Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1983

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

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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

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Election | Member | Party | Notes

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| 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

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### Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Carshalton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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General election 1950: Carshalton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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1960 Carshalton by-election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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General election 1970: Carshalton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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  | %  | ±%

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| 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[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[2] | 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[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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

## References

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1. ^ "1975 -76 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
2. ^ "NF". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2009.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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

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