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Paddington North — UK General Election Results

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Paddington North was won by Labour at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 3,055 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Paddington North from 1885 to 1970.

Full Election History, 1885–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Lionel Louis Cohen (Conservative) 2,482 58.0% William Digby (Liberal) 685 (16.0 pts) 80.1%
1886 Lionel Louis Cohen (Conservative) 2,300 62.3% John Kempster (Liberal) 911 (24.7 pts) 69.0%
1892 John Aird (Conservative) 2,591 53.2% Thomas Terrell (Liberal) 310 (6.4 pts) 76.2%
1895 John Aird (Conservative) 2,849 60.6% George Henry Maberly (Liberal) 997 (21.2 pts) 67.4%
1900 John Aird (Conservative) 3,364 68.9% Wilfrid Fordham (Liberal) 1,846 (37.8 pts) 59.6%
1906 Leo George Chiozza Money (Liberal) 3,825 54.2% Arthur Isidor Strauss (Conservative) 1,406 (19.9 pts) 73.5%
Jan 1910 Arthur Isidor Strauss (Conservative) 4,892 55.0% Leo George Chiozza Money (Liberal) 893 (10.0 pts) 81.2%
Dec 1910 Arthur Isidor Strauss (Conservative) 4,251 53.7% Leonard Benjamin Franklin (Liberal) 589 (7.4 pts) 72.3%
1918 William George Perring (Unionist) 5,759 33.4% Wilfred Gordon Aston (National Party) 1,730 (10.0 pts) 46.5%
1922 William George Perring (Unionist) 10,792 62.6% George Augustin Jennings (Independent Liberal) 4,348 (25.2 pts) 45.6%
1923 William George Perring (Unionist) 8,721 38.7% John William Gordon (Labour) 1,767 (7.8 pts) 59.7%
1924 William George Perring (Unionist) 14,044 51.0% John William Gordon (Labour) 3,563 (12.9 pts) 72.0%
1929 Brendan Bracken (Unionist) 13,876 40.9% John William Gordon (Labour) 528 (1.6 pts) 69.0%
1931 Brendan Bracken (Conservative) 23,901 71.4% Esther Rickards (Labour) 14,304 (42.7 pts) 67.5%
1935 Brendan Bracken (Conservative) 17,153 59.4% Caroline Selina Ganley (Labour) 7,228 (25.0 pts) 60.3%
1945 Frank Noel Mason-MacFarlane (Labour) 16,638 61.2% Brendan Bracken (Conservative) 6,545 (24.1 pts) 71.0%
1950 William James Field (Labour) 18,690 51.6% Lawrence Turner (Conservative) 3,861 (10.7 pts) 81.4%
1951 William James Field (Labour) 19,923 55.7% Julian Errington Ridsdale (Conservative) 4,049 (11.3 pts) 81.0%
1955 Benjamin Theaker Parkin (Labour) 16,462 53.4% Victor Henry Goodhew (Conservative) 2,092 (6.8 pts) 72.2%
1959 Benjamin Theaker Parkin (Labour) 14,397 51.4% Harold Sebag-Montefiore (Conservative) 768 (2.7 pts) 68.4%
1964 Benjamin Theaker Parkin (Labour) 14,607 57.9% James Keith O'Neill Edwards (Conservative) 3,968 (15.7 pts) 65.1%
1966 Benjamin Parkin (Labour) 14,445 58.5% John Macdonald (Conservative) 6,464 (26.2 pts) 66.4%
1970 Arthur Latham (Labour) 11,645 54.8% Richard Price (Conservative) 3,055 (14.4 pts) 62.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lionel Louis Cohen Conservative 2,48258.0% Yes
William Digby Liberal 1,79742.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lionel Louis Cohen Conservative 2,30062.3% Yes
John Kempster Liberal 1,38937.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Aird Conservative 2,59153.2% Yes
Thomas Terrell Liberal 2,28146.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Aird Conservative 2,84960.6% Yes
George Henry Maberly Liberal 1,85239.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Aird Conservative 3,36468.9% Yes
Wilfrid Fordham Liberal 1,51831.1% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leo George Chiozza Money Liberal 3,82554.2% Yes
Arthur Isidor Strauss Conservative 2,41934.3% No
Henry Charles Burdett Independent Conservative 81711.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Isidor Strauss Conservative 4,89255.0% Yes
Leo George Chiozza Money Liberal 3,99945.0% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Isidor Strauss Conservative 4,25153.7% Yes
Leonard Benjamin Franklin Liberal 3,66246.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Perring Unionist 5,75933.4% Yes
Wilfred Gordon Aston National Party 4,02923.4% No
Edward Patrick John Barry Independent 3,57120.7% No
Leonard Benjamin Franklin Liberal 1,83110.6% No
Herbert Bundy Independent Labour 1,2757.4% No
Arthur Strauss Independent Labour 7744.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Perring Unionist 10,79262.6% Yes
George Augustin Jennings Independent Liberal 6,44437.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Perring Unionist 8,72138.7% Yes
John William Gordon Labour 6,95430.8% No
Herbert Arthur Baker Liberal 6,87330.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Perring Unionist 14,04451.0% Yes
John William Gordon Labour 10,48138.1% No
Albert Charles Crane Liberal 3,01310.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brendan Bracken Unionist 13,87640.9% Yes
John William Gordon Labour 13,34839.3% No
Reginald Myer Liberal 6,72319.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brendan Bracken Conservative 23,90171.4% Yes
Esther Rickards Labour 9,59728.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brendan Bracken Conservative 17,15359.4% Yes
Caroline Selina Ganley Labour 9,92534.4% No
George de Swietochowski Liberal 1,7956.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Noel Mason-MacFarlane Labour 16,63861.2% Yes
Brendan Bracken Conservative 10,09337.1% No
Clifford Groves Socialist (GB) 4721.7% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Field Labour 18,69051.6% Yes
Lawrence Turner Conservative 14,82941.0% No
John Anthony Seabrook Liberal 2,0815.7% No
Daniel Cohen Communist 4171.2% No
Gilbert McClatchie Socialist (GB) 1920.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Field Labour 19,92355.7% Yes
Julian Errington Ridsdale Conservative 15,87444.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Theaker Parkin Labour 16,46253.4% Yes
Victor Henry Goodhew Conservative 14,37046.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Theaker Parkin Labour 14,39751.4% Yes
Harold Sebag-Montefiore Conservative 13,62948.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Theaker Parkin Labour 14,60757.9% Yes
James Keith O'Neill Edwards Conservative 10,63942.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Parkin Labour 14,44558.5% Yes
John Macdonald Conservative 7,98132.3% No
David Griffiths Liberal 2,2879.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Latham Labour 11,64554.8% Yes
Richard Price Conservative 8,59040.4% No
Mario Uziell-Hamilton Liberal 1,0124.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1886: Conservative margin 24.7 pts 1892: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1895: Conservative margin 21.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 37.8 pts 1906: Liberal margin 19.9 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 10.0 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 10.0 pts 1922: Unionist margin 25.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 12.9 pts 1929: Unionist margin 1.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 42.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1945: Labour margin 24.1 pts 1950: Labour margin 10.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 6.8 pts 1959: Labour margin 2.7 pts 1964: Labour margin 15.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 26.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 14.4 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

Paddington North has been contested at 23 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Paddington North in the 1970 general election?

Labour won Paddington North in 1970 with 11,645 votes (54.8%), a majority of 3,055 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Paddington North since 1885?

Since 1885, Paddington North has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Paddington North?

The closest result on record for Paddington North was 1929, when Unionist beat Labour by just 528 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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