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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945–1983

Carshalton
Formercounty constituency for theHouse 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 aconstituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead,Carshalton which is a suburb on along, north–south hillside south ofLondon. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of theLondon Borough of Sutton. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the1945 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 the1983 general election, when it was replaced byCarshalton 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

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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 intoSurrey County Council and theLondon Borough of Sutton respectively

1945–1974

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The constituency was formed entirely from the existing of constituencyMitcham

1974–1983

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

Summary

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

Members of Parliament

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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 forMitcham (1950–1974). In 1976 elevated to the Lords.
	1976 by-election	Nigel Forman	Conservative	ContestedCarshalton and Wallington following redistribution
1983		constituency renamed: seeCarshalton and Wallington

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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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
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

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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
	Conservativehold		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	–3.0
Registered electors			65,313
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1960s

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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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		Swing	–3.8

Elections in the 1970s

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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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		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
	Conservativehold		Swing	+6.3

References

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^Craig, Fred W. S (1969).British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949. Political Reference Publications.ISBN 0900178019. Retrieved5 April 2025.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^hCraig, Fred W. S (1983).British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved5 April 2025.
^Michael Stead."1970 notional general election & February 1974 general election". BBC. Retrieved18 March 2025.
^^a ^b ^c ^dFred W. S Craig (1984).British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983. Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 090017823X. Retrieved15 April 2025.
^"1975 -76 by Elections".by-elections.co.uk. Archived fromthe original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved12 January 2022.
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)

v t e Historic constituencies in London
Outer London, 1965	Acton Barnet Barking Beckenham Bexley Brentford and Chiswick Bromley Carshalton Chingford Chislehurst Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Ealing North Ealing South East Ham North East Ham South Edmonton Enfield East Enfield West Erith and Crayford Feltham Finchley Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Heston and Isleworth Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Kingston-upon-Thames Leyton Merton and Morden Mitcham Orpington Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southall Southgate Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge Walthamstow East Walthamstow West Wanstead and Woodford Wembley North Wembley South West Ham North West Ham South Wimbledon Willeseden East Willeseden West Wood Green
1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

Historic constituencies in London

Outer London, 1965