Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)
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Vauxhall | |
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Labour Co-op) | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kennington and Lambeth North |
Vauxhall is a
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to major boundary changes. It will lose the wards of Clapham Town, Ferndale and Larkhall to the new constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill, partly offset by the addition of the Borough of Southwark wards of Camberwell Green and Newington. As a consequence, it will be renamed Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]
Boundaries
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
2010–present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
Vauxhall is wholly within the
Constituency profile
The seat includes all of
At just over 6% of the population, Vauxhall (which is located in the
Political history
The area has consistently voted in parliamentary elections for
Since a 1989 by-election, the seat had been represented by Kate Hoey. Continuing a history as a safe seat for Labour, since her 1989 election, Hoey consistently achieved majorities of 9,100 to 20,200 votes. The 2015 result made the seat the 105th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[4]
Despite Hoey being a prominent campaigner for
Prominent frontbenchers
Local government results
The constituency shared boundaries with the Vauxhall electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
The local government
A single
Three Liberal Democrat councillors represented the Bishop's ward from 1990 to 2014; they subsequently lost the three ward seats to Labour, as did the sole Liberal Democrat councilors in the Oval and Vassall wards. They failed to gain them back in 2018.
At the
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[12] | Party | |
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1950 | George Strauss | Labour | |
1979 | Stuart Holland | Labour | |
1989 by-election | Kate Hoey | Labour | |
2019 | Florence Eshalomi | Labour Co-op
|
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Florence Eshalomi | 31,615 | 56.1 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lewis | 12,003 | 21.3 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Sarah Bool | 9,422 | 16.7 | −1.9 | |
Green | Jacqueline Bond | 2,516 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
Brexit Party
|
Andrew McGuinness | 641 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Salah Faissal | 136 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 19,612 | 34.8 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 56,333 | 63.5 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 88,659 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing | −1.0 |
13.6% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2017 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 31,576 | 57.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Turner | 11,326 | 20.5 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Dolly Theis | 10,277 | 18.6 | −8.7 | |
Green | Gulnar Hasnain | 1,152 | 2.0 | −5.6 | |
Women's Equality | Harini Iyengar | 539 | 0.9 | New | |
Pirate | Mark Chapman | 172 | 0.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 20,250 | 36.8 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,042 | 67.1 | +9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 82,055 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 25,778 | 53.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | James Bellis | 13,070 | 27.3 | +5.8 | |
Green | Gulnar Hasnain | 3,658 | 7.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett | 3,312 | 6.9 | −18.2 | |
UKIP
|
Ace Nnorom | 1,385 | 2.9 | New | |
Pirate | Mark Chapman | 201 | 0.4 | New | |
Left Unity | Simon Hardy | 188 | 0.4 | New | |
CISTA | Louis Jensen | 164 | 0.3 | New | |
Whig | Waleed Ghani | 103 | 0.2 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 82 | 0.2 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 12,708 | 26.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,941 | 58.3 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 82,231 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 21,498 | 49.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon | 10,847 | 25.1 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Glyn Chambers | 9,301 | 21.5 | +7.0 | |
Green | Joseph Healy | 708 | 1.6 | −2.8 | |
English Democrat | Jose Navarro | 289 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Christian | Lana Martin | 200 | 0.5 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 143 | 0.3 | −0.3 | |
Anticapitalists | Jeremy Drinkall | 109 | 0.3 | New | |
Animal Welfare | James Kapetanos | 96 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,651 | 24.7 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,191 | 57.7 | + 9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 74,811 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 19,744 | 52.9 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Anglin | 9,767 | 26.1 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Heckels | 5,405 | 14.5 | +1.1 | |
Green | Tim Summers | 1,705 | 4.6 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Robert McWhirter | 271 | 0.7 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 240 | 0.6 | New | |
English Democrat
|
Janus Polenceus | 221 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,977 | 26.8 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,363 | 46.9 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 79,637 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 19,738 | 59.1 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bottrall | 6,720 | 20.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Gareth Compton | 4,489 | 13.4 | −1.8 | |
Green | Shane Collins | 1,485 | 4.4 | +2.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Theresa Bennett | 853 | 2.6 | New | |
Independent
|
Martin Boyd | 107 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 13,018 | 39.0 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,392 | 44.8 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 74,474 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 24,920 | 63.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Kerr | 6,260 | 16.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Bacon | 5,952 | 15.2 | −11.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Ian Driver | 983 | 2.5 | New | |
Green | Shane Collins | 862 | 2.2 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Richard Headicar | 97 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 18,660 | 47.8 | +20.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,074 | 55.5 | −6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 70,424 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 21,328 | 54.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Bernard Gentry | 10,840 | 27.8 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Tuffrey | 5,678 | 14.6 | −3.6 | |
