Camberwell North West

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Camberwell North West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Camberwell North West in London 1918–50
CountyCounty of London
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Created fromCamberwell North and Dulwich
Replaced byPeckham 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.

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

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Addington, Lyndhurst, St Giles, Town Hall, and West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Thomas Macnamara Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1924 Edward Campbell Unionist
1929 Hyacinth Morgan Labour
1931 James Cassels Conservative
1935 Oscar Guest Conservative
1945 Freda Corbet Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

T.J. Macnamara
General election 1918: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes %
C National Liberal Thomas Macnamara 6,986 63.9
Unionist Walter Guy Wulf Radford 3,947 36.1
Majority 3,039 27.8
Turnout 10,933 36.5
National Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

T.J. Macnamara
1920 Camberwell North West by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Thomas Macnamara 6,618 44.9 –19.0
Labour Susan Lawrence 4,733 32.1 New
Liberal John Charles Carroll 3,386 23.0 New
Majority 1,885 12.8 −15.0
Turnout 14,737 47.9 +11.4
National Liberal hold Swing
Hobbis Harris
General election 1922: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Thomas Macnamara 8,339 49.6 +4.7
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 5,182 30.9 –1.2
Liberal John Harris 3,270 19.5 –3.5
Majority 3,157 18.7 +5.9
Turnout 16,791 63.8 +15.9
National Liberal hold Swing +3.0
General election 1923: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 6,843 34.8 +15.3
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 6,763 34.4 +3.5
Unionist Edward Campbell 6,045 30.8 New
Majority 80 0.4 −18.3
Turnout 19,651 61.9 −1.9
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1924: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Campbell 9,626 39.8 +9.0
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 9,432 39.0 +4.6
Liberal Thomas Macnamara 5,138 21.2 −13.6
Majority 194 0.8 N/A
Turnout 24,196 74.8 +12.9
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Camberwell North-West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hyacinth Morgan 12,213 44.2 +5.2
Unionist Edward Campbell 9,808 35.6 −4.2
Liberal Henry Harcourt 5,559 20.2 −1.0
Majority 2,405 8.6 N/A
Turnout 27,580
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.7

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cassels 17,581 66.9 +31.3
Labour Hector Hughes 8,693 33.1 −11.1
Majority 8,888 33.8 N/A
Turnout 26,274 63.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.3
General election 1935: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Guest 11,744 48.6 −18.3
Labour Hector Hughes 10,931 45.3 +12.2
Liberal Henry James Edwards 1,462 6.1 New
Majority 813 3.3 −30.5
Turnout 24,137 59.3 −4.5
Conservative hold Swing -15.2

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Camberwell North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 12,251 69.6 +24.3
Conservative L. Avon May 5,346 30.4 −18.2
Majority 6,905 39.2 N/A
Turnout 17,597 65.2 +5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +21.2

Freda Corbet's election necessitated the passing of an Act of Parliament to validate her election, as she held office as an assessor under section 6 of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939 and was therefore incapable of being elected.[1]

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