| Deptford | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Deptford and New Cross |
| 1885–February 1974 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Greenwich |
| Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
Deptford was aparliamentary constituency centred on theDeptford district ofSouth London. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.




The constituency was created for the1885 general election, and abolished for theFebruary 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency ofLewisham Deptford.
1885–1918: The parish ofSt Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.[1]
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Silkin | 14,672 | 62.96 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Brotherton | 7,355 | 31.56 | ||
| National Front | Martin Vaux | 1,277 | 5.48 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,317 | 31.40 | |||
| Turnout | 23,304 | 54.67 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Silkin | 17,983 | 66.80 | ||
| Conservative | John R Giles | 7,033 | 26.12 | ||
| British National | Gerald Rowe | 1,906 | 7.08 | New | |
| Majority | 10,950 | 40.68 | |||
| Turnout | 26,922 | 60.27 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Silkin | 17,676 | 62.44 | ||
| Conservative | Murray M Leask | 8,248 | 29.13 | ||
| Independent | Colin M H Atkins[3] | 2,386 | 8.43 | New | |
| Majority | 9,428 | 33.31 | |||
| Turnout | 28,310 | 60.08 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Silkin | 12,209 | 58.25 | −3.70 | |
| Liberal | David John Howard Penwarden | 4,726 | 22.55 | New | |
| Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 4,023 | 19.20 | −18.85 | |
| Majority | 7,483 | 35.70 | +11.80 | ||
| Turnout | 20,958 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Leslie Plummer | 21,226 | 61.95 | ||
| Conservative | John D Brimacombe | 13,038 | 38.05 | ||
| Majority | 8,188 | 23.90 | |||
| Turnout | 34,264 | 69.34 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Leslie Plummer | 23,925 | 65.73 | ||
| Conservative | Irene Dowling | 12,472 | 34.27 | ||
| Majority | 11,453 | 31.46 | |||
| Turnout | 36,397 | 69.62 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Leslie Plummer | 28,878 | 65.17 | ||
| Conservative | Irene Dowling | 15,431 | 34.83 | ||
| Majority | 13,447 | 30.34 | |||
| Turnout | 44,309 | 80.27 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Cooper | 28,230 | 63.07 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey F. Sarjeant | 13,330 | 29.78 | ||
| Liberal | Edward Isaac Miller | 2,637 | 5.89 | New | |
| Communist | Leslie Francis Stannard | 562 | 1.26 | New | |
| Majority | 14,900 | 33.29 | |||
| Turnout | 44,759 | 81.61 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Wilmot | 22,313 | 73.47 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Cuddon | 8,059 | 26.53 | ||
| Majority | 14,254 | 46.94 | |||
| Turnout | 30,372 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Walter Green | 27,021 | 57.31 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Campbell | 20,129 | 42.69 | ||
| Majority | 6,892 | 14.62 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,150 | ||||
| Labour Co-opgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Denis Hanley | 26,558 | 54.42 | ||
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 22,244 | 45.58 | ||
| Majority | 4,314 | 8.84 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 48,802 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 26,848 | 55.2 | +0.7 | |
| Unionist | Ernest Gates | 14,832 | 30.5 | −15.0 | |
| Liberal | H. Charles Bevan | 6,935 | 14.3 | New | |
| Majority | 12,016 | 24.7 | +15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 48,615 | 68.2 | −3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,242 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,903 | 54.5 | −8.5 | |
| Unionist | James Hargreaves | 18,279 | 45.5 | +8.5 | |
| Majority | 3,624 | 9.0 | −17.0 | ||
| Turnout | 40,182 | 72.0 | +8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 55,797 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 21,576 | 63.0 | +10.4 | |
| Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 12,666 | 37.0 | −10.4 | |
| Majority | 8,910 | 26.0 | +20.8 | ||
| Turnout | 34,242 | 63.3 | −2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,135 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +10.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 18,512 | 52.6 | −1.8 | |
| Unionist | Marshall James Pike | 16,687 | 47.4 | +9.9 | |
| Majority | 1,825 | 5.2 | −11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35,199 | 66.2 | +16.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 53,195 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 14,073 | 54.4 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | John Prestige | 9,711 | 37.5 | −11.1 | |
| NFDDSS | Frederick Alfred Rumsey | 2,106 | 8.1 | New | |
| Majority | 4,362 | 16.9 | +14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 25,890 | 50.2 | −31.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 51,611 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,357 | 51.4 | −0.6 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Coats | 5,999 | 48.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 358 | 2.8 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 12,356 | 81.5 | −5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. W. Bowerman | 6,880 | 52.0 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Coats | 6,358 | 48.0 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 522 | 4.0 | −6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 13,238 | 87.3 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,159 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −3.3 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | C. W. Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | New | |
| Conservative | Arthur Morton | 4,977 | 41.7 | −20.4 | |
| Liberal | Herbert Vivian | 726 | 6.1 | −31.8 | |
| Majority | 1,259 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,939 | 77.5 | +10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,397 | ||||
| Labour Repr. Cmte.gain fromConservative | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Morton | 6,236 | 62.1 | +6.0 | |
| Lib-Lab | Ben Jones | 3,806 | 37.9 | −6.0 | |
| Majority | 2,430 | 24.2 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 10,042 | 66.9 | −6.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,000 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | 5,317 | 51.6 | −4.5 | |
| Liberal | John Benn | 4,993 | 48.4 | +4.5 | |
| Majority | 324 | 3.2 | −9.0 | ||
| Turnout | 10,310 | 74.3 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,868 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,654 | 56.1 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Macnamara | 4,425 | 43.9 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 1,229 | 12.2 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,079 | 73.0 | −3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,815 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Darling | 5,298 | 52.8 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal | Edmond Fitzmaurice | 4,733 | 47.2 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 565 | 5.6 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,031 | 76.8 | +4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,066 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Darling | 4,345 | 51.6 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal | Wilfrid Blunt | 4,070 | 48.4 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 275 | 3.2 | −6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,415 | 80.3 | +8.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,473 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,682 | 54.7 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,055 | 45.3 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 627 | 9.4 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,737 | 71.9 | −8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William John Evelyn | 3,927 | 52.5 | ||
| Liberal | Lalmohun Ghose | 3,560 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 367 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 7,487 | 79.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||