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Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

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County
  
County of London

Number of members
  
1

Created from
  
Lambeth

Replaced by
  
Lambeth, Peckham

Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell North was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

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Boundaries

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham and St George's.

Election in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara
  • Unionist: Walter Guy Wulf Radford
  • In 1918 constituency boundaries were changed and a new seat of Camberwell North West was created. Macnamara chose to contest the new seat.

  • endorsed by the Coalition Government
  • Election in the 1930s

    General Election 1939/40

    Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Labour: Charles George Ammon
  • Conservative: Edward Rudolph Mayer
  • References

    Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia