Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South and Shoreditch
Borough constituency
HackneySouthShoreditchConstituency.svg
Hackney South and Shoreditch shown within Greater London
Created:Feb 1974
MP:Meg Hillier
Party:Labour Co-operative
Type:House of Commons
County:Greater London
EP constituency: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.

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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:

Shoreditch Town Hall

Members of Parliament

The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury, and has a history of members switching parties. Ronald Brown, former incumbent for Shoreditch and Finsbury, was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party, but 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 announced his retirement from parliament at the 2005 election; but on 26 April 2005 defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the week of the election.[1] The Liberal Democrats were unable to capitalise on the defection; and the seat was held for Labour by the current incumbent Meg Hillier.

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974Ronald BrownLabour
1981SDP
1983Brian SedgemoreLabour
2005Meg HillierLabour Co-operative

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

United Kingdom general election, 2010: Hackney South and Shoreditch [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-opMeg Hillier
ConservativeSimon Nayyar
Liberal DemocratDave Raval
General Election 2005: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-opMeg Hillier17,04852.9–11.3
Liberal DemocratHugh Bayliss6,84421.2+6.6
ConservativeJohn Moss4,52414.0+0.2
GreenIpemndoh dan Iyan1,7795.5N/A
RespectDean Ryan1,4374.5N/A
LiberalBenjamin Rae3131.0N/A
CommunistMonty Goldman2000.6–0.3
Workers' RevolutionaryJonty Leff920.3–0.2
Majority10,20431.7
Turnout32,23749.7+2.3
Labour Co-op holdSwing–9.0
General Election 2001: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBrian Sedgemore19,47164.2+4.8
Liberal DemocratTony Vickers4,42214.6–0.4
ConservativePaul White4,18013.8+0.5
Socialist AllianceCecilia Prosper1,4014.6N/A
Reform 2000Saim Koksal4711.6N/A
CommunistIvan Beavis2590.90.0
Workers' RevolutionaryWilliam Rogers1430.5+0.1
Majority15,04949.6
Turnout30,34747.4–7.0
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBrian Sedgemore20,04859.4
Liberal DemocratMartin Pantling5,05815.0
ConservativeChristopher O'Leary4,49413.3
IndependentTerry Betts2,4367.2N/A
Referendum PartyRichard Franklin6131.8N/A
BNPGordon Callow5311.6N/A
CommunistMonty Goldman2980.9N/A
Natural LawMichelle Goldberg1450.4
Workers' RevolutionaryWilliam Rogers1390.4N/A
Majority14,99044.4
Turnout33,76254.5
Labour holdSwing
General Election 1992: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBrian Sedgemore19,73053.4+5.5
ConservativeAndrew Turner10,71429.0+0.3
Liberal DemocratGeorge Wintle5,53315.0–7.4
GreenL Lucas7722.1N/A
Natural LawMs G Norman2260.6N/A
Majority9,01624.4
Turnout36,97563.8
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBrian Sedgemore18,79947.9+4.4
ConservativeM C Northcroft-Brown11,27728.7+5.4
LiberalJ D Roberts8,81222.4Unclear
CommunistD Green4031.0+0.4
Majority7,52219.2
Turnout32,29155.4
Labour holdSwing
General Election 1983: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBrian Sedgemore16,62143.3
ConservativeP J P Croft8,93023.3
Social DemocratRon Brown7,02518.3
Independent LiberalJ. D. Roberts3,7249.7
Independent LabourS. J. Quilty7041.8
National FrontR. Ashton5931.6
BNPV. D. Tyndall3741.0
CommunistD. Green2460.6
Workers' RevolutionaryR. D. Goldstein1410.4
Majority7,69120.0
Turnout53.8

See also

References

  1. ^ Loyal Bennite and political loner Michael White, The Guardian 27 April 2005 accessed 14 July 2009
  2. ^ Hackney South and Shoreditch UKPolling

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Coordinates: 51°32′N 0°04′W / 51.54°N 0.06°W / 51.54; -0.06

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