Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dulwich
Borough constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1997
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Dulwich is a former 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, and most of its former territory now forms part of the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.

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[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] 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

[edit] Election results

1931 General Election: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frederick Hall 21,752
Labour F. Hughes 4,747
Liberal Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor 3,924
Majority 17,005
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
1929 General Election: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Frederick Hall 15,009
Labour C. A. Smith 9,309
Liberal Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor 6,442
Majority 5,700
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

In the 1900 general election, Sir John Blundell Maple was elected unopposed.

1895 General Election: Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir John Blundell Maple 5,258
Liberal C. G. 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

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
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