# Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election

## Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).
1885-1918: The North and East wards of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Whip |
| | 1885 | George Howell | Liberal |
| | 1895 | Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree | Conservative |
| | 1906 | Sir Edwin Cornwall | Liberal |
| | 1919 | Sir Edwin Cornwall | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Garnham Edmonds | Liberal |
| | 1923 | Walter Windsor | Labour |
| | 1929 | Harry Nathan | Liberal |
| | February 1933 $^a$ | Harry Nathan | Independent Liberal |
| | June 1934 $^b$ | Harry Nathan | Labour |
| | 1935 | Dan Chater | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished - see Bethnal Green | constituency abolished - see Bethnal Green |
Notes:-
* $^a$ No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip.
* $^b$ No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.

## Election results
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | George Howell | 3,095 | 62.7 | |
| | Conservative | John Dawson Mayne | 1,844 | 37.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,251 | 25.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,939 | 69.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,102 | | |
| | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) | Lib-Lab win (new seat) |
General election 1886: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | George Howell | 2,278 | 54.4 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Edward John Stoneham | 1,906 | 45.6 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 372 | 8.8 | −16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,184 | 58.9 | −10.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,102 | | |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing | −8.3 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | George Howell | 2,918 | 54.4 | 0.0 |
| | Conservative | Harry Marks | 2,321 | 43.2 | −2.4 |
| | Social Democratic Federation | Hugh Robert Taylor | 106 | 2.0 | New |
| | Independent | R. Ballard | 23 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 597 | 11.2 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,368 | 72.2 | +13.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,438 | | |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
General election 1895: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mancherjee Bhownaggree | 2,591 | 51.6 | +8.4 |
| | Lib-Lab | George Howell | 2,431 | 48.4 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,022 | 67.6 | −4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,431 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +7.2 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mancherjee Bhownaggree | 2,988 | 53.4 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | Harry Levy-Lawson | 2,609 | 46.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 6.8 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,597 | 69.9 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,012 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
General election 1906: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edwin Cornwall | 4,127 | 66.0 | +19.4 |
| | Conservative | Mancherjee Bhownaggree | 2,130 | 34.0 | −19.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,997 | 32.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,257 | 80.9 | +11.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,730 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.4 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edwin Cornwall | 3,842 | 61.2 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | John Molson | 2,435 | 38.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,407 | 22.4 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,277 | 83.1 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 | |
General election December 1910: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edwin Cornwall | 3,188 | 61.0 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | John Molson | 2,037 | 39.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,151 | 22.0 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,225 | 69.2 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 | |
General election 1914–15:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
* Liberal: Edwin Cornwall
* Unionist:
General election 1918: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Edwin Cornwall | 4,448 | 56.4 | −4.6 |
| | National | Wilfred Liddell Steel | 2,312 | 29.3 | −9.7 |
| | Health | William Shadforth | 1,127 | 14.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,136 | 27.1 | +5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,253 | 31.2 | −38.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Garnham Edmonds | 5,774 | 36.1 | −20.3 |
| | Communist | Walter Windsor | 5,659 | 35.3 | New |
| | Unionist | Eric Alfred Hoffgaard | 2,806 | 17.5 | New |
| | National Liberal | George Garro-Jones | 1,780 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 0.8 | −26.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,262 | 58.8 | +27.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Windsor | 7,415 | 45.7 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal | Garnham Edmonds | 6,790 | 41.8 | +5.7 |
| | Unionist | Robert Tasker | 2,035 | 12.5 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 625 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,468 | 59.1 | +0.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 | |
General election 1924: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Walter Windsor | 9,560 | 50.2 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal | Garnham Edmonds | 9,465 | 49.8 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 0.4 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,827 | 68.4 | +9.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 | |
General election 1929: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Harry Nathan | 11,690 | 47.4 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Walter Windsor | 11,101 | 44.9 | −5.3 |
| | Unionist | James Alan Bell | 1,908 | 7.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,453 | 71.7 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +1.5 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Harry Nathan | 13,135 | 55.9 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | William Barratt | 10,368 | 44.1 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,767 | 11.8 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,377 | 68.4 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 | |
General election 1935: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Dan Chater | 11,581 | 63.5 | +19.4 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Burton Hobman | 6,644 | 36.5 | −19.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,937 | 27.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,809 | 55.5 | −12.9 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Liberal | Labour Co-op gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.4 | |

### 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 and by the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
* Labour: Dan Chater
* Liberal: Ormond Lewis
General election 1945: Bethnal Green North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Dan Chater | 7,696 | 59.9 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | Paul Wright | 3,979 | 30.9 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | William Sackville | 1,185 | 9.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,717 | 29.0 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,225 | 66.9 | +11.4 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.0 | |