Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Lewisham West in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1918–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Lewisham West and Penge
Created from	Lewisham

Lewisham West was a borough constituency in south-east London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1918, until it was abolished for the 2010 general election.

History

Lewisham West in the Parliamentary County of London from 1918 to 1949.

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

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

From 1966 until 1992, Lewisham West was a classic bellwether seat, being won by whichever party won the General Election (with the exception of 1979). However, long-term demographic trends have since turned the seat away from being a Labour-Conservative marginal into a safe Labour seat. Partly this has occurred because of a strong increase in the number of ethnic minority residents. At the same time, the communities of Catford, Sydenham and Forest Hill have become much less leafy and suburban over the past 30 years. The large council estate of Bellingham has always been a Labour stronghold, and the other areas of the seat can also now be regarded as quite safe for Labour, whereas in the past they were not.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Forest Hill, and Sydenham, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Brockley, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Culverley, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Rushey Green, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Catford, Forest Hill, Horniman, Perry Hill, Rushey Green, St Andrew, Sydenham East, and Sydenham West.

Lewisham West constituency covered the south-western part of the London Borough of Lewisham, being largely based on the communities of Catford, Sydenham, Forest Hill and Bellingham.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Lewisham West and Penge, using electoral wards from Bromley and Lewisham.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Edward Feetham Coates	Coalition Conservative
1921 by-election	Philip Dawson	Conservative
1938 by-election	Henry Brooke	Conservative
1945	Arthur Skeffington	Labour
1950	Henry Price	Conservative
1964	Patrick McNair-Wilson	Conservative
1966	James Dickens	Labour
1970	John Gummer	Conservative
Feb 1974	Christopher Price	Labour
1983	John Maples	Conservative
1992	Jim Dowd	Labour
2010	constituency abolished: see Lewisham West and Penge

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patrick Dowd	16,611	52.0	−9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Feakes	6,679	20.9	+7.4
	Conservative	Evett McAnuff	6,396	20.0	−2.4
	Green	Nick Long	1,464	4.6	N/A
	UKIP	Jens Winton	773	2.4	+0.8
Majority			9,932	31.1
Turnout			31,923	54.7	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.2

General Election 2001: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patrick Dowd	18,816	61.1	-0.9
	Conservative	Gary Johnson	6,896	22.4	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Thomas	4,146	13.5	+3.7
	UKIP	Frederick Pearson	485	1.6
	Independent	Nick Long	472	1.5
Majority			11,920	38.7
Turnout			30,815	52.1	-12.0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Lewisham West^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patrick Dowd	23,273	62.0	+15.0
	Conservative	Clare Whelan	8,956	23.8	−19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kathy McGrath	3,672	9.8	−0.1
	Referendum	Anthony Leese	1,098	2.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Nick Long	398	1.1	N/A
	Liberal	Elizabeth Oram	167	0.5	N/A
Majority			14,317	38.1	+33.9
Turnout			37,564	64.0	−9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.0

General Election 1992: Lewisham West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patrick Dowd	20,378	47.0	+9.1
	Conservative	John Cradock Maples	18,569	42.8	−3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs E Neale	4,295	9.9	−6.0
	Anti-Federalist League	P Coulam	125	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,809	4.2	−4.1
Turnout			43,367	73.0	+0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cradock Maples	20,995	46.18
	Labour	James Patrick Dowd	17,223	37.88
	Liberal	Sarah Caroline Titley	7,247	15.94
Majority			3,772	8.30
Turnout			45,465	72.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cradock Maples	19,521	44.02
	Labour	Christopher Price	17,015	38.37
	Liberal	H. Mooney	7,470	16.85
	BNP	R. F. Hoy	336	0.76
Majority			2,506	5.65
Turnout			44,342	70.34
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Price	20,932	46.45
	Conservative	N. P. Kemp	19,882	44.12
	Liberal	G. A. Payne	3,350	7.43
	National Front	P. Williams	901	2.00
Majority			1,050	2.33
Turnout			45,065	76.01
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Price	21,102	48.24
	Conservative	M. Marshall	15,573	35.60
	Liberal	J.D. Eagle	5,952	13.61
	National Front	P. Williams	1,114	2.55
Majority			5,529	12.64
Turnout				70.06
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Price	21,118	43.27	-5.7
	Conservative	John Selwyn Gummer	18,716	38.35	-12.6
	Liberal	J.D. Eagle	7,974	16.34	n/a
	National Front	P. Williams	1,000	2.05
Majority			2,402	4.92
Turnout				78.89
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

