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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		15,912/29,539	53.87
Sir Harry Ernest Brittain	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,671	73.35
Robert Dunsmore	Labour Party	4,241	26.65
Majority		7,430	46.69

15 November 1922		20,427/30,425	67.14
Sir Harry Ernest Brittain	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,208	49.97
Mary Raleigh Richardson	Labour Party	5,342	26.15
Charles Neville Douglas Dixey	Liberal Party	4,877	23.88
Majority		4,866	23.82

6 December 1923		19,921/31,394	63.45
Sir Harry Ernest Brittain	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,943	44.89
Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin	Labour Party	6,069	30.47
Bertram Arthur Levinson	Liberal Party	4,909	24.64
Majority		2,874	14.43

29 October 1924		23,231/31,999	72.60
Sir Harry Ernest Brittain	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,799	55.09
Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin	Labour Party	5,583	24.03
Bertram Arthur Levinson	Liberal Party	3,074	13.23
Mary Raleigh Richardson	Independent Labour	1,775	7.64
Majority		7,216	31.06

Mary Richardson was the nominee of the Acton Democratic Labour Party which was formed in May 1924 by a number of former Labour Party members. She also received support from the Communist Party.

30 May 1929		31,928/42,276	75.52
James Frederick Shillaker	Labour Party	13,208	41.37
Sir Harry Ernest Brittain	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,739	39.90
Frank Medlicott	Liberal Party	5,981	18.73
Majority		469	1.47

27 October 1931		36,120/47,865	75.46
Hubert John Duggan	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,196	66.99
James Frederick Shillaker	Labour Party	11,924	33.01
Majority		12,272	33.98

14 November 1935		32,696/48,258	67.75
Herbert John Duggan	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,137	58.53
William McLaine	Labour Party	13,559	41.47
Majority		5,578	17.06

25 October 1943 Death of Herbert Duggan.

14 December 1943		8,315/48,663	17.09
Henry Carpenter Longhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,014	60.30
Walter Ernest Padley	Independent Labour Party	2,336	28.09
Dorothy Crisp	Independent	707	8.50
Edward Godfrey	English Nat	258	3.10
Majority		2,678	32.21

Edward Godfrey was the founder of the English National Association, an organisation with alleged Fascist leanings, which he had originally formed as the British National Party.

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		34,896/44,887	77.74
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	19,590	56.14
Henry Carpenter Longhurst	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,134	34.77
Francis Joseph Halpin	Liberal Party	3,172	9.09
Majority		7,456	21.37

23 February 1950		44,311/50,588	87.59
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	21,751	49.09
George F Willment	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,116	43.14
Pauline Elizabeth Furniss	Liberal Party	2,781	6.28
Albert Frederick Papworth	Communist Party	663	1.50
Majority		2,635	5.95

25 October 1951		44,583/51,292	86.92
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	23,287	52.23
Leslie Frank Ramseyer	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,296	47.77
Majority		1,991	4.47

26 May 1955		40,765/49,373	82.57
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	20,645	50.64
John Leslie Bott	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,120	49.36
Majority		525	1.29

8 October 1959		37,796/46,835	80.70
Philip Welsby Holland	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,358	51.22
Joseph Alfred Sparks	Labour Party	18,438	48.78
Majority		920	2.43

15 October 1964		34,494/44,557	77.42
Bernard Francis Castle Floud	Labour Party	17,022	49.35
Philip Welsby Holland	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,423	41.81
Barwys Niel Martin-Kaye	Liberal Party	3,049	8.84
Majority		2,599	7.53

31 March 1966		32,141/43,464	73.95
Bernard Francis Castle Floud	Labour Party	18,541	57.69
Kenneth Wilfrid Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,600	42.31
Majority		4,941	15.37

10 October 1967 Death of Bernard Floud.

28 March 1968		25,151/42,103	59.74
Kenneth Wilfrid Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,242	48.67
Walter Hamlet Johnson	Labour Party	8,522	33.88
Frank L Davis	Liberal Party	2,868	11.40
Andrew Fountaine	National Front	1,400	5.57
Harold A Fox	Independent	75	0.30
William A Gold	Independent	44	0.17
Majority		3,720	14.79

Harold Fox sought election as an "Independent Carnaby Street" candidate.

18 June 1970		29,101/43,670	66.64
Nigel John Spearing	Labour Party	13,960	47.97
Kenneth Wilfrid Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,300	45.70
Dion Anthony Scherer	Liberal Party	1,583	5.44
Maurice William Costin	Communist Party	258	0.89
Majority		660	2.27