Camberwell and Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Camberwell and Peckham


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1997
MP = Harriet Harman
Party = Labour
EP = London

Camberwell and Peckham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a Labour Party stronghold. It has the distinction of having a higher proportion of poor people than any other constituency in the country in 2000. [ [http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2077.asp Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005] ]

Boundaries

The constituency incorporates the areas of Camberwell and Peckham, in the London Borough of Southwark.

Boundary review

Following their reivew of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing Camberwell and Peckham constituency.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified constituency are:
*Brunswick Park, Camberwell Green, Faraday, Livesey, Nunhead, Peckham, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell and The Lane.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1997. Its first and only Member of Parliament, as of 2008, is Harriet Harman, who had been the MP for the preceding constituency of Peckham since a 1982 by-election.
*1997 – "present": Harriet Harman, Labour

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harriet Harman
votes = 18,933
percentage = 65.3
change = –4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Porter
votes = 5,450
percentage = 18.8
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jessica Lee
votes = 2,841
percentage = 9.8
change = –1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul Ingram
votes = 1,172
percentage = 4.0
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Derek Penhallow
votes = 350
percentage = 1.2
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Sharkey
votes = 132
percentage = 0.5
change = –0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Sanjay Kulkarni
votes = 113
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 13,483
percentage = 46.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 28,991
percentage = 52.0
change = +5.2Election box hold with party link
winner =Labour Party (UK)
swing =–4.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harriet Harman
votes = 17,473
percentage = 69.6
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Donnachadh McCarthy
votes = 3,350
percentage = 13.3
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Morgan
votes = 2,740
percentage = 10.9
change = –0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Storm Poorun
votes = 805
percentage = 3.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = John Mulrenan
votes = 478
percentage = 1.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Adams
votes = 188
percentage = 0.7
change = –1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Sweeney
votes = 70
percentage = 0.3
change = –0.1Election box majority
votes = 14,123
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,104
percentage = 46.8
change = –8.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = –0.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harriet Harman
votes = 19,734
percentage = 69.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kim Humphreys
votes = 3,383
percentage = 11.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Williams
votes = 3,198
percentage = 11.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = N. China
votes = 692
percentage = 2.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A. Ruddock
votes = 685
percentage = 2.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = G. Williams
votes = 443
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
candidate = J. Barker
votes = 233
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = C. Eames
votes = 106
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 16,351
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 56.7
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = N/A

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ccommons1.htm Historical list of MPs: C (part 1)] at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm UK General Elections since 1832] at Richard Kimber's Political science Resources