Dulwich | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
1885–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Dulwich & 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.
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From 1983 to 1997, the constituency consisted of the following electoral wards of the Borough of Southwark: Alleyn, Bellenden, College, Lyndhurst, Ruskin, Rye, The Lane, and Waverley.
General Election 1992: Dulwich[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tessa Jowell | 17,714 | 47.3 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Gerald Bowden | 15,658 | 41.8 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | GMA 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 |
1987 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Gerald Bowden | 16,563 | 42.42 | +1.87 | |
Labour | Kate Hoey | 16,383 | 41.96 | +6.30 | |
Social Democrat | A N G Harris | 5,664 | 14.51 | -7.51 | |
Green | A Goldie | 432 | 1.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 180 | 0.46 |
1983 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Gerald Bowden | 15,424 | 40.55 | -2.18 | |
Labour | Kate Hoey | 13,565 | 35.66 | -7.36 | |
Social Democrat | Dick Taverne | 8,376 | 22.02 | N/A | |
National Front | R Barker | 338 | 0.89 | -1.24 | |
Ecology | R Baker | 237 | 0.62 | -0.46 | |
Loony Society | R Vero | 99 | 0.26 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,859 |
1979 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 18,557 | 43.02 | -6.52 | |
Conservative | E Morley | 18,435 | 42.73 | +10.15 | |
Liberal | W H Pearson | 4,759 | 11.03 | -6.85 | |
National Front | D Thompson | 920 | 2.13 | N/A | |
Ecology | D Smart | 468 | 1.08 | N/A | |
Majority | 122 | 0.28 | -16.68 |
Oct 1974 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 21,790 | 49.54 | +4.09 | |
Conservative | E Morley | 14,331 | 32.58 | -2.10 | |
Liberal | W H Pearson | 7,866 | 17.88 | -1.99 | |
Majority | 7,459 | 16.96 | +6.19 |
Feb 1974 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 22,530 | 45.45 | -1.73 | |
Conservative | K W T Raffan | 17,189 | 34.68 | -10.41 | |
Liberal | W H Pearson | 9,851 | 19.87 | +12.14 | |
Majority | 5,341 | 10.77 | +8.67 |
1970 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 20,145 | 47.18 | -4.77 | |
Conservative | Patrick Mayhew | 19,250 | 45.09 | +6.51 | |
Liberal | A N H Blackburn | 3,301 | 7.73 | -1.73 | |
Majority | 895 | 2.10 | -11.27 |
1966 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 24,469 | 51.95 | +5.09 | |
Conservative | M Stevens | 18,173 | 38.58 | -2.18 | |
Liberal | M Ridd | 4,458 | 9.46 | -2.35 | |
Majority | 6,296 | 13.37 |
1964 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Samuel Silkin | 22,320 | 46.86 | +4.00 | |
Conservative | M Stevens | 19,415 | 40.76 | -6.34 | |
Liberal | F G Redman | 5,627 | 11.81 | +1.78 | |
Christian Socialist | F Palmer | 264 | 0.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,905 | 6.10 | +1.86 |
1959 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Jenkins | 24,991 | 47.10 | -1.32 | |
Labour | A L Hill | 22,740 | 42.86 | -2.02 | |
Liberal | W J Searle | 5,324 | 10.03 | +3.34 | |
Majority | 2,251 | 4.24 | +0.70 |
1955 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Jenkins | 25,333 | 48.42 | +0.76 | |
Labour | Wilfrid Vernon | 23,482 | 44.88 | -1.54 | |
Liberal | D Phillips | 3,501 | 6.69 | +0.77 | |
Majority | 1,851 | 3.54 | +2.30 |
1951 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Robert Jenkins | 26,579 | 47.66 | +3.38 | |
Labour | Wilfrid Vernon | 25,888 | 46.42 | -0.28 | |
Liberal | P Baker | 3,302 | 5.92 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 691 | 1.24 |
1950 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Wilfrid Vernon | 25,511 | 46.70 | +3.21 | |
Conservative | Robert Jenkins | 24,186 | 44.28 | +1.69 | |
Liberal | P Baker | 4,929 | 9.02 | -4.90 | |
Majority | 1,325 | 2.43 | +1.54 |
1945 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Wilfrid Vernon | 10,266 | 43.49 | ||
Conservative | Bracewell Smith | 10,055 | 42.59 | ||
Liberal | J Ellis | 3,287 | 13.92 | ||
Majority | 211 | 0.89 |
The candidates selected for the aborted 1939/1940 General Election were; Conservative: Sir Bracewell Smith Liberal: Dr Charles Cooke-Taylor Labour: Wilfrid Foulston Vernon
Dulwich by-election, 1932 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Bracewell Smith | 12,342 | |||
Liberal | Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor | 3,998 | |||
Labour | Helen Bentwich | 3,905 | |||
Majority | 8,344 | ||||
Turnout | 20,245 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1931 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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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 |
General Election 30 May 1929: constituency of Camberwell Dulwich |
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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 |
General Election 29 October 1924: constituency of |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Frederick Hall | 15,611 | |||
Labour | C. A. Smith | 7,068 | |||
Liberal | Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor | 4,017 | |||
Majority | 8,543 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 6 December 1923: constituency of |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Frederick Hall | 10,855 | |||
Liberal | Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor | 9,488 | |||
Majority | 1,367 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 15 November 1922: constituency of |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Frederick Hall | 14,046 | |||
Liberal | Dr C. R. Cooke-Taylor | 6,733 | |||
Majority | 7,313 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 14 December 1918: constituency of Camberwell Dulwich |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Fred Hall | 12,039 | |||
Liberal | C. R. Cooke-Taylor | 3,219 | |||
Majority | 8,820 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In the 1900 general election, Sir John Blundell Maple was elected unopposed.
1895 General Election: Dulwich | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Morgan Howard | 4,406 | |||
Liberal | G. Collins | 2,712 | |||
Majority | 1,694 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |