Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South and Shoreditch
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hackney South and Shoreditch in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	73,778 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Meg Hillier (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Shoreditch & Finsbury
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party.^{[n 2]}

1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Proposed abolition
4 Members of Parliament
5 Election results
6 See also
7 Notes and References
8 Sources

History [edit]

The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury

Ronald Brown was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party but defected from the Opposition to join the fledgling Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981, at a time when Labour wished for Common Market withdrawal and the removal of keeping a nuclear deterrent during the Cold War. Brown 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.^[2] The Liberal Democrats were unable to capitalise on the defection, their candidate only gaining the second largest gain in votes of the candidates competing.

Election Record

All elections since the seat's creation have been won by of the Labour candidates, including the incumbent, Meg Hillier, with substantial majorities, thus far being a stronghold.

Boundaries [edit]

Shoreditch Town Hall

The constituency covers the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. It is made up of nine electoral wards from the borough:

Chatham, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Haggerston, Hoxton, King's Park, Queensbridge, Victoria, Wick^[3]

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.

Proposed abolition [edit]

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which began in 2011, the Boundary Commission for England has proposed two new constituencies to cover the London Borough of Hackney called 'Hackney Central' and 'Bethnal Green and Shoreditch'.^[4]

Hackney Central would incorporate Clissold, Stoke Newington Central, Dalston, Hackney Downs, Hackney Central, Leabridge, Chatham, King's Park, Wick, and Victoria electoral wards .^[5]

Bethnal Green and Shoreditch would incorporate the electoral wards of De Beauvoir, Queensbridge, Hoxton, and Haggerston, with five neighbouring wards from neighbouring Tower Hamlets^[6]

Members of Parliament [edit]

	Member ^[7]	Party
Feb 1974	Ronald Brown	Labour
1981	Ronald Brown	SDP
1983	Brian Sedgemore	Labour
2005	Brian Sedgemore	Liberal Democrats
2005	Meg Hillier	Labour Co-operative

Election results [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Hackney South and Shoreditch ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier	22,825	54.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Raval	9,600	23.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Simon Nayyar	6,800	17.9	+0.1
	Green	Polly Lane	1,493	3.6	-2.0
	UKIP	Michael King	651	1.6	n/a
	Liberal	Ben Rae	539	1.3	n/a
	Christian	John Williams	434	1.0	n/a
	Direct Democracy (Communist)	Nusret Sen	202	0.5	n/a
	Communist League	Paul Davies	110	0.3	n/a
	Independent	Denny de la Haye	95	0.2	n/a
	Independent	Jane Tuckett	26	0.1	n/a
	Independent	Michael Spinks	20	0.0	n/a
Majority			13,225	31.6	-0.1
Turnout			41,795	57.4	+6.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.1

Elections in the 2000s [edit]

General Election 2005: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier	17,048	52.9	–11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Bayliss	6,844	21.2	+6.6
	Conservative	John Moss	4,524	14.0	+0.2
	Green	Ipemndoh dan Iyan	1,779	5.5	N/A
	Respect	Dean Ryan	1,437	4.5	N/A
	Liberal	Benjamin Rae	313	1.0	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	200	0.6	–0.3
	Workers Revolutionary	Jonty Leff	92	0.3	–0.2
Majority			10,204	31.7
Turnout			32,237	49.7	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–9.0

General Election 2001: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,471	64.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Vickers	4,422	14.6	–0.4
	Conservative	Paul White	4,180	13.8	+0.5
	Socialist Alliance	Cecilia Prosper	1,401	4.6	N/A
	Reform 2000	Saim Koksal	471	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Ivan Beavis	259	0.9	0.0
	Workers Revolutionary	William Rogers	143	0.5	+0.1
Majority			15,049	49.6
Turnout			30,347	47.4	–7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s [edit]

General Election 1997: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,048	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pantling	5,058	15.0
	Conservative	Christopher O'Leary	4,494	13.3
	Independent	Terry Betts	2,436	7.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	Richard Franklin	613	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Gordon Callow	531	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	298	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Michelle Goldberg	145	0.4
	Workers Revolutionary	William Rogers	139	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,990	44.4
Turnout			33,762	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,730	53.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Andrew Turner	10,714	29.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	George Wintle	5,533	15.0	–7.4
	Green	L Lucas	772	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Ms G Norman	226	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,016	24.4
Turnout			36,975	63.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s [edit]

General Election 1987: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	18,799	47.9	+4.4
	Conservative	M C Northcroft-Brown	11,277	28.7	+5.4
	Liberal	J D Roberts	8,812	22.4	Unclear
	Communist	D Green	403	1.0	+0.4
Majority			7,522	19.2
Turnout			32,291	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	16,621	43.3
	Conservative	P J P Croft	8,930	23.3
	Social Democrat	Ronald Brown	7,025	18.3
	Independent Liberal	J. D. Roberts	3,724	9.7
	Independent Labour	S. J. Quilty	704	1.8
	National Front	R. Ashton	593	1.6
	BNP	Valerie Tyndall	374	1.0
	Communist	D. Green	246	0.6
	Workers Revolutionary	R. D. Goldstein	141	0.4
Majority			7,691	20.0
Turnout				53.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s [edit]

General Election 1979: Hackney South and Shoreditch^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Brown	14,016	54.14
	Conservative	D Evennett	7,312	28.24
	Liberal	J Roberts	2,387	9.22
	National Front	John Tyndall	1,958	7.56
	Workers Revolutionary	P Curtis	215	0.83
Majority			6,704	25.9
Turnout			25,888	60.08
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Brown	17,333	63.99
	Conservative	K.H. Proctor	4,038	14.91
	Liberal	C. Bone	3,173	11.71
	National Front	R. May	2,544	9.39
Majority			13,295	49.08
Turnout				54.68
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Brown	18,580	59.56
	Conservative	K.H. Proctor	6,562	21.04
	Liberal	C. Bone	6,053	19.40
Majority			12,018	38.53
Turnout				63.40
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and References [edit]

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.
^ Loyal Bennite and political loner Michael White, The Guardian 27 April 2005 accessed 14 July 2009
^ North London: New Constituencies Ward Breakdown (Electoral Calculus) accessed 6 April 2010
^ North Thames proposals Boundary Commission for England
^ Hackney Central map Boundary Commission for England
^ Bethnal Green and Shoreditch Boundary Commission for England
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Hackney South & Shoreditch (results) (BBC News) accessed 7 May 2010
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i10.htm

Sources [edit]

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
Election results, 1974 - 1979 (Keele University)

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