Hackney South and Shoreditch | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 75,197 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Meg Hillier (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Shoreditch & Finsbury |
Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of Labour Co-op. [n 2]
The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury.
Ronald Brown was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party but defected from the Opposition to join the fledgling Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981, at a time when Labour wished for Common Market withdrawal and the removal of keeping a nuclear deterrent during the Cold War. Brown held the seat as an SDP member until 1983, when he was defeated by Labour Party candidate Brian Sedgemore. Sedgemore announced his retirement from parliament at the 2005 election; but on 26 April 2005, after Parliament had been dissolved and he was no longer the sitting MP, defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the week of the election. [2] The Liberal Democrats were unable to capitalise on the defection, their candidate only gaining the second largest gain in votes of the candidates competing.
In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by 77.9%. This was the ninth highest support for remain for a constituency. [3]
All elections since the seat's creation have been won by the Labour candidate, including the incumbent, Meg Hillier, with substantial majorities, making it a Labour stronghold. The 2015 result ranked the seat the 16th safest of the party's 232 seats (by majority percentage) and fifth safest in the capital. [4]
1974–1983: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Dalston, De Beauvoir, Haggerston, Moorfields, Queensbridge, Victoria, and Wenlock.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, Dalston, De Beauvoir, Haggerston, Homerton, King's Park, Moorfields, Queensbridge, Victoria, Wenlock, Westdown, and Wick.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Haggerston, Hoxton, King's Park, Queensbridge, Victoria, and Wick.
Following a local government boundary review which became effective in 2014, [5] the contents of the seat were:
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
De Beauvoir ward was transferred out to Islington South and Finsbury, and King's Park ward to Hackney North and Stoke Newington, in exchange for Dalston ward.
The constituency covers the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney.
The constituency shares a boundary with eight others: Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, Stratford and Bow, Bethnal Green and Stepney, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South and Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North and Stoke Newington.
Election | Member [7] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Ronald Brown | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | Brian Sedgemore | Labour | |
2005 | Meg Hillier | Labour Co-operative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 24,724 | 59.3 | −14.1 | |
Green | Laura-Louise Fairley | 9,987 | 23.9 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Joanna Reeves | 2,076 | 5.0 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Theo Roos | 1,996 | 4.8 | −3.4 | |
Reform UK | Anil Bhatti | 1,601 | 3.8 | +2.4 | |
Workers Party | Shahed Hussain | 1,007 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Carol Small | 310 | 0.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 14,737 | 35.4 | –27.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,701 | 53.3 | –10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 78,262 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 15.8 |
2019 notional result [10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 35,109 | 73.4 | |
Conservative | 4,968 | 10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,900 | 8.2 | |
Green | 3,081 | 6.4 | |
Brexit Party | 648 | 1.4 | |
Others | 111 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 47,817 | 63.6 | |
Electorate | 75,197 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 39,884 | 73.3 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Beckett | 5,899 | 10.8 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Raval | 4,853 | 8.9 | +3.2 | |
Green | Tyrone Scott | 2,948 | 5.4 | +2.7 | |
Brexit Party | Robert Lloyd | 744 | 1.4 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff | 111 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 33,985 | 62.5 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,439 | 60.9 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 89,380 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 43,974 | 79.4 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Luke Parker | 6,043 | 10.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Raval | 3,168 | 5.7 | +1.1 | |
Green | Rebecca Johnson | 1,522 | 2.7 | −8.9 | |
Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 226 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Russell Higgs | 143 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
CPA | Angel Watt | 113 | 0.2 | −0.3 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff | 86 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Hugo Sugg | 50 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Dale Kalamazad | 29 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 37,931 | 68.5 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,354 | 66.6 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 83,099 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 30,633 | 64.4 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Jack Tinley | 6,420 | 13.5 | 0.0 | |
Green | Charlotte George | 5,519 | 11.6 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Mathis | 2,186 | 4.6 | −17.8 | |
UKIP | Angus Small | 1,818 | 3.8 | +2.3 | |
TUSC | Brian Debus | 302 | 0.6 | New | |
CISTA | Paul Birch | 297 | 0.6 | New | |
CPA | Taiwo Adewuyi | 236 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Russell Higgs | 78 | 0.2 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Bill Rogers | 63 | 0.1 | New | |
