 West Dulwich forms part of the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency whose current member of Parliament is Helen Hayes MP of the Labour Party.At the local government level, West Dulwich is split between Dulwich Hil Ward, Dulwich Village Ward and Dulwich Wood Ward in the London Borough of Southwark, and Gipsy Hill Ward and Thurlow Park Ward in London Borough of Lambeth.Dulwich has traditionally a Conservative area, although in recent years they have faced competition from the Liberal Democrats and Labour.