Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

Carshalton
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1945–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Mitcham
Replaced by	Carshalton and Wallington

Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead, Carshalton which is a suburb on a long, north–south hillside south of London. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of the London Borough of Sutton. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1945 general election having been the south-west of "Mitcham" and on shedding Banstead in 1974 it gained what had been the south-east of the Mitcham seat, then was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by Carshalton and Wallington, a nearly identical eastern set of 13 wards of its (post-1965) solely related local government area (London Borough).

Boundaries

First version of the seat (at centre). Result in 1945. A north-west indent was the equally inceptive Sutton and Cheam seat.

Later version of the seat (at centre). Result in Oct. 1974. The seat swapped its bulk (south-west) on the North Downs for north-eastern suburbs.

1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton.

Note: abolished as entities from April 1965, falling into Surrey County Council and the London Borough of Sutton respectively

1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North East, Carshalton North West, Carshalton St Helier North, Carshalton St Helier South, Carshalton St Helier West, Carshalton South East, Carshalton South West, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1945	Antony Head	Conservative	In 1960 elevated to the Lords
	1960 by-election	Walter Elliot	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Robert Carr	Conservative	MP for "Mitcham" 1950–74. In 1976 elevated to the Lords.
	1976 by-election	Nigel Forman	Conservative	continued in successor seat until his 1997 defeat

1983: constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	20,181	45.34
	Labour	William F Hawkins	19,164	43.05
	Liberal	Wilfrid Barrow	5,167	11.61
Majority			1,017	2.29
Turnout			44,512	77.07
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	29,493	52.52
	Labour	S Sharman	21,536	38.35
	Liberal	Dennis W Clarke	5,132	9.14
Majority			7,957	14.17
Turnout			56,161	88.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	32,634	58.73
	Labour	Clifford H Davies	22,928	41.27
Majority			9,706	17.46
Turnout			55,562	85.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	30,429	55.70
	Labour	Harvey R Cole	18,924	34.64
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	5,277	9.66
Majority			11,505	21.06
Turnout			54,630	80.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	30,454	53.99
	Labour	John H Powell	17,210	30.51
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	8,744	15.50
Majority			13,244	23.48
Turnout			56,408	82.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1960 Carshalton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	19,175	51.66	−2.33
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	10,250	27.61	+12.11
	Labour	Brian Thomas	7,696	20.73	−9.78
Majority			8,925	24.04	+0.56
Turnout			37,121
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	26,118	48.88
	Labour	Brian Thomas	16,105	30.14
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	11,207	20.98
Majority			10,013	18.74
Turnout			53,430	80.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	24,615	47.02
	Labour	Philip John Bassett	18,746	35.81
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	8,988	17.17
Majority			5,869	11.21
Turnout			52,349	79.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	27,342	53.98
	Labour	Gilbert Samuel Baker	16,896	33.36
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	6,411	12.66
Majority			10,446	20.62
Turnout			50,649	71.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Carr	24,440	44.53
	Labour	Peter James Walker	18,750	34.16
	Liberal	Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone	11,695	21.31
Majority			5,690	10.37
Turnout			54,885	82.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Carr	22,538	45.39	+0.86
	Labour	Bernard Frances Atherton	18,840	37.95	+3.79
	Liberal	Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone	8,272	16.66	−4.65
Majority			3,698	7.45	−2.92
Turnout			49,650	74.28	−8.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carshalton by-election 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	20,753	51.69	+6.29
	Labour	Colin Blau	11,021	27.45	−10.46
	Liberal	John Hatherley	6,028	15.01	−1.65
	National Front	Terry Denville-Faulkner	1,851	4.61	New
	Conservative Anti-Common Market	Reginald Simmerson	251	0.63	New
	Logic Party	William Dunmore	133	0.33	New
	Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	115	0.29	New
Majority			9,732	24.24
Turnout			40,152	60.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	26,492	51.30	+5.91
	Labour	Michael Geikie Ormerod	16,121	31.22	−6.73
	Liberal	John Hatherley	8,112	15.71	−0.95
	National Front	Terry Denville-Faulkner	919	1.78	N/A
Majority			10,371	20.08	+12.63
Turnout			51,644	76.79	+2.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

As to 1945-1965 period: list of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)