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Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Field	Value
name	Battersea South
parliament	uk
map1	BatterseaSouth1974
map_entity	Greater London
map_year	February 1974
map_size	200px
year	1918
abolished	1983
type	Borough
elects_howmany	One
previous	Battersea (abolished and largely succeeded by Battersea North)
Clapham (part of)
next	Battersea (most), Tooting (part)
region	England
county	County of London, then Greater London

Clapham (part of) Battersea South was a parliamentary constituency, originally in the County of London and later in Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (using first-past-the-post voting).

It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two and the Clapham constituency was reduced in size, losing both of its Battersea wards of the four in total. Battersea South was abolished for the 1983 general election, when the bulk of its territory was reunited with Battersea North to form a new Battersea seat. The south of its area formed a new Tooting seat.

Boundaries

Dates	Local authority	Maps	Wards
1918–1950	Metropolitan Borough of Battersea	[[File:BatterseaSouth.png	frameless]]	Bolingbroke, Broomwood, St John, Shaftesbury, and Winstanley
1950–1974	Metropolitan Borough of Battersea (before 1965)
London Borough of Wandsworth (after 1965)	[[File:BatterseaSouth1950.png	frameless]]	Bolingbroke, Broomwood, Lavender, Nightingale, St John, Shaftesbury, Stormont, and Thornton
1974–1983	London Borough of Wandsworth	[[File:BatterseaSouth1974Constituency.svg	frameless]]	Balham, Earlsfield, Fairfield, Nightingale, and Northcote

A map showing the wards of Battersea Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916

The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the boundaries of the constituency were altered to contain only four wards, and Winstanley ward was transferred to Battersea North. However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950. Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies.The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. The Shaftesbury and St John's wards were transferred to Battersea North, while the redrawn constituency incorporated areas previously in the Clapham and Putney seats. These boundaries were used until abolition.

The constituency was abolished in 1983. Most of its area (Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards) went to the recreated Battersea seat, with part (Earlsfield and Nightingale wards) passing to Tooting.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Notes
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1918	Viscount Curzon	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1929 by-election	William Bennett	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1931	Sir Harry Selley	Conservative
Labour Co-operative}}"		1945	Caroline Ganley	Labour Co-operative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1951	Ernest Partridge	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1964	Ernie Perry	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1979	Alf Dubs	Contested Battersea following redistribution
1983	constituency abolished: see Battersea

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

| reg. electors = 43,712 | reg. electors = 46,724 | reg. electors = 46,448

1970 notional result	Party	Vote	%
	Conservative	16,600	48.4
	Labour	15,300	44.6
	Liberal	2,400	7.0
Turnout	34,300	63.8
Electorate	53,724

| reg. electors = 34,687

Elections in the 1960s

| reg. electors = 35,350 | reg. electors = 36,186

Elections in the 1950s

| reg. electors = 37,320 | reg. electors = 39,239 | reg. electors = 40,848 | reg. electors = 40,722

Election in the 1940s

| reg. electors = 42,987

Election in the 1930s

| reg. electors = 55,546 | reg. electors = 57,197

Election in the 1920s

| reg. electors = 57,018 | reg. electors = 44,786

| reg. electors = 44,369 | reg. electors = 44,062 | reg. electors = 43,891

Election in the 1910s

| reg. electors = 43,036 Jenkin was supported by and possibly the nominee of the local National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers branch.

References

[[Representation of the People Act 1948]], (1948, C.65), Schedule 1
Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552)
F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'', Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674)
(1980). "Britain votes 2 : British parliamentary election results 1974-1979". Parliamentary Research Services.
"1970 notional general election & February 1974 general election". BBC.
(1983). "British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973". Parliamentary Research Services.
(1969). "British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949". Political Reference Publications.

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