Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carshalton and Wallington
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
County Greater London
Population105,100 (2022) [1]
Electorate 72,755 (March 2020) [2]
Major settlements Beddington, Carshalton and Wallington
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Carshalton

Carshalton and Wallington [a] is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Bobby Dean, a Liberal Democrat.

Contents

The seat was created at the 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton.

Boundaries and boundary changes

DatesLocal authorityMaps Wards
1983–2010 London Borough of Sutton CarshaltonWallingtonConstituency.svg Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Beeches, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North, Clockhouse, St Helier North, St Helier South, Wallington North, Wallington South, Wandle Valley, Woodcote, and Wrythe Green.
2010–2024 CarshaltonWallington2007Constituency.svg Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, St Helier, The Wrythe, Wallington North, Wallington South, and Wandle Valley.
2024–present Carshalton and Wallington 2023 Constituency.svg Beddington; Carshalton Central; Carshalton South & Clockhouse; Hackbridge; St. Helier East; St. Helier West; South Beddington & Roundshaw; The Wrythe; Wallington North; and Wallington South. [3]

1983–2010

The constituency was formed entirely from the renaming of the constituency of Carshalton

2010–2024

Minor ward boundary changes and renaming

2024–present

Wards renamed

Political history

Results of all deposit-keeping candidates in their bid be the MP for Carshalton and Wallington (UK House of Commons) from 1983 to 2019. The first two LD results refer to the SDP. Results for Carshalton and Wallington.svg
Results of all deposit-keeping candidates in their bid be the MP for Carshalton and Wallington (UK House of Commons) from 1983 to 2019. The first two LD results refer to the SDP.

The seat was created in 1983, replacing the former constituency of Carshalton, which had voted Conservative at every election since its creation in 1945. The new Carshalton and Wallington initially followed suit as a safe Conservative seat, being won by the party by a wide margin (ranging from 18.8% to 28.7%) at each of the first three general elections of its existence.

However, the large national swing against the Conservatives in 1997 saw the seat gained by the Liberal Democrat Tom Brake by a decisive margin of 11.2%.

Brake would hold the seat for the next 22 years, being one of just eight Liberal Democrat MPs to survive the party's near-wipeout at the 2015 United Kingdom general election - Carshalton and Wallington was one of just two seats in the southern half of England, the other being North Norfolk to be retained by the party that year.

After narrowly holding on to the seat for the Liberal Democrats in both 2015 and 2017, Brake was defeated by the Conservative Elliot Colburn by just 629 votes at the 2019. Brake had been the party spokesman on Brexit. The Liberal Democrats fiercely campaigned Brexit; however, this seat voted to leave in the 2016 referendum.

The Liberal Democrats regained the seat at the 2024 general election by a margin of 16.9% – their largest ever majority in the constituency.

Demographically this zone of London has little social housing and much of the housing, overwhelmingly semi-detached or detached, is to some extent considered to be in the stockbroker belt; some of the south of the seat has fine views from the slopes of the Downs and many small parks and recreation grounds characterise the district.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] [5] PartyNotes
1983 Nigel Forman Conservative Member for Carshalton (1974–1983)
1997 Tom Brake Liberal Democrats Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (2012–2015)
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats (2015–2017)
2019 Elliot Colburn Conservative
2024 Bobby Dean Liberal Democrats

Election results

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Election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Carshalton and Wallington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bobby Dean 20,126 43.1 +2.0
Conservative Elliot Colburn 12,22126.2−16.2
Labour Hersh Thaker6,10813.1+0.7
Reform UK Elizabeth Cooper5,94112.7+10.6
Green Tracey Hague1,5173.3+1.8
Workers Party Atif Rashid4410.9N/A
CPA Ashley Dickenson2310.5+0.1
SDP Steve Kelleher850.2N/A
Majority7,90516.9N/A
Turnout 46,67062.8−4.5
Registered electors 74,362
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.1

