Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Dulwich and West Norwood /ˈdʌlɪtʃ ... ˈnɔːwʊd/ is a constituency in South London created in 1997. It has been represented by Helen Hayes of Labour since her election in 2015.
| Dulwich and West Norwood | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Dulwich and West Norwood in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 74,314 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Herne Hill, Dulwich, Brixton, Gipsy Hill, West Norwood |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Dulwich and Norwood |
In the 2016 EU referendum, Dulwich and West Norwood voted to remain in the European Union by an estimated 78%. This was the third highest result in the UK, behind Gibraltar and the neighbouring constituency of Vauxhall.[2][3]
Boundaries
editHistoric
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1997–2010: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Alleyn, Bellenden, College, Lyndhurst, Ruskin, and Rye, and the London Borough of Lambeth wards of Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill, Knight's Hill, and Thurlow Park.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Southwark wards of College, East Dulwich, and Village, and the London Borough of Lambeth wards of Coldharbour; Gipsy Hill; Herne Hill; Knight’s Hill; Thurlow Park.
Current
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Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The London Borough of Lambeth wards of: Coldharbour; Gipsy Hill; Herne Hill; Knight’s Hill; Thurlow Park.
- The London Borough of Southwark wards of: Champion Hill; Dulwich Village; Dulwich Wood.[4]
No changes to the Borough of Lambeth wards. In the Borough of Southwark, East Dulwich was included in the new constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich, while Champion Hill ward was added from Camberwell and Peckham.
Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
- The London Borough of Lambeth wards of: Brixton North (part); Brixton Rush Common (small part); Brixton Windrush; Gipsy Hill; Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction; Knight's Hill; St Martin's (part); West Dulwich (all but a very small part).
- The London Borough of Southwark wards of: Champion Hill; Dulwich Village; Dulwich Wood.[7]
Constituency profile
editSituated in South East London, the seat takes in all of Herne Hill, Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, Angell Town in Brixton, Gipsy Hill and West Norwood.
The seat is very ethnically diverse: around 25% of the residents are from an Afro-Caribbean background. In addition, 33% of the population live in social housing, and roughly 10% are single parents. 47.6% of residents have a university degree - the fifteenth-highest proportion across all constituencies.
Dulwich and West Norwood | |
|---|---|
| Racial makeup (2021)[8] | |
| • White | 57.4% |
| • Black | 23.3% |
| • Mixed | 8.6% |
| • Asian | 6.1% |
| • Other | 4.6% |
Political history
editThe Labour Party has safe majorities of more than a 15% share of the vote since the seat was created in 1997. The runner-up party in four of the seven general elections to date has been the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats twice, and the Green Party once.
When the constituency was created for the 1997 election, it was estimated that had the seat existed in 1992, Labour would have won it with a majority of less than 2,000 votes over the second placed Conservatives, making it a marginal seat. The 1997 result therefore suggested that the Conservative vote had halved since the previous election. This performance was poorer than the average fall of the Conservative vote in London and led the Almanac of British Politics to note that there was "now no question of this constituency being marginal."[9]
The constituency takes in the eastern side of Lambeth Council which include the wards of Coldharbour, Herne Hill, Thurlow Park, Gipsy Hill and Knight's Hill. It also takes in the south western end of Southwark Council which encompass Dulwich Village, Goose Green and Dulwich Hill wards. The Green Party have two councillors in constituency and are the official opposition on Lambeth Council. The Labour Party have twenty-one councillors.
Members of Parliament
editThe constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Dulwich and Norwood. It was represented from its creation until 2015 by the former Secretary of State for Culture (2001–2007), Tessa Jowell.
