Camberwell and Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell and Peckham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Camberwell and Peckham in Greater London.
County Greater London
Population 125,226 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 78,605 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Harriet Harman (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Peckham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London
Peckham
Harriet Harman, Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham

Camberwell and Peckham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Harriet Harman of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

To date the seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party and the current MP is Harriet Harman, former Deputy Leader of the party and Shadow Culture Secretary. It has the distinction of having a higher proportion of poor people than any other constituency in the country in 2000, as defined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation at the time.[3]

Boundaries

1997-2010: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Barset, Brunswick, Consort, Faraday, Friary, Liddle, St Giles, The Lane, and Waverley.

2010-present: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Brunswick Park, Camberwell Green, Faraday, Livesey, Nunhead, Peckham, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell, and The Lane.

The constituency incorporates the areas of Camberwell, Peckham and Nunhead in the London Borough of Southwark, together with parts of its other districts of Walworth, East Dulwich, South Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1997. Its first and only Member of Parliament, as of 2015, is Harriet Harman, the former Deputy Leader of the party and former Shadow Culture Secretary, who had been the MP for the preceding constituency of Peckham since a by-election in 1982.

ElectionMember[4]Party
1997 Harriet Harman Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Camberwell and Peckham[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 32,614 63.3 +4.1
Conservative Naomi Newstead 6,790 13.2 +0.1
Green Amelia Womack 5,187 10.1 +7.1
Liberal Democrat Yahaya Kiyingi[7] 2,580 5.0 −17.4
UKIP David Kurten 2,413 4.7 +4.7
All People's Party Prem Goyal[8] 829 1.6 +1.6
National Health Action Rebecca Fox 466 0.9 +0.9
TUSC Nick Wrack [9] [10] 292 0.6 +0.6
CISTA Alex Robertson 197 0.4 +0.4
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye 107 0.2 −0.2
Whig Felicity Anscomb[11] 86 0.2 +0.2
Majority 25,824 50.1 +11.3
Turnout 51,561 62.3 +3.0
Labour hold Swing +2.0
General Election 2010: Camberwell and Peckham[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 27,619 59.2 −4.1
Liberal Democrat Columba Blango 10,432 22.4 +1.9
Conservative Andrew Stranack 6,080 13.0 +3.1
Green Jennifer Helen Jones 1,361 2.9 −1.7
English Democrats Yohara Robby Munilla 435 0.9 +0.9
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye 211 0.5 +0.2
Socialist Labour Mrs. Margaret M. Sharkey 184 0.4 −0.1
Independent Decima Francis 93 0.2 N/A
Independent Steven Robbins 87 0.2 N/A
Independent Patricia Knox 82 0.2 N/A
Alliance for Workers' Liberty Jill Mountford 75 0.2 N/A
Majority 17,187 36.8 -9.7
Turnout 46,659 59.3 +7.3
Labour hold Swing −3.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Camberwell and Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 18,933 65.3 −4.3
Liberal Democrat Richard J. Porter 5,450 18.8 +5.5
Conservative Jessica Katherine Lee 2,841 9.8 −1.1
Green Paul M. Ingram 1,172 4.0 +0.8
UKIP Derek Penhallow 350 1.2 +1.2
Socialist Labour Mrs. Margaret M. Sharkey 132 0.5 –0.2
Workers Revolutionary Sanjay M. Kulkarni 113 0.4 +0.1
Majority 13,483 46.5
Turnout 28,991 52.0 +5.2
Labour hold Swing −4.9
General Election 2001: Camberwell and Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 17,473 69.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrat Donnachadh McCarthy 3,350 13.3 +2.1
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 2,740 10.9 −0.7
Green Storm Poorun 805 3.2 N/A
Socialist Alliance John Anthony Mulrenan 478 1.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Robert William Adams 188 0.7 −1.7
Workers Revolutionary Frank Sweeney 70 0.3 −0.1
Majority 14,123 56.3
Turnout 25,104 46.8 −8.5
Labour hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Camberwell and Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harriet Harman 19,734 69.3 N/A
Conservative Kim Humphreys 3,283 11.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat Nigel P. Williams 3,198 11.2 N/A
Referendum Nicholas A. China 692 2.4 N/A
Socialist Labour Mrs. Angela M. Ruddock 685 2.4 N/A
Liberal Gerry A. Williams 443 1.6 N/A
Socialist Alternative Miss Joan Barker 233 0.8 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Christopher Eames 106 0.4 N/A
Majority 16,451 58.0 N/A
Turnout 28,374 55.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. "Camberwell and Peckham: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 16 July 2007
  4. "Camberwell and Peckham 1997-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/downloads/download/4185/general_election_-_camberwell_and_peckham 23Jul15
  7. "Yahaya Kiyingi". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. "Prem Goyal PPC page". All People's Party. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. http://leftunity.org/nick-wrack-a-socialist-candidate-in-camberwell-peckham/
  10. http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/322.pdf
  11. http://whigs.uk/camberwell-and-peckham/
  12. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. Election of a Member of Parliament - Camberwell and Peckham Constituency London Borough of Southwark, 20 April 2010

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Witney
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition
2010
Succeeded by
Doncaster North
Preceded by
Doncaster North
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition
2015
Succeeded by
Islington North

Coordinates: 51°28′30″N 0°04′12″W / 51.475°N 0.070°W / 51.475; -0.070

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