Dulwich and West Norwood is a
constituency in
South London created in 1997. It has been represented by
Helen Hayes of
Labour
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since her election in 2015.
In the
2016 EU referendum
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, 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
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.
Boundaries
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–present: 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, and Thurlow Park.
Constituency profile
Situated in South East London, the seat takes in all of
Herne Hill
Herne Hill is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the borou ...
,
Dulwich Village
Dulwich Village is an affluent area of Dulwich in South London. It is located in the London Borough of Southwark.
History
"Dulwich Village" is also the name of the village High Street. Residents in Dulwich Village have to pay ground rent to t ...
,
East Dulwich
East Dulwich is an area of South East London, England in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms the eastern part of Dulwich, with Peckham to the east and Camberwell to the north. This South London suburb was first developed in the nineteent ...
,
Angell Town in Brixton,
Gipsy Hill
Gipsy Hill in south London is a hilly neighbourhood spanning the southern parts of the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark characterised for its great views of the City of London and Dulwich.
Historically, north of its traditional Wes ...
and
West Norwood
West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surrounded by hillsides on its east, ...
.
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.
Political history
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
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, the
Liberal Democrats twice, and the
Green Party
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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
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'' to note that there was "now no question of this constituency being marginal."
The constituency takes in the eastern side of
Lambeth Council
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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
Southwark London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London.
History
There have previously been a numbe ...
which encompass Dulwich Village, Goose Green and Dulwich Hill wards. The
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
have two councillors in constituency and are the official opposition on Lambeth Council. The Labour Party have twenty-one councillors.
Members of Parliament
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of
Dulwich
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and
Norwood. It was represented from its creation until 2015 by the former
Secretary of State for Culture
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(2001–2007),
Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (; 18 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from ...
.
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Dulwich and West Norwood was a
Unite to Remain
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constituency, where the
Liberal Democrats stood aside in order to back the Green Party. 14% was the largest increase in vote share for any Green candidate at the 2019 General Election.
Elections of the 2000s
Elections of the 1990s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in London
*
Lambeth local elections
*
Southwark local elections
Southwark London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 63 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.
Poli ...
References
External links
Politics Resources(Election results from 1922 onwards)
(Election results from 1955 onwards)
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Politics of the London Borough of Lambeth
Politics of the London Borough of Southwark
Parliamentary constituencies in London
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Parliamentary constituency, Dulwich and West Norwood