Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Dulwich
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1885 (1885)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Dulwich & West Norwood
Created from	Lambeth

Dulwich was a borough constituency in the Dulwich area of South London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished by the Boundary Commission in 1997, when most of its former territory became part of the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.

Boundaries

From 1983 to 1997, the constituency consisted of eight electoral wards of the London Borough of Southwark: Alleyn, Bellenden, College, Lyndhurst, Ruskin, Rye, The Lane, and Waverley.

Dulwich in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

Dulwich in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

Dulwich in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Morgan Howard	Conservative
	1887 by-election	Sir John Blundell Maple	Conservative
	1903 by-election	Frederick Rutherfoord Harris	Conservative
	1906 by-election	Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative
	1910	Sir Frederick Hall	Conservative
	1932 by-election	Sir Bracewell Smith	Conservative
	1945	Wilfrid Vernon	Labour
	1951	Robert Jenkins	Conservative
	1964	Samuel Silkin	Labour
	1983	Gerald Bowden	Conservative
	1992	Tessa Jowell	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Dulwich & West Norwood

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	17,714	47.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Gerald Bowden	15,658	41.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	GMA Goldie	4,078	10.9	-3.6
Majority			2,056	5.5	+5.0
Turnout			37,450	67.8	-1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1980s

1987 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Bowden	16,563	42.42	+1.87
	Labour	Kate Hoey	16,383	41.96	+6.30
	Social Democrat	A N G Harris	5,664	14.51	-7.51
	Green	A Goldie	432	1.11	N/A
Majority			180	0.46

1983 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Bowden	15,424	40.55	-2.18
	Labour	Kate Hoey	13,565	35.66	-7.36
	Social Democrat	Dick Taverne	8,376	22.02	N/A
	National Front	R Barker	338	0.89	-1.24
	Ecology	R Baker	237	0.62	-0.46
	Loony Society	R Vero	99	0.26	N/A
Majority			1,859

Elections in the 1970s

1979 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	18,557	43.02	-6.52
	Conservative	E Morley	18,435	42.73	+10.15
	Liberal	W H Pearson	4,759	11.03	-6.85
	National Front	D Thompson	920	2.13	N/A
	Ecology	D Smart	468	1.08	N/A
Majority			122	0.28	-16.68

Oct 1974 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	21,790	49.54	+4.09
	Conservative	E Morley	14,331	32.58	-2.10
	Liberal	W H Pearson	7,866	17.88	-1.99
Majority			7,459	16.96	+6.19

Feb 1974 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	22,530	45.45	-1.73
	Conservative	K W T Raffan	17,189	34.68	-10.41
	Liberal	W H Pearson	9,851	19.87	+12.14
Majority			5,341	10.77	+8.67

1970 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	20,145	47.18	-4.77
	Conservative	Patrick Mayhew	19,250	45.09	+6.51
	Liberal	A N H Blackburn	3,301	7.73	-1.73
Majority			895	2.10	-11.27

Elections in the 1960s

1966 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	24,469	51.95	+5.09
	Conservative	M Stevens	18,173	38.58	-2.18
	Liberal	M Ridd	4,458	9.46	-2.35
Majority			6,296	13.37

1964 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Silkin	22,320	46.86	+4.00
	Conservative	M Stevens	19,415	40.76	-6.34
	Liberal	F G Redman	5,627	11.81	+1.78
	Christian Socialist	F Palmer	264	0.56	N/A
Majority			2,905	6.10	+1.86

Elections in the 1950s

1959 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jenkins	24,991	47.10	-1.32
	Labour	A L Hill	22,740	42.86	-2.02
	Liberal	W J Searle	5,324	10.03	+3.34
Majority			2,251	4.24	+0.70

1955 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jenkins	25,333	48.42	+0.76
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	23,482	44.88	-1.54
	Liberal	D Phillips	3,501	6.69	+0.77
Majority			1,851	3.54	+2.30

1951 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jenkins	26,579	47.66	+3.38
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	25,888	46.42	-0.28
	Liberal	P Baker	3,302	5.92	-3.1
Majority			691	1.24

1950 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	25,511	46.70	+3.21
	Conservative	Robert Jenkins	24,186	44.28	+1.69
	Liberal	P Baker	4,929	9.02	-4.90
Majority			1,325	2.43	+1.54

Elections in the 1940s

1945 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfrid Vernon	10,266	43.49
	Conservative	Bracewell Smith	10,055	42.59
	Liberal	J Ellis	3,287	13.92
Majority			211	0.89

Elections in the 1930s

The candidates selected for the aborted 1939/1940 General Election were; Conservative: Sir Bracewell Smith Liberal: Dr Charles Cooke-Taylor Labour: Wilfrid Foulston Vernon

Dulwich by-election, 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bracewell Smith	12,342
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	3,998
	Labour	Helen Bentwich	3,905
Majority			8,344
Turnout			20,245	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1931 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederick Hall	21,752
	Labour	F. Hughes	4,747
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	3,924
Majority			17,005
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: constituency of Camberwell Dulwich Composed of the Camberwell wards of Alleyn, College, Hamlet, Ruskin and St Johns Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederick Hall	15,009
	Labour	C. A. Smith	9,309
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	6,442
Majority			5,700
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 29 October 1924: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederick Hall	15,611
	Labour	C. A. Smith	7,068
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	4,017
Majority			8,543
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederick Hall	10,855
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	9,488
Majority			1,367
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 15 November 1922: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Frederick Hall	14,046
	Liberal	Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor	6,733
Majority			7,313
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: constituency of Camberwell Dulwich Composed of the Camberwell wards of Alleyn, College, Hamlet, Ruskin and St Johns Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Fred Hall	12,039
	Liberal	C. R. Cooke-Taylor	3,219
Majority			8,820
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

In the 1900 general election, Sir John Blundell Maple was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1890s

1895 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Blundell Maple	5,258
	Liberal	Charles Goddard Clarke	2,176
Majority			3,082
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Blundell Maple	5,318
	Liberal	A. Clayden	3,138
Majority			2,180
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

In the 1886 general election, John Morgan Howard was elected unopposed.

1885 General Election: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan Howard	4,406
	Liberal	G. Collins	2,712
Majority			1,694
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Dulwich by-election, 1887
• Dulwich by-election, 1903
• Dulwich by-election, 1906
• Dulwich by-election, 1932
• Southwark local elections

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)

External links

• Parliamentary contributions from Dulwich members, 1884–1974 (Hansard)