Lambeth Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lambeth Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater London
1974 (1974)1983
SeatsOne
Created from Brixton
Replaced by Vauxhall, Streatham and Norwood [1]

Lambeth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Lambeth, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (using first-past-the-post voting).

Contents

The seat, centred on Clapham, was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when most of its territory was transferred to the redrawn Vauxhall constituency.

Media coverage

This short-lived seat is best known in the news media for the by-election of 1978. This was controversial because of a high-profile campaign by the National Front in one of the most racially diverse constituencies in the UK; the party fielded a candidate in the following general election also. On both occasions the candidates lost their deposits for want of votes.

Boundaries

The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, and Town Hall.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
Feb 1974 Marcus Lipton Labour Died February 1978
1978 by-election John Tilley Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

General election February 1974: Lambeth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marcus Lipton 15,594 52.8
Conservative Chris Patten 8,58528.4
Liberal Eric Grenier Thwaites5,22617.3
Workers Revolutionary Sylvester Gabriel Smart3371.1
Marxist-Leninist (England) Ekins Denton Brome1070.4
Majority7,36924.4
Turnout 30,20968.9
Registered electors 48,510
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Lambeth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marcus Lipton 15,381 60.1 +7.3
Conservative Nicholas Lyell 6,70426.2-2.2
Liberal Peter Roderick Easton3,21112.5-4.8
Workers Revolutionary Sylvester Gabriel Smart2330.9-0.2
Marxist-Leninist (England) Peter John Bratton880.3-0.1
Majority8,67733.9+9.5
Turnout 25,61752.6-9.7
Registered electors 48,716
Labour hold Swing
1978 Lambeth Central by-election: Lambeth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Tilley 10,311 49.4 -10.7
Conservative Jeremy Hanley 7,17034.4+8.2
National Front Helena Mary Steven1,2916.2New
Liberal David John Blunt1,1041.4-7.1
Socialist Unity John Chase2871.4New
Workers Revolutionary Corin Redgrave 2711.3+0.4
Socialist Workers Anthony Bogues2011.0New
Socialist (GB) Barry Kenneth910.4New
Homes, Employment, Anti-Racial DiscriminationAlan Whereat550.3New
South London People's Front Stuart Monro380.2New
Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident Bill Boaks 270.1New
Majority3,14115.0-18.9
Turnout 19,55544.4-8.2
Registered electors 46,826
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 1979: Lambeth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Tilley 15,101 54.7 -5.4
Conservative Jeremy Hanley 9,12533.1+6.9
Liberal David John Blunt2,3398.5-4.0
National Front Vera Florence Lillington8303.0N/A
Workers Revolutionary Corin Redgrave 1520.5-0.4
Independent Alan Whereat500.2N/A
Majority5,97621.6-12.3
Turnout 27,59763.2+10.6
Registered electors 43,678
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Notes

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    References

    1. "'Lambeth Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.