# Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell North West 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, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell wards of Addington, Lyndhurst, St Giles, Town Hall, and West.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Thomas James McNamara | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1922 | Thomas James McNamara | National Liberal |
| | 1923 | Thomas James McNamara | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Edward Campbell | Unionist |
| | 1929 | Hyacinth Morgan | Labour |
| | 1931 | James Dales Cassels | Conservative |
| | 1935 | Oscar Guest | Conservative |
| | 1945 | Freda Corbet | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,986 | 63.9 | |
| | Unionist | Walter Guy Wulf Radford | 3,947 | 36.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,039 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,933 | 36.5 | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Election in the 1920s

1920 Camberwell North West by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,618 | 44.9 | New |
| | Labour | Arabella Susan Lawrence | 4,733 | 32.1 | New |
| | Liberal | John Charles Carroll | 3,386 | 23.0 | −40.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,885 | 12.8 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,737 | 47.9 | +11.4 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1922: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 8,339 | 49.6 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 5,182 | 30.9 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal | John Hobbis Harris | 3,270 | 19.5 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,157 | 18.7 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,791 | 63.8 | +15.9 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
General election 1923: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 6,843 | 34.8 | +15.3 |
| | Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 6,763 | 34.4 | +3.5 |
| | Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 6,045 | 30.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 0.4 | −18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,651 | 61.9 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1924: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 9,626 | 39.8 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 9,432 | 39.0 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 5,138 | 21.2 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,196 | 74.8 | +12.9 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1929: Camberwell North-West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hyacinth Bernard Morgan | 12,213 | 44.2 | +5.2 |
| | Unionist | Edward Taswell Campbell | 9,808 | 35.6 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | Henry Harcourt | 5,559 | 20.2 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,405 | 8.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,580 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Dales Cassels | 17,581 | 66.9 | +31.3 |
| | Labour | Hector Samuel James Hughes | 8,693 | 33.1 | −11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,888 | 33.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,274 | 63.8 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +21.3 | |
General election 1935: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Oscar Montague Guest | 11,744 | 48.6 | −18.3 |
| | Labour | Hector Samuel James Hughes | 10,931 | 45.3 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal | Henry James Edwards | 1,462 | 6.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 813 | 3.3 | −30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,137 | 59.3 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -15.2 | |

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Camberwell North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Freda Künzlen Corbet | 12,251 | 69.6 | +24.3 |
| | Conservative | L. Avon May | 5,346 | 30.4 | −18.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,905 | 39.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,597 | 65.2 | +5.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.2 | |