Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)

Barons Court
Barons Court
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	1955–1965: County of London; 1965–1974: Greater London
Borough	London Borough of Hammersmith
1955–1974
Seats	1
Created from	Hammersmith South, Fulham West and Fulham East
Replaced by	Fulham and Hammersmith North

Barons Court was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

Barons Court was a borough constituency of the parliamentary County of London. It was created from parts of three abolished constituencies in 1955: the bulk of Hammersmith South and parts of Fulham West and Fulham East. It was composed of the northern end of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (Barons Court, Margravine, and Lillie wards) and the southern section of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith (Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, and Ravenscourt wards). It did not include the whole of either Metropolitan Borough.^[1]

When local government in London was reformed in 1965, the area became part of the London Borough of Hammersmith in Greater London. This did not affect the parliamentary boundaries until 1974. In that year constituencies were redrawn to correspond to wards of the London Borough: the Barons Court constituency was divided between the seats of Fulham and Hammersmith North.

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[2]	Party
1955	Thomas Williams	Labour
1959	Compton Carr	Conservative
1964	Ivor Richard	Labour
1974	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Barons Court
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	20,748	50.2
	Conservative	Keith Joseph	20,623	49.8
Majority			125	0.4
Turnout			41,371	75.8
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

General election 1959: Barons Court
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Carr	18,658	48.9	−0.9
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Williams	17,745	46.5	−3.7
	Independent Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	1,766	4.6	New
Majority			913	2.4	N/A
Turnout			38,169	76.3	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Barons Court
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Richard	15,966	47.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Bill Carr	14,800	44.1	−4.8
	Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	2,821	8.4	New
Majority			1,166	3.4	N/A
Turnout			33,587	72.9	−3.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

General election 1966: Barons Court
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Richard	17,021	51.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Bill Carr	13,551	41.1	−3.0
	Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	2,384	7.2	−1.2
Majority			3,470	10.6	+7.2
Turnout			32,956	75.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Barons Court
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Richard	13,374	48.0	−3.7
	Conservative	Robert E. Brum	12,269	44.1	+3.0
	Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	2,206	7.9	+0.7
Majority			1,105	3.9	−6.7
Turnout			27,849	67.3	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

Sources

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)

51°29′N 0°13′W / 51.49°N 0.22°W / 51.49; -0.22

[1] F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979

[rayment-2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

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