Lambeth (UK Parliament constituency)

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The constituency was among many created under the Great Reform Act (for the 1832 general election) and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election when it was divided into eight single-member seats: Camberwell North, Camberwell Peckham, Lambeth Brixton, Lambeth Kennington, Lambeth North, Lambeth Norwood, Newington Walworth and Newington West.

Under original proposals it would have been greater, taking all of Dulwich and Brixton and possibly two parishes to the east. The commissioners appointed to fix parliamentary boundaries attempted to equalise the seven new "metropolitan" constituencies of London in number of voters and in population. For this reason Bermondsey and Rotherhithe were assigned to Southwark. It was also decided not to include the entirety of the parishes of Camberwell and Lambeth: both were very large parishes running five or six miles south from the Thames. The portions closest to the river were heavily built up, but the southern sections were mainly rural. Dulwich and part of Brixton were therefore excluded, instead forming part of East Surrey.{{cite book |title=Parliamentary representation: further return to an address to His Majesty, dated 12 December, 1831; for copies of instructions given by the Secretary of State for the Home department with reference to Parliamentary representation; likewise copies of letters of reports received by the Secretary of state for the Home department in answer to such instructions. |year=1832 |location=London |pages=125–126 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RcIRAQAAMAAJ&q=lambeth+parliamentary+boundaries&pg=PA125 |author=Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs}}

The boundaries were detailed in the schedules of the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, and consisted of:

• The entire parish of St Mary Newington
• The parish of St Giles Camberwell (except for the Manor and Hamlet of Dulwich)
• The part of the parish of Lambeth north of a line defined in the act."From the Point at which the Road from London to Dulwich by Red Post Hill leaves the Road from London over Herne Hill in a straight Line to Saint Matthews Church at Brixton; thence in a straight Line to a Point in the Boundary between the respective Parishes of Lambeth and Clapham One hundred and fifty Yards South of the Middle of the Carriageway along Acre Lane." {{cite book |title=The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.72 |year=1832 |location=London |pages=360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA360 |access-date=12 August 2012 |last1=Britain |first1=Great}}

The area was unchanged when parliamentary seats were next redistributed under the Reform Act 1867.{{cite web |title=Electoral areas in the parliamentary boroughs in Surrey |url=http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/recreation-heritage-and-culture/archives-and-history/archives-and-history-research-guides/electoral-registers/electoral-areas-in-the-parliamentary-boroughs-in-surrey |publisher=Surrey County Council |access-date=12 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906031330/http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/recreation-heritage-and-culture/archives-and-history/archives-and-history-research-guides/electoral-registers/electoral-areas-in-the-parliamentary-boroughs-in-surrey |archive-date=6 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1832: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson

|votes = 2,716

|percentage = 46.4

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Hawes

|votes = 2,166

|percentage = 37.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Wakefield

|votes = 819

|percentage = 14.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John Moore

|votes = 155

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,347

|percentage = 23.0

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,220

|percentage = 67.5

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,768

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1835: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Hawes

|votes = 2,008

|percentage = 40.7

|change = +3.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson

|votes = 1,995

|percentage = 40.4

|change = −6.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Farebrother

|votes = 931

|percentage = 18.9

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,064

|percentage = 21.6

|change = −1.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,890

|percentage = 65.2

|change = −2.3

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,435

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1837: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Hawes

|votes = 2,934

|percentage = 39.8

|change = −0.9

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt

|votes = 2,811

|percentage = 38.1

|change = −2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Baldwin

|votes = 1,624

|percentage = 22.0

|change = +3.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,187

|percentage = 16.1

|change = −5.5

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,497

|percentage = 63.9

|change = −1.3

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,040

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −1.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −1.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1841: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Hawes

|votes = 2,601

|percentage = 29.1

|change = −10.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt

|votes = 2,568

|percentage = 28.8

|change = −9.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Baldwin

|votes = 1,999

|percentage = 22.4

|change = +11.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Cabbell

|votes = 1,763

|percentage = 19.7

|change = +8.7

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 569

|percentage = 6.4

|change = −9.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,466 (est.)

|percentage = 57.8 (est.)

|change = −6.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,731

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −10.4

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −9.7

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1847: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Charles Pearson

|votes = 4,614

|percentage = 39.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt

|votes = 3,708

|percentage = 31.8

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Hawes

|votes = 3,344

|percentage = 28.7

|change = −0.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,833 (est.)

