Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell North West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Camberwell North West in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949
County County of London
1918–1950
Number of members One
Replaced by Peckham
Created from Camberwell North and Dulwich

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.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Composed of the Camberwell wards of Addington, Lyndhurst, St Giles, Town Hall and West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Thomas James McNamara Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1924 Edward Taswell Campbell Unionist
1929 Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan Labour
1931 James Dales Cassels Conservative
1935 Oscar Guest Conservative
1945 Freda Corbet Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918

Electorate 29,959

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 6,986 63.9
Unionist Walter Guy Wulf Radford 3,947 36.1
Majority 3,039 27.8
Turnout 36.5
Liberal hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

Camberwell North West by-election, 1920

Electorate 30,751

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Rt Hon. Dr. Thomas James Macnamara 6,618 44.9
Labour Arabella Susan Lawrence 4,733 32.1
Liberal John Charles Carroll 3,386 23.0
Majority 1,885 12.8
Turnout 47.9
Coalition Liberal hold Swing
John Hobbis Harris
General Election 15 November 1922

Electorate 31,353

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Rt Hon. Dr. Thomas James Macnamara 8,339 49.6
Labour Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 5,182 30.9
Liberal John Hobbis Harris 3,270 19.5
Majority 3,157 18.7
Turnout 63.8
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 6 December 1923

Electorate 31,753

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon. Dr. Thomas James Macnamara 6,843 34.8
Labour Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 6,763 34.4
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 6,045 30.8
Majority 80 0.4
Turnout 61.9
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 29 October 1924

Electorate 32,347

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 9,626 39.8
Labour Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 9,432 39.0
Liberal Rt Hon. Dr. Thomas James Macnamara 5,138 21.2
Majority 194 0.8
Turnout 74.8
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 30 May 1929

Electorate 41,282

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 12,213 44.2
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 9,808 35.6
Liberal Henry Harcourt 5,559 20.2
Majority 2,405 8.6
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931

Electorate 41,184

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Dales Cassels 17,581 66.9
Labour Hector Samuel James Hughes 8,693 33.1
Majority
Turnout 63.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 14 November 1935

Electorate 41,184

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Montague Guest 11,744
Labour Hector Samuel James Hughes 10,931
Liberal Henry James Edwards 1,462
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945

Electorate 26,587

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Künzlen Corbet 12,251
Conservative L Avon May 5,346
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

See also

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