Clapham and Brixton Hill

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Clapham and Brixton Hill
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Clapham and Brixton Hill
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Boundary of Clapham and Brixton Hill in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 75,460 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Streatham & Vauxhall

Clapham and Brixton Hill is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party, who first won the now-former seat of Streatham in 2019.

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Boundaries

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Lambeth, as they existed on 1 December 2020: [3]

Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022, [5] [6] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

Constituency profile

It was reported in 2023 that, based on 2021 census data, approximately 10% of the over-16 population of the predecessor constituency of Vauxhall was reported to identify as "lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation" (other than heterosexual), the third-highest percentage of any constituency in the UK. [8] In comparison, Clapham and Brixton Hill is reported (based on the same census data) to have a percentage of 8.4% of people over 16 identifying as having a non-heterosexual sexual orientation, consisting of 5.5% identifying as gay or lesbian, 2.3% identifying as bisexual and 0.6% identifying as having another sexual orientation. [9]

The area has a rich ethnic diversity, with a significant proportion of Black Caribbean and Black African residents. In Brixton Hill, 6% identify as Black Caribbean and 4% as Black African.

The constituency has a relatively young population, with a significant number of residents in their 20s and 30s.

The constituency encompasses several wards within the London Borough of Lambeth. These wards are represented by a total of 18 elected councillors. 16 of which are from the Labour Party and the other two from the Liberal Democrats.

Elections

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Election results 2019–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Clapham and Brixton Hill [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bell Ribeiro-Addy 24,166 56.5 Increase2.svg1.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Curtis6,16114.4Decrease2.svg5.4
Green Shâo-Lan Yuen5,76813.5Increase2.svg9.3
Conservative Asha Saroy4,36010.2Decrease2.svg9.3
Reform Mark Matlock1,7584.1Increase2.svg3.0
Independent Jon Key4060.9N/A
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin1220.3N/A
Majority 18,00542.1Increase2.svg6.5
Turnout 42,74157.4Decrease2.svg7.0
Registered electors 74,435
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.2

2019 notional result

2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote%
Labour 26,92455.4
Liberal Democrats 9,63319.8
Conservative 9,48119.5
Green 2,0454.2
Brexit Party 5491.1
Turnout48,63264.4
Electorate75,460

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  3. ↑ "New election boundary plans make Clapham and Brixton one constituency". Clapham Nub News. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "Lambeth | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  6. ↑ "The London Borough of Lambeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details – Clapham and Brixton Hill". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  8. ↑ https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/23381006.census-reveals-constituencies-highest-proportion-lgb-residents/
  9. ↑ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-lgbt-people-2021-census/
  10. ↑ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Lambeth Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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