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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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25 November 1885		6,146/8,684	70.77
Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	3,544	57.66
Charles John Darling	Conservative Party	2,602	42.34
Majority		942	15.33

3 February 1886 Resignation of Charles Russell on appointment as Attorney-General.

11 February 1886		5,170/8,684	59.53
Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	3,174	61.39
Andrew Richard Scoble	Conservative Party	1,979	38.28
Henry Munster	Independent Liberal	17	0.33
Majority		1,195	23.11

5 July 1886		5,500/8,684	63.33
Sir Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	2,800	50.91
Charles John Darling	Conservative Party	2,700	49.09
Majority		100	1.82

6 July 1892		7,734/11,048	70.00
Sir Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	4,440	57.41
Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative Party	3,294	42.59
Majority		1,146	14.82

20 August 1892 Resignation of Sir Charles Russell on appointment as Attorney-General.

23 August 1892
Sir Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 April 1894 Resignation of Sir Charles Russell on appointment as a Lord of Appeal - Lord Russell of Killowen. (Northstead)

7 May 1894		8,868/11,688	75.87
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	4,530	51.08
Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative Party	4,338	48.92
Majority		192	2.17

16 July 1895		9,043/12,360	73.16
Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative Party	4,681	51.76
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	4,362	48.24
Majority		319	3.53

4 October 1900		9,090/13,146	69.15
Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative Party	4,714	51.86
Horatio William Bottomley	Liberal Party	4,376	48.14
Majority		338	3.72

17 January 1906		10,797/13,126	82.26
Horatio William Bottomley	Liberal Party	6,736	62.39
Thomas Herbert Robertson	Conservative Party	3,257	30.17
Rev William Riley	Independent Liberal	804	7.45
Majority		3,479	32.22

Rev William Riley sought election as a "Free Church and Progressive" candidate. He was supported by an organisation called the Hackney Labour Representation Association as well as a number of local Liberals who were opposed to Horatio Bottomley.

19 January 1910		11,603/14,123	82.16
Horatio William Bottomley	Liberal Party	7,299	62.91
Conway J Wertheimer	Conservative Party	4,304	37.09
Majority		2,995	25.81

6 December 1910		10,257/14,123	72.63
Horatio William Bottomley	Liberal Party	5,068	49.41
Sidney Charles Nettleton King-Farlow	Conservative Party	3,243	31.62
Richard Henry Roberts	Independent Liberal	1,946	18.97
Majority		1,825	17.79

Richard Roberts was the nominee of the South Hackney Liberal and Radical Representation Association which had been formed by opponents of Horatio Bottomley. In June 1911 this was recognised as the official Liberal organisation in the constituency following the disaffiliation of the South Hackney Liberal and Radical Association by the London Liberal Federation.

16 May 1912 Resignation of Horatio Bottomley. (Chiltern Hundreds)

24 May 1912		10,175/14,510	70.12
Hector Morison	Liberal Party	5,339	52.47
John Constant Gibson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,836	47.53
Majority		503	4.94

14 December 1918		13,975/25,212	55.43
Horatio William Bottomley	Independent	11,145	79.75
Arthur Henri	Liberal Party - Coalition	2,830	20.25
Majority		8,315	59.50

29 May 1922 Conviction of Horatio Bottomley of fraudulent conversion after he invited contributions to the Victory Bond Club that were supposed to be invested in government stock but instead were diverted to his own use. He was sentenced to seven years penal servitude.

1 August 1922 Expulsion of Horatio Bottomley from the House of Commons following his conviction.

18 August 1922		18,164/32,262	56.30
Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,118	50.20
George Wilfrid Holford Knight	Labour Party	9,046	49.80
Majority		72	0.40

15 November 1922		23,293/33,284	69.98
Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,017	60.18
George Wilfrid Holford Knight	Labour Party	9,276	39.82
Majority		4,741	20.35

6 December 1923		22,382/34,037	65.76
Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	9,578	42.79
George Morgan Garro-Jones	Liberal Party	6,757	30.19
Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine-Bolst	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,047	27.02
Majority		2,821	12.60

29 October 1924		25,066/34,565	72.52
George Morgan Garro-Jones	Liberal Party	13,415	53.52
Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	11,651	46.48
Majority		1,764	7.04

30 May 1929		30,445/43,997	69.20
Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	15,590	51.21
Sir Tresham Joseph Philip Lever, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,222	27.01
Muriel Morgan Gibbon	Liberal Party	6,302	20.70
John Thomas Murphy	Communist Party	331	1.09
Majority		7,368	24.20

27 October 1931		28,747/44,373	64.78
Frances Marjorie Graves	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,920	55.38
Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	12,827	44.62
Majority		3,093	10.76

14 November 1935		26,706/43,051	62.03
Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison	Labour Party	15,830	59.28
Frances Marjorie Graves	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,876	40.72
Majority		4,954	18.55

5 July 1945		20,224/30,006	67.40
Herbert William Butler	Labour Party	10,432	51.58
Stanley Lewis Price	National Liberal Party	4,901	24.23
William Rust	Communist Party	4,891	24.18
Majority		5,531	27.35

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		58,700/75,828	77.41
Herbert William Butler	Labour Party	35,821	61.02
Herbert Peter Brooks	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,105	25.73
Frank Albert Marlow	Liberal Party	5,575	9.50
John Richard Betteridge	Communist Party	2,199	3.75
Majority		20,716	35.29

25 October 1951		59,018/76,552	77.10
Herbert William Butler	Labour Party	39,271	66.54
Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,003	30.50
John Richard Betteridge	Communist Party	1,744	2.96
Majority		21,268	36.04