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Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 0°05′02″W / 51.447°N 0.084°W / 51.447; -0.084
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Dulwich and West Norwood
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate74,314 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsHerne Hill, Dulwich, Brixton, Gipsy Hill, West Norwood
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentHelen Hayes (L)
SeatsOne
Created fromDulwich and Norwood

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.

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 proportion in the UK, behind Gibraltar and the neighbouring constituency of Vauxhall.[2][3]

Constituency profile

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Situated 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)[4]
 • White57.4%
 • Black23.3%
 • Mixed8.6%
 • Asian6.1%
 • Other4.6%

Boundaries

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Map
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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.

2024–present: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Champion Hill, Dulwich Village, and Dulwich Wood, and the London Borough of Lambeth wards of Brixton North (part), Brixton Rush Common (part), Brixton Windrush, Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, Knight's Hill, St Martin's (part), and West Dulwich (part).[5]

Tessa Jowell represented the constituency since its creation in 1997 up until she stepped down from office in 2015
Dulwich College is a local landmark
West Norwood Cemetery

Political history

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The 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."[6]

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

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The 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[7] Party
1997 Tessa Jowell Labour
2015 Helen Hayes Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Dulwich and West Norwood[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Hayes 27,356 60.3 –4.2
Green Pete Elliott 8,567 18.9 +2.7
Conservative Leon Cook 3,873 8.5 –8.1
Liberal Democrats Donna Harris 3,485 7.7 +6.7
Reform UK Gary Stevens 1,801 4.0 +2.9
Independent Mike Spenser 296 0.7 N/A
Majority 18,789 41.4 –6.4
Turnout 45,378 61.1 –9.1
Registered electors 74,265
Labour hold Swing –3.5

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[9]
Party Vote %
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
Others 315 0.6
Turnout 52,194 70.2
Electorate 74,314

With a 14% increase in their vote share, this was the largest increase for any Green candidate at the 2019 General Election.[10]

General election 2019: Dulwich and West Norwood[11][10]
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 N/A
CPA Anthony Hodgson 242 0.4 N/A
UKIP John Plume 73 0.1 N/A
Majority 27,310 49.0 −1.1
Turnout 55,778 65.2 −6.7
Registered electors 84,663
Labour hold Swing −9.1


General election 2017: Dulwich and West Norwood[12][13]
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 N/A
Majority 28,156 50.1 +18.7
Turnout 56,143 71.9 +4.8
Registered electors 78,037
Labour hold Swing +9.4
General election 2015: Dulwich and West Norwood[14][15][16]
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 N/A
Independent Robin Lambert 125 0.2 N/A
All People's Party Amadu Kanumansa 62 0.1 N/A
Majority 16,122 31.4 +12.0
Turnout 51,362 67.1 +0.9
Registered electors 76,575
Labour hold Swing +3.5
General election 2010: Dulwich and West Norwood[17][18]
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

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General election 2005: Dulwich and West Norwood[19]
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 N/A
Veritas David Heather 241 0.6 N/A
Socialist Labour Amanda Rose 149 0.4 N/A
For Integrity And Trust In Government Judy Weleminsky 57 0.1 N/A
Majority 8,807 21.0 −11.2
Turnout 41,989 58.1 +4.7
Registered electors 73,710
Labour hold Swing -9.4
General election 2001: Dulwich and West Norwood[20]
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 N/A
Socialist Alliance Brian Kelly 839 2.2 N/A
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

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General election 1997: Dulwich and West Norwood[21]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "London borough emerges as 'Europhile's elysium'". Evening Standard. 24 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Census Publications – House of Commons Library". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ "New Seat Details – Dulwich and West Norwood". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (1999). The Almanac of British Politics (Sixth ed.). London: Routledge. p. 277. ISBN 0-415-18541-6.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
  8. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Lambeth Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election results for Dulwich and West Norwood, 7 May 2015". moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk. 7 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency – Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election 2010: Dulwich & West Norwood". BBC News.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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