Bermondsey and Old Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bermondsey and Old Southwark in Greater London
County Greater London
Population126,522 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 77,186 (December 2010) [2]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Neil Coyle (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from North Southwark and Bermondsey

Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency [n 1] in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, it has been represented by Neil Coyle, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party from 2022 to 2023 following an accusation of racism. [3] [4] [n 2]

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History and boundaries

Bermondsey and Old Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

The seat was created for the 2010 general election, almost identical to North Southwark and Bermondsey seat previously held by Simon Hughes from the 1997 general election, on a review of parliamentary representation in London by the Boundary Commission for England facing very minor boundary changes.

The constituency lies within the London Borough of Southwark, which contains the Old Southwark area of the former Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and the neighbourhoods of Borough, London Bridge and Bankside. Within the constituency are Elephant and Castle, Walworth and Newington which were part of the old Metropolitan Borough. The eastern half of the seat includes Bermondsey and Rotherhithe which were part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, and which had been a separate constituency also. This seat is based on the 1997–2010 North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency. Following the 2002 redrawing of ward boundaries, parts of Faraday and Livesey wards that were part of North Southwark and Bermondsey transferred to Camberwell and Peckham. This successor seat is made from the following electoral wards within the London Borough of Southwark: Cathedrals, Chaucer, East Walworth, Grange, Newington, Riverside, Rotherhithe, South Bermondsey, Surrey Docks.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Southwark (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Borough & Bankside; Chaucer; London Bridge & West Bermondsey; North Bermondsey; Rotherhithe; St. George’s; South Bermondsey; Surrey Docks. [5]

The contents reflect the new ward structure which became effective in May 2018. In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, Newington will be transferred to Vauxhall (to be renamed Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), and North Walworth to Camberwell and Peckham (to be renamed Peckham).

Constituency profile

Comprising the northern part of the London Borough of Southwark, the seat lies immediately to the south of the City of London.

The southern halves of the Thames crossings London Bridge and Tower Bridge are in the seat, as is the historic Southwark area, with its cathedral, the Globe Theatre and Borough Market. There is also extensive commercial development that has spilled over the river from the city, notably the Shard London Bridge.

To the east, the seat also includes the Rotherhithe peninsula, where contemporary housing now replaces former industrial areas, particularly around Canada Water and the neighbourhood of Bermondsey.

At its southern end, the seat includes parts of Walworth. Here the seat adjoins Camberwell and Peckham, one of the safest Labour seats in London.

The seat had remained a rare example of an inner London Liberal Democrat seat since Simon Hughes first won it in 1983, until he lost it at the 2015 general election to Labour.

Members of Parliament

Note: the first MP was elected for predecessor Bermondsey seats continuously from a by-election in 1983 until the seat was created in 2010: see the former constituency of North Southwark and Bermondsey.

ElectionMemberParty
2010 Sir Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
2015 Neil Coyle Labour
February 2022 Independent
May 2023 Labour

Elections

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Bermondsey historical election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Bermondsey and Old Southwark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Bentley [6]
Green Susan Hunter
Reform UK Tony Sharp [7]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bermondsey and Old Southwark [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Coyle 31,723 54.1 Increase2.svg0.9
Liberal Democrats Humaira Ali15,59726.6Decrease2.svg4.5
Conservative Andrew Baker9,67816.5Increase2.svg3.5
Brexit Party Alex Matthews1,6172.8N/A
Majority16,12627.5Increase2.svg5.3
Turnout 58,61562.9Decrease2.svg4.2
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.7
General election 2017: Bermondsey and Old Southwark [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Coyle 31,161 53.2 Increase2.svg10.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 18,18931.1Decrease2.svg3.3
Conservative Siobhan Baillie 7,58113.0Increase2.svg1.2
UKIP Elizabeth Jones8381.4Decrease2.svg4.9
Green John Tyson6391.1Decrease2.svg2.8
Independent James Clarke 1130.2N/A
Majority12,97222.2Increase2.svg13.4
Turnout 58,52167.0Increase2.svg5.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg6.7
General election 2015: Bermondsey and Old Southwark [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Coyle 22,146 43.1 Increase2.svg13.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 17,65734.3Decrease2.svg14.0
Conservative Jean-Paul Floru6,05111.8Decrease2.svg5.3
UKIP Andy Beadle3,2546.3Increase2.svg6.0
Green Liam Lavin2,0233.9Increase2.svg2.3
Left Unity Kingsley Abrams1420.3N/A
Independent Lucy Hall720.1N/A
All People's PartyDonald Cole590.1N/A
Republican Socialist PartySteve Freeman200.0N/A
Majority4,4898.7N/A
Turnout 51,42461.7Increase2.svg4.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg13.9
General election 2010: Bermondsey and Old Southwark [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 21,590 48.4 +0.8
Labour Co-op Val Shawcross 13,06029.2-2.4
Conservative Loanna Morrison7,63817.1+4.1
BNP Stephen Tyler1,3703.1N/A
Green Tom Chance7181.6N/A
UKIP Alan Kirkby1550.3N/A
Independent Steve Freeman1200.3N/A
Majority8,53019.1N/A
Turnout 44,65157.5N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. 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.

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