# Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)

Stoke Newington was a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of London from 1918 – 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

## Boundaries

The constituency was identical in area to the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.

## History

The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election, and abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, and largely replaced by the newly created Hackney North & Stoke Newington constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | George Jones | Conservative |
| | 1923 | Ernest Spero | Liberal |
| | 1924 | George Jones (knighted in 1928) | Conservative |
| | 1945 | David Weitzman | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished: see Hackney North & Stoke Newington | constituency abolished: see Hackney North & Stoke Newington |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stoke Newington Electorate 20,090 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | *George Jones | 5,918 | 54.1 | |
| | Independent | H J Ormond | 2,829 | 25.9 | |
| | Liberal | Percy Holt Heffer | 2,181 | 20.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,089 | 28.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,928 | 54.4 | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
* denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Jones | 9,753 | 63.0 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal | Percy Holt Heffer | 5,737 | 37.0 | +17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,016 | 26.0 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,490 | 65.0 | +10.6 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -4.0 | |
General election 1923: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ernest Spero | 8,365 | 53.5 | +16.5 |
| | Unionist | George Jones | 7,264 | 46.5 | −16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,101 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,629 | 63.5 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +16.5 | |
General election 1924: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Jones | 10,688 | 56.7 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal | Ernest Spero | 4,758 | 25.2 | −28.3 |
| | Labour | Lewis Silkin | 3,420 | 18.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,930 | 31.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,866 | 78.0 | +14.5 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
General election 1929: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Jones | 9,030 | 38.0 | −18.7 |
| | Liberal | Frederick William Norwood | 7,958 | 33.6 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | F. L. Kerran | 6,723 | 28.4 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,072 | 4.4 | −27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,711 | 70.0 | −8.0 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | -13.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Jones | 16,035 | 73.3 | +35.3 |
| | Labour | F. L. Kerran | 5,837 | 26.7 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,198 | 46.6 | +42.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,872 | 63.2 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Jones | 11,213 | 53.3 | −20.0 |
| | Labour | David Weitzman | 7,448 | 35.4 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal | John Howard Whitehouse | 2,364 | 11.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,765 | 17.9 | −28.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,025 | 61.5 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Conservative: George Jones
* Labour: David Weitzman
* Liberal: Harold Gordon
* British Union: Edward Whinfield
General election 1945: Stoke Newington Electorate 26,987 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Weitzman | 9,356 | 51.5 | +16.1 |
| | Conservative | George Jones | 5,155 | 28.4 | −24.9 |
| | Liberal | Hubert Herbert Creemer Blake | 3,651 | 20.1 | +8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,201 | 23.1 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,162 | 67.3 | +5.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |