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.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Coburg, Marlborough, North Peckham and St George's.
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1885 Richard Strong Liberal 1886 John Richards Kelly Conservative 1892 Edward Hodson Bayley Liberal 1895 Philip Dalbiac Conservative 1900 Thomas Macnamara Liberal 1916 Coalition Liberal 1918 Henry Newton Knights Unionist 1922 Charles Ammon Labour 1931 Arthur Bateman Conservative 1935 Charles Ammon Labour 1944 Cecil Manning Labour1950 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1880s
Election in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections 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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Thomas Macnamara Unionist: Walter Radford
In 1918 constituency boundaries were changed and a new seat of Camberwell North West was created. Macnamara chose to contest the new seat.
Elections in the 1920s
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 AmmonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative: Edward Rudolph Mayer
Election in the 1940s
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 1886 Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901 Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918