Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lewisham North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Lewisham North 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Lewisham North in Greater London
Major settlementsLewisham
1950–February 1974
Seatsone
Created from Lewisham East
Replaced by Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East

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

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. It will be formed primarily from the (to be abolished) seat of Lewisham Deptford. [1]

Boundaries

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

1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath and Church Lee, Ladywell, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor Lee, and South Lee.

Proposed

Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the re-established constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Lewisham (as they existed on 4 May 2022):

Blackheath; Brockley; Deptford; Evelyn; Ladywell; Lewisham Central; New Cross Gate; Telegraph Hill. [2]

The constituency will succeed Lewisham Deptford, except Crofton Park ward, which will be included in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich. Blackheath ward will be added from Lewisham East.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
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

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Lewisham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vicky Foxcroft [3]
Green Adam Pugh
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Lewisham North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roland Moyle 18,23551.45
Conservative Hugh Samuel17,20848.55
Majority1,0272.90
Turnout 35,44368.49
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Lewisham North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roland Moyle 20,35253.08
Conservative Christopher Chataway 17,98946.92
Majority2,3636.16N/A
Turnout 38,34177.41
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1964: Lewisham North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Chataway 17,14445.42
Labour Henry Collins16,80144.51
Liberal Trevor Lloyd-Jones3,79810.06
Majority3430.91
Turnout 37,70374.56
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Lewisham North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Chataway 22,12551.99-1.97
Labour Niall MacDermot 17,51241.15-4.89
Liberal Kenneth John Brookes2,9216.86New
Majority4,61310.84N/A
Turnout 42,55881.19
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
United Kingdom Parliament: Lewisham North by-election 1957
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niall MacDermot 18,51649.50+3.46
Conservative Norman Farmer17,40646.53-7.43
Independent loyalist Leslie Greene1,4873.97New
Majority1,1102.97N/A
Turnout 37,409
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1955: Lewisham North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austin Hudson 22,07053.96+0.50
Labour Trevor Williams18,83446.04-0.50
Majority3,2367.91+0.99
Turnout 40,90477.93-6.09
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Lewisham North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austin Hudson 24,40653.46
Labour Trevor Williams21,24346.54
Majority3,1636.92
Turnout 45,64984.02
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Lewisham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austin Hudson 22,46549.56
Labour Fred Copeman 19,97444.07
Liberal Stanley George Smith2,8886.37
Majority2,4915.49
Turnout 45,32784.51
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  3. Vicky Foxcroft [@vickyfoxcroft] (27 July 2022). "I am delighted to have been re-selected as the @UKLabour candidate for @LewDeptLabour. I am absolutely thrilled to be given the honour to once again represent the area I love" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  5. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  6. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  7. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  8. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  9. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.