Green | Penny Shepherd | 803 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Independent
|
A Khan | 156 | 0.4 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | S. Hill | 152 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,488 | 27.0 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,957 | 62.4 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 62,473 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 15,191 | 52.7 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Keegan | 5,425 | 18.8 | −10.2 | |
SLD
|
Mike Tuffrey | 5,043 | 17.5 | −0.7 | |
Green | Henry Bewley | 1,767 | 6.1 | +4.3 | |
The People's Candidate | Hewie Andrew | 302 | 1.1 | New | |
The Greens | Dominic Allen | 264 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Rudy Narayan | 179 | 0.6 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | Don Milligan | 177 | 0.6 | New | |
Official National Front | Patrick Harrington | 127 | 0.4 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 106 | 0.4 | New | |
Christian Alliance | David Black | 86 | 0.3 | New | |
National Front | Ted Budden | 83 | 0.3 | New | |
Fellowship | Geoffrey Rolph | 24 | 0.1 | New | |
Leveller Party | William Scola | 21 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,766 | 33.9 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 28,795 | 44.4 | −19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 64,905 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 21,364 | 50.2 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | David Lidington | 12,345 | 29.0 | +2.3 | |
SDP | Simon Acland | 7,764 | 18.2 | −6.1 | |
Green | Janice Owens | 770 | 1.8 | New | |
Communist | Dave Cook | 223 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Red Front | Kunle Oluremi | 117 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,019 | 21.2 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,583 | 64.0 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 66,538 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 18,234 | 46.5 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Kingsley Manning | 10,454 | 26.7 | −7.1 | |
SDP | Roger Liddle[21]
|
9,515 | 24.3 | +16.9 | |
National Front
|
J. Wright | 508 | 1.3 | −2.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | P. Lingard | 266 | 0.7 | New | |
Communist | Dave Cook | 199 | 0.5 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | G Shorter | 38 | 0.1 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 7,780 | 19.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,214 | 64.5 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 64,867 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 13,058 | 52.4 | −10.8 | |
Conservative | Philip Linnell Heslop | 8,358 | 33.6 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick Harrison[22] | 1,842 | 7.4 | −6.1 | |
National Front
|
Vernon Atkinson[22] | 879 | 3.6 | New | |
Labour Alliance Party | Douglas Elliot[22] | 565 | 2.3 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Sarah Hannigan[22] | 153 | 0.6 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | Bill Boaks | 44 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,700 | 18.8 | −21.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,899 | 62.5 | +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 39,870 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,493 | 63.2 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Victor MacColl | 5,727 | 23.4 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Cousins | 3,300 | 13.5 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 9,766 | 39.8 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,520 | 52.7 | −9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 46,502 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 16,135 | 52.4 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 7,494 | 26.1 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Cousins | 5,139 | 17.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,641 | 30.3 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 28,768 | 62.2 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 46,261 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 13,046 | 63.6 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Clive W Jones | 7,477 | 36.4 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 5,569 | 27.2 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,523 | 54.4 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 37,707 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,233 | 66.6 | +2.49 | |
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 7,645 | 33.4 | −2.49 | |
Majority | 7,588 | 33.2 | +4.98 | ||
Turnout | 22,878 | 58.6 | −0.58 | ||
Registered electors | 39,042 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,458 | 64.11 | +2.13 | |
Conservative | David Lane | 8,653 | 35.89 | −2.13 | |
Majority | 6,805 | 28.22 | +4.26 | ||
Turnout | 24,111 | 59.18 | −5.77 | ||
Registered electors | 40,743 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 18,437 | 61.98 | −2.71 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Havers | 11,312 | 38.02 | +2.71 | |
Majority | 7,125 | 23.96 | −5.42 | ||
Turnout | 29,749 | 64.95 | +2.21 | ||
Registered electors | 45,802 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 19,220 | 64.69 | −1.15 | |
Conservative | Edwin H. Lee | 10,492 | 35.31 | +1.15 | |
Majority | 8,728 | 29.38 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,712 | 62.74 | −10.91 | ||
Registered electors | 47,354 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 24,217 | 65.84 | +3.34 | |
Conservative | Edwin H. Lee | 12,564 | 34.16 | +6.46 | |
Majority | 11,653 | 31.68 | −3.22 | ||
Turnout | 36,781 | 73.65 | −2.05 | ||
Registered electors | 49,939 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 23,988 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Frank Lockwood | 10,618 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal | Walter Stanley Dyer | 3,251 | 8.5 | ||
Communist | Margot Heinemann | 508 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 13,370 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,365 | 75.7 | |||
Registered electors | 50,673 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in London
Notes
- borough constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
References
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- ^ Zeffman, Henry (25 April 2017). "Farron shrugs off gay sex row to target veteran's seat". The Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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- ^ "Kate Hoey to stand down as MP for Vauxhall at next election". ITV News. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)