Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Camberwell North West was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Camberwell North West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Camberwell North West in London 1918-50 | |
County | County of London |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Camberwell North and Dulwich |
Replaced by | Peckham and Dulwich |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
editThe Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Addington, Lyndhurst, St Giles, Town Hall, and West.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Thomas James McNamara | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | Liberal | ||
1924 | Edward Campbell | Unionist | |
1929 | Hyacinth Morgan | Labour | |
1931 | James Dales Cassels | Conservative | |
1935 | Oscar Guest | Conservative | |
1945 | Freda Corbet | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
editElection in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,986 | 63.9 | |
Unionist | Walter Guy Wulf Radford | 3,947 | 36.1 | ||
Majority | 3,039 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,933 | 36.5 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,618 | 44.9 | New | |
Labour | Arabella Susan Lawrence | 4,733 | 32.1 | New | |
Liberal | John Charles Carroll | 3,386 | 23.0 | −40.9 | |
Majority | 1,885 | 12.8 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,737 | 47.9 | +11.4 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 8,339 | 49.6 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 5,182 | 30.9 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | John Hobbis Harris | 3,270 | 19.5 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 3,157 | 18.7 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,791 | 63.8 | +15.9 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,843 | 34.8 | +15.3 | |
Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 6,763 | 34.4 | +3.5 | |
Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 6,045 | 30.8 | New | |
Majority | 80 | 0.4 | −18.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,651 | 61.9 | −1.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 9,626 | 39.8 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 9,432 | 39.0 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 5,138 | 21.2 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 194 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,196 | 74.8 | +12.9 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 12,213 | 44.2 | +5.2 | |
Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 9,808 | 35.6 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Harcourt | 5,559 | 20.2 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 2,405 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,580 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.7 |
Election in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Dales Cassels | 17,581 | 66.9 | +31.3 | |
Labour | Hector Samuel James Hughes | 8,693 | 33.1 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 8,888 | 33.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,274 | 63.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +21.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Oscar Montague Guest | 11,744 | 48.6 | −18.3 | |
Labour | Hector Samuel James Hughes | 10,931 | 45.3 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Henry James Edwards | 1,462 | 6.1 | New | |
Majority | 813 | 3.3 | −30.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,137 | 59.3 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.2 |
Election in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Freda Künzlen Corbet | 12,251 | 69.6 | +24.3 | |
Conservative | L. Avon May | 5,346 | 30.4 | −18.2 | |
Majority | 6,905 | 39.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,597 | 65.2 | +5.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)