County Greater London Created 1997 Created from Dulwich and Norwood Number of members 1 | Electorate 71,523 (December 2010) Member of parliament Helen Hayes (Labour) European Parliament constituency London Replaced by Dulwich, Norwood | |
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Dulwich and West Norwood /ˈdʌlɪtʃ ənd wɛst ˈnɔːrwʊd/ is a constituency created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons by Helen Hayes of the Labour Party since her election in 2015.
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Boundaries
1997-2010: The Southwark borough 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 Southwark borough amalgamated wards of College, East Dulwich and Village, and Coldharbour and the same Lambeth borough wards.
Political history
The Labour Party majorities won have been in the safe order of more than 15% since the seat's 1997 creation. The runner-up party in three of the five elections to date has been the Conservative Party, otherwise the Liberal Democrats.
A leader of the Green Party, Jenny Jones stood in the seat in 2001 and 2005.
Before 1997 the forerunner seats of Norwood and Dulwich were won by Labour candidates, the latter being Tessa Jowell; the last other party win in either was the 1987 win in the Dulwich seat of Gerald Francis Bowden, Conservative, by 0.5% of the vote, having won a 4.9% majority in the 1983 landslide.
Since 2010, the Conservative vote has continuously increased, as has the vote for UKIP. The Liberal Democrats were pushed into 3rd place in 2015, while the Green Party stayed in 4th place, missing out on 3rd place by under 215 votes.
2016 EU Referendum
During the 2016 EU referendum, Lambeth was said to have voted to remain in the EU. The remain vote recalled 78% and the Leave vote 22%. Helen Hayes, the incumbent MP, campaigned to remain in the EU.
Members of Parliament
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.