Peckham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Peckham in London, 1885–1918
Peckham in London, 1918–50
Peckham in London, 1950–74
CountyGreater London
1885–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromLambeth
Replaced byCamberwell & Peckham, Southwark North and Bermondsey

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.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. It will be composed primarily of the majority of the current constituency of Camberwell and Peckham, which is to be abolished.[1]

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.

The constituency shared boundaries with the Peckham electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Boundaries

Proposed

Peckham in 2023

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the re-established constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Southwark (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Faraday; North Walworth; Nunhead & Queen’s Road; Old Kent Road; Peckham; Rye Lane; St. Giles.[3]

The contents reflect the new ward structure which became effective in May 2018. The re-established seat will primarily comprise the majority of the, to be abolished, constituency of Camberwell and Peckham, together with parts of Bermondsey and Old Southwark (mainly North Walworth).

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Arthur A. Baumann Conservative
1892 Sir Frederick Banbury Conservative
1906 Charles Clarke Liberal
1908 by-election Henry Gooch Conservative
Dec. 1910 Sir Albion Richardson Liberal
1922 Collingwood Hughes Conservative
1924 Hugh Dalton Labour
1929 John Beckett Labour
1931 David Beatty 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 2020s

Next general election: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miatta Fahnbulleh[4]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Peckham[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 19,391 61.8 +7.3
Conservative Christopher M. Frazer 7,386 23.5 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Rose E. Colley 4,331 13.8 −4.1
Workers Revolutionary Gilbert C. Dacres 146 0.5 New
Corrective Victor E. Teh 140 0.4 New
Majority 12,005 38.3 +9.5
Turnout 31,394 53.8 −1.8
Labour hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Peckham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 17,965 54.5 +2.9
Conservative Lillian Ingram 8,476 25.7 +1.5
Liberal Richard Shearman 5,878 17.9 −3.8
Green Doreen Robinson 628 1.9 New
Majority 9,489 28.8 +1.4
Turnout 32,947 55.6 +1.1
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General election 1983: Peckham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 16,616 51.6 +1.3
Conservative Tobias Eckersley 7,792 24.2 +9.8
SDP Andrew Sawdon 7,006 21.7 -20.2
National Front Mary Bailey 800 2.5 -1.4
Majority 8,824 27.4
Turnout 32,214 54.5
Labour hold Swing -2.2
1982 Peckham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 11,349 50.3 -9.5
SDP Dick Taverne 7,418 32.9 +25.2
Conservative John Redwood 2,800 12.4 -15.7
National Front Martin Webster 874 3.9 -0.7
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 102 0.5 New
Majority 3,931 17.4 -14.4
Turnout 22,543
Labour hold Swing -17.4

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Lamborn 20,364 59.85
Conservative Andrew Dalton[9] 9,553 28.07
Liberal Terence Minahan[9] 2,607 7.66
National Front Muriel Roberts[9] 1,503 4.6 New
Majority 10,811 31.78
Turnout 32,524 57.66
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Lamborn 24,587 71.64
Conservative Nicholas Baker 5,760 16.78
Liberal S.W.F. Saltmarsh 3,971 11.57
Majority 18,827 54.86
Turnout 34,318 54.17
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Lamborn 26,116 64.31
Conservative Nicholas Baker 8,045 19.81
Liberal S.W.F. Saltmarsh 6,446 15.87 New
Majority 18,071 44.50
Turnout 40,607 64.59
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 17,071 67.47
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 8,232 32.53
Majority 8,839 34.93
Turnout 25,303 49.80
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 20,630 72.00
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 8,023 28.00
Majority 12,607 44.00
Turnout 28,653 55.61
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 20,111 63.97
Conservative Toby Jessel 11,326 36.03
Majority 8,785 27.94
Turnout 31,437 58.30
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 24,389 65.22
Conservative Alfred Frank Lockwood 13,007 34.78
Majority 11,382 30.44
Turnout 37,396 64.64
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 26,315 67.71
Conservative Dudley Smith 12,547 32.29
Majority 13,768 35.42
Turnout 38,862 63.66
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 33,702 69.84
Conservative Cecil Vernon Ford 14,557 30.16
Majority 19,146 39.68
Turnout 48,259 75.62
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freda Corbet 32,623 66.44
Conservative Edwin Horace Lee 13,323 27.13
Liberal Kenneth George P. Gunnell 2,267 4.62 New
Communist T. Gibson 886 1.80 New
Majority 19,300 39.31
Turnout 49,099 77.59
Labour hold Swing

Elections 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 18,831 65.52
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1936 Peckham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Silkin 13,007 50.2 -1.5
Conservative P.G.A. Harvey 12,907 49.8 -1.5
Majority 100 0.4 N/A
Turnout 25,914 56.5 -8.3
Labour gain from Conservative
General election 1935: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beatty 15,229 51.30
Labour Lewis Silkin 14,457 48.70
Majority 772 2.60
Turnout 29,686 64.78
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Peckham[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beatty 19,458 58.1 +26.3
Ind. Labour Party John Beckett 11,217 33.5 -15.4
National Labour E J Titler 1,442 4.3 N/A
Labour Hubert Beaumont 1,350 4.0 −44.9
Majority 8,241 24.6 N/A
Turnout 33,467 69.7 +2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Peckham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Beckett 15,751 48.9 +2.8
Unionist 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
General election 1924: Peckham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 13,361 46.1 +10.8
Unionist Martin Archer-Shee 12,414 42.9 +6.9
Liberal Joseph Nathaniel Emery 3,194 11.0 -17.7
Majority 947 3.2 N/A
Turnout 28,969 74.2 +12.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +2.0
General election 1923: Peckham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Collingwood 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 23,711 61.4 -4.7
Unionist hold Swing -10.0
General election 1922: Peckham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Collingwood 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 N/A
Turnout 25,250 66.1 +23.1
Unionist gain from National Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Peckham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Albion Richardson 8,764 55.2 +5.0
Ind. Unionist Collingwood Hughes 4,550 28.7 -21.1
Labour Charles Diamond 2,559 16.1 New
Majority 4,214 26.5 +26.1
Turnout 15,873 43.0 -38.1
Liberal hold Swing +13.2
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
AHH Richardson
General election December 1910: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Albion Richardson 5,027 50.2 +0.6
Conservative Henry Gooch 4,986 49.8 -0.6
Majority 41 0.4 N/A
Turnout 12,341 81.1 +4.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.6
General election January 1910: Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Gooch 5,330 50.4 +12.8
Liberal Albion Richardson 5,247 49.6 -12.8
Majority 83 0.8 -12.0
Turnout 12,341 85.7 +9.4
Conservative hold Swing -10.5

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Peckham by-election[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Gooch 6,970 60.9 +23.3
Liberal Thomas Gautrey 4,476 39.1 -23.3
Majority 2,494 21.8 N/A
Turnout 11,446 78.3 +2.0
Registered electors 14,615
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +23.3
General election 1906: Peckham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Clarke 5,903 62.4 +21.7
Conservative Frederick Banbury 3,564 37.6 -21.7
Majority 2,339 12.8 N/A
Turnout 9,467 76.3 +12.8
Registered electors 12,401
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.7
Hemphill
General election 1900: Peckham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Banbury 4,453 59.3 +2.9
Liberal Fitzroy Hemphill 3,061 40.7 -2.9
Majority 1,392 18.6 +5.8
Turnout 7,514 63.5 -6.5
Registered electors 11,835
Conservative hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Peckham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Banbury 4,495 56.4 +5.8
Liberal Charles Clements 3,472 43.6 -4.6
Majority 1,023 12.8 +10.4
Turnout 7,967 70.0 0.0
Registered electors 11,388
Conservative hold Swing +5.2
FG Banbury
General election 1892: Peckham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Banbury 3,847 50.6 -5.5
Liberal Edwin Jones 3,664 48.2 +4.3
Independent Labour Ben Ellis 95 1.2 New
Majority 183 2.4 -9.8
Turnout 7,606 70.0 +6.9
Registered electors 10,861
Conservative hold Swing -4.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Peckham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur A. Baumann 3,439 56.1 +7.1
Liberal William Willis 2,688 43.9 +1.3
Majority 751 12.2 +5.8
Turnout 6,127 63.1 -7.6
Registered electors 9,713
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
General election 1885: Peckham[16][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur A. Baumann 3,362 49.0
Liberal William Willis 2,929 42.6
Independent Liberal Edward Dresser Rogers 580 8.4
Majority 433 6.4
Turnout 6,871 70.7
Registered electors 9,713
Conservative win (new seat)


See also

References

  1. ^ "London | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (London Borough of Southwark) Order 1971. SI 1971/2113". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6231–6233.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. ^ "Miatta Fahnbulleh is set to be Labour candidate for Camberwell and Peckham". Southwark News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 20. ISBN 0102374805.
  10. ^ "General Election Results - 1931". The Times. 29 October 1931. p. 25.
  11. ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 12. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
  12. ^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 by F.W.S. Craig
  13. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  14. ^ "Election Intelligence. Camberwell (Peckham Division)". The Times. 25 March 1908. p. 12.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  16. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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