Camberwell North

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Camberwell North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Camberwell North in London 1885–1918
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Camberwell North in London 1918–50
County County of London
1885–1950
SeatsOne
Created from Lambeth
Replaced by Peckham

Camberwell North 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. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

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1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham and St George's.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Richard Strong Liberal
1886 John Richards Kelly Conservative
1892 Edward Hodson Bayley Liberal
1895 Philip Dalbiac Conservative
1900 Thomas Macnamara Liberal
1918 Henry Newton Knights Unionist
1922 Charles Ammon Labour
1931 Arthur Bateman Conservative
1935 Charles Ammon Labour
1944 Cecil Manning Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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Strong
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Blunt
General election 1885: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Strong 3,137 51.3
Conservative Wilfrid Blunt 2,97548.7
Majority 1622.6
Turnout 6,11271.0
Registered electors 8,603
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Richards Kelly 2,717 51.1 +2.4
Liberal Edward Hodson Bayley 2,35244.3−7.0
Independent Liberal UnionistWilliam Pirie Duff2464.6New
Majority 3656.8N/A
Turnout 5,31561.8−9.2
Registered electors 8,603
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.7

Election in the 1890s

General election 1892: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Hodson Bayley 4,295 55.5 +11.2
Conservative John Richards Kelly 3,45044.5−6.6
Majority 84511.0N/A
Turnout 7,74569.6+7.8
Registered electors 11,133
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.9
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Dalbiac
General election 1895: Camberwell North [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Dalbiac 4,009 54.5 +10.0
Liberal Edward Hodson Bayley 3,31645.1−10.4
Independent Liberal Nelson P. Palmer320.4New
Majority 6939.4N/A
Turnout 7,35766.5−3.1
Registered electors 11,064
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.2

Elections in the 1900s

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Macnamara
General election 1900: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 4,820 58.0 +12.9
Conservative Joseph Diggle 3,48542.0−12.5
Majority 1,33516.0N/A
Turnout 8,30567.0+0.5
Registered electors 12,397
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.7
General election 1906: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 6,314 64.4 +6.4
Conservative Charles H Hoare3,49735.6−6.4
Majority 2,81728.8+12.8
Turnout 9,81178.4+11.4
Registered electors 12,519
Liberal hold Swing +6.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 5,593 55.4 −9.0
Conservative Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid4,51144.6+9.0
Majority 1,08210.8−18.0
Turnout 10,10484.8+6.4
Registered electors 11,918
Liberal hold Swing -9.0
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Macnamara
General election December 1910: Camberwell North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 5,038 55.4 0.0
Conservative Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid4,05644.60.0
Majority 98210.80.0
Turnout 9,09476.3−8.5
Registered electors 11,918
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

In 1918 constituency boundaries were changed and a new seat of Camberwell North West was created. Macnamara chose to contest the new seat.

General election 1918: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Henry Newton Knights 6,01058.0
Liberal George Hearn2,17721.0
Labour Charles Ammon 2,17521.0
Majority 3,83337.0N/A
Turnout 26,41639.2
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 Camberwell North by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 7,854 53.9 +32.9
Unionist Richard Meller 6,71946.1−11.9
Majority 1,1357.8N/A
Turnout 28,70950.8+11.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1922: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 8,320 50.8 +29.8
Unionist Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 8,06649.2−9.2
Majority 2541.6N/A
Turnout 16,38656.7+5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -13.4
General election 1923: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 10,620 64.2 +13.4
Unionist Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 5,93435.8−13.4
Majority 4,68628.4+26.8
Turnout 16,55456.9+0.2
Labour hold Swing +13.4
General election 1924: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 11,300 54.9 −9.3
Unionist Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 7,56436.7+0.9
Liberal Victor Diederichs Duval1,7298.4New
Majority 3,73618.2−10.2
Turnout 20,59369.7+12.8
Labour hold Swing -5.4
General election 1929: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 13,051 57.9 +3.0
Unionist Leo St. Clare Grondona5,22823.2−13.5
Liberal Henry James Edwards4,24418.8+10.4
Majority 7,82334.7+16.6
Turnout 225,2363.0−6.7
Labour hold Swing +8.3

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Bateman 10,634 51.9 +28.7
Labour Charles Ammon 9,86948.1−9.8
Majority 7653.8N/A
Turnout 20,50358.3−4.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Ammon 11,701 64.7 +16.6
Conservative Thomas Martin 5,92432.8−9.1
Independent Radical ReformThomas Frederick Rhodes Disher4512.5New
Majority 5,77731.9N/A
Turnout 18,07655.6−2.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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;

Election in the 1940s

1944 Camberwell North by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cecil Manning 2,655 79.8 +15.1
Independent Thomas Frederick Rhodes Disher67420.2New
Majority 1,98159.6+27.7
Turnout 29,66111.2−44.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1945: Camberwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cecil Manning 7,186 76.6 +11.9
Conservative Edward Rudolph Mayer1,39414.9−17.9
Independent NationalThomas Frederick Rhodes Disher7948.5New
Majority 5,79261.7+29.8
Turnout 15,50660.5+4.9
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  3. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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