title: Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Lewisham South was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Bellingham, Catford, Downham, and Hither Green.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1950 | Herbert Morrison | Labour |
  | | 1959 | Carol Johnson | Labour |
  | Feb 1974 | Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  General election 1950: Lewisham South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Herbert Morrison | 26,666 | 54.58 | |
  | | Conservative | Frederick Gough | 18,892 | 38.67 | |
  | | Liberal | George William Rouse | 2,665 | 5.45 | |
  | | Communist | J. W. Jones | 635 | 1.30 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,774 | 15.91 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,858 | 86.51 | |
  | | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  
  General election 1951: Lewisham South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Herbert Morrison | 27,559 | 56.61 |
  | | Conservative | Charles Ross Hutchinson | 20,548 | 42.21 |
  | | Communist | John Mahon | 578 | 1.19 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,011 | 14.40 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,685 | 85.36 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  General election 1955: Lewisham South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Herbert Morrison | 23,821 | 55.79 | |
  | | Conservative | John C Arnold | 17,478 | 40.93 | |
  | | Independent | John Loverseed | 1,400 | 3.28 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,343 | 14.86 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,699 | 77.66 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  General election 1959: Lewisham South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Carol Johnson | 22,354 | 51.99 | |
  | | Conservative | John Hunt | 19,273 | 45.44 | |
  | | Alert Party | George Forrester | 788 | 1.86 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,081 | 7.55 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,415 | 78.60 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  General election 1964: Electorate :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Carol Johnson | 20,078 | 52.46 |
  | | Conservative | Barney Hayhoe | 12,486 | 32.63 |
  | | Liberal | Frank Bennett | 5,706 | 14.91 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,592 | 19.83 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,270 | 74.78 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  General election 1966: Electorate :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Carol Johnson | 21,165 | 56.91 |
  | | Conservative | Gordon Dixon | 11,247 | 30.24 |
  | | Liberal | Frank Bennett | 4,779 | 12.85 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,918 | 26.67 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,191 | 75.13 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  General election 1970: Electorate :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Carol Johnson | 19,217 | 57.02 | |
  | | Conservative | Gordon Dixon | 13,665 | 40.55 | |
  | | Independent | Diane Hart | 821 | 2.44 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,552 | 16.47 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,703 | 65.74 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  