Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham North was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Lewisham North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Lewisham
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East
Created from	Lewisham East

Boundaries

Lewisham North in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.

The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1950	Austin Hudson	Conservative	Died November 1956
	1957 by-election	Niall MacDermot	Labour
	1959	Christopher Chataway	Conservative
	1966	Roland Moyle	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1970: Lewisham North[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	18,235	51.45
	Conservative	Hugh Samuel	17,208	48.55
Majority			1,027	2.90
Turnout			35,443	68.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Lewisham North[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	20,352	53.08
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,989	46.92
Majority			2,363	6.16	N/A
Turnout			38,341	77.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1964: Lewisham North[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,144	45.42
	Labour	Henry Collins	16,801	44.51
	Liberal	Trevor Lloyd-Jones	3,798	10.06
Majority			343	0.91
Turnout			37,703	74.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Lewisham North[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	22,125	51.99	-1.97
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	17,512	41.15	-4.89
	Liberal	Kenneth John Brookes	2,921	6.86	New
Majority			4,613	10.84	N/A
Turnout			42,558	81.19
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

United Kingdom Parliament: Lewisham North by-election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	18,516	49.50	+3.46
	Conservative	Norman Farmer	17,406	46.53	-7.43
	Independent loyalist	Leslie Greene	1,487	3.97	New
Majority			1,110	2.97	N/A
Turnout			37,409
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1955: Lewisham North[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	22,070	53.96	+0.50
	Labour	Trevor Williams	18,834	46.04	-0.50
Majority			3,236	7.91	+0.99
Turnout			40,904	77.93	-6.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Lewisham North[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	24,406	53.46
	Labour	Trevor Williams	21,243	46.54
Majority			3,163	6.92
Turnout			45,649	84.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Lewisham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Hudson	22,465	49.56
	Labour	Fred Copeman	19,974	44.07
	Liberal	SG Smith	2,888	6.37
Majority			2,491	5.49
Turnout			45,327	84.51
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
2. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
4. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
5. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
6. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)