Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1997


Dulwich was a borough constituency in the Dulwich area of South London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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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 covering the enlarged parliamentary former borough of Lambeth. Lambeth councillors had been overwhelmingly progressive Liberals though this part of the seat did have Conservative parish/urban district councillors before 1885.[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]

The constituency shared boundaries with the Dulwich electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981. Gerald Bowden held the seat from 1977 to 1981.

Boundaries

Dulwich in London 1885–1918
Dulwich in London 1918–50
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.[4][5]

Members of Parliament

Elections

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Elections in the 1930s

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See also


References

  1. Jeffrey Cox, The English churches in a secular society: Lambeth, 1870–1930 (Oxford University Press, 1982) p. 156.
  2. Alex Windscheffel, Popular Conservatism in Imperial London, 1868–1906 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2007) p. 9.
  3. Debrett's Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench (Debrett's, 1896) p. 181.
  4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (London Borough of Southwark) Order 1971. SI 1971/2113". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6231–6233.
  5. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
  10. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
  11. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  12. "The Dulwich Division: The Liberal Candidate". South London Press. 4 June 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  13. "Election Intelligence". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 19 November 1887. p. 6. Retrieved 25 November 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.

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