| Hammersmith South | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| County | County of London |
| 1918–1955 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Hammersmith |
| Replaced by | Barons Court |



Hammersmith South was aborough constituency in theMetropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in westLondon. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom, elected by thefirst-past-the-post system.
The constituency was created when theHammersmith constituency was divided for the1918 general election. It was abolished for the1955 general election.
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards numbers one, two and three.
1950–1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith wards of Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, Grove, Olympia, Ravenscourt, and St Stephen's.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | William Bull | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Daniel Chater | Labour | |
| 1931 | James Cooke | Conservative | |
| 1945 | William Adams | Labour | |
| 1949 by-election | Thomas Williams | Labour | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished: seeBarons Court | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | William Bull | 8,592 | 65.6 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Atholl Robertson | 2,555 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | John Thomas Westcott | 1,958 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 6,037 | 46.1 | |||
| Turnout | 13,105 | 46.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,996 | ||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Bull | 10,877 | 63.0 | −2.6 | |
| Labour | Wyndham Albery | 6,397 | 37.0 | +22.1 | |
| Majority | 4,480 | 26.0 | −20.1 | ||
| Turnout | 17,274 | 56.4 | +9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,618 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | −12.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Bull | 8,184 | 43.4 | −19.6 | |
| Labour | Wyndham Albery | 6,974 | 36.9 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 3,723 | 19.7 | New | |
| Majority | 1,210 | 6.5 | −19.5 | ||
| Turnout | 18,881 | 61.1 | +4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,879 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | −9.8 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Bull | 12,679 | 55.4 | +12.0 | |
| Labour | Christopher Addison | 8,804 | 38.5 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Devan Wetton | 1,393 | 6.1 | −13.6 | |
| Majority | 3,875 | 16.9 | +10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 22,876 | 72.3 | +11.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,633 | ||||
| Unionisthold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Daniel Chater | 12,630 | 43.8 | +5.3 | |
| Unionist | John Ferguson | 12,218 | 42.4 | −13.0 | |
| Liberal | J J Davies | 3,976 | 13.8 | +7.7 | |
| Majority | 412 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,824 | 67.3 | −5.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,841 | ||||
| Labour Co-opgain fromUnionist | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 21,018 | 71.5 | +29.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | Daniel Chater | 8,390 | 28.5 | −15.3 | |
| Majority | 12,628 | 43.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,408 | 68.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour Co-op | Swing | +20.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 15,377 | 62.3 | −9.2 | |
| Labour Co-op | William Adams | 9,309 | 37.7 | +9.2 | |
| Majority | 6,068 | 24.6 | −18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 24,686 | 60.1 | −7.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | William Adams | 12,502 | 58.0 | +20.3 | |
| Conservative | Douglas Cooke | 9,044 | 42.0 | −20.3 | |
| Majority | 3,458 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,546 | 65.9 | +5.8 | ||
| Labour Co-opgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Thomas Williams | 15,223 | 52.8 | −5.2 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Fell | 13,610 | 47.2 | +5.2 | |
| Majority | 1,613 | 5.6 | −10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 28,833 | 60.6 | −5.3 | ||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Thomas Williams | 18,825 | 51.8 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Fell | 16,161 | 44.4 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | John Stanton Ritter | 1,400 | 3.8 | New | |
| Majority | 2,664 | 7.4 | −8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,386 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Thomas Williams | 19,273 | 54.6 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Robert N E Hinton | 16,038 | 45.4 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 3,235 | 9.2 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35,311 | 80.2 | |||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)