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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.
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
- 1885–1918: The wards of North Peckham and South Peckham.
- 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.
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 1880s
General election 1885: Peckham | |||||
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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) |
General election 1886: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1890s
General election 1892: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
General election 1895: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1900s
General election 1900: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
General election 1906: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1908 Peckham by-election | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1910s
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 |
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 1918: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
C | Liberal | Albion Richardson | 8,764 | 55.2 | +5.0 |
Ind U | 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. |
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Collingwood Hughes | 11,218 | 44.4 | +15.7 | |
National Liberal | Henry Lesser | 6,739 | 26.7 | New | |
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 1923: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 1924: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 1929: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Peckham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Beatty | 19,458 | 58.1 | +26.3 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Beckett | 11,217 | 33.5 | New | |
National Labour | E J Titler | 1,442 | 4.3 | New | |
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 |
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 |
1936 Peckham by-election | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Lewis Silkin | 13,007 | 50.2 | -1.1 | ||
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 |
Election in the 1940s
General election 1945: Peckham | |||||
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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 1950s
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 |
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 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 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 |
Elections in the 1960s
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 |
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 |
Elections in the 1970s
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 |
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 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 1979: Peckham | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harry Lamborn | 20,364 | 59.85 | ||
Conservative | A. Dalton | 9,553 | 28.07 | ||
Liberal | T. Minahan | 2,607 | 7.66 | ||
Majority | 10,811 | 31.78 | |||
Turnout | 32,524 | 57.66 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
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 | New | |
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 |
General election 1983: Peckham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harriet Harman | 16,616 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Tobias Eckersley | 7,792 | 24.2 | ||
SDP | Andrew Sawdon | 7,006 | 21.7 | ||
National Front | Mary Bailey | 800 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,824 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,214 | 54.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 |
General election 1987: Peckham | |||||
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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 (UK) | 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 |
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Peckham | |||||
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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 |
See also
- Southwark local elections
- List of parliamentary constituencies in London