Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Greenwich and Woolwich
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Boundary of Greenwich and Woolwich in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 69,824 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Greenwich, Woolwich and Charlton
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Greenwich, Woolwich

Greenwich and Woolwich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Matthew Pennycook of the Labour Party. [n 1] [n 2]

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Constituency profile

The seat is dominated in the south by expansive and panoramic Greenwich Park [2] with an acute demand for housing, particularly in the western half, due to architecturally-rich conservation areas and very close proximity to Canary Wharf and City of London. [3] There remain some industrial areas in the former Royal Docks and around North Greenwich [n 3] . The seat includes considerable social dependency in its Greenwich and Woolwich town centres, including in social housing, [4]

History

Since 1997

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former Greenwich constituency, and the western half of the former Woolwich constituency. It has been controlled by the Labour Party since its creation, when they polled 63.4% of the vote and a majority of 44.8%. Thirteen years later, the 2010 general election produced the smallest majority as a share of the vote, 24.7%, with the Labour candidate taking 49.2% of votes cast.

The 2015 general election result was the 105th-safest Labour majority of 232 seats won by Labour at that election. [5]

Greenwich forerunner

Reflecting a demographic split in the latter twentieth century were five and eleven-year periods when the two predecessor seats were represented by candidates from the SDP.

The former Greenwich constituency was a secure Labour Party seat for much of the twentieth century, though it had been a safe Liberal seat throughout most of the nineteenth century. In 1987, it was gained by the Social Democratic Party at a by-election and narrowly regained by Labour five years later at the 1992 general election.

Woolwich forerunner

The former Woolwich constituency (and its predecessor Woolwich East) was a similar safe-Liberal-seat-turned-safe-Labour-seat. Its Labour MP Christopher Mayhew defected to the Liberal Party in 1974 before being defeated, and his Labour successor, John Cartwright, defected to the SDP in 1981. He retained the seat at the 1983 and 1987 general elections, but narrowly lost it to Labour in 1992; in a similar fashion to the neighboring Greenwich seat. In council elections, since the seat's 1997 creation, most wards have tended to elect Labour councillors and few wards other than the Blackheath Westcombe ward have tended to elect Conservative councilors.

1945-1997 combined summary

Including the pre-1997 predecessors, the area has since World War II been a Labour safe seat, or, as indicated in the 1987 result for Greenwich only, in the best result for a Conservative candidate locally during the years since 1955, occasionally a marginal. [n 4]

Boundaries

1997–2010: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Arsenal, Blackheath, Burrage, Charlton, Ferrier, Hornfair, Kidbrooke, Nightingale, Rectory Field, St Alfege, St Mary's, Trafalgar, Vanbrugh, West, and Woolwich Common.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Greenwich West, Peninsula, Woolwich Common, and Woolwich Riverside.

Part of Woolwich Common ward transferred to Greenwich and Woolwich from the constituency of Eltham; parts of Glyndon ward transferred from Eltham and Erith and Thamesmead; and parts of Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Eltham West, and Middle Park & Sutcliffe wards be transferred from Greenwich and Woolwich to Eltham.

2024–present: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath Westcombe (part), Charlton Hornfair (part), Charlton Village and Riverside, East Greenwich, Greenwich Creekside, Greenwich Park, Greenwich Peninsula, Woolwich Arsenal (part), Woolwich Common (part), Woolwich Dockyard, and small parts of Shooters Hill and Plumstead Common. [6]

