Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hackney North and Stoke Newington in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	74,780 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Diane Abbott (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hackney North; Stoke Newington constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The constituency has always elected Labour MPs since its creation in 1950. While well connected to Central London, including the City of London, the seat generally has moderate incomes rather than high, and a narrow majority of wards had a relatively high ranking when placed in the Index of Multiple Deprivation, compiled in 2000.^[2] In line with most of Greater London since 2000 many parts, especially Stamford Hill, Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton^[3] have become marginal in terms of local councillors and these districts, with to a lesser extent the eponymous Hackney and Stoke Newington, are in the process of becoming re-gentrified with ongoing increases in land value, proximity to the London 2012 venues and a council that successfully reduced the level of crime by about 30 per cent within a four-year period.^[4] Demographically, almost 60 per cent of households are singletons and households have a higher than average level of unemployment.^[4] Through all this change, under incumbent Diane Abbott, the seat has become a safe seat for Labour. Prior to her promotion to the Shadow Cabinet, Abbott for many years was Labour's regular commentator opposite Michael Portillo on the light-hearted political round-up series This Week, and still appears on the show periodically.

History

The seat was created in 1950 and has gone through many changes: in January 2006 the boundary moved again, this time to correspond with the local government ward boundaries.

Following major electoral reform at the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, part of the Third Reform Act, the seat of Hackney was divided into two and Hackney North was formed, this time to return only one Member of Parliament, commencing with the 1885 general election.

The Stoke Newington constituency was created at the 1918 general election by the division of the Hackney North constituency by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, known generally as Fourth Reform Act; an Act most importantly remembered for the first time extending suffrage to women. The constituency was identical in area to the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.

Following a decrease in the population the two constituencies were merged by the Representation of the People Act, 1948, retaining David Weitzman as MP and becoming the current constituency in the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Stoke Newington and Hackney North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1955.

Stoke Newington and Hackney North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1955 to 1974.

1950-1955: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Leaside, Maury, Southwold, Springfield, and Stamford, and the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington (the wards of Church, Clissold, Lordship, Manor, Palatine, and South Hornsey).

1955-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney wards of Northfield, Northwold, Rectory, and Springfield, and the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington (the wards of Brownswood, Church, Clissold, Defoe, Lordship, Manor, Milton, Palatine, Wilberforce, and Woodberry).

1974-1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Brownswood, Clissold, Defoe, New River, Northfield, Northwold, and Springfield.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Brownswood, Clissold, Eastdown, Leabridge, New River, North Defoe, Northfield, Northwold, Rectory, South Defoe, and Springfield.

2010-present: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Brownswood, Cazenove, Clissold, Dalston, Hackney Downs, Leabridge, Lordship, New River, Springfield, and Stoke Newington Central.

The constituency covers the northern part of the London Borough of Hackney.

The seat is bordered by the constituencies of Hackney South and Shoreditch, Islington North, Tottenham, and Walthamstow.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[5]	Party
1950	David Weitzman	Labour
1979	Ernie Roberts	Labour
1987	Diane Abbott	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Hackney North and Stoke Newington^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	31,357	62.9	+7.9
	Conservative	Amy Gray	7,349	14.7	+0.2
	Green	Heather Finlay	7,281	14.6	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon de Deney	2,492	5.0	−18.9
	UKIP	Keith Fraser	1,085	2.2	+2.2
	Animal Welfare	Jon Homan	221	0.5	+0.5
	Communist League	Jonathan Silberman	102	0.2	+0.2
Majority			24,008	48.1	+17.0
Turnout			49,887	60.0	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 2010: Hackney North and Stoke Newington^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	25,553	55.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Angus	11,092	23.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Darren Caplan	6,759	14.5	+0.1
	Green	Matt Sellwood	2,133	4.6	−5.1
	Christian	Maxine Hargreaves	299	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Suzanne Moore	258	0.6	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Knigel Knapp	182	0.4	−0.4
	Independent	Paul Shaer	96	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Alessandra Williams	61	0.1	N/A
	Magna Carta Party	Jack Pope-de-Locksley	26	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,461	31.1	+5.8
Turnout			46,459	62.9	+13.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	14,268	48.6	−12.4
	Liberal Democrat	James Blanchard	6,841	23.3	+9.2
	Conservative	Ertan Hurer	4,218	14.4	−0.6
	Green	Mischa Borris	2,907	9.9	+2.5
	Independent	David Vail	602	2.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Nusrat Sen	296	1.0	−1.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Nigel Barrow	248	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,427	25.3	−20.7
Turnout			29,380	49.6	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.8

