Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

Carshalton
Carshalton
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Carshalton in Greater London for the 1974 general election
County	Surrey (Pre 1965); Greater London (Post 1965)
Electorate	67,255 (1979)
Major settlements	Carshalton
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 and boundary changes

Dates	Local authority	Maps	Wards
1945–1974	Banstead Urban District Carshalton Urban District (before 1965) London Borough of Sutton (after 1965)		The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton*
1974–1983	London Borough of Sutton		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

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

1945–1974

The constituency was formed entirely from the existing of constituency Mitcham

1974–1983

The wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South were transferred from the abolished constituency of Mitcham. Banstead was transferred to the constituency of Reigate

Summary

The first version of the seat extended south from the town of Carshalton into the North Downs. Following the redistribution in the late 1960's the seat lost the rural areas of the North Downs to the south and gained suburban areas to the north-east.

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	Member for Mitcham (1950–1974). In 1976 elevated to the Lords.
	1976 by-election	Nigel Forman	Conservative	Contested Carshalton and Wallington following redistribution
1983		constituency renamed: see Carshalton and Wallington

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carshalton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Antony Head	20,181	45.3
	Labour	William Hawkins	19,164	43.1
	Liberal	Wilfrid Barrow	5,167	11.6
Majority			1,017	2.3
Turnout			44,512	77.0
Registered electors			57,838
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	29,493	52.5	+7.2
	Labour	S Sharman	21,536	38.3	–4.7
	Liberal	Dennis Clarke	5,132	9.1	–2.5
Majority			7,957	14.2	+11.9
Turnout			56,161	88.1	+11.2
Registered electors			63,720
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.9

General election 1951: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	32,634	58.7	+6.2
	Labour	Clifford Davies	22,928	41.3	+2.9
Majority			9,706	17.5	+3.3
Turnout			55,562	85.1	–3.`
Registered electors			65,313
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General election 1955: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	30,429	55.7	–3.0
	Labour	Harvey Cole	18,924	34.6	–6.6
	Liberal	Jack Browne	5,277	9.7	New
Majority			11,505	21.1	+3.6
Turnout			54,630	80.7	–4.3
Registered electors			67,655
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

General election 1959: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Head	30,454	54.0	–1.7
	Labour	John Powell	17,210	30.5	–4.1
	Liberal	Jack Browne	8,744	15.5	+5.8
Majority			13,244	23.5	+2.4
Turnout			56,408	82.4	+1.6
Registered electors			68,469
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1960s

1960 Carshalton by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	19,175	51.7	–2.3
	Liberal	Jack Browne	10,250	27.6	+12.1
	Labour	Brian Thomas	7,696	20.7	–9.8
Majority			8,925	24.0	+0.6
Turnout			37,121	54.2	–28.2
Registered electors			68,469
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.7

General election 1964: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	26,118	48.9	–5.1
	Labour	Brian Thomas	16,105	30.1	–0.4
	Liberal	Jack Browne	11,207	21.0	+5.5
Majority			10,013	18.7	–4.7
Turnout			53,430	80.2	–2.2
Registered electors			66,637
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.4

General election 1966: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	24,615	47.0	–1.9
	Labour	Philip Bassett	18,746	35.8	+5.7
	Liberal	Jack Browne	8,988	17.2	–3.8
Majority			5,869	11.2	–7.5
Turnout			52,349	79.4	–0.8
Registered electors			65,971
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carshalton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	27,342	54.0	+7.0
	Labour	Gilbert Baker	16,896	33.4	–2.5
	Liberal	Jack Browne	6,411	12.7	–4.5
Majority			10,446	20.6	+9.4
Turnout			50,649	71.2	–8.1
Registered electors			71,119
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

1970 notional result^[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,100	48.8
	Labour	18,200	38.5
	Liberal	6,000	12.7

Turnout		47,300	70.4
Electorate		67,173

General election February 1974: Carshalton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Carr	24,440	44.5	–4.3
	Labour	Peter Walker	18,750	34.2	–4.3
	Liberal	Hester Smallbone	11,695	21.3	+8.6
Majority			5,690	10.4	+0.0
Turnout			54,885	82.9	+12.4
Registered electors			66,244
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

General election October 1974: Carshalton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Carr	22,538	45.4	+0.9
	Labour	Bernard Atherton	18,840	37.9	+3.8
	Liberal	Hester Smallbone	8,272	16.7	–4.6
Majority			3,698	7.4	–2.9
Turnout			49,650	74.3	–8.6
Registered electors			66,838
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.5

Carshalton by-election 1976^[5]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	20,753	51.7	+6.3
	Labour	Colin Blau	11,021	27.4	–10.5
	Liberal	John Hatherley	6,028	15.0	–1.6
	National Front	Terry Denville-Faulkner^[6]	1,851	4.6	New
	Conservative Anti-Common Market	Reginald Simmerson	251	0.6	New
	Logic Party	William Dunmore	133	0.3	New
	Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	115	0.3	New
Majority			9,732	24.2	+16.8
Turnout			40,152	60.5	–13.8
Registered electors			66,334
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.4

General election 1979: Carshalton^[4]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	26,492	51.3	+5.9
	Labour	Michael Ormerod	16,121	31.2	–6.7
	Liberal	John Hatherley	8,112	15.7	–1.0
	National Front	Terry Denville-Faulkner	919	1.8	N/A
Majority			10,371	20.1	+12.6
Turnout			51,644	76.8	+2.5
Registered electors			67,255
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

References

^ Craig, Fred W. S (1969). British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949. Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178019. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
^ Michael Stead. "1970 notional general election & February 1974 general election". BBC. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fred W. S Craig (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983. Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 090017823X. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
^ "1975 -76 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "NF". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
^ "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)

[1918–49-1] Craig, Fred W. S (1969). British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949. Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178019. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

[1950-1973-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

[3] Michael Stead. "1970 notional general election & February 1974 general election". BBC. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

[1974-1983-4] Fred W. S Craig (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983. Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 090017823X. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

[5] "1975 -76 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[6] "NF". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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