Glyndon ward transferred to Erith and Thamesmead to bring the electorate within the permitted range. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
1997 Nick Raynsford Labour
2015 Matthew Pennycook Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Greenwich and Woolwich [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Pennycook 23,999 56.2 +1.2
Green Stacy Smith5,63313.2+8.6
Conservative Jonathan Goff4,86311.4–11.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Annous3,8659.0–5.6
Reform UK Abdoul Ndiaye3,3057.7+5.4
Workers Party Sheikh Raquib5701.3N/A
Independent Niko Omilana 3110.7N/A
Climate Priyank Bakshi1730.4N/A
Majority18,36643.0+10.7
Turnout 42,71958.1–9.7
Registered electors 73,573
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [11]
PartyVote %
Labour 26,04355.0
Conservative 10,76022.7
Liberal Democrats 6,90214.6
Green 2,1764.6
Brexit Party 1,0892.3
Others3700.8
Turnout47,34067.8
Electorate69,824
General election 2019: Greenwich and Woolwich [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Pennycook 30,185 56.8 −7.6
Conservative Thomas Turrell 11,72122.1−3.3
Liberal Democrats Rhian O'Connor7,25313.7+6.6
Green Victoria Rance2,3634.4+1.4
Brexit Party Kailash Trivedi1,2282.3N/A
CPA Eunice Odesanmi2450.5N/A
Independent Shushil Gaikwad1250.2N/A
Majority18,46434.7−4.3
Turnout 53,12066.4−2.4
Registered electors 79,997
Labour hold Swing -2.1
General election 2017: Greenwich and Woolwich [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Pennycook 34,215 64.4 +12.2
Conservative Caroline Attfield13,50125.4−1.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Adams3,7857.1+1.4
Green Daniel Garrun1,6053.0−3.4
Majority20,71439.0+13.4
Turnout 53,10768.8+5.1
Registered electors 77,190
Labour hold Swing +6.7
General election 2015: Greenwich and Woolwich [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Pennycook 24,384 52.2 +3.0
Conservative Matt Hartley12,43826.6+2.1
UKIP Ryan Acty [19] 3,8888.3N/A
Green Abbey Akinoshun [20] 2,9916.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Holder [21] 2,6455.7−12.8
TUSC Lynne Chamberlain3700.8+0.2
Majority11,94625.6+0.9
Turnout 46,71663.7+0.8
Registered electors 73,315
Labour hold Swing +0.5
General election 2010: Greenwich and Woolwich [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Raynsford 20,262 49.2 −3.3
Conservative Spencer Drury10,10924.5+7.0
Liberal Democrats Joseph Lee7,49818.5−1.5
BNP Lawrence Rustem [23] 1,1512.8N/A
Green Andy Hewett1,0542.6−1.9
Christian Edward Adeyele4431.1N/A
English Democrat Raden Wresniwiro3390.8−2.6
TUSC Onay Kasab2670.6N/A
No descriptionTammy Alingham610.2N/A
Majority10,15324.7−3.8
Turnout 41,18862.9+9.6
Registered electors 65,489
Labour hold Swing -5.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Greenwich and Woolwich [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Raynsford 17,527 49.2 −11.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Le Breton7,38120.7+5.1
Conservative Alistair Craig7,14220.1+0.9
Green David Sharman1,5794.4N/A
English Democrat Garry Bushell 1,2163.4N/A
UKIP Stan Gain7092.0−0.1
Independent Purvarani Nagalingam610.2N/A
Majority10,14628.5−12.8
Turnout 35,61555.6+1.5
Registered electors 63,631
Labour hold Swing -8.2
General election 2001: Greenwich and Woolwich [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Raynsford 19,691 60.5 −2.9
Conservative Richard Forsdyke6,25819.2+0.6
Liberal Democrats Russell Pyne5,08215.6+3.1
UKIP Stan Gain6722.1N/A
Socialist Alliance Kirstie Paton4811.5N/A
Socialist Labour Margaret Sharkey3521.1N/A
Majority13,43341.3−3.5
Turnout 32,53654.1−11.8
Registered electors 60,114
Labour hold Swing -1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Greenwich and Woolwich [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Raynsford 25,630 63.4
Conservative Michael Mitchell7,50218.6
Liberal Democrats Cherry Luxton5,04912.5
Referendum Douglas Ellison1,6704.1
Fellowship Ronald Mallone4281.1
Constitutionalist David Martin-Eagle1240.3
Majority18,12844.8
Turnout 40,40365.9
Registered electors 61,352
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ MP for Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency) 1992–97
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, Greenwich and Woolwich elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ See The O2 Arena
  4. ↑ The winning majority was 5.7% over the Conservative challenger.

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