Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Erith and Thamesmead
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Erith and Thamesmead 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary within Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 76,728 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Erith, Belvedere, Plumstead, Thamesmead
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Woolwich and Erith & Crayford

Erith and Thamesmead ( /ˈɪərɪθ ... tɛmzmiːd/ ) is a constituency [n 1] created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Abena Oppong-Asare of the Labour Party. [n 2]

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History

The seat was created for the 1997 general election from parts of the old Woolwich and Erith and Crayford constituencies.

John Austin was the MP for this constituency from its creation for the 1997 general election until he stepped down at the 2010 election. The seat was then held for Labour by a local activist Teresa Pearce, who defeated the Conservative candidate Colin Bloom, a councillor for Bickley ward in Bromley.

Pearce increased her majority at the 2015 general election to rank 125th of the party's 232 MPs then elected. [2]

2010 Labour selection controversy

In April 2009, an investigation took place into the tampering of ballot boxes and abuse of the postal vote system used for the selection of the prospective Labour candidate for Erith and Thamesmead. A rerun of the candidate selection ballot resulted in victory for Teresa Pearce. [3]

Constituency profile

The cross-border constituency of Erith and Thamesmead currently stretches from Plumstead, and Abbey Wood in the west, to Lesnes Heath, and Erith in the east. The Conservatives' strongest wards are in the Bexley part of the seat, in particular Northumberland Heath ward. The remaining wards from Bexley and Greenwich have traditionally seen more support for the Labour Party, in both local and national elections. There is a significant demographic divide within the seat, with Northumberland Heath being over 85% white, and Erith and Belvedere are also predominantly white. However, Thamesmead and Plumstead have much more diverse populations, where no single ethnic group has more than half of the population.

The eastern part of the seat includes significant areas of industry along the River Thames, including Crossness Sewage Treatment Works.

Boundaries

Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1997–2010: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Erith, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East, and the London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood, Eynsham, Glyndon, Lakedale, St Nicholas, and Thamesmead Moorings.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Erith, Lesnes Abbey, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East, and the London Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood, Plumstead, and Thamesmead Moorings.

Following its 2007 review of parliamentary representation in South London, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended for the 2010 general election that parts of Glyndon ward and Colyers ward be transferred from Erith and Thamesmead to the constituencies of Greenwich and Woolwich and Bexleyheath and Crayford respectively; that part of Plumstead ward be transferred to Erith and Thamesmead from Eltham; and that parts of Lesnes Abbey ward, Northumberland Heath ward and Erith ward be transferred to Erith and Thamesmead from Bexleyheath and Crayford.

2024–present: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Erith, and Thamesmead East, and the Royal Borough of Greenwich wards of Abbey Wood, Plumstead & Glyndon, Plumstead Common (part), Shooters Hill (part), Thamesmead Moorings, West Thamesmead, and parts of Woolwich Arsenal and Woolwich Common. [4]

The Greenwich Borough wards of Glyndon and Shooters Hill were transferred from Greenwich and Woolwich, and Eltham (replaced by Eltham and Chislehurst) respectively. To partly compensate, southernmost parts in Bexley Borough were transferred to Bexleyheath and Crayford.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
1997 John Austin Labour
2010 Teresa Pearce Labour
2019 Abena Oppong-Asare Labour

