Lambeth Central (UK Parliament constituency)
| Lambeth Central | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Vauxhall, Streatham and Norwood[1] |
| Created from | Brixton |
Lambeth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Lambeth, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (using first-past-the-post voting).
The seat, centred on Clapham, was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when most of its territory was transferred to the redrawn Vauxhall constituency.
Media coverage
This short-lived seat is best known in the news media for the by-election of 1978. This was controversial because of a high-profile campaign by the National Front in one of the most racially diverse constituencies in the UK; the party fielded a candidate in the following general election also. On both occasions the candidates lost their deposits for want of votes.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, and Town Hall.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Marcus Lipton | Labour | Died February 1978 | |
| 1978 by-election | John Tilley | Labour | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||
Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1974 General Election Electorate: 48,510 Turnout: 62.3% | Labour hold Majority: 7,369 (24.4%) | Marcus Lipton | Labour | 15,954 | 52.8 | |||
| Chris Patten | Conservative | 8,585 | 28.4 | |||||
| Eric Grenier Thwaites | Liberal | 5,226 | 17.3 | |||||
| Sylvester Gabriel Smart | Workers Revolutionary | 337 | 1.1 | |||||
| Ekins Denton Brome | Marxist-Leninist (England) | 107 | 0.4 | |||||
| October 1974 General Election Electorate: 48,716 Turnout: 52.6% | Labour hold Majority: 8,677 (33.9%) | Marcus Lipton [lower-alpha 1] | Labour | 15,381 | 60.1 | +7.3 | ||
| Nicholas Lyell | Conservative | 6,704 | 26.2 | –2.2 | ||||
| Peter Roderick Easton | Liberal | 3,211 | 12.5 | –4.8 | ||||
| Sylvester Gabriel Smart | Workers Revolutionary | 233 | 0.9 | –0.2 | ||||
| Peter John Bratton | Marxist-Leninist (England) | 88 | 0.3 | –0.1 | ||||
| By-election, 20 April 1978 Electorate: 46,826 Turnout: 44.5% | Labour hold Majority: 3,141 (15.0%) | John Tilley | Labour | 10,311 | 49.4 | –10.7 | ||
| Jeremy Hanley | Conservative | 7,170 | 34.4 | +8.2 | ||||
| Helena Mary Steven | National Front | 1,291 | 6.2 | |||||
| David John Blunt | Liberal | 1,104 | 5.3 | –7.2 | ||||
| John Chase | Socialist Unity | 287 | 1.4 | |||||
| Corin Redgrave | Workers Revolutionary | 271 | 1.3 | +0.4 | ||||
| Anthony Bogues | Socialist Workers | 201 | 1.0 | |||||
| Barry Kenneth McNeeney | Socialist (GB) | 91 | 0.4 | |||||
| Alan Whereat | Homes, Employment, Anti-Racial Discrimination | 55 | 0.3 | |||||
| Stuart Monro | South London People's Front | 38 | 0.2 | |||||
| Bill Boaks | Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | 27 | 0.1 | |||||
| 1979 General Election Electorate: 43,678 Turnout: 63.2% | Labour hold Majority: 5,976 (21.6%) | John Vincent Tilley | Labour | 15,101 | 54.7 | –5.4 | ||
| Jeremy Hanley | Conservative | 9,125 | 33.1 | +6.9 | ||||
| David John Blunt | Liberal | 2,339 | 8.5 | –4.0 | ||||
| Vera Florence Lillington | National Front | 830 | 3.0 | |||||
| Corin Redgrave | Workers Revolutionary | 152 | 0.5 | –0.4 | ||||
| Alan Whereat | Independent | 50 | 0.2 | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Deceased, 22 February 1978
References
- ↑ "'Lambeth Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.