|percentage = 42.0 (est.)

|change = −15.8

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,885

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 906

|percentage = 7.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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Pearson resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 7 August 1850: Lambeth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Williams

|votes = 3,834

|percentage = 68.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Charles Napier{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Joseph |title=The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Iac - Pro |date=2010 |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |isbn=9781616400736 |page=653 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDDPmim_6GsC&pg=PA653 |via=Google Books |access-date=29 March 2018}}

|votes = 1,182

|percentage = 21.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John Hinde Palmer{{cite book |last1=Griffin |first1=Ben |title=The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain: Masculinity, Political Culture and the Struggle for Women's Rights |date=2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107015074 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsnnyrckKqQC&pg=PA93 |via=Google Books |access-date=29 March 2018}}

|votes = 585

|percentage = 10.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,652

|percentage = 47.4

|change = +39.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,601

|percentage = 34.4

|change = −7.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 16,284

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1852: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Arthur Wilkinson

|votes = 4,752

|percentage = 37.7

|change = +18.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Williams

|votes = 4,022

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +12.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt

|votes = 3,829

|percentage = 30.4

|change = −30.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 193

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,216 (est.)

|percentage = 45.3 (est.)

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 18,131

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = +17.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +13.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1857: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Roupell

|votes = 9,318

|percentage = 46.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Williams

|votes = 7,648

|percentage = 37.9

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Arthur Wilkinson

|votes = 3,234

|percentage = 16.1

|change = −21.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,414

|percentage = 21.8

|change = +20.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,100 (est.)

|percentage = 49.8 (est.)

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 20,276

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1859: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Roupell

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Williams

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 21,737

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Roupell resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 5 May 1862: Lambeth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Doulton

|votes = 5,124

|percentage = 82.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=William Sleigh|votes=754|percentage=12.1|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=William Arthur Wilkinson|votes=347|percentage=5.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=4,370|percentage=70.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,225|percentage=26.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 23,542

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

Williams' death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 9 May 1865: Lambeth}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =James Lawrence

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1865: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Hughes

|votes = 6,373

|percentage = 35.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Doulton

|votes = 6,280

|percentage = 35.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Lawrence

|votes = 4,743

|percentage = 26.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Haig

|votes = 514

|percentage = 2.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,537

|percentage = 8.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 11,584 (est.)

|percentage = 41.7 (est.)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 27,754

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1868: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Lawrence

|votes = 15,051

|percentage = 41.1

|change = +14.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William McArthur

|votes = 14,553

|percentage = 39.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morgan Howard

|votes = 7,043

|percentage = 19.2

|change = +16.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,510

|percentage = 20.5

|change = +11.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 21,845 (est.)

|percentage = 65.4 (est.)

|change = +23.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 33,377

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1874: Lambeth (2 seats)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Lawrence

|votes = 12,175

|percentage = 34.6

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William McArthur

|votes = 11,788

|percentage = 33.5

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morgan Howard

|votes = 11,201

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +12.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 587

|percentage = 1.6

|change = -18.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 23,183 (est.)

|percentage = 57.8 (est.)

|change = −7.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 40,103

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −6.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −6.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1880: Lambeth (2 seats){{cite book |editor1-last=Craig |editor1-first=F. W. S. |editor-link1=F. W. S. Craig |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 |date=1977 |publisher=Macmillan Press |location=London |isbn=978-1-349-02349-3 |edition=1st |type=e-book |pages=12–13}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Lawrence

|votes = 19,315

|percentage = 35.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William McArthur

|votes = 18,983

|percentage = 34.5

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morgan Howard

|votes = 16,701

|percentage = 30.4

|change = -1.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,282

|percentage = 4.1

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,016 (est.)

|percentage = 71.3 (est.)

|change = +13.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 50,541

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{reflist}}

• {{Rayment-hc|l|1|date=March 2012}}
• {{cite book |title=The Roupells of Lambeth |author=Harris, J. |year=2001 |location=London |publisher=The Streatham Society |isbn=1-873520-37-9 }}
• {{cite book |title=The Electoral History of the Borough of Lambeth since its Enfranchisement in 1832 |last=Hill |first=George |year=1879 |location=London |publisher=Stanford |url=https://archive.org/stream/electoralhistor00hillgoog#page/n5/mode/2up}}

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