Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Norwood was a parliamentary constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.

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

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

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

History

The constituency existed from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party for the first 60 years of its existence. It then oscillated between the Conservatives and Labour until 1966, from which point it was held by Labour until its abolition.

Boundaries

At the time of abolition in 1997, Norwood formed the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Lambeth, and consisted of the following electoral wards from the borough: Angell, Gypsy Hill, Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, St Martin’s, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.

Boundary changes

In 1997, constituents were divided between the newly created cross-borough (Lambeth & Southwark) seat of Dulwich and West Norwood to the east, Streatham to the west and Vauxhall to the north.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Thomas Lynn Bristowe	Conservative
	1892	Sir Ernest Tritton	Conservative
	1906	George Frederic Stewart Bowles	Conservative
	Jan 1910	Harry Simon Samuel	Conservative
	1918		Coalition Conservative
	1922	Walter Greaves Greaves-Lord	Conservative
	1935	Duncan Sandys	Conservative
	1945	Ronald Chamberlain	Labour
	1950	John Smyth	Conservative
	1966	John Fraser	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Dulwich and West Norwood, Streatham & Vauxhall

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	18,391	53.2	+4.7
	Conservative	JPE Samways	11,175	32.3	−3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs SJ Lawman	4,087	11.8	−2.9
	Green	WSB Collins	790	2.3	+2.3
	Natural Law	MC Leighton	138	0.4	+0.4
Majority			7,216	20.9	+8.4
Turnout			34,581	66.1	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	18,359	48.4
	Conservative	Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve	13,636	36.0
	Social Democrat	M.M. Noble	5,579	14.7
	Rainbow	F.M. Jackson	171	0.5
	Independent Christian Democrat	R.J. Hammond	151	0.4
Majority			4,723	12.4
Turnout			56,602	67.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1983: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	16,280	44.6
	Conservative	J.P. Parfitt	13,397	36.7
	Social Democrat	M.M. Noble	6,371	17.5
	National Front	Mrs. C.M. Williams	343	0.9
	Independent	J.C. Sanderson	123	0.3
Majority			2,883	7.9
Turnout			55,663	65.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	16,282	47.3
	Conservative	J. Pritchard	14,342	41.7
	Liberal	D. Charlesworth	3,051	8.9
	National Front	Mrs. C.M. Williams	707	2.1
Majority			1,940	5.6
Turnout			48,857	70.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election October 1974: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	16,449	50.2
	Conservative	B. Hancock	11,678	35.7
	Liberal	E. Hawthorne	4,377	13.4
	Gay Liberal	M.J. Greatbanks	223	0.7
Majority			4,771	14.5
Turnout			52,893	61.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election February 1974: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	17,320	46.2
	Conservative	B. Hancock	13,298	35.4
	Liberal	M. Drake	6,885	18.4
Majority			4,022	10.8
Turnout			52,567	71.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 1970: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	16,634	47.4
	Conservative	Peter Temple-Morris	16,003	45.6
	Liberal	E. Hawthorne	2,436	7.0
Majority			631	1.8
Turnout			54,432	64.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	19,103	48.8
	Conservative	W.D. Wilson	16,830	42.9
	Liberal	M.A. Green	3,256	8.3
Majority			2,273	5.9
Turnout			54,592	71.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1964: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Smyth	17,624	45.5
	Labour	John Denis Fraser	17,173	44.3
	Liberal	D.R. Chapman	3,929	10.2
Majority			451	1.2
Turnout			57,090	67.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.4

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Smyth	22,958	52.6
	Labour	L.L. Reeves	15,975	36.6
	Liberal	D.R. Chapman	4,744	10.8
Majority			6,983	16.0
Turnout			57,807	75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election 1955: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Smyth	24,831	55.6
	Labour	J.A. Joyce	19,799	44.4
Majority			5,032	11.2
Turnout			59,385	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 1951: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Smyth	27,200	52.9
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	24,251	47.1
Majority			2,949	5.8
Turnout			62,231	82.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 1950: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Smyth	24,811	48.4
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	22,736	44.3
	Liberal	R. Fredericke	3,770	7.3
Majority			2,075	4.1
Turnout			60,961	84.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	16,667	47.3
	Conservative	Edwin Duncan Sandys	14,644	41.5
	Liberal	Alfred Wintle	3,944	11.2
Majority			2,023	5.8
Turnout			49,445	71.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Duncan Sandys	24,651	66.9
	Labour	C.W. Gibson	12,195	33.1
Majority			12,456	33.8
Turnout			59,219	62.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6

Norwood by-election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Duncan Sandys	16,147	51.1
	Labour	Mrs. B.A. Gould	12,799	40.4
	Independent Conservative	Richard Findlay	2,698	8.5
Majority			3,348	10.7
Turnout			59,305	53.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-25.7

General Election 1931: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Walter Greaves-Lord	30,851	81.0
	Labour	Mrs. A.J. Anstey	7,217	19.0
Majority			23,634	62.0
Turnout			59,555	63.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+20.2

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Walter Greaves-Lord	19,281	50.6
	Labour	W. O'Brien Reeves	11,042	28.9
	Liberal	Edward Stacey Layton	7,823	20.5
Majority			8,239	21.7
Turnout			58,163	65.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.5

General Election 1924: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Greaves-Lord	22,178	71.3
	Labour	G.J. Anstey	8,927	28.7
Majority			13,251	42.6
Turnout			44,315	70.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

General Election 1923: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Greaves-Lord	12,725	49.3
	Liberal	F.D. Lapthorn	8,127	31.4
	Labour	W.A. Hodgson	5,002	19.3
Majority			4,598	17.9
Turnout			43,495	59.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.7

General Election 1922: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Greaves-Lord	16,121	60.8
	Liberal	R.E.W. Kirby	6,253	23.5
	Labour	W.A. Hodgson	4,180	15.7
Majority			9,868	37.3
Turnout			43,029	61.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Harry Simon Samuel	12,848	65.8
	Independent	Harold Bignold	6,665	34.2
Majority			6,183	31.6
Turnout			40,253	48.5
	Coalition Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election December 1910: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harry Simon Samuel	6,291	59.6
	Liberal	George Shrubsall	4,265	40.4
Majority			2,026	19.2
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election January 1910: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harry Simon Samuel	6,958	57.3
	Liberal	Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, Bt.	5,180	42.7
Majority			1,778	14.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Frederic Stewart Bowles	5,567	54.0
	Liberal	Nathaniel William Hubbard	4,748	46.0
Majority			819	8.0
Turnout			12,867	80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Ernest Tritton	unopposed
Turnout			11,204	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Ernest Tritton	unopposed
Turnout			9,835	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1892: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Ernest Tritton	4,147	61.6
	Liberal	Dr. H.W. Verdon	2,584	38.4
Majority			1,563	23.2
Turnout			8,884	75.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.9

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Lynn Bristowe	3,334	67.5
	Liberal	Oscar Browning	1,606	32.5
Majority			1,728	35.0
Turnout			7,501	65.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8

General Election 1885: Lambeth, Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Lynn Bristowe	3,496	57.7
	Liberal	Peter William Clayden	2,563	42.3
Majority			933	15.4
Turnout			7,501	80.8

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 32. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 36. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• The Constitutional Year Book 1937 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1937)