Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Hackney North
Replaced by	Stoke Newington and Hackney North

Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950

Stoke Newington was a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of London from 1918 – 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Elections

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Election		Member	Party
	1918	George Jones	Conservative
	1923	Ernest Spero	Liberal
	1924	George Jones (knighted in 1928)	Conservative
	1945	David Weitzman	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Hackney North & Stoke Newington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	*George Jones	5,918	54.1
	Independent	H J Ormond	2,829	25.9
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	2,181	20.0
Majority			3,089	28.2
Turnout			10,928	54.4
	Unionist win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Jones	9,753	63.0	+8.9
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	5,737	37.0	+17.0
Majority			4,016	26.0	-2.2
Turnout			15,490	65.0	+10.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Spero	8,365	53.5	+16.5
	Unionist	George Jones	7,264	46.5	-16.5
Majority			1,101	7.0	N/A
Turnout			15,629	63.5	-1.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+16.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Jones	10,688	56.7	+10.2
	Liberal	Ernest Spero	4,758	25.2	-28.3
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	3,420	18.1	New
Majority			5,930	31.5	N/A
Turnout			18,866	78.0	+14.5
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Stoke Newington
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons

1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Hackney North
Replaced by	Stoke Newington and Hackney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Jones	9,030	38.0	-18.7
	Liberal	Frederick William Norwood	7,958	33.6	+8.4
	Labour	F. L. Kerran	6,723	28.4	+10.3
Majority			1,072	4.4	-27.1
Turnout			23,711	70.0	-8.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	-13.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Jones	16,035	73.3	+35.3
	Labour	F. L. Kerran	5,837	26.7	-1.7
Majority			10,198	46.6	+42.2
Turnout			21,872	63.2	-6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Jones	11,213	53.3	-20.0
	Labour	David Weitzman	7,448	35.4	+8.7
	Liberal	John Howard Whitehouse	2,364	11.2	New
Majority			3,765	17.9	-28.7
Turnout			21,025	61.5	-1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	9,356	51.5	+16.1
	Conservative	George Jones	5,155	28.4	-24.9
	Liberal	Hubert Herbert Creemer Blake	3,651	20.1	+8.9
Majority			4,201	23.1	n/a
Turnout			18,162	67.3	+5.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing