Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Norwood was a parliamentary constituency in south London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.

Norwood
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Norwood in London, 1885–1918
Norwood in London, 1918–74
County	Greater London
1885–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Lambeth
Replaced by	Dulwich & West Norwood, Streatham and Vauxhall

History

The constituency existed from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party for the first 60 years of its existence. It then oscillated between the Conservatives and Labour until 1966, from which point it was held by Labour until its abolition.

Boundaries

1885–1918: Parliamentary borough of Lambeth division no 4: the ward of Norwood and those parts of the wards of Brixton and Stockwell lying south of Coldharbour and Acre Lanes.^[1]

1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth ward of Norwood, and parts of the wards of Herne Hill and Tulse Hill.

1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, and Tulse Hill.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, Leigham, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, St Martin's, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.

Abolition

In 1997 areas were split between the newly created seats Dulwich and West Norwood towards the east, Streatham to the west and Vauxhall to the north. The first of these is cross-borough, spanning elements of firmly Labour-leaning Lambeth and Southwark London Boroughs.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Thomas Bristowe	Conservative
	1892	Sir Ernest Tritton	Conservative
	1906	George Bowles	Conservative
	1910	Harry Samuel	Unionist
	1922	Walter Greaves-Lord	Unionist
	1935 by-election	Duncan Sandys	Conservative
	1945	Ronald Chamberlain	Labour
	1950	John Smyth	Conservative
	1966	John Fraser	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Norwood ^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bristowe	3,496	57.7
	Liberal	Peter Clayden	2,563	42.3
Majority			933	15.4
Turnout			6,059	80.8
Registered electors			7,501
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Norwood ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bristowe	3,334	67.5	+9.8
	Liberal	Oscar Browning	1,606	32.5	−9.8
Majority			1,728	35.0	+19.6
Turnout			4,940	65.9	−14.9
Registered electors			7,501
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Norwood ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Tritton	4,147	61.6	−5.9
	Liberal	Harry Walter Verdon	2,584	38.4	+5.9
Majority			1,563	23.2	−11.8
Turnout			6,731	75.8	+9.9
Registered electors			8,884
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.9

General election 1895: Norwood ^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tritton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Norwood ^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tritton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Hubbard

General election 1906: Norwood ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bowles	5,567	54.0	N/A
	Liberal	Nathaniel William Hubbard	4,748	46.0	New
Majority			819	8.0	N/A
Turnout			10,315	80.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,867
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Samuel

General election January 1910: Norwood ^[2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Samuel	6,958	57.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Alexander Waldemar Lawrence	5,180	42.7	−3.3
Majority			1,778	14.6	+6.6
Turnout			12,138
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

Shrubsall

General election December 1910: Norwood ^[2][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Samuel	6,291	59.6	+2.3
	Liberal	George Shrubsall	4,265	40.4	−2.3
Majority			2,026	19.2	+4.6
Turnout			10,556
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Harry Samuel
• Liberal: William Llewellyn Williams^[7]

General election 1918: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Harry Samuel	12,848	65.8	+6.2
	NFDDSS	Harold Bignold	6,665	34.2	New
Majority			6,183	31.6	+12.4
Turnout			40,253	48.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Greaves-Lord	16,121	60.8	−5.0
	Liberal	Richard Evan Williams Kirby	6,253	23.5	New
	Labour	William Archer Hodgson	4,180	15.7	New
Majority			9,868	37.3	+5.7
Turnout			43,029	61.7	+13.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Greaves-Lord	12,725	49.3	−11.5
	Liberal	Frank Dawson Lapthorn	8,127	31.4	+7.9
	Labour	William Archer Hodgson	5,002	19.3	+3.6
Majority			4,598	17.9	−19.4
Turnout			43,495	59.4	−2.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.7

General election 1924: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Greaves-Lord	22,178	71.3	+22.0
	Labour	George James Anstey	8,927	28.7	+9.4
Majority			13,251	42.6	+24.7
Turnout			44,315	70.2	+10.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	+6.3

General election 1929: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Greaves-Lord	19,281	50.6	−20.7
	Labour	William Obrien Reeves	11,042	28.9	+0.2
	Liberal	Edward Stacey Layton	7,823	20.5	New
Majority			8,239	21.7	−20.9
Turnout			58,163	65.6	−4.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Greaves-Lord	30,851	81.0	+30.4
	Labour	Ann Jane Anstey	7,217	19.0	−9.9
Majority			23,634	62.0	+40.3
Turnout			59,555	63.9	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+20.2