| Election | Member[10] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Tessa Jowell | Labour | |
| 2015 | Helen Hayes | Labour | |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
editThe Workers Party of Britain announced a candidate, Zhafaran Qayum, but he withdrew and was not listed in the published Statement of Persons Nominated.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leon Cook | ||||
| Green | Pete Elliott | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Harris | ||||
| Labour | Helen Hayes | ||||
| Independent | Mike Spenser | ||||
| Reform UK | Gary Stevens | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Notional 2019 result
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 33,649 | 64.5 | |||
| Conservative | 8,686 | 16.6 | |||
| Green | 8,475 | 16.2 | |||
| Brexit Party | 566 | 1.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 503 | 1.0 | |||
| Majority | 24,963 | 47.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
editWith a 14% increase in their vote share, this was the largest increase for any Green candidate at the 2019 General Election.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Hayes | 36,521 | 65.5 | −4.1 | |
| Green | Jonathan Bartley | 9,211 | 16.5 | +14.0 | |
| Conservative | Jane Lyons | 9,160 | 16.4 | −3.1 | |
| Brexit Party | Julia Stephenson | 571 | 1.0 | New | |
| CPA | Anthony Hodgson | 242 | 0.4 | New | |
| UKIP | John Plume | 73 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 27,310 | 49.0 | −1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 55,778 | 65.2 | −6.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 84,663 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −9.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Hayes | 39,096 | 69.6 | +15.5 | |
| Conservative | Rachel Wolf | 10,940 | 19.5 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gail Kent | 4,475 | 8.0 | −1.8 | |
| Green | Rashid Nix | 1,408 | 2.5 | −6.9 | |
| Independent | Robin Lambert | 121 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | Yen Lin Chong | 103 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 28,156 | 50.1 | +18.7 | ||
| Turnout | 56,143 | 71.9 | +4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,037 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Hayes | 27,772 | 54.1 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Resham Kotecha | 11,650 | 22.7 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Barber | 5,055 | 9.8 | −17.4 | |
| Green | Rashid Nix | 4,844 | 9.4 | +6.8 | |
| UKIP | Rathy Alagaratnam | 1,606 | 3.1 | +1.6 | |
| TUSC | Steve Nally | 248 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent | Robin Lambert | 125 | 0.2 | New | |
| All People's Party | Amadu Kanumansa | 62 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 16,122 | 31.4 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 51,362 | 67.1 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,575 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tessa Jowell | 22,461 | 46.6 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Mitchell | 13,096 | 27.2 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Kemi Adegoke | 10,684 | 22.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Shane Collins | 1,266 | 2.6 | -3.7 | |
| UKIP | Elizabeth Jones | 707 | 1.5 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 9,365 | 19.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 48,214 | 66.2 | +9.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,817 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Elections of the 2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tessa Jowell | 19,059 | 45.4 | -9.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Mitchell | 10,252 | 24.4 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Kim Humphreys | 9,200 | 21.9 | -0.8 | |
| Green | Jenny Jones | 2,741 | 6.5 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Ralph Atkinson | 290 | 0.7 | New | |
| Veritas | David Heather | 241 | 0.6 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Amanda Rose | 149 | 0.4 | New | |
| For Integrity And Trust In Government | Judy Weleminsky | 57 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 8,807 | 21.0 | -11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 41,989 | 58.1 | +4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,710 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tessa Jowell | 20,999 | 54.9 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Vineall | 8,689 | 22.7 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon | 5,805 | 15.2 | +4.4 | |
| Green | Jenny Jones | 1,914 | 5.0 | New | |
| Socialist Alliance | Brian Kelly | 839 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 12,310 | 32.2 | -4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 38,246 | 53.4 | −12.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,261 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tessa Jowell | 27,807 | 61.0 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Gough | 11,038 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer | 4,916 | 10.8 | ||
| Referendum | Bruce Coles | 897 | 2.0 | ||
| Liberal | Alex Goldie | 587 | 1.3 | ||
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | David Goodman | 173 | 0.4 | ||
| UKIP | Eddie Pike | 159 | 0.3 | ||
| Rizz Party | Captain Rizz | 38 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 16,769 | 36.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,615 | 65.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 70,203 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "London borough emerges as 'Europhile's elysium'". Evening Standard. 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ LGBCE. "Lambeth | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "The London Borough of Lambeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Dulwich and West Norwood". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Census Publications - House of Commons Library". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (1999). The Almanac of British Politics (Sixth ed.). London: Routledge. p. 277. ISBN 0-415-18541-6.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
- ^ "General election 2024 – General Election candidates – updated 4 June". Workers Party of Britain. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Lambeth Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election results for Dulwich and West Norwood, 7 May 2015". moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk. 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election 2010: Dulwich & West Norwood". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
edit- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Dulwich and West Norwood UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Dulwich and West Norwood UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK