Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, and then the London Borough of Wandsworth, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.

Boundaries

DatesLocal authorityMapsWards1918–1950Metropolitan Borough of BatterseaChurch, Latchmere, Nine Elms, and Park.1950–1974Metropolitan Borough of Battersea (before 1965)London Borough of Wandsworth (after 1965)Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage, and Winstanley.1974–1983London Borough of WandsworthLatchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park, and Shaftesbury.

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918.Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 C.64), Schedule 9 When seats were redistributed by the Representation of the People Act 1948 the seat was redefined as consisting of five wards by the addition of the Winstanley ward, transferred from Battersea South.Representation of the People Act 1948, (1948, C.65), Schedule 1 However the wards of the borough were redrawn in 1949 prior to the next general election in 1950.Battersea (Wards) Order 1949 (S.I. 1949/552) Accordingly, changes were made under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Of the 16 new wards, eight were included in each of the Battersea North and South constituencies.The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1440)F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979

In 1965 Battersea became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. This, however made no immediate change to the parliamentary constituencies. It was not until the general election of February 1974 that the constituency boundaries were altered. St John's and Shaftesbury wards were transferred from Battersea South.The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (1970 No. 1674) These boundaries were used until abolition.

The constituency was abolished for the election of 1983, and was subsumed by the new Battersea seat, where it formed 61.5% of the total constituency (with the addition of Balham, Fairfield and Northcote wards from Battersea South).

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1918Richard Morris Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal1922Shapurji Saklatvala Communist1923 Henry Hogbin Liberal1924 Shapurji Saklatvala Communist1929 William Sanders Labour1931 Arthur Marsden Conservative1935 William Sanders Labour1940 by-election Francis Douglas LabourResigned after being appointed Governor of Malta1946 by-election Douglas Jay Labour1983 constituency abolished: see Battersea

Elections Elections in the 1910s

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Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

1970 notional result Party Vote % Labour 17,800 63.1 Conservative 8,500 30.1 Liberal 1,600 5.7 Others 300 1.1Turnout28,20060.2Electorate46,837

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