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Carshalton and Wallington [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elliot Colburn 20,822 42.4 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 20,19341.1+0.1
Labour Ahmad Wattoo6,08112.4−6.0
Brexit Party James Woudhuysen1,0432.1N/A
Green Tracey Hague7591.5+0.5
CPA Ashley Dickenson2000.40.0
Majority6291.3N/A
Turnout 49,09867.3−4.3
Registered electors 72,926
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.0
General election 2017: Carshalton and Wallington [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 20,819 41.0 +6.1
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 19,45038.3+6.6
Labour Emine Ibrahim9,36018.4+3.4
Green Shasha Khan5011.0−2.2
Independent Nick Mattey4340.9N/A
CPA Ashley Dickenson1890.40.0
Majority1,3692.7−0.5
Turnout 50,75371.6+3.6
Registered electors 70,849
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −0.3
General election 2015: Carshalton and Wallington [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 16,603 34.9 −13.4
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 15,09331.7−5.1
Labour Siobhan Tate7,15015.0+6.3
UKIP William Main-Ian7,04914.8+11.9
Green Ross Hemingway1,4923.2+2.4
CPA Ashley Dickenson1770.4N/A
National Front Richard Edmonds 490.1N/A
Majority1,5103.2−8.3
Turnout 47,61368.0−1.0
Registered electors 69,981
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −4.3
General election 2010: Carshalton and Wallington [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 22,180 48.3 +7.8
Conservative Kenneth Andrew16,92036.8−0.7
Labour Shafi Khan4,0158.7−8.6
UKIP Frank Day1,3482.9+0.3
BNP Charlotte Lewis1,1002.4N/A
Green George Dow3550.8−1.3
Majority5,26011.5+8.5
Turnout 45,91869.0+5.5
Registered electors 66,524
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 2000s

2005 notional result [13]
PartyVote %
Liberal Democrats 15,68440.5
Conservative 16,91937.5
Labour 7,23617.3
Others1,9664.7
Turnout41,80563.5
Electorate65,858
General election 2005: Carshalton and Wallington [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 17,357 40.3 −4.7
Conservative Kenneth Andrew16,28937.8+4.0
Labour Andrew Theobald7,39617.2−1.2
UKIP Francis Day1,1112.6+1.4
Green Robert Steel9082.1+0.6
Majority1,0682.5−8.7
Turnout 43,06163.5+3.2
Registered electors 67,243
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −4.4
General election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 18,289 45.0 +6.8
Conservative Kenneth Andrew13,74233.8+0.3
Labour Margaret Cooper7,46618.4−5.5
Green Simon Dixon6141.5+0.7
UKIP Martin Haley5011.2+0.7
Majority4,54711.2+6.5
Turnout 40,61260.3−13.0
Registered electors 67,337
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Carshalton and Wallington [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 18,490 38.2 +7.3
Conservative Nigel Forman 16,22333.5−16.2
Labour Andrew Theobald11,56523.9+6.2
Referendum Julian Storey1,2892.7N/A
Green Peter Hickson3770.8−0.4
BNP Gary Ritchie2610.5N/A
UKIP Leslie Povey2180.5N/A
Majority2,2674.7N/A
Turnout 48,42373.3−7.6
Registered electors 66,064
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +11.8
General election 1992: Carshalton and Wallington [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 26,243 49.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 16,30030.9+4.7
Labour Margaret Moran 9,33317.7−0.5
Green Robert Steel6141.2−0.4
Loony GreenDaniel Bamford2660.5N/A
Majority9,94318.8−9.0
Turnout 52,75680.9+6.7
Registered electors 65,179
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Carshalton and Wallington [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 27,984 54.0 +2.7
SDP John Grant 13,57526.2−3.4
Labour Johanna Baker9,44018.2+0.7
Green Robert Steel8431.60.0
Majority14,40927.8+6.1
Turnout 51,84274.2+3.0
Registered electors 69,906
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
General election 1983: Carshalton and Wallington [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 25,396 51.3 +0.0
SDP Bryan Ensor14,64129.6+13.9
Labour Johanna Baker8,65517.5–13.7
Ecology Robert Steel7841.6New
Majority10,75521.7–13.9
Turnout 49,47671.1–5.6
Registered electors 69,542
Conservative hold Swing –6.9
1979 notional result [24]
PartyVote %
Conservative 26,49251.3
Labour 16,12131.2
Liberal 8,11215.7
National Front 9191.8
Turnout5164476.8
Electorate67,255

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ /kɑːrˈʃɔːltən.əndˈwɒlɪŋtən/ (hover over for phonetic character guide)

References

  1. ↑ "Area profile - Carshalton and Wallington". Build a custom profile. ONS. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. ↑ "Carshalton and Wallington 1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  6. ↑ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Carshalton and Wallington Constituency". Sutton Council. 7 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Council, Sutton. "Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll - Carshalton & Wallington 2019 | Sutton Council". www.sutton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
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  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "2005 (Implied) Election Result". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Carshalton & Wallington". Politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "UK General Election results: April 1992". Politicsresources.net. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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