# Carshalton (UK Parliament constituency)

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

1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton.
    Note: abolished as entities from April 1965, falling into Surrey County Council and the London Borough of Sutton respectively
1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of 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.

## 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 | MP for "Mitcham" 1950–74. In 1976 elevated to the Lords. |
| 1976 by-election | Nigel Forman | Conservative | continued in successor seat until his 1997 defeat |
1983: constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington

## Election results
### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Antony Head | 20,181 | 45.34 | |
| | Labour | William F Hawkins | 19,164 | 43.05 | |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Barrow | 5,167 | 11.61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,017 | 2.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,512 | 77.07 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Antony Head | 29,493 | 52.52 |
| | Labour | S Sharman | 21,536 | 38.35 |
| | Liberal | Dennis W Clarke | 5,132 | 9.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,957 | 14.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,161 | 88.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Antony Head | 32,634 | 58.73 |
| | Labour | Clifford H Davies | 22,928 | 41.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,706 | 17.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,562 | 85.07 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Antony Head | 30,429 | 55.70 |
| | Labour | Harvey R Cole | 18,924 | 34.64 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 5,277 | 9.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,505 | 21.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,630 | 80.87 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Antony Head | 30,454 | 53.99 |
| | Labour | John H Powell | 17,210 | 30.51 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 8,744 | 15.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,244 | 23.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,408 | 82.48 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1960 Carshalton by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Elliot | 19,175 | 51.66 | −2.33 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 10,250 | 27.61 | +12.11 |
| | Labour | Brian Thomas | 7,696 | 20.73 | −9.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,925 | 24.04 | +0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,121 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1964: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Walter Elliot | 26,118 | 48.88 |
| | Labour | Brian Thomas | 16,105 | 30.14 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 11,207 | 20.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,013 | 18.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,430 | 80.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Walter Elliot | 24,615 | 47.02 |
| | Labour | Philip John Bassett | 18,746 | 35.81 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 8,988 | 17.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,869 | 11.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,349 | 79.35 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Walter Elliot | 27,342 | 53.98 |
| | Labour | Gilbert Samuel Baker | 16,896 | 33.36 |
| | Liberal | Jack Henry Gordon Browne | 6,411 | 12.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,446 | 20.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,649 | 71.17 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election February 1974: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Carr | 24,440 | 44.53 |
| | Labour | Peter James Walker | 18,750 | 34.16 |
| | Liberal | Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone | 11,695 | 21.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,690 | 10.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,885 | 82.85 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Carr | 22,538 | 45.39 | +0.86 |
| | Labour | Bernard Frances Atherton | 18,840 | 37.95 | +3.79 |
| | Liberal | Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone | 8,272 | 16.66 | −4.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,698 | 7.45 | −2.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,650 | 74.28 | −8.57 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carshalton by-election 1976 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Forman | 20,753 | 51.69 | +6.29 |
| | Labour | Colin Blau | 11,021 | 27.45 | −10.46 |
| | Liberal | John Hatherley | 6,028 | 15.01 | −1.65 |
| | National Front | Terry Denville-Faulkner | 1,851 | 4.61 | New |
| | Conservative Anti-Common Market | Reginald Simmerson | 251 | 0.63 | New |
| | Logic Party | William Dunmore | 133 | 0.33 | New |
| | Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 115 | 0.29 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,732 | 24.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,152 | 60.53 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Forman | 26,492 | 51.30 | +5.91 |
| | Labour | Michael Geikie Ormerod | 16,121 | 31.22 | −6.73 |
| | Liberal | John Hatherley | 8,112 | 15.71 | −0.95 |
| | National Front | Terry Denville-Faulkner | 919 | 1.78 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,371 | 20.08 | +12.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,644 | 76.79 | +2.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |