Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)

Peckham
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1885–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Camberwell & Peckham, Southwark North and Bermondsey
Created from	Lambeth

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.

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.

Boundaries

Peckham in the Metropolitan Board of Works area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

Peckham in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

A map showing the wards of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

Peckham in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974.

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.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Barset, Brunswick, Consort, Faraday, Friary, Liddle, Newington, and St Giles.

The constituency formed the southern part of the London Borough of Southwark, centred around the district of Peckham.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Arthur Anthony Baumann	Conservative
1892	Sir Frederick George Banbury	Conservative
1906	Charles Goddard Clarke	Liberal
1908 by-election	Henry Cubitt Gooch	Conservative
Dec. 1910	Sir Albion Henry Herbert Richardson	Liberal
1922	Collingwood James Hughes	Conservative
1924	Hugh Dalton	Labour
1929	John Beckett	Labour
1931	David Field Beatty, Viscount Borodale	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 1880s

General Election 1885: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Anthony Baumann	3,362	48.9	n/a
	Liberal	William Willis	2,929	42.6	n/a
	Independent Liberal	Edward Dresser Rogers	580	8.4	n/a
Majority			433	6.3	n/a
Turnout			9,713	70.7	n/a
	Conservative win

General Election 1886: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Anthony Baumann	3,439	56.1	+7.2
	Liberal	William Willis	2,688	43.9	+1.3
Majority			751	12.2	+5.9
Turnout			9,713	63.1	-7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1890s

FG Banbury

General Election 1892: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick George Banbury	3,847	50.6	-5.5
	Liberal	Edwin Jones	3,664	48.2	+4.3
	Independent Labour	Ben Ellis	95	1.2	n/a
Majority			183	2.4	-9.8
Turnout			10,861	70.0	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

General Election 1895: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick George Banbury	4,495	56.4	+5.8
	Liberal	Charles Clements	3,472	43.6	-4.6
Majority			1,023	12.8	+10.4
Turnout			11,388	70.0	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick George Banbury	4,453	59.3	+2.9
	Liberal	Fitzroy Hemphill	3,061	40.7	-2.9
Majority			1,392	18.6	+5.8
Turnout			11,835	63.5	-6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 1906: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Goddard Clarke	5,903	62.4	+21.7
	Conservative	Sir Frederick George Banbury	3,564	37.6	-21.7
Majority			2,339	12.8	43.4
Turnout			12,401	76.3	+12.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.7

Peckham by-election, 1908 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt Gooch	6,970	60.9	+23.3
	Liberal	Thomas Gautrey	4,476	39.1	-23.3
Majority			2,494	21.8	46.6
Turnout			14,615	78.3	+2.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+23.3

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt Gooch	5,330	50.4	-10.5
	Liberal	Albion Henry Herbert Richardson	5,247	49.6	+10.5
Majority			83	0.8	-21.0
Turnout			12,341	85.7	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.5

AHH Richardson

General Election December 1910: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albion Henry Herbert Richardson	5,027	50.2	+0.6
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt Gooch	4,986	49.8	-0.6
Majority			41	0.4	1.2
Turnout			12,341	81.1	+4.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6

General Election 1918: Peckham ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Albion Henry Herbert Richardson	8,764	55.2	+5.0
	Independent Unionist	Collingwood James Hughes	4,550	28.7	-21.1
	Labour	Charles Diamond	2,559	16.1	n/a
Majority			4,214	26.5	+26.1
Turnout				43.0	-38.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.2

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 15 November 1922: Peckham ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Collingwood James 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	44.2
Turnout			25,250	66.1	+23.1
	Unionist gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 6 December 1923: Peckham ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Collingwood James 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				61.4	-4.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.0

General Election 29 October 1924: Peckham ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	13,361	46.1	+10.8
	Unionist	Sir Martin Archer-Shee	12,414	42.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Joseph N Emery	3,194	11.0	-17.7
Majority			947	3.2	3.9
Turnout				74.2	+12.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+2.0

General Election 30 May 1929: Peckham ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Warburton Beckett	15,751	48.9	+2.8
	Unionist	James 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

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 27 October 1931: Peckham ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viscount Borodale	19,458	58.1
	Ind. Labour Party	John Warburton Beckett	11,217	33.5
	National Labour	E J Titler	1,442	4.3	n/a
	Independent Labour	Hubert Beaumont	1,350	4.0	n/a
Majority			8,241	24.6
Turnout			33,467	69.7
	Conservative gain from Labour

General Election 1935: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viscount Borodale	15,229	51.30
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	14,457	48.70
Majority			772	2.60
Turnout				64.78
	Labour hold		Swing

Peckham by-election, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Silkin	13,007	50.2
	Conservative	P.G.A. Harvey	12,907	49.8
Majority			100	0.4
Turnout				56.5
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 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				65.52
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	32,623	66.44
	Conservative	Edwin Horace Lee	13,323	27.13
	Liberal	Kenneth George P. Gunnell	2,267	4.62
	Communist	T. Gibson	886	1.80
Majority			19,300	39.31
Turnout				77.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	33,702	69.84
	Conservative	Cecil Vernon Ford	14,557	30.16
Majority			19,146	39.67
Turnout				75.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	26,315	67.71
	Conservative	Dudley Gordon Smith	12,547	32.29
Majority			13,768	35.43
Turnout				63.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 8 October 1959: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	24,389	65.22
	Conservative	Alfred Frank Lockwood	13,007	34.78
Majority			11,382	30.44
Turnout				64.64
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	20,111	63.97
	Conservative	Toby Henry Francis Jessel	11,326	36.03
Majority			8,785	27.94
Turnout				58.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	20,630	72.00
	Conservative	Ivan John Lawrence	8,023	28.00
Majority			12,607	44.00
Turnout				55.61
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Künzlen Corbet	17,071	67.47
	Conservative	Ivan John Lawrence	8,232	32.53
Majority			8,839	34.93
Turnout				49.80
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry George Lamborn	26,116	64.31
	Conservative	Nicholas Brian Baker	8,045	19.81
	Liberal	S.W.F. Saltmarsh	6,446	15.87
Majority			18,071	44.50
Turnout				64.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry George Lamborn	24,587	71.64
	Conservative	Nicholas Brian Baker	5,760	16.78
	Liberal	S.W.F. Saltmarsh	3,971	11.57
Majority			18,827	54.86
Turnout				54.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry George Lamborn	20,364	59.85
	Conservative	A. Dalton	9,553	28.07
	Liberal	T. Minahan	2,607	7.66
Majority			10,811	31.77
Turnout				57.66
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

Peckham by-election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Ruth Harman	11,349	50.3	-9.5
	Social Democratic	Dick Taverne	7,418	32.9	+25.3
	Conservative	John Alan Redwood	2,800	12.4	-15.7
	National Front	Martin Guy Alan Webster	874	3.9	-0.5
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	William George Boaks	102	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,931	17.44	-14.33
Turnout			22,543
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Ruth Harman	16,616	51.6
	Conservative	Tobias William Hammersley Eckersley	7,792	24.2
	Social Democratic	Andrew John Sawdon	7,006	21.7
	National Front	Mrs. Mary Bailey	800	2.5
Majority			8,824	27.4
Turnout			32,214	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Peckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Ruth Harman	17,965	54.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Mrs. L.K.F. Ingram	8,476	25.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Richard H. Shearman	5,878	17.9	−3.8
	Green	Miss D. Robinson	628	1.9	N/A
Majority			9,489	28.8
Turnout			32,947	55.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Peckham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Ruth Harman	19,391	61.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Christopher M. Frazer	7,386	23.5	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Rose E. Colley	4,331	13.8	−4.0
	Workers Revolutionary	Gilbert C. Dacres	146	0.5	N/A
	Corrective	Victor E. Teh	140	0.4	+0.4
Majority			12,005	38.2	+9.4
Turnout			31,394	53.8	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

References

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
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)

↑ "Election Intelligence. Camberwell (Peckham Division)". The Times. 25 March 1908. p. 12.
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by F.W.S. Craig
↑ "General Election Results - 1931". The Times. 29 October 1931. p. 25.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Historic constituencies in London

1885	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich

1918	Balham and Tooting Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey West Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Camberwell North Camberwell North West Clapham Dulwich Chelsea City of London Deptford Finsbury Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham East Lewisham West Limehouse Mile End Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar South Putney Rotherhithe St Marylebone St Pancras North St Pancras South East St Pancras South West Shoreditch Southwark Central Southwark North Southwark South East Stoke Newington Streatham Wandsworth Central Westminster Abbey Westminster St George's Whitechapel and St George's Woolwich East Woolwich West

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

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

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