Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dulwich
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater London
1885–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Dulwich and 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.

History

The constituency of Dulwich was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, as one of nine developed from the former two-seat constituency of Lambeth. Lambeth had been a solidly Liberal constituency.[1] Dulwich was one of three seats in the new parliamentary borough of Camberwell.

As a suburban London constituency, Dulwich tended to favour the Conservatives, and returned a Conservative member in each election between 1885 and 1945, when it fell to the Labour party. After that it became a marginal seat, with Labour winning slightly more times than the Conservatives. In 1892 the Liberal candidate estimated that it had around 4,000 working class voters out of around 10,500 and observed that although it had a reputation as a 'villa constituency' there were many voters in the many less impressive houses.[2]

Boundaries

1885-1918: The wards of Camberwell and Dulwich, and the hamlet of Penge.[3]

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Alleyn, College, Hamlet, Ruskin, and St John's. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, Penge Urban District was transferred to the new Bromley constituency.

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Alleyn, Lyndhurst, Nunhead, Ruskin, Rye Lane, St John's, The College, The Hamlet, and The Rye.

1974-1997: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Alleyn, Bellenden, College, Lyndhurst, Ruskin, Rye, The Lane, and Waverley.

Dulwich in the Metropolitan Board of Works area 1885-1918
Dulwich in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-49
A map showing the wards of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Dulwich in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-74

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[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jane Jowell 17,714 47.3 +5.3
Conservative Gerald Francis Bowden 15,658 41.8 -0.6
Liberal Democrat Dr. Alex 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

General Election 1987: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Francis Bowden 16,563 42.4 +1.9
Labour Catharine Letitia Hoey 16,383 42.0 +6.3
Social Democratic Andrew Nigel Graham Harris 5,664 14.5 -7.5
Green Alex Goldie 432 1.1 N/A
Majority 180 0.5
Turnout 39,042
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1983: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Francis Bowden 15,424 40.6 -2.2
Labour Catharine Letitia Hoey 13,565 35.7 -7.4
Social Democratic Dick Taverne 8,376 22.0 N/A
National Front Raymond Anthony Barker 338 0.9 -1.2
Ecology R Baker 237 0.6 -0.5
Loony Society Richard Vero 99 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,859 4.9
Turnout 38,039
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 18,557 43.0 -6.5
Conservative Eric Douglas Morley 18,435 42.7 +10.2
Liberal William H Pearson 4,759 11.0 -6.9
National Front David Thompson 920 2.1 N/A
Ecology David Smart 468 1.1 N/A
Majority 122 0.3 -16.7
Turnout 43,139
Labour hold Swing
General Election Oct 1974: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 21,790 49.5 +4.1
Conservative Eric Douglas Morley 14,331 32.6 -2.1
Liberal William H Pearson 7,866 17.9 -2.0
Majority 7,459 17.0 +6.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election Feb 1974: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 22,530 45.5 -1.7
Conservative Keith William Twort Raffan 17,189 34.7 -10.4
Liberal William H Pearson 9,851 19.9 +12.1
Majority 5,341 10.8 +8.7
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1970: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 20,145 47.2 -4.8
Conservative Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew 19,250 45.1 +6.5
Liberal Alfred Noel H Blackburn 3,301 7.7 -1.7
Majority 895 2.1 -11.3
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 24,469 51.95 +5.09
Conservative Martin Stevens 18,173 38.58 -2.18
Liberal Michael Ridd 4,458 9.46 -2.35
Majority 6,296 13.37
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1964: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Charles Silkin 22,320 46.86 +4.00
Conservative Martin Stevens 19,415 40.76 -6.34
Liberal Fred G Redman 5,627 11.81 +1.78
Christian Socialist Frederick Palmer 264 0.56 N/A
Majority 2,905 6.10 +1.86
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins 24,991 47.10 -1.3
Labour A Leslie Hill 22,740 42.86 -2.0
Liberal W John Searle 5,324 10.03 +3.34
Majority 2,251 4.24 +0.70
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins 25,333 48.42 +0.76
Labour Wilfrid Foulston Vernon 23,482 44.88 -1.54
Liberal David Phillips 3,501 6.69 +0.77
Majority 1,851 3.54 +2.30
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins 26,579 47.66 +3.38
Labour Wilfrid Foulston Vernon 25,888 46.42 -0.28
Liberal Paul Baker 3,302 5.92 -3.1
Majority 691 1.24
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1950: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilfrid Foulston Vernon 25,511 46.70 +3.21
Conservative Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins 24,186 44.28 +1.69
Liberal Paul Baker 4,929 9.02 -4.90
Majority 1,325 2.43 +1.54
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilfrid Foulston Vernon 10,266 43.49
Conservative Bracewell Smith 10,055 42.59
Liberal John Peter James Ellis 3,287 13.92
Majority 211 0.89
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

The candidates selected for the aborted 1939/1940 General Election were;

Dulwich by-election, 1932

General Election 1935: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bracewell Smith 16,870 60.78
Labour James Vinor Delahaye 7,142 25.73
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 3,743 13.49
Majority 9,728 35.05
Turnout 65.76
Conservative hold Swing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bracewell Smith 12,342
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 3,998
Labour Helen Caroline Bentwich 3,905
Majority 8,344
Turnout 20,245 43%
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Dulwich[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frederick Hall 21,752 71.6 +22.7
Labour F. Hughes 4,747 15.6 -14.7
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 3,924 12.9 -8.0
Majority 17,005 56.0 +37.4
Turnout 70.7 -1.4
Conservative hold Swing +18.7

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Dulwich [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Frederick Hall 15,009 48.8
Labour Charles Andrew Smith 9,309 30.3
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 6,442 20.9
Majority 5,700 18.5
Turnout 72.1
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 29 October 1924: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Frederick Hall 15,611
Labour Charles Andrew Smith 7,068
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 4,017
Majority 8,543
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
C.R. Cooke-Taylor
General Election 6 December 1923: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Frederick Hall 10,855
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 9,488
Majority 1,367
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 15 November 1922: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Frederick Hall 14,046
Liberal Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 6,733
Majority 7,313
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frederick Hall 12,039
Liberal Dr Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor 3,219
Majority 8,820
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election January 1910: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Bonar Law 8,472 58.3 +3.0
Liberal Harry Evan Auguste Cotton 6,054 41.7 -3.0
Majority 2,418 16.6 +6.0
Turnout 88.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1900s

Dulwich by-election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Rutherfoord Harris 5,819 57.0 n/a
Liberal Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman 4,382 43.0 n/a
Majority 1,437 14.0 n/a
Turnout 10,201 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

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

References

  1. ↑ Jeffrey Cox, The English churches in a secular society: Lambeth, 1870-1930 (Oxford University Press, 1982) page 156.
  2. ↑ Alex Windscheffel, Popular Conservatism in Imperial London, 1868-1906 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2007) page 9.
  3. ↑ Debrett's Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench (Debrett's, 1896) page 181.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983

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