General Election 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Selwyn Gummer	19,676	50.98
	Labour	James McCulloch York Dickens	18,916	49.02
Majority			760	2.90
Turnout				68.06
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McCulloch York Dickens	21,018	52.54
	Conservative	Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson	18,984	47.46
Majority			2,034	5.08
Turnout				75.68
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson	18,167	44.78
	Labour	Joan Lestor	17,281	42.59
	Liberal	Alan B Mountain	5,123	12.63
Majority			886	2.18
Turnout				74.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alfred Price	22,466	51.74
	Labour	Richard C Edmonds	16,233	37.39
	Liberal	Trevor Arthur Smith	4,721	10.87
Majority			6,233	14.36
Turnout				80.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alfred Price	24,066	54.94
	Labour	Tom Sargant	19,741	45.06
Majority			4,325	9.87
Turnout				79.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alfred Price	25,449	52.73
	Labour	Arthur Massey Skeffington	22,813	47.27
Majority			2,636	5.46
Turnout				85.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alfred Price	23,628	49.23
	Labour	Arthur Massey Skeffington	21,433	44.65
	Liberal	Alfred Edward G Pritchard	2,939	6.12
Majority			2,195	4.57
Turnout				85.70
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Massey Skeffington	20,008	53.35
	Conservative	Henry Brooke	17,492	46.65
Majority			2,516	6.7
Turnout				73.65
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Lewisham West by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Brooke	22,587
	Labour	Arthur Massey Skeffington	16,939
Majority			5,648
Turnout				58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 14 November 1935: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Philip Dawson	27,173	64.7
	Labour	Robert Michael Maitland Stewart	14,803	35.4
Majority			12,370	29.5
Turnout				63.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Philip Dawson	34,289	77.5
	Labour	Robert Michael Maitland Stewart	9,956	22.5
Majority			24,333	55.0
Turnout			44,245	69.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Philip Dawson	20,830	49.1	-10.2
	Labour	Mrs C M Wadham	10,958	25.9	+5.4
	Liberal	Arthur Reginald Newsom Roberts	10,590	25.0	+4.7
Majority			9,872	23.2	-15.6
Turnout				69.3	-6.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-7.8

General Election 29 October 1924: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Philip Dawson	19,723	59.3
	Labour	Mrs Barbara Drake	6,781	20.4	n/a
	Liberal	Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	6,756	20.3
Majority			12,942	38.9	+37.1
Turnout				75.5
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Philip Dawson	12,448	50.9	-14.8
	Liberal	Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	12,009	49.1	+14.8
Majority			439	1.8	-29.6
Turnout				57.0	-1.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-14.8

General Election 15 November 1922: Lewisham West ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Philip Dawson	16,216	65.7	+26.8
	Liberal	Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley	8,469	34.3	+8.7
Majority			7,747	31.4	+
Turnout				58.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

Lewisham West by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Philip Dawson	9,427	38.9	n/a
	Anti-Waste League	Walter George Windham	8,580	35.4	n/a
	Liberal	Frank Walter Raffety	6,211	25.6	n/a
Majority			847	3.5	n/a
Turnout			24,218	59.2	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Lewisham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Edward Feetham Coates	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Notes and references

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 Jan 2011.
↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.111 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

Sources

Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

Historic constituencies in London

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

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°26′06″N 0°02′02″W / 51.435°N 0.034°W / 51.435; -0.034

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