Election results

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Election results 1997-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Erith and Thamesmead [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abena Oppong-Asare 22,246 55.1 −3.3
Reform UK Michael Pastor5,94414.7+9.7
Conservative Richard Mark5,56413.8−14.4
Green Sarah Barry3,4828.6+5.8
Liberal Democrats Pierce Chalmers1,8724.6−0.3
Workers Party Mohammed Shahed1,0712.7N/A
Independent Diana Diamond2000.5N/A
Majority 16,30240.4+10.3
Turnout 40,37951.2−5.0
Registered electors 78,886
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote%
Labour 25,14158.4
Conservative 12,15328.2
Brexit Party 2,1745.0
Liberal Democrats 2,1194.9
Green 1,2262.8
Others2720.6
Turnout43,08556.2
Electorate76,728
General election 2019: Erith and Thamesmead [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abena Oppong-Asare 19,882 48.0 −9.5
Conservative Joe Robertson 16,12439.0+4.0
Brexit Party Tom Bright2,2465.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber1,9844.8+3.1
Green Claudine Letsae8762.1+1.0
CPA Richard Mitchell2720.7+0.2
Majority 3,7589.0−13.5
Turnout 41,28463.3−0.5
Registered electors 65,399
Labour hold Swing -6.7
General election 2017: Erith and Thamesmead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Pearce 25,585 57.5 +7.7
Conservative Edward Baxter15,57135.0+7.6
UKIP Ronie Johnson1,7283.9−13.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Waddington7501.7−0.6
Green Claudine Letsae5071.1−1.1
CPA Temi Olodu2430.5−0.1
Independent Doro Oddiri800.2N/A
Majority 10,01422.5+0.1
Turnout 44,46463.8+3.3
Registered electors 69,724
Labour hold Swing +0.1
General election 2015: Erith and Thamesmead [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Pearce 21,209 49.8 +4.9
Conservative Anna Firth 11,68427.4−4.1
UKIP Ronie Johnson7,36817.3+14.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Waddington9722.3−9.7
Green Ann Garrett9412.2+1.4
CPA Sidney Cordle2550.6−0.3
English Democrat Graham Moore1880.4−0.7
Majority 9,52522.4+9.0
Turnout 42,61760.5−0.3
Registered electors 70,397
Labour hold Swing +4.5
General election 2010: Erith and Thamesmead [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Pearce 19,068 44.9 −7.9
Conservative Colin Bloom13,36531.5+4.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Cunliffe5,11612.0−0.0
BNP Kevin Saunders2,1845.1+0.9
UKIP Pamela Perrin1,1392.7−1.1
English Democrat Laurence Williams4651.1N/A
Independent Abbey Akinoshun4381.0N/A
CPA Sidney Cordle3790.9N/A
Green Marek Powley3220.8N/A
Majority 5,70313.4−17.1
Turnout 42,47660.8+7.1
Registered electors 69,900
Labour hold Swing −6.4

Elections in the 2000s

2005 notional result
PartyVote%
Labour 19,92652.8
Conservative 10,03826.6
Liberal Democrats 4,55312.1
Others3,2208.5
Turnout37,73753.8
Electorate70,127
General election 2005: Erith and Thamesmead [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Austin 20,483 54.4 −4.9
Conservative Chris R. Bromby8,98323.9−1.9
Liberal Democrats Steven T. Toole5,08813.5+2.1
BNP Brian Ravenscroft1,6204.3N/A
UKIP Barrie R. Thomas1,4773.9N/A
Majority 11,50030.5−3.0
Turnout 37,65152.3+2.1
Registered electors 72,058
Labour hold Swing −7.7
General election 2001: Erith and Thamesmead [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Austin 19,769 59.3 −2.8
Conservative Mark Brooks8,60225.8+5.6
Liberal Democrats Barry Kempton3,80011.4−0.6
Socialist Labour Hardev Singh Dhillon1,1803.5N/A
Majority 11,16733.5−8.4
Turnout 33,35150.2−15.4
Registered electors 66,371
Labour hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Erith and Thamesmead [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Austin 25,812 62.1 +19.1
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 8,38820.2–11.4
Liberal Democrats Alex H.C. Grigg5,00112.0–13.4
Referendum John E. Flunder1,3943.4N/A
BNP Victor J. Dooley7181.7N/A
UKIP M.L. Jackson2740.7N/A
Majority 17,42441.9+30.5
Turnout 41,58765.6–8.6
Registered electors 63,417
Labour win (new seat)
1992 notional result
PartyVote%
Labour 21,24543.0
Conservative 15,61531.6
Liberal Democrats 12,55525.4
Turnout49,41574.2
Electorate66,600

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, Erith and Thamesmead elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Kite, Melissa (18 April 2009). "Labour ballot box tampering row deepens – Telegraph". London: telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "New Seat Details – Erith and Thamesmead". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  6. ↑ "2024 General Election results". Royal Borough of Greenwich. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Erith & Thamesmead Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Erith & Thamesmead parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ 9Jul15
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.

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