Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)

Peckham
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Peckham in London, 1885–1918
Peckham in London, 1918–50
Peckham in London, 1950–74
County	Greater London
1885–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Lambeth
Replaced by	Camberwell & Peckham, Southwark North and Bermondsey

Peckham was a borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Camberwell and Peckham.

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 composed primarily of the majority of the current constituency of Camberwell and Peckham, which is to be abolished. ^[1]

History

The constituency was, by the time of its abolition, a safe Labour seat. It was held for the last thirteen years of its existence by Harriet Harman, who went on to become the deputy leader of the Labour Party.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Peckham electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries

• 1885–1918: The wards of North Peckham and South Peckham.
• 1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Clifton, Goldsmith, Nunhead, Rye Lane, St Mary's, and The Rye.
• 1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Addington, Clifton, Coburg, Goldsmith, Marlborough, North Peckham, St George's, St Giles, St Mary's, The West, and Town Hall.
• 1974–1983: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Brunswick, Burgess, Consort, Faraday, Friary, Newington, and St Giles. ^[2]
• 1983–1997: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Barset, Brunswick, Consort, Faraday, Friary, Liddle, Newington, and St Giles.

Proposed

Peckham in 2023

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 Southwark (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Faraday; North Walworth; Nunhead & Queen’s Road; Old Kent Road; Peckham; Rye Lane; St. Giles. ^[3]

The contents reflect the new ward structure which became effective in May 2018. The re-established seat will primarily comprise the majority of the, to be abolished, constituency of Camberwell and Peckham, together with parts of Bermondsey and Old Southwark (mainly North Walworth).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Arthur A. Baumann	Conservative
	1892	Sir Frederick Banbury	Conservative
	1906	Charles Clarke	Liberal
	1908 by-election	Henry Gooch	Conservative
	Dec. 1910	Sir Albion Richardson	Liberal
	1922	Collingwood Hughes	Conservative
	1924	Hugh Dalton	Labour
	1929	John Beckett	Labour
	1931	David Beatty	Conservative
	1936 by-election	Lewis Silkin	Labour
	1950	Freda Corbet	Labour
	Feb 1974	Harry Lamborn	Labour
	1982 by-election	Harriet Harman	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Camberwell and Peckham & Southwark North and Bermondsey

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miatta Fahnbulleh [4]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Peckham ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	19,391	61.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Christopher M. Frazer	7,386	23.5	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rose E. Colley	4,331	13.8	−4.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Gilbert C. Dacres	146	0.5	New
	Corrective	Victor E. Teh	140	0.4	New
Majority			12,005	38.3	+9.5
Turnout			31,394	53.8	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Peckham ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	17,965	54.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Lillian Ingram	8,476	25.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Richard Shearman	5,878	17.9	−3.8
	Green	Doreen Robinson	628	1.9	New
Majority			9,489	28.8	+1.4
Turnout			32,947	55.6	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 1983: Peckham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	16,616	51.6	+1.3
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley	7,792	24.2	+9.8
	SDP	Andrew Sawdon	7,006	21.7	-20.2
	National Front	Mary Bailey	800	2.5	-1.4
Majority			8,824	27.4
Turnout			32,214	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

1982 Peckham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	11,349	50.3	-9.5
	SDP	Dick Taverne	7,418	32.9	+25.2
	Conservative	John Redwood	2,800	12.4	-15.7
	National Front	Martin Webster	874	3.9	-0.7
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	102	0.5	New
Majority			3,931	17.4	-14.4
Turnout			22,543
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.4

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Lamborn	20,364	59.85
	Conservative	Andrew Dalton [9]	9,553	28.07
	Liberal	Terence Minahan [9]	2,607	7.66
	National Front	Muriel Roberts [9]	1,503	4.6	New
Majority			10,811	31.78
Turnout			32,524	57.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Lamborn	24,587	71.64
	Conservative	Nicholas Baker	5,760	16.78
	Liberal	S.W.F. Saltmarsh	3,971	11.57
Majority			18,827	54.86
Turnout			34,318	54.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Lamborn	26,116	64.31
	Conservative	Nicholas Baker	8,045	19.81
	Liberal	S.W.F. Saltmarsh	6,446	15.87	New
Majority			18,071	44.50
Turnout			40,607	64.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	17,071	67.47
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	8,232	32.53
Majority			8,839	34.93
Turnout			25,303	49.80
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	20,630	72.00
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	8,023	28.00
Majority			12,607	44.00
Turnout			28,653	55.61
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	20,111	63.97
	Conservative	Toby Jessel	11,326	36.03
Majority			8,785	27.94
Turnout			31,437	58.30
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	24,389	65.22
	Conservative	Alfred Frank Lockwood	13,007	34.78
Majority			11,382	30.44
Turnout			37,396	64.64
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	26,315	67.71
	Conservative	Dudley Smith	12,547	32.29
Majority			13,768	35.42
Turnout			38,862	63.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	33,702	69.84
	Conservative	Cecil Vernon Ford	14,557	30.16
Majority			19,146	39.68
Turnout			48,259	75.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Corbet	32,623	66.44
	Conservative	Edwin Horace Lee	13,323	27.13
	Liberal	Kenneth George P. Gunnell	2,267	4.62	New
	Communist	T. Gibson	886	1.80	New
Majority			19,300	39.31
Turnout			49,099	77.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	12,935	68.69
	Conservative	R.J.L. O'Connell	5,896	31.31
Majority			7,039	37.38
Turnout			18,831	65.52
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1936 Peckham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	13,007	50.2	-1.5
	Conservative	P.G.A. Harvey	12,907	49.8	-1.5
Majority			100	0.4	N/A
Turnout			25,914	56.5	-8.3
	Labour gain from Conservative