1935 Norwood by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	16,147	51.1	−29.9
	Labour	Barbara Ayrton-Gould	12,799	40.4	+21.4
	Ind. Conservative	Richard Findlay	2,698	8.5	New
Majority			3,348	10.7	−51.3
Turnout			59,305	53.4	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-25.7

General election 1935: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	24,651	66.9	−14.1
	Labour	Charles Gibson	12,195	33.1	+14.1
Majority			12,456	33.8	−28.2
Turnout			59,219	62.2	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1939–40

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Duncan Sandys
• Labour:
• Liberal:

General election 1945: Norwood^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	16,667	47.3	+14.2
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	14,644	41.5	−25.4
	Liberal	Alfred Wintle	3,944	11.2	New
Majority			2,023	5.8	N/A
Turnout			49,445	71.3	+9.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.8

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smyth	24,811	48.4	+6.9
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	22,736	44.3	−3.0
	Liberal	Robin Bruce Fredericke	3,770	7.3	−3.9
Majority			2,075	4.1	N/A
Turnout			60,961	84.2	+12.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.0

General election 1951: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smyth	27,200	52.9	+4.5
	Labour	Ronald Chamberlain	24,251	47.1	+2.8
Majority			2,949	5.8	+1.7
Turnout			62,231	82.7	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1955: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smyth	24,831	55.6	+2.7
	Labour	James Avery Joyce	19,799	44.4	−2.7
Majority			5,032	11.2	+5.4
Turnout			59,385	75.2	−7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General election 1959: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smyth	22,958	52.6	−3.0
	Labour	Leslie Leonard Reeves	15,975	36.6	−7.8
	Liberal	Dennis Raymond Chapman	4,744	10.8	New
Majority			6,983	16.0	+4.8
Turnout			57,807	75.6	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smyth	17,624	45.5	−7.1
	Labour	John Fraser	17,173	44.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Dennis Raymond Chapman	3,929	10.2	−0.6
Majority			451	1.2	−14.8
Turnout			57,090	67.8	−7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.4

General election 1966: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	19,103	48.8	+4.5
	Conservative	W. Douglas Wilson	16,830	42.9	−2.6
	Liberal	Michael A. Green	3,256	8.3	−1.9
Majority			2,273	5.9	N/A
Turnout			54,592	71.8	+4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Norwood ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	16,634	47.4	−1.4
	Conservative	Peter Temple-Morris	16,003	45.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Eric Hawthorne	2,436	7.0	−1.3
Majority			631	1.8	−4.1
Turnout			54,432	64.4	−7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1

General election February 1974: Lambeth, Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	17,320	46.2	−1.2
	Conservative	B. Hancock	13,298	35.4	−10.2
	Liberal	M. Drake	6,885	18.4	+11.4
Majority			4,022	10.8	+9.0
Turnout			52,567	71.3	+6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General election October 1974: Lambeth, Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	16,449	50.2	+4.0
	Conservative	B. Hancock	11,678	35.7	+0.3
	Liberal	Eric Hawthorne	4,377	13.4	−5.0
	Gay Liberal	M.J. Greatbanks	223	0.7	New
Majority			4,771	14.5	+3.7
Turnout			52,893	61.9	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General election 1979: Lambeth, Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	16,282	47.3	−2.9
	Conservative	John Pritchard[10]	14,342	41.7	+6.0
	Liberal	David Charlesworth[10]	3,051	8.9	−4.5
	National Front	Catherine Williams[10]	707	2.1	New
Majority			1,940	5.6	−8.9
Turnout			48,857	70.4	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Norwood^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	16,280	44.6	−2.7
	Conservative	John Parfitt	13,397	36.7	−5.0
	SDP	Malcolm Noble	6,371	17.5	+8.6
	National Front	C.M. Williams	343	0.9	−1.2
	Independent	J.C. Sanderson	123	0.3	New
Majority			2,883	7.9	+2.3
Turnout			55,663	65.6	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 1987: Norwood^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	18,359	48.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Dominic Grieve	13,636	36.0	−0.7
	SDP	Malcolm Noble	5,579	14.7	−2.8
	Rainbow	Francis Jackson	171	0.5	New
	Independent Christian Democrat	Roger Hammond	151	0.4	New
Majority			4,723	12.4	+4.5
Turnout			56,602	67.0	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Norwood^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fraser	18,391	53.2	+4.8
	Conservative	J. P. E. Samways	11,175	32.3	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lawman	4,087	11.8	−2.9
	Green	W. S. B. Collins	790	2.3	New
	Natural Law	M. C. Leighton	138	0.4	New
Majority			7,216	20.9	+8.5
Turnout			34,581	66.1	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2