Merton and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)
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Merton and Morden | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | County of London |
1950–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Mitcham & Morden |
Created from | Wimbledon |
Merton and Morden was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Merton and Morden Urban District, but is now part of the London Borough of Merton. 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.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election from part of the Wimbledon constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. It was replaced by the Mitcham and Morden constituency.
Boundaries
The Urban District of Merton and Morden.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Robert Ryder | Conservative | |
1955 | Humphrey Atkins | Conservative | |
1970 | Janet Fookes | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Edward Dudley Ryder | 23,928 | 48.72 | ||
Labour | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | 21,135 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | Dr Roy Ian Douglas | 4,055 | 8.26 | ||
Majority | 2,793 | 5.69 | |||
Turnout | 88.11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Edward Dudley Ryder | 26,488 | 54.53 | ||
Labour | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | 22,086 | 45.47 | ||
Majority | 4,402 | 9.06 | |||
Turnout | 86.66 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins | 25,373 | 57.20 | ||
Labour | Robert J Edwards | 18,983 | 42.80 | ||
Majority | 6,390 | 14.41 | |||
Turnout | 81.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins | 25,603 | 59.48 | ||
Labour | Russell Whiston Kerr | 17,440 | 40.52 | ||
Majority | 8,159 | 18.95 | |||
Turnout | 82.50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins | 19,032 | 46.37 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 16,234 | 39.55 | ||
Liberal | Nicholas D M McGeorge | 5,781 | 14.08 | ||
Majority | 2,798 | 6.82 | |||
Turnout | 82.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins | 20,028 | 50.53 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 19,608 | 49.47 | ||
Majority | 420 | 1.06 | |||
Turnout | 81.21 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Janet Evelyn Fookes | 18,727 | 50.82 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 15,244 | 41.37 | ||
Liberal | Richard Hallam Insoll | 2,876 | 7.81 | ||
Majority | 3,483 | 9.45 | |||
Turnout | 72.91 |
References
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- Politics of Merton