Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Dulwich in London 1885-1918

Dulwich in 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

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. Penge was transferred to the new Bromley constituency.

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

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

Members of Parliament

	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	+5.1
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	18,173	38.58	−2.2
	Liberal	Michael Ridd	4,458	9.46	−2.4
Majority			6,296	13.37
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Dulwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Samuel Charles Silkin	22,320	46.86	+4.0
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	19,415	40.76	−6.3
	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	47.1	−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	+0.8
	Labour	Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	23,482	44.88	−1.5
	Liberal	David Phillips	3,501	6.69	+0.8
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	+3.4
	Labour	Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	25,888	46.42	−0.3
	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;

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

Dulwich by-election, 1932
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	75.5	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

References

↑ Jeffrey Cox, The English churches in a secular society: Lambeth, 1870-1930 (Oxford University Press, 1982) page 156.
↑ Alex Windscheffel, Popular Conservatism in Imperial London, 1868-1906 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2007) page 9.
↑ Debrett's Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench (Debrett's, 1896) page 181.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983

Sources

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

External links

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

Historic constituencies in London

1885	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich

1918	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Clapham Dulwich Chelsea City of London Deptford Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West

1950	Barnet Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barnet Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

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