Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Hackney South and Shoreditch


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1974
MP = Meg Hillier
Party = Labour Co-operative
EP = London

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency shares a boundary with eight others:
Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, West Ham, Bethnal Green & Bow, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South & Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North & Stoke Newington.

The constituency historically covers South Hackney, Shoreditch, Haggerston, De Beauvoir Town and Hackney Wick in the London Borough of Hackney, and is now divided into nine political wards:
* Chatham (ward) see Homerton
* De Beauvoir (ward) see De Beauvoir Town
* Hackney Central (ward) see Hackney Central
* Haggerston (ward) see Haggerston
* Hoxton (ward) see Hoxton
* Kings Park (ward) see Lower Clapton
* Queensbridge (ward)
* Victoria (ward) see South Hackney
* Wick (ward) see Hackney Wick

Members of Parliament

* "Constituency created" (1974)

The seat has a history of members switching parties. Ronald Brown, elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party, joined the splinter Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. He held the seat as an SDP member until 1983, when he was defeated by Labour Party candidate Brian Sedgemore. Sedgemore then remained a member of the Labour Party for most of his career, but defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the 2005 election, in which he did not stand. The Liberal Democrat candidate Hugh Bayliss was unable to hold the seat, which is again held by a Labour Party representative, the incumbent Meg Hillier.

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Meg Hillier
votes = 17,048
percentage = 52.9
change = –11.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hugh Bayliss
votes = 6,844
percentage = 21.2
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Moss
votes = 4,524
percentage = 14.0
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ipemndoh dan Iyan
votes = 1,779
percentage = 5.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = Dean Ryan
votes = 1,437
percentage = 4.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Benjamin Rae
votes = 313
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = Monty Goldman
votes = 200
percentage = 0.6
change = –0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Jonty Leff
votes = 92
percentage = 0.3
change = –0.2Election box majority
votes = 10,204
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 32,237
percentage = 49.7
change = +2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing = –9.0

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sedgemore
votes = 19,471
percentage = 64.2
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tony Vickers
votes = 4,422
percentage = 14.6
change = –0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul White
votes = 4,180
percentage = 13.8
change = +0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Cecilia Prosper
votes = 1,401
percentage = 4.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Reform 2000
candidate = Saim Koksal
votes = 471
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = Ivan Beavis
votes = 259
percentage = 0.9
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = William Rogers
votes = 143
percentage = 0.5
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 15,049
percentage = 49.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,347
percentage = 47.4
change = –7.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

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title=General Election 1997: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sedgemore
votes = 20,048
percentage = 59.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Pantling
votes = 5,058
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher O'Leary
votes = 4,494
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Terry Betts
votes = 2,436
percentage = 7.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Richard Franklin
votes = 613
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Gordon Callow
votes = 531
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = Monty Goldman
votes = 298
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Michelle Goldberg
votes = 145
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = William Rogers
votes = 139
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 14,990
percentage = 44.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 33,762
percentage = 54.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sedgemore
votes = 19,730
percentage = 53.4
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Turner
votes = 10,714
percentage = 29.0
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Wintle
votes = 5,533
percentage = 15.0
change = –7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = L Lucas
votes = 772
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Ms G Norman
votes = 226
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,016
percentage = 24.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 36,975
percentage = 63.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1980s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1987: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sedgemore
votes = 18,799
percentage = 47.9
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = M C Northcroft-Brown
votes = 11,277
percentage = 28.7
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J D Roberts
votes = 8,812
percentage = 22.4
change = UnclearElection box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = D Green
votes = 403
percentage = 1.0
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 7,522
percentage = 19.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 32,291
percentage = 55.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1983: Hackney South and ShoreditchElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sedgemore
votes = 16,621
percentage = 43.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = P J P Croft
votes = 8,930
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Brown
votes = 7,025
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Liberal
candidate = J. D. Roberts
votes = 3,724
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour
candidate = S. J. Quilty
votes = 704
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = R. Ashton
votes = 593
percentage = 1.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = V. D. Tyndall
votes = 374
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = D. Green
votes = 246
percentage = 0.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = R. D. Goldstein
votes = 141
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,691
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 53.8
change =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hackney
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Sources

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/287.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/287.stm Election results, 1997 - 2001] (BBC)
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997LB.html Election results, 1997 - 2001] (Election Demon)
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html Election results, 1983 - 1992] (Election Demon)
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,,-987,00.html Election results, 1992 - 2005] (Guardian)
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1974 - 1979] (Keele University)