Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Lewisham North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Lewisham East |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East |
Lewisham North was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
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The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Austin Hudson | Conservative | Died 1956 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1957 by-election | Niall MacDermot | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1959 | Christopher Chataway | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1966 | Roland Moyle | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roland Moyle | 18,235 | 51.45 | ||
Conservative | HRL Samuel | 17,208 | 48.55 | ||
Majority | 1,027 | 2.90 | |||
Turnout | 68.49 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roland Moyle | 20,352 | 53.08 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 17,989 | 46.92 | ||
Majority | 2,363 | 6.16 | |||
Turnout | 77.41 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 17,144 | 45.42 | ||
Labour | HJ Collins | 16,801 | 44.51 | ||
Liberal | T Lloyd-Jones | 3,798 | 10.06 | ||
Majority | 343 | 0.91 | |||
Turnout | 74.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Chataway | 22,125 | 51.99 | ||
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 17,512 | 41.15 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth John Brookes | 2,921 | 6.86 | ||
Majority | 4,613 | 10.84 | |||
Turnout | 81.19 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Niall MacDermot | 18,516 | 49.50 | +3.46 | |
Conservative | Norman Farmer | 17,406 | 46.53 | -7.43 | |
Independent loyalist | Leslie Greene | 1,487 | 3.97 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,110 | 2.97 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet | 22,070 | 53.96 | +0.50 | |
Labour | ST Williams | 18,834 | 46.04 | -0.50 | |
Majority | 3,236 | 7.91 | +0.98 | ||
Turnout | 40,904 | 77.93 | -6.09 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet | 24,406 | 53.46 | ||
Labour | ST Williams | 21,243 | 46.54 | ||
Majority | 3,163 | 6.93 | |||
Turnout | 84.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet | 22,465 | 49.56 | ||
Labour | FB Copeman | 19,974 | 44.07 | ||
Liberal | SG Smith | 2,888 | 6.37 | ||
Majority | 2,491 | 5.50 | |||
Turnout | 84.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |