepney[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Edwards
26,875
70.7



Conservative
P Brian Calwell
8,566
22.6



Communist

Solly Kaye
2,548
6.7

Majority
18,309
48.2


Turnout

59.4



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election 1955: Stepney[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Edwards
27,677
73.0



Conservative
Lillian F Sutton
5,733
15.1



Communist

Solly Kaye
2,888
7.6



Liberal
Fred Winckless
1,615
4.3

Majority
21,944
57.9


Turnout

57.8



Labour hold

Swing








































General Election 1951: Stepney[4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Edwards
35,849
76.5



Conservative
Martin Herbert Bernhard Solomon
7,586
16.2



Communist

Ted Bramley
3,436
7.3

Majority
28,263
60.3


Turnout

70.9



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election 1950: Stepney
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Edwards
33,475
70.0

N/A


Conservative
M. H. B. Solomon
6,238
13.1

N/A


Communist

Phil Piratin
5,991
12.5

N/A


Liberal
J. H. Maynard
2,105
4.4

N/A
Majority
27,237
57.0

N/A

Turnout

72.5

N/A


Labour hold

Swing

N/A


Elections in the 1910s




WS Glyn-Jones






































General Election December 1910: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Glyn-Jones
1,926
51.5
+4.5


Conservative

Walter Preston
1,812
48.5
−4.5
Majority
114
3.0

N/A

Turnout
3,738
80.3
−4.9

Registered electors
4,653




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+4.5





































General Election January 1910: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Leverton Harris
2,102
53.0
−4.3


Liberal

William Glyn-Jones
1,861
47.0
+4.3
Majority
241
6.0
−8.6

Turnout
3,963
85.2
+1.3

Registered electors
4,653




Conservative hold

Swing
−4.3


Elections in the 1900s






































Stepney by-election, 1907[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Leverton Harris
2,299
63.0
+5.7


Lib-Lab

Ben Cooper
1,350
37.0
−5.7
Majority
949
26.0
+11.4

Turnout
3,649
64.9
−19.0

Registered electors
5,621




Conservative hold

Swing
+5.7





































General Election 1906: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Evans-Gordon
2,490
57.3
−4.5


Liberal
Durham Stokes
1,853
42.7
+4.5
Majority
637
14.6
−9.0

Turnout
4,343
83.9
+7.3

Registered electors
5,176




Conservative hold

Swing
-4.5





































General Election 1900: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Evans-Gordon
2,783
61.8
+6.2


Lib-Lab

W. C. Steadman
1,718
38.2
−6.2
Majority
1,065
23.6
+12.4

Turnout
4,501
76.6
+6.8

Registered electors
5,878




Conservative hold

Swing
+6.2


Elections in the 1890s




Steadman






































By-election, 9 Mar 1898: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Lib-Lab

W. C. Steadman
2,492
50.2
+5.8


Conservative

William Evans-Gordon
2,472
49.8
−5.8
Majority
20
0.4

N/A

Turnout
4,964
77.7
+7.9

Registered electors
6,387




Lib-Lab gain from Conservative

Swing
+5.8



Dickinson






































General Election 1895: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Isaacson
2,346
55.6
+4.6


Liberal

Willoughby Dickinson
1,876
44.4
−4.6
Majority
470
11.2
+9.2

Turnout
4,222
69.8
−4.3

Registered electors
6,048




Conservative hold

Swing
+4.6



Isaacson






































General Election 1892: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Isaacson
2,292
51.0
−5.3


Liberal
Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson
2,203
49.0
+5.3
Majority
89
2.0
−10.6

Turnout
4,495
74.1
+16.7

Registered electors
6,069




Conservative hold

Swing
-5.3


Elections in the 1880s






































General Election 1886: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Frederick Isaacson
2,237
56.3
+6.4


Liberal

Robert Samuel Wright[6]
1,735
43.7
−6.4
Majority
502
12.6

N/A

Turnout
3,972
57.4
−1.5

Registered electors
6,925




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+6.6


































General Election 1885: Tower Hamlets, Stepney[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Durant
2,045
50.1

N/A


Conservative

Frederick Isaacson
2,035
49.9

N/A
Majority
10
0.2

N/A

Turnout
4,080
58.9

N/A

Registered electors
6,925




Liberal win (new seat)

The initial count for this election had Durant on 2,141 votes and Isaacson on 2,119 votes; a re-count then led to Durant on 2,052 votes and Isaacson on 2,051 votes. Further scrutiny then led to the above results. [5]



References




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  2. ^ "1959 Election results". grodt. Retrieved 27 March 2017.


  3. ^ "1955 Election results". grodt. Retrieved 27 March 2017.


  4. ^ "1951 Election results". grodt. Retrieved 27 March 2017.


  5. ^ abcdefghijk Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.


  6. ^ "Stepney Division". East London Observer. 14 August 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 11 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).



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