Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Lewisham West was a borough constituency in south-east London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1918, until it was abolished for the 2010 general election.
Lewisham West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Lewisham West in Greater London for the 2005 general election | |
County | Greater London |
1918–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Lewisham West and Penge |
Created from | Lewisham |
History
From 1966 until 1992, Lewisham West was a classic bellwether seat, being won by whichever party won the General Election (with the exception of 1979). However, long-term demographic trends have since turned the seat away from being a Labour-Conservative marginal into a safe Labour seat. Partly this has occurred because of a strong increase in the number of ethnic minority residents. At the same time, the communities of Catford, Sydenham and Forest Hill have become much less leafy and suburban over the past 30 years. The large council estate of Bellingham has always been a Labour stronghold, and the other areas of the seat can also now be regarded as quite safe for Labour, whereas in the past they were not.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Forest Hill, and Sydenham, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Culverley, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Rushey Green, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Catford, Forest Hill, Horniman, Perry Hill, Rushey Green, St Andrew, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.
Lewisham West constituency covered the south-western part of the London Borough of Lewisham, being largely based on the communities of Catford, Sydenham, Forest Hill and Bellingham.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Lewisham West and Penge, using electoral wards from Bromley and Lewisham.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Patrick Dowd | 16,611 | 52.0 | −9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Feakes | 6,679 | 20.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Evett McAnuff | 6,396 | 20.0 | −2.4 | |
Green | Nick Long | 1,464 | 4.6 | New | |
UKIP | Jens Winton | 773 | 2.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 9,932 | 31.1 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,923 | 54.7 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Patrick Dowd | 18,816 | 61.1 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Gary Johnson | 6,896 | 22.4 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Thomas | 4,146 | 13.5 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Frederick Pearson | 485 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | Nick Long | 472 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,920 | 38.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,815 | 52.1 | -12.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Patrick Dowd | 23,273 | 62.0 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Clare Whelan | 8,956 | 23.8 | −19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy McGrath | 3,672 | 9.8 | −0.1 | |
Referendum | Anthony Leese | 1,098 | 2.9 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Nick Long | 398 | 1.1 | New | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Oram | 167 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 14,317 | 38.1 | +33.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,564 | 64.0 | −9.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Patrick Dowd | 20,378 | 47.0 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | John Cradock Maples | 18,569 | 42.8 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs E Neale | 4,295 | 9.9 | −6.0 | |
Anti-Federalist League | P Coulam | 125 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,809 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,367 | 73.0 | +0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cradock Maples | 20,995 | 46.2 | +2.2 | |
Labour | James Patrick Dowd | 17,223 | 37.9 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Sarah Caroline Titley | 7,247 | 15.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 3,772 | 8.3 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,465 | 72.2 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cradock Maples | 19,521 | 44.02 | ||
Labour | Christopher Price | 17,015 | 38.37 | ||
Liberal | H. Mooney | 7,470 | 16.85 | ||
BNP | R. F. Hoy | 336 | 0.76 | New | |
Majority | 2,506 | 5.65 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,342 | 70.34 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Price | 20,932 | 46.45 | ||
Conservative | N. P. Kemp | 19,882 | 44.12 | ||
Liberal | G. A. Payne | 3,350 | 7.43 | ||
National Front | P. Williams | 901 | 2.00 | ||
Majority | 1,050 | 2.33 | |||
Turnout | 45,065 | 76.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Price | 21,102 | 48.24 | ||
Conservative | M. Marshall | 15,573 | 35.60 | ||
Liberal | J.D. Eagle | 5,952 | 13.61 | ||
National Front | P. Williams | 1,114 | 2.55 | ||
Majority | 5,529 | 12.64 | |||
Turnout | 43,741 | 70.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Price | 21,118 | 43.27 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | John Selwyn Gummer | 18,716 | 38.35 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | J.D. Eagle | 7,974 | 16.34 | New | |
National Front | P. Williams | 1,000 | 2.05 | New | |
Majority | 2,402 | 4.92 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,808 | 78.89 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Selwyn Gummer | 19,676 | 50.98 | ||
Labour | James McCulloch York Dickens | 18,916 | 49.02 | ||
Majority | 760 | 1.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,592 | 68.06 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCulloch York Dickens | 21,018 | 52.54 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 18,984 | 47.46 | ||
Majority | 2,034 | 5.08 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,002 | 75.68 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 18,167 | 44.78 | ||
Labour | Joan Lestor | 17,281 | 42.59 | ||
Liberal | Alan B Mountain | 5,123 | 12.63 | ||
Majority | 886 | 2.19 | |||
Turnout | 40,571 | 74.82 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Alfred Price | 22,466 | 51.74 | ||
Labour | Richard C Edmonds | 16,233 | 37.39 | ||
Liberal | Trevor Arthur Smith | 4,721 | 10.87 | New | |
Majority | 6,233 | 14.35 | |||
Turnout | 38,689 | 80.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Alfred Price | 24,066 | 54.94 | ||
Labour | Tom Sargant | 19,741 | 45.06 | ||
Majority | 4,325 | 9.88 | |||
Turnout | 43,807 | 79.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Alfred Price | 25,449 | 52.73 | ||
Labour | Arthur Massey Skeffington | 22,813 | 47.27 | ||
Majority | 2,636 | 5.46 | |||
Turnout | 48,262 | 85.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Alfred Price | 23,628 | 49.23 | ||
Labour | Arthur Massey Skeffington | 21,433 | 44.65 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Edward G Pritchard | 2,939 | 6.12 | New | |
Majority | 2,195 | 4.58 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,061 | 85.70 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Massey Skeffington | 20,008 | 53.35 | ||
Conservative | Henry Brooke | 17,492 | 46.65 | ||
Majority | 2,516 | 6.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,500 | 73.65 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Brooke | 22,587 | 57.1 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Arthur Massey Skeffington | 16,939 | 42.9 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 5,648 | 14.2 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,526 | 58.0 | -5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Philip Dawson | 27,173 | 64.7 | -12.8 | |
Labour | Robert Michael Maitland Stewart | 14,803 | 35.3 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 12,370 | 29.4 | -25.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,976 | 63.9 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Philip Dawson | 34,289 | 77.5 | -28.4 | |
Labour | Robert Michael Maitland Stewart | 9,956 | 22.5 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 24,333 | 55.0 | +31.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,245 | 69.2 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Dawson | 20,830 | 49.1 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Catherine Mary Wadham | 10,958 | 25.9 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Reginald Newsom Roberts | 10,590 | 25.0 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 9,872 | 23.2 | −15.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,378 | 69.3 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 61,191 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Dawson | 19,723 | 59.3 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Barbara Drake | 6,781 | 20.4 | New | |
Liberal | Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley | 6,756 | 20.3 | −28.8 | |
Majority | 12,942 | 38.9 | +37.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,260 | 75.5 | +18.5 | ||
Registered electors | 44,078 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +18.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Dawson | 12,448 | 50.9 | −14.8 | |
Liberal | Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley | 12,009 | 49.1 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 439 | 1.8 | −29.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,457 | 57.0 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 42,940 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −14.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Dawson | 16,216 | 65.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley | 8,469 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,747 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,685 | 58.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 42,455 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Dawson | 9,427 | 39.0 | N/A | |
Anti-Waste League | Walter George Windham | 8,580 | 35.4 | New | |
Liberal | Frank Raffety | 6,211 | 25.6 | New | |
Majority | 847 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,218 | 59.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 40,919 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Sir Edward Feetham Coates | Unopposed | ||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Notes and references
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 Jan 2011.
- C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.111 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
Sources
- Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
- The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
- The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)