General Election 2001: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	18,081	61.0	−4.1
	Conservative	Molly Dye	4,430	15.0	−2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Meral Ece	4,170	14.1	+3.9
	Green	Chit Chong	2,184	7.4	+3.1
	Socialist Labour	Sukant Chandan	756	2.6	N/A
Majority			13,651	46.0	−2.3
Turnout			29,621	49.0	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	21,110	65.2	+7.4
	Conservative	Michael Lavender	5,483	16.9	−10
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Taylor	3,306	10.2	−1.3
	Green	Yen Chit Chong	1,395	4.3	1.1
	Referendum	Brian Maxwell	544	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Dickon Tolson	368	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Lisa Lovebucket	176	0.5	N/A
Majority			15,627	48.3	+17.4
Turnout			32,382	52.0	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	20,083	57.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Cole Manson	9,356	26.9	−2
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Fitchett	3,996	11.5	−7.7
	Green	Heather M. Hunt	1,111	3.2	+0.6
	Natural Law	J Windsor	178	0.5	N/A
Majority			10,727	30.9	+11.1
Turnout			34,724	63.5	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	18,912	48.7	−3.3
	Conservative	Oliver Letwin	11,234	28.9	+0.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Simon Howard Taylor	7,446	19.2	+3.4
	Green	David John FitzPatrick	997	2.6	+1.2
	Red Front	Yasmini Train Anwar	228	0.6	N/A
Majority			7,678	19.8	−3.6
Turnout			38,817	58.1	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Roberts	18,989	52.0
	Conservative	Vernon Edwin Hartley-Booth	10,444	28.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D Ash	5,746	15.8
	Ecology	David John FitzPatrick	492	1.4
	Communist	Monty Goldman	426	1.2
	National Front	J Field	396	1.1
Majority			8,545	23.4
Turnout			36,493	54.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Roberts	14,688	51.6
	Conservative	Timothy Miller	9,467	33.2
	Liberal	Tudor Gates	3,033	10.6
	National Front	Sylvia May	860	3.0
	Communist	Monty Goldman	440	1.5
Majority			5,221	18.3
Turnout			28,488	60.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	16,525	59.20
	Conservative	Anthony John Wylson	5,972	21.39
	Liberal	Simon J. Lyons	3,796	13.60
	National Front	Henry Charles Lord	1,044	3.74
	Communist	Monty Goldman	418	1.50
	Workers Revolutionary	Michael Van der Poorten	159	0.57
Majority			10,553	37.81
Turnout				52.80
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	17,160	52.52
	Conservative	Anthony John Wylson	7,826	23.95
	Liberal	Simon J. Lyons	5,932	18.15
	National Front	Henry Charles Lord	1,226	3.75
	Communist	Monty Goldman	532	1.63
Majority			9,334	28.57
Turnout				62.13
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	20,446	62.84
	Conservative	John R. Boast	11,298	34.72
	Communist	Monty Goldman	793	2.44
Majority			9,148	28.12
Turnout				50.07
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	24,221	67.41
	Conservative	John R. Boast	10,221	28.44
	Communist	Monty Goldman	1,491	4.15
Majority			14,000	38.96
Turnout				55.81
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	21,777	57.39
	Conservative	Roger L. White	10,843	28.58
	Liberal	Jack Bright	5,324	14.03
Majority			10,934	28.82
Turnout				58.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	22,950	52.71
	Conservative	Roger L. White	14,515	33.34
	Liberal	Philip Phillips	6,076	13.95
Majority			8,435	19.37
Turnout				67.72
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	25,253	56.96
	Conservative	Leonard Defries-Porter	15,165	34.21
	Liberal	Benjamin Ashkenazi	2,388	5.39
	Communist	Aubrey Morris	1,525	3.44
Majority			10,088	22.76
Turnout				67.91
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	37,406	59.09
	Conservative	Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet	21,369	33.76
	Liberal	Joan Allison	4,524	7.15
Majority			16,037	25.34
Turnout				78.91
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Weitzman	33,783	54.9	N/A
	Conservative	W.H. Bishop	19,469	31.6	N/A
	Liberal	Philip Phillips	7,740	12.6	N/A
	Social Credit	John Hargrave	551	0.9	N/A
Majority			14,314	23.3	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2001 Census
↑ Hackney Borough Council - councillors
1 2 Area Guide to E5 from mouseprice
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000720
↑ Statement of People Nominated Hackney Borough Council
↑ "Election 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

Diane Abbott's website

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1950	Barnet Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barnet Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brentford and Chiswick Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°34′N 0°04′W / 51.56°N 0.07°W / 51.56; -0.07

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