Merton and Morden was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Merton and Morden Urban District in Surrey, but in major local government boundary changes in 1965 became part of the London Borough of Merton in Greater London. 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.
Merton and Morden | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County of London |
1950–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Wimbledon |
Replaced by | Mitcham & Morden |
History
editThe 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
editThe Urban District of Merton and Morden.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Robert Ryder | Conservative | |
1955 | Humphrey Atkins | Conservative | |
1970 | Janet Fookes | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Ryder | 23,928 | 48.72 | ||
Labour Co-op | Arthur Palmer | 21,135 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | Roy Douglas | 4,055 | 8.26 | ||
Majority | 2,793 | 5.69 | |||
Turnout | 49,118 | 88.11 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Ryder | 26,488 | 54.53 | ||
Labour Co-op | Arthur Palmer | 22,086 | 45.47 | ||
Majority | 4,402 | 9.06 | |||
Turnout | 48,574 | 86.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphrey Atkins | 25,373 | 57.20 | ||
Labour | Robert J Edwards | 18,983 | 42.80 | ||
Majority | 6,390 | 14.40 | |||
Turnout | 44,356 | 81.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphrey Atkins | 25,603 | 59.48 | ||
Labour | Russell Kerr | 17,440 | 40.52 | ||
Majority | 8,159 | 18.96 | |||
Turnout | 43,043 | 82.50 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphrey Atkins | 19,032 | 46.37 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 16,234 | 39.55 | ||
Liberal | Nicholas D M McGeorge | 5,781 | 14.08 | New | |
Majority | 2,798 | 6.82 | |||
Turnout | 41,047 | 82.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Humphrey Atkins | 20,028 | 50.53 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 19,608 | 49.47 | ||
Majority | 420 | 1.06 | |||
Turnout | 39,636 | 81.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Fookes | 18,727 | 50.82 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 15,244 | 41.37 | ||
Liberal | Richard Hallam Insoll | 2,876 | 7.81 | New | |
Majority | 3,483 | 9.45 | |||
Turnout | 36,847 | 72.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
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