| Norwood | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
Norwood in London, 1885–1918 | |
Norwood in London, 1918–74 | |
| County | Greater London |
| 1885–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Lambeth |
| Replaced by | Dulwich & West Norwood,Streatham andVauxhall |

Norwood was aparliamentary constituency insouth London which returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom by thefirst past the post system.
The constituency existed from1885 until it was abolished for the1997 general election. It was held by the Conservative Party for the first 60 years of its existence. It then oscillated between the Conservatives and Labour until 1966, from which point it was held by Labour until its abolition.
1885–1918:Parliamentary borough of Lambeth division no 4: the ward of Norwood and those parts of the wards of Brixton and Stockwell lying south of Coldharbour and Acre Lanes.[1]
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth ward of Norwood, and parts of the wards of Herne Hill and Tulse Hill.
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, and Tulse Hill.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, Leigham, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, St Martin's, Thurlow Park, and Tulse Hill.
In 1997 areas were split between the newly created seatsDulwich and West Norwood towards the east,Streatham to the west andVauxhall to the north. The first of these is cross-borough, spanning elements of firmly Labour-leaningLambeth andSouthwark London Boroughs.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Bristowe | 3,496 | 57.7 | ||
| Liberal | Peter Clayden | 2,563 | 42.3 | ||
| Majority | 933 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 6,059 | 80.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,501 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Bristowe | 3,334 | 67.5 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal | Oscar Browning | 1,606 | 32.5 | −9.8 | |
| Majority | 1,728 | 35.0 | +19.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,940 | 65.9 | −14.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,501 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ernest Tritton | 4,147 | 61.6 | −5.9 | |
| Liberal | Harry Walter Verdon | 2,584 | 38.4 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 1,563 | 23.2 | −11.8 | ||
| Turnout | 6,731 | 75.8 | +9.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,884 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Tritton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Tritton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Bowles | 5,567 | 54.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Nathaniel William Hubbard | 4,748 | 46.0 | New | |
| Majority | 819 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,315 | 80.2 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 12,867 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harry Samuel | 6,958 | 57.3 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Waldemar Lawrence | 5,180 | 42.7 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 1,778 | 14.6 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 12,138 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.3 | |||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harry Samuel | 6,291 | 59.6 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal | George Shrubsall | 4,265 | 40.4 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 2,026 | 19.2 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,556 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Harry Samuel | 12,848 | 65.8 | +6.2 |
| NFDDSS | Harold Bignold | 6,665 | 34.2 | New | |
| Majority | 6,183 | 31.6 | +12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 19,513 | 48.5 | |||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 16,121 | 60.8 | −5.0 | |
| Liberal | Richard Evan Williams Kirby | 6,253 | 23.5 | New | |
| Labour | William Archer Hodgson | 4,180 | 15.7 | New | |
| Majority | 9,868 | 37.3 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 26,554 | 61.7 | +13.2 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 12,725 | 49.3 | −11.5 | |
| Liberal | Frank Dawson Lapthorn | 8,127 | 31.4 | +7.9 | |
| Labour | William Archer Hodgson | 5,002 | 19.3 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 4,598 | 17.9 | −19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,854 | 59.4 | −2.3 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 22,178 | 71.3 | +22.0 | |
| Labour | George James Anstey | 8,927 | 28.7 | +9.4 | |
| Majority | 13,251 | 42.6 | +24.7 | ||
| Turnout | 31,105 | 70.2 | +10.8 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Walter Greaves-Lord | 19,281 | 50.6 | −20.7 | |
| Labour | William Obrien Reeves | 11,042 | 28.9 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal | Edward Stacey Layton | 7,823 | 20.5 | New | |
| Majority | 8,239 | 21.7 | −20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 38,146 | 65.6 | −4.6 | ||
| Unionisthold | Swing | -10.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Walter Greaves-Lord | 30,851 | 81.0 | +30.4 | |
| Labour | Ann Jane Anstey | 7,217 | 19.0 | −9.9 | |
| Majority | 23,634 | 62.0 | +40.3 | ||
| Turnout | 38,068 | 63.9 | −1.7 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +20.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 16,147 | 51.1 | −29.9 | |
| Labour | Barbara Ayrton-Gould | 12,799 | 40.4 | +21.4 | |
| Ind. Conservative | Richard Findlay | 2,698 | 8.5 | New | |
| Majority | 3,348 | 10.7 | −51.3 | ||
