Eltham and Chislehurst | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 74,179 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Clive Efford (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Eltham and Chislehurst is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently represented by Clive Efford of the Labour Party.
The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. It is composed of the following wards:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Efford | 20,069 | 44.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Charlie Davis | 11,640 | 25.5 | −21.4 | |
Reform UK | Mark Simpson | 7,428 | 16.3 | +13.7 | |
Green | Sam Gabriel | 3,079 | 6.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ulysse Abbate | 2,423 | 5.3 | −2.2 | |
Workers Party | Sean Stewart | 356 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Arnold Tarling | 307 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Christian Hacking | 173 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | John Courtneidge | 91 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,429 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,566 | 61.4 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 74,224 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 23,936 | 46.9 | |
Labour | 20,492 | 40.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,826 | 7.5 | |
Green | 1,516 | 3.0 | |
Brexit Party | 1,317 | 2.6 | |
Turnout | 51,087 | 68.9 | |
Electorate | 74,179 |
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