Campaign | Gordon Shrigley | 28 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 24,213 | 50.9 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,580 | 56.0 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 84,971 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 23,888 | 55.7 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Raval | 9,600 | 22.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Simon Nayyar | 5,800 | 13.5 | +0.1 | |
Green | Polly Lane | 1,493 | 3.5 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Michael King | 651 | 1.5 | New | |
Liberal | Ben Rae | 539 | 1.3 | New | |
Christian | John Williams | 434 | 1.0 | New | |
Direct Democracy (Communist) | Nusret Sen | 202 | 0.5 | New | |
Communist League | Paul Davies | 110 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Denny de la Haye | 95 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Jane Tuckett | 26 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Michael Spinks | 20 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 14,288 | 31.7 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,858 | 58.9 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 64,826 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Meg Hillier | 17,048 | 52.9 | –11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh G. Bayliss | 6,844 | 21.2 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | John Moss | 4,524 | 14.0 | +0.2 | |
Green | Ipemndoh dan Iyan | 1,779 | 5.5 | New | |
Respect | Dean Ryan | 1,437 | 4.5 | New | |
Liberal | Benjamin Rae | 313 | 1.0 | New | |
Communist | Monty Goldman | 200 | 0.6 | –0.3 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff | 92 | 0.3 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 10,204 | 31.7 | −17.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,237 | 49.7 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 72,841 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | –9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Sedgemore | 19,471 | 64.2 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Vickers | 4,422 | 14.6 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Paul White | 4,180 | 13.8 | +0.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Cecilia Prosper | 1,401 | 4.6 | New | |
Reform 2000 | Saim Koksal | 471 | 1.6 | New | |
Communist | Ivan Beavis | 259 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | William Rogers | 143 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 15,049 | 49.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,347 | 47.4 | –7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 63,990 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Sedgemore | 20,048 | 59.4 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin J. Pantling | 5,058 | 15.0 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Christopher P. O'Leary | 4,494 | 13.3 | –15.7 | |
Independent | Terry V. Betts | 2,436 | 7.2 | New | |
Referendum | Richard Franklin | 613 | 1.8 | New | |
BNP | Gordon T. Callow | 531 | 1.6 | New | |
Communist | Monty Goldman | 298 | 0.9 | New | |
Natural Law | Michelle L. Goldberg | 145 | 0.4 | –0.2 | |
Workers Revolutionary | William Rogers | 139 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 14,990 | 44.4 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 33,762 | 54.5 | −9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 62,000 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Sedgemore | 19,730 | 53.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 10,714 | 29.0 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Wintle | 5,533 | 15.0 | –7.4 | |
Green | Len Lucas | 772 | 2.1 | New | |
Natural Law | Geraldine Norman | 226 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,016 | 24.4 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,975 | 63.8 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 57,935 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Sedgemore | 18,799 | 47.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Northcroft-Brown | 11,277 | 28.7 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Jeffrey Roberts | 8,812 | 22.4 | +12.7 | |
Communist | David Green | 403 | 1.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 7,522 | 19.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,291 | 55.4 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 70,873 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Sedgemore | 16,621 | 43.3 | –12.5 | |
Conservative | Peter J.P. Croft | 8,930 | 23.3 | –5.2 | |
SDP | Ronald Brown | 7,025 | 18.3 | New | |
Liberal | Jeffrey Roberts | 3,724 | 9.7 | +0.5 | |
Independent Labour | Steven J. Quilty | 704 | 1.8 | New | |
National Front | Ralph Ashton | 593 | 1.6 | −6.0 | |
BNP | Valerie D. Tyndall | 374 | 1.0 | New | |
Communist | David Green | 246 | 0.6 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | R.D. Goldstein | 141 | 0.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 7,691 | 20.0 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,358 | 53.8 | −6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 71,304 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Brown | 14,016 | 54.1 | –9.9 | |
Conservative | David Evennett | 7,312 | 28.2 | +13.3 | |
Liberal | Jeffrey David Roberts | 2,387 | 9.2 | –2.5 | |
National Front | John Tyndall | 1,958 | 7.6 | –1.8 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Peter Curtis | 215 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,704 | 25.9 | −23.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,888 | 60.1 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 43,090 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Brown | 17,333 | 64.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Harvey Proctor | 4,038 | 14.9 | –6.1 | |
Liberal | C. Bone | 3,173 | 11.7 | –7.7 | |
National Front | Ronald May | 2,544 | 9.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,295 | 49.1 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 27,088 | 54.7 | –8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 49,540 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Brown | 18,580 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | Harvey Proctor | 6,562 | 21.0 | ||
Liberal | C. Bone | 6,053 | 19.4 | ||
Majority | 12,018 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 31,195 | 63.4 | |||
Registered electors | 49,204 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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