| Turnout | 31,644 | 53.4 | −10.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -25.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 24,651 | 66.9 | −14.1 | |
| Labour | Charles Gibson | 12,195 | 33.1 | +14.1 | |
| Majority | 12,456 | 33.8 | −28.2 | ||
| Turnout | 36,846 | 62.2 | −1.7 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
General election 1939–40
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 16,667 | 47.3 | +14.2 | |
| Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 14,644 | 41.5 | −25.4 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Wintle | 3,944 | 11.2 | New | |
| Majority | 2,023 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,255 | 71.3 | +9.1 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +19.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Smyth | 24,811 | 48.4 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 22,736 | 44.3 | −3.0 | |
| Liberal | Robin Bruce Fredericke | 3,770 | 7.3 | −3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,075 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 51,317 | 84.2 | +12.9 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +5.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Smyth | 27,200 | 52.9 | +4.5 | |
| Labour | Ronald Chamberlain | 24,251 | 47.1 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 2,949 | 5.8 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 51,451 | 82.7 | −1.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Smyth | 24,831 | 55.6 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | James Avery Joyce | 19,799 | 44.4 | −2.7 | |
| Majority | 5,032 | 11.2 | +5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 44,630 | 75.2 | −7.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Smyth | 22,958 | 52.6 | −3.0 | |
| Labour | Leslie Leonard Reeves | 15,975 | 36.6 | −7.8 | |
| Liberal | Dennis Raymond Chapman | 4,744 | 10.8 | New | |
| Majority | 6,983 | 16.0 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 43,677 | 75.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Smyth | 17,624 | 45.5 | −7.1 | |
| Labour | John Fraser | 17,173 | 44.3 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal | Dennis Raymond Chapman | 3,929 | 10.2 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 451 | 1.2 | −14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 38,726 | 67.8 | −7.8 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 19,103 | 48.8 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | W. Douglas Wilson | 16,830 | 42.9 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal | Michael A. Green | 3,256 | 8.3 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 2,273 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 39,189 | 71.8 | +4.0 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 16,634 | 47.4 | −1.4 | |
| Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 16,003 | 45.6 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | Eric Hawthorne | 2,436 | 7.0 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 631 | 1.8 | −4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 35,073 | 64.4 | −7.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 17,320 | 46.2 | −1.2 | |
| Conservative | B. Hancock | 13,298 | 35.4 | −10.2 | |
| Liberal | M. Drake | 6,885 | 18.4 | +11.4 | |
| Majority | 4,022 | 10.8 | +9.0 | ||
| Turnout | 37,503 | 71.3 | +6.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 16,449 | 50.2 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | B. Hancock | 11,678 | 35.7 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | Eric Hawthorne | 4,377 | 13.4 | −5.0 | |
| Gay Liberal | M.J. Greatbanks | 223 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 4,771 | 14.5 | +3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 32,727 | 61.9 | −9.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 16,282 | 47.3 | −2.9 | |
| Conservative | John Pritchard[10] | 14,342 | 41.7 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal | David Charlesworth[10] | 3,051 | 8.9 | −4.5 | |
| National Front | Catherine Williams[10] | 707 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,940 | 5.6 | −8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 34,382 | 70.4 | +8.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 16,280 | 44.6 | −2.7 | |
| Conservative | John Parfitt | 13,397 | 36.7 | −5.0 | |
| SDP | Malcolm Noble | 6,371 | 17.5 | +8.6 | |
| National Front | C.M. Williams | 343 | 0.9 | −1.2 | |
| Independent | J.C. Sanderson | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 2,883 | 7.9 | +2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 36,514 | 65.6 | −4.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 18,359 | 48.4 | +3.8 | |
| Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 13,636 | 36.0 | −0.7 | |
| SDP | Malcolm Noble | 5,579 | 14.7 | −2.8 | |
| Rainbow | Francis Jackson | 171 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent Christian Democrat | Roger Hammond | 151 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 4,723 | 12.4 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 37,896 | 67.0 | +1.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fraser | 18,391 | 53.2 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | J. P. E. Samways | 11,175 | 32.3 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Lawman | 4,087 | 11.8 | −2.9 | |
| Green | W. S. B. Collins | 790 | 2.3 | New | |
| Natural Law | M. C. Leighton | 138 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 7,216 | 20.9 | +8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 34,581 | 66.1 | −0.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.2 | |||