Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Camberwell North West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Camberwell North West in London 1918-50
County County of London
19181950
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Peckham and Dulwich
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.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Camberwell Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg

The Metropolitan Borough of 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 Campbell Unionist
1929 Hyacinth Morgan Labour
1931 James Dales Cassels Conservative
1935 Oscar Guest Conservative
1945 Freda Corbet Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

T.J. Macnamara Thomas Macnamara.jpg
T.J. Macnamara
General election 1918: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara 6,98663.9
Unionist Walter Guy Wulf Radford3,94736.1
Majority3,03927.8
Turnout 10,93336.5
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

T.J. Macnamara 1920 Thomas Macnamara.jpg
T.J. Macnamara
1920 Camberwell North West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara 6,618 44.9 New
Labour Arabella Susan Lawrence 4,73332.1New
Liberal John Charles Carroll3,38623.0-40.9
Majority1,88512.8-15.0
Turnout 14,73747.9+11.4
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
Hobbis Harris John Hobbis Harris.jpg
Hobbis Harris
General election 1922: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara 8,339 49.6 +4.7
Labour Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 5,18230.9-1.2
Liberal John Hobbis Harris 3,27019.5-3.5
Majority3,15718.7+5.9
Turnout 16,79163.8+15.9
National Liberal hold Swing +3.0
General election 1923: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara 6,843 34.8 +15.3
Labour Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 6,76334.4+3.5
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 6,04530.8New
Majority800.4-18.3
Turnout 19,65161.9-1.9
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1924: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 9,626 39.8 +9.0
Labour Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 9,43239.0+4.6
Liberal Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara 5,13821.2-13.6
Majority1940.8N/A
Turnout 24,19674.8+12.9
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1929: Camberwell North-West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hyacinth Bernard Morgan 12,213 44.2 +5.2
Unionist Edward Taswell Campbell 9,80835.6-4.2
Liberal Henry Harcourt 5,55920.2-1.0
Majority2,4058.6N/A
Turnout 27,580
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.7

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Dales Cassels 17,581 66.9 +31.3
Labour Hector Samuel James Hughes 8,69333.1-11.1
Majority8,88833.8N/A
Turnout 26,27463.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.3
General election 1935: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Montague Guest 11,744 48.6 -18.3
Labour Hector Samuel James Hughes 10,93145.3+12.2
Liberal Henry James Edwards1,4626.1New
Majority8133.3-30.5
Turnout 24,13759.3-4.5
Conservative hold Swing -15.2

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Camberwell North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Freda Künzlen Corbet 12,251 69.6 +24.3
Conservative L. Avon May5,34630.4-18.2
Majority6,90539.2N/A
Turnout 17,59765.2+5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +21.2

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