Peckham was a
borough constituency
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in
South London
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which returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. Elections were held using the
first-past-the-post
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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.
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
Harriet Ruth Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell and Peckham, formerly Peckham, since 1982. A member of the Labour Party, she has served in various Ca ...
, who went on to become the deputy leader of the
Labour Party.
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
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
*
Southwark local elections
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Po ...
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List of parliamentary constituencies in London
References
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918*
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
Politics of the London Borough of Southwark
Constituency
Harriet Harman