Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Lewisham Deptford and Lewisham East
Created from	Lewisham East

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

Boundaries

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

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1950	Austin Hudson	Conservative	Died 1956
	1957 by-election	Niall MacDermot	Labour
	1959	Christopher Chataway	Conservative
	1966	Roland Moyle	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1970: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	18,235	51.45
	Conservative	HRL Samuel	17,208	48.55
Majority			1,027	2.90
Turnout				68.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Moyle	20,352	53.08
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,989	46.92
Majority			2,363	6.16
Turnout				77.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	17,144	45.42
	Labour	HJ Collins	16,801	44.51
	Liberal	T Lloyd-Jones	3,798	10.06
Majority			343	0.91
Turnout				74.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chataway	22,125	51.99
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	17,512	41.15
	Liberal	KJ Brookes	2,921	6.86
Majority			4,613	10.84
Turnout				81.19
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

United Kingdom Parliament: Lewisham North by-election 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall MacDermot	18,516	49.50	+3.46
	Conservative	Norman Farmer	17,406	46.53	-7.43
	Independent loyalist	Leslie Greene	1,487	3.97	N/A
Majority			1,110	2.97
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1955: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet	22,070	53.96	+0.50
	Labour	ST Williams	18,834	46.04	-0.50
Majority			3,236	7.91	+0.98
Turnout			40,904	77.93	-6.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet	24,406	53.46
	Labour	ST Williams	21,243	46.54
Majority			3,163	6.93
Turnout				84.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Lewisham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet	22,465	49.56
	Labour	FB Copeman	19,974	44.07
	Liberal	SG Smith	2,888	6.37
Majority			2,491	5.50
Turnout				84.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

Historic constituencies in London

1950	Barnet Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barnet Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

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