General election 1935: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beatty	15,229	51.30
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	14,457	48.70
Majority			772	2.60
Turnout			29,686	64.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Peckham ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beatty	19,458	58.1	+26.3
	Ind. Labour Party	John Beckett	11,217	33.5	-15.4
	National Labour	E J Titler	1,442	4.3	N/A
	Labour	Hubert Beaumont	1,350	4.0	−44.9
Majority			8,241	24.6	N/A
Turnout			33,467	69.7	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Peckham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Beckett	15,751	48.9	+2.8
	Unionist	Douglas Cooke	10,246	31.8	-11.1
	Liberal	George Ivor Phillips	6,187	19.2	+8.2
Majority			5,505	17.1	+13.9
Turnout			32,184	67.0	-7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

General election 1924: Peckham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Dalton	13,361	46.1	+10.8
	Unionist	Martin Archer-Shee	12,414	42.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Joseph Nathaniel Emery	3,194	11.0	-17.7
Majority			947	3.2	N/A
Turnout			28,969	74.2	+12.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+2.0

General election 1923: Peckham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Collingwood Hughes	8,526	36.0	-8.4
	Labour	Walter Ashbridge Chambers	8,370	35.3	+11.7
	Liberal	Charles William Tagg	6,815	28.7	+23.4
Majority			156	0.7	-17.0
Turnout			23,711	61.4	-4.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.0

General election 1922: Peckham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Collingwood Hughes	11,218	44.4	+15.7
	National Liberal	Henry Lesser	6,739	26.7	N/A
	Labour	Walter Ashbridge Chambers	5,964	23.6	+7.5
	Liberal	Gerald Spence Tetley	1,329	5.3	-49.9
Majority			4,479	17.7	N/A
Turnout			25,250	66.1	+23.1
	Unionist gain from National Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Peckham ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Albion Richardson	8,764	55.2	+5.0
	Ind. Unionist	Collingwood Hughes	4,550	28.7	-21.1
	Labour	Charles Diamond	2,559	16.1	New
Majority			4,214	26.5	+26.1
Turnout			15,873	43.0	-38.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.2
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

AHH Richardson

General election December 1910: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albion Richardson	5,027	50.2	+0.6
	Conservative	Henry Gooch	4,986	49.8	-0.6
Majority			41	0.4	N/A
Turnout			12,341	81.1	+4.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6

General election January 1910: Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Gooch	5,330	50.4	+12.8
	Liberal	Albion Richardson	5,247	49.6	-12.8
Majority			83	0.8	-12.0
Turnout			12,341	85.7	+9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.5

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Peckham by-election ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Gooch	6,970	60.9	+23.3
	Liberal	Thomas Gautrey	4,476	39.1	-23.3
Majority			2,494	21.8	N/A
Turnout			11,446	78.3	+2.0
Registered electors			14,615
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+23.3

General election 1906: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Clarke	5,903	62.4	+21.7
	Conservative	Frederick Banbury	3,564	37.6	-21.7
Majority			2,339	12.8	N/A
Turnout			9,467	76.3	+12.8
Registered electors			12,401
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.7

Hemphill

General election 1900: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Banbury	4,453	59.3	+2.9
	Liberal	Fitzroy Hemphill	3,061	40.7	-2.9
Majority			1,392	18.6	+5.8
Turnout			7,514	63.5	-6.5
Registered electors			11,835
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Banbury	4,495	56.4	+5.8
	Liberal	Charles Clements	3,472	43.6	-4.6
Majority			1,023	12.8	+10.4
Turnout			7,967	70.0	0.0
Registered electors			11,388
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.2

FG Banbury

General election 1892: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Banbury	3,847	50.6	-5.5
	Liberal	Edwin Jones	3,664	48.2	+4.3
	Independent Labour	Ben Ellis	95	1.2	New
Majority			183	2.4	-9.8
Turnout			7,606	70.0	+6.9
Registered electors			10,861
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Peckham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur A. Baumann	3,439	56.1	+7.1
	Liberal	William Willis	2,688	43.9	+1.3
Majority			751	12.2	+5.8
Turnout			6,127	63.1	-7.6
Registered electors			9,713
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General election 1885: Peckham ^{[16] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur A. Baumann	3,362	49.0
	Liberal	William Willis	2,929	42.6
	Independent Liberal	Edward Dresser Rogers	580	8.4
Majority			433	6.4
Turnout			6,871	70.7
Registered electors			9,713
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• Southwark local elections
• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

References

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2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (London Borough of Southwark) Order 1971. SI 1971/2113". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6231–6233.
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• Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)