Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Dulwich and West Norwood
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Dulwich and West Norwood in Greater London.
County Greater London
Electorate 71,523 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Tessa Jowell (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Dulwich and Norwood
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London

Dulwich and West Norwood is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

The current boundaries take in the southern parts of Southwark but more of Lambeth.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the 2007 Boundary Commission for England modified this constituency by moving the northern boundary to encompass more of Brixton and the eastern boundary to lose the wards of Peckham Rye and South Camberwell.

The electoral wards used in the creation of this seat are:

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Dulwich & Norwood. It has been represented since its creation by former Secretary of State for Culture, Tessa Jowell.

Election Member [2] Party
1997 Tessa Jowell Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2010: Dulwich and West Norwood[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 22,461 46.6 +2.3[4]
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Mitchell 13,096 27.2 +4.0
Conservative Kemi Adegoke 10,684 22.2 -2.3
Green Shane Collins 1,266 2.6 -3.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 707 1.5 +0.7
Majority 9,365 19.4 −0.3
Turnout 48,214 66.2 +9.3
Labour hold Swing −0.8

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Dulwich and West Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 19,059 45.4 −9.5
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Mitchell 10,252 24.4 +9.2
Conservative Kim Humphreys 9,200 21.9 −0.8
Green Jenny Jones 2,741 6.5 +1.5
UKIP Ralph Atkinson 290 0.7 N/A
Veritas David Heather 241 0.6 N/A
Socialist Labour Amanda Rose 149 0.4 N/A
For Integrity And Trust In Government Judy Weleminsky 57 0.1 N/A
Majority 8,807 21.0
Turnout 41,989 58.1 +4.7
Labour hold Swing −9.4
General Election 2001: Dulwich and West Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 20,999 54.9 -6.1
Conservative Nick Vineall 8,689 22.7 -1.5
Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon 5,805 15.2 +4.4
Green Jenny Jones 1,914 5.0 N/A
Socialist Alliance Brian Kelly 839 2.2 N/A
Majority 12,310 32.2%
Turnout 38,246 53.4% -11.6%
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Dulwich and West Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 27,807 61.0 N/A
Conservative Roger Gough 11,038 24.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer 4,916 10.8 N/A
Referendum Party B. Coles 897 2.0 N/A
Liberal A. Goldie 587 1.3 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket D. Goodman 173 0.4 N/A
UKIP E. Pike 159 0.3 N/A
Rizz Party C. Rizz 38 0.1 N/A
Majority 16,769 N/A
Turnout 65.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

See also

References