Clapham and Brixton Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clapham and Brixton Hill
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for the House of Commons
Clapham and Brixton Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
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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 of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.

Contents

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

The seat is formed from parts of the former Vauxhall and Streatham seats which were both safe Labour seats.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Clapham and Brixton Hill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bell Ribeiro-Addy 24,166 56.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Curtis6,16114.4–5.4
Green Shâo-Lan Yuen5,76813.5+9.3
Conservative Asha Saroy4,36010.2–9.3
Reform UK Mark Matlock1,7584.1+3.0
Independent Jon Key4060.9N/A
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin1220.3N/A
Majority18,00542.1+6.5
Turnout 42,74157.4–7.0
Registered electors 74,435
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
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

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