Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwood | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
1885–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lambeth |
Replaced by | Dulwich & West Norwood, Streatham and Vauxhall |
Norwood was a parliamentary constituency in south London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.
History
[edit]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
[edit]1885–1918: Parliamentary borough of Lambeth division no 4: the ward of Norwood and those parts of the wards of Brixton and Stockwell lying south of Coldharbour and Acre Lanes.[1]
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth ward of Norwood, and parts of the wards of Herne Hill and Tulse Hill.
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, and Tulse Hill.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, Leigham, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, St Martin's, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.
Abolition
[edit]In 1997 areas were split between the newly created seats Dulwich and West Norwood towards the east, Streatham to the west and Vauxhall to the north. The first of these is cross-borough, spanning elements of firmly Labour-leaning Lambeth and Southwark London Boroughs.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Thomas Bristowe | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir Ernest Tritton | Conservative | |
1906 | George Bowles | Conservative | |
1910 | Harry Samuel | Unionist | |
1922 | Walter Greaves-Lord | Unionist | |
1935 by-election | Duncan Sandys | Conservative | |
1945 | Ronald Chamberlain | Labour | |
1950 | John Smyth | Conservative | |
1966 | John Fraser | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bristowe | 3,496 | 57.7 | ||
Liberal | Peter Clayden | 2,563 | 42.3 | ||
Majority | 933 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,059 | 80.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,501 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bristowe | 3,334 | 67.5 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Oscar Browning | 1,606 | 32.5 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 35.0 | +19.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,940 | 65.9 | −14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,501 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Tritton | 4,147 | 61.6 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Harry Walter Verdon | 2,584 | 38.4 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 1,563 | 23.2 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,731 | 75.8 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,884 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Tritton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Tritton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bowles | 5,567 | 54.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Nathaniel William Hubbard | 4,748 | 46.0 | New | |
Majority | 819 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,315 | 80.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,867 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Samuel | 6,958 | 57.3 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Alexander Waldemar Lawrence | 5,180 | 42.7 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 1,778 | 14.6 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,138 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Samuel | 6,291 | 59.6 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | George Shrubsall | 4,265 | 40.4 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 2,026 | 19.2 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,556 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Harry Samuel
- Liberal: William Llewellyn Williams[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Harry Samuel | 12,848 | 65.8 | +6.2 |
NFDDSS | Harold Bignold | 6,665 | 34.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,183 | 31.6 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,253 | 48.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 16,121 | 60.8 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Evan Williams Kirby | 6,253 | 23.5 | New | |
Labour | William Archer Hodgson | 4,180 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,868 | 37.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,029 | 61.7 | +13.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 12,725 | 49.3 | −11.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Dawson Lapthorn | 8,127 | 31.4 | +7.9 | |
Labour | William Archer Hodgson | 5,002 | 19.3 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 4,598 | 17.9 | −19.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,495 | 59.4 | −2.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 22,178 | 71.3 | +22.0 | |
Labour | George James Anstey | 8,927 | 28.7 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 13,251 | 42.6 | +24.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,315 | 70.2 | +10.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 19,281 | 50.6 | −20.7 | |
Labour | William Obrien Reeves | 11,042 | 28.9 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Stacey Layton | 7,823 | 20.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,239 | 21.7 | −20.9 | ||
Turnout | 58,163 | 65.6 | −4.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -10.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Greaves-Lord | 30,851 | 81.0 | +30.4 | |
Labour | Ann Jane Anstey | 7,217 | 19.0 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 23,634 | 62.0 | +40.3 | ||
Turnout | 59,555 | 63.9 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +20.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 16,147 | 51.1 | −29.9 | |
Labour | Barbara Ayrton-Gould | 12,799 | 40.4 | +21.4 | |
Ind. Conservative | Richard Findlay | 2,698 | 8.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,348 | 10.7 | −51.3 | ||
Turnout | 59,305 | 53.4 | −10.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -25.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 24,651 | 66.9 | −14.1 | |
Labour | Charles Gibson | 12,195 | 33.1 | +14.1 | |
Majority | 12,456 | 33.8 | −28.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,219 | 62.2 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.6 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- Conservative: Duncan Sandys
- Labour:
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 16,667 | 47.3 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 14,644 | 41.5 | −25.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Wintle | 3,944 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,023 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,445 | 71.3 | +9.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smyth | 24,811 | 48.4 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 22,736 | 44.3 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | Robin Bruce Fredericke | 3,770 | 7.3 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 2,075 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 60,961 | 84.2 | +12.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smyth | 27,200 | 52.9 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 24,251 | 47.1 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 2,949 | 5.8 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,231 | 82.7 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smyth | 24,831 | 55.6 | +2.7 | |
Labour | James Avery Joyce | 19,799 | 44.4 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 5,032 | 11.2 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,385 | 75.2 | −7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smyth | 22,958 | 52.6 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Leslie Leonard Reeves | 15,975 | 36.6 | −7.8 | |
Liberal | Dennis Raymond Chapman | 4,744 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,983 | 16.0 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,807 | 75.6 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smyth | 17,624 | 45.5 | −7.1 | |
Labour | John Fraser | 17,173 | 44.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Dennis Raymond Chapman | 3,929 | 10.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 451 | 1.2 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,090 | 67.8 | −7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 19,103 | 48.8 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | W. Douglas Wilson | 16,830 | 42.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | Michael A. Green | 3,256 | 8.3 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 2,273 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,592 | 71.8 | +4.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 16,634 | 47.4 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 16,003 | 45.6 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Eric Hawthorne | 2,436 | 7.0 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 631 | 1.8 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,432 | 64.4 | −7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 17,320 | 46.2 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | B. Hancock | 13,298 | 35.4 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | M. Drake | 6,885 | 18.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 4,022 | 10.8 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,567 | 71.3 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 16,449 | 50.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | B. Hancock | 11,678 | 35.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Eric Hawthorne | 4,377 | 13.4 | −5.0 | |
Gay Liberal | M.J. Greatbanks | 223 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,771 | 14.5 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,893 | 61.9 | −9.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 16,282 | 47.3 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | John Pritchard[10] | 14,342 | 41.7 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | David Charlesworth[10] | 3,051 | 8.9 | −4.5 | |
National Front | Catherine Williams[10] | 707 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,940 | 5.6 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,857 | 70.4 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 16,280 | 44.6 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | John Parfitt | 13,397 | 36.7 | −5.0 | |
SDP | Malcolm Noble | 6,371 | 17.5 | +8.6 | |
National Front | C.M. Williams | 343 | 0.9 | −1.2 | |
Independent | J.C. Sanderson | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,883 | 7.9 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,663 | 65.6 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 18,359 | 48.4 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 13,636 | 36.0 | −0.7 | |
SDP | Malcolm Noble | 5,579 | 14.7 | −2.8 | |
Rainbow | Francis Jackson | 171 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent Christian Democrat | Roger Hammond | 151 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,723 | 12.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,602 | 67.0 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fraser | 18,391 | 53.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | J. P. E. Samways | 11,175 | 32.3 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Lawman | 4,087 | 11.8 | −2.9 | |
Green | W. S. B. Collins | 790 | 2.3 | New | |
Natural Law | M. C. Leighton | 138 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,216 | 20.9 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,581 | 66.1 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1867/102/pdfs/ukpga_18670102_en.pdf?view=extent Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule, Division of Boroughs
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Liberal Year Book 1928
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 17. ISBN 0102374805.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- 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.
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- The Constitutional Year Book 1937 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1937)