Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Greenwich and Woolwich | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 77,190 (June 2017) [1][2] |
Major settlements | Greenwich, Woolwich and Charlton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Matthew Pennycook (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Greenwich, Woolwich |
Greenwich and Woolwich is a
Constituency profile
The seat is dominated in the south by expansive and panoramic
There remain some industrial areas in the formerHistory
- Since 1997
The constituency was created for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former Greenwich constituency, and the western half of the former Woolwich constituency. It has been controlled by the Labour Party since its creation, when they polled 63.4% of the vote and a majority of 44.8%. Thirteen years later, the 2010 general election produced the smallest majority as a share of the vote, 24.7%, with the Labour candidate taking 49.2% of votes cast.
The 2015 general election result was the 105th-safest Labour majority of 232 seats won by Labour at that election.[6]
- Greenwich forerunner
Reflecting a demographic split in the latter twentieth century were five and eleven-year periods when the two predecessor seats were represented by candidates from the SDP.
The former Greenwich constituency was a secure Labour Party seat for much of the twentieth century, though it had been a safe Liberal seat throughout most of the nineteenth century. In 1987, it was gained by the Social Democratic Party at a by-election and narrowly regained by Labour five years later at the 1992 general election.
- Woolwich forerunner
The former Woolwich constituency (and its predecessor
- 1945-1997 combined summary
Including the pre-1997 predecessors, the area has since World War II been a Labour safe seat, or, as indicated in the 1987 result for Greenwich only, in the best result for a Conservative candidate locally during the years since 1955, occasionally a marginal.[n 4]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Arsenal, Blackheath, Burrage, Charlton, Ferrier, Hornfair, Kidbrooke, Nightingale, Rectory Field, St Alfege, St Mary's, Trafalgar, Vanbrugh, West, and Woolwich Common.
2010–present: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Greenwich West, Peninsula, Woolwich Common, and Woolwich Riverside.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the Glyndon ward (as it existed on 1 December 2010) will be transferred to Erith and Thamesmead in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.[7]
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[8][9] the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Royal Borough of Greenwich from the next general election:
- Blackheath Westcombe (most); Charlton Hornfair (most); Charlton Village and Riverside; East Greenwich; Greenwich Creekside; Greenwich Park; Greenwich Peninsula; Woolwich Arsenal (most); Woolwich Common (most); Woolwich Dockyard; and small parts of Shooters Hill and Plumstead Common.[10]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[11] | Party | |
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1997 | Nick Raynsford | Labour | |
2015 | Matthew Pennycook | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Annous[12] | ||||
Green | Stacy Smith[13] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 30,185 | 56.8 | -7.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Turrell | 11,721 | 22.1 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhian O'Connor | 7,253 | 13.7 | +6.6 | |
Green | Victoria Rance | 2,363 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
Brexit Party
|
Kailash Trivedi | 1,228 | 2.3 | New | |
CPA | Eunice Odesanmi | 245 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent
|
Shushil Gaikwad | 125 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 18,464 | 34.7 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,120 | 66.4 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 79,997 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 34,215 | 64.4 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Caroline Attfield | 13,501 | 25.4 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Adams | 3,785 | 7.1 | +1.4 | |
Green | Daniel Garrun | 1,605 | 3.0 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 20,714 | 39.0 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,107 | 68.8 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 77,190 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 24,384 | 52.2 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Hartley | 12,438 | 26.6 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Ryan Acty[21] | 3,888 | 8.3 | New | |
Green | Abbey Akinoshun[22] | 2,991 | 6.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Holder[23] | 2,645 | 5.7 | -12.8 | |
TUSC | Lynne Chamberlain | 370 | 0.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 11,946 | 25.6 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,716 | 63.7 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 73,315 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 20,262 | 49.2 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | Spencer Drury | 10,109 | 24.5 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Lee | 7,498 | 18.5 | -1.5 | |
BNP | Lawrence Rustem[25] | 1,151 | 2.8 | New | |
Green | Andy Hewett | 1,054 | 2.6 | -1.9 | |
Christian | Edward Adeyele | 443 | 1.1 | New | |
English Democrat
|
Raden Wresniwiro | 339 | 0.8 | -2.6 | |
TUSC | Onay Kasab | 267 | 0.6 | New | |
No description | Tammy Alingham | 61 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,153 | 24.7 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,188 | 62.9 | +9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 65,489 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 17,527 | 49.2 | -11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Le Breton | 7,381 | 20.7 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Alistair Craig | 7,142 | 20.1 | +0.9 | |
Green | David Sharman | 1,579 | 4.4 | New | |
English Democrat
|
Garry Bushell | 1,216 | 3.4 | New | |
UKIP
|
Stan Gain | 709 | 2.0 | -0.1 | |
Independent
|
Purvarani Nagalingam | 61 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,146 | 28.5 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,615 | 55.6 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 63,631 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 19,691 | 60.5 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Forsdyke | 6,258 | 19.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Pyne | 5,082 | 15.6 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Stan Gain | 672 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Kirstie Paton | 481 | 1.5 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Margaret Sharkey | 352 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,433 | 41.3 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,536 | 54.1 | -11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 60,114 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Raynsford | 25,630 | 63.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Mitchell | 7,502 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cherry Luxton | 5,049 | 12.5 | ||
Referendum | Douglas Ellison | 1,670 | 4.1 | ||
Fellowship | Ronald Mallone | 428 | 1.1 | ||
Constitutionalist
|
David Martin-Eagle | 124 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 18,128 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 40,403 | 65.9 | |||
Registered electors | 61,352 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ MP for Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency) 1992–97
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
- ^ See The O2 Arena
- ^ The winning majority was 5.7% over the Conservative challenger.
References
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
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External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in London