Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)

Streatham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Streatham in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,913 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Clapham Common, Streatham Hill, Brixton Hill, Streatham South
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour Party)
Seats	One
Created from	Wandsworth

Streatham is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party.

In the 2016 EU referendum, Streatham was estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 79%. ^[2] This was the second highest remain vote in the United Kingdom, behind Vauxhall. ^[3]

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished, with the four southern wards, comprising the town of Streatham, being included in the newly created constituency of Streatham and Croydon North. Northern areas (Brixton Hill, Clapham Common, Thornton, and Tulse Hill) will form part of the new constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill. ^[4]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

Context of (local gov. cllr. divisions) Wards as at 1916.

Context of 1945. Blue central, longer north-south area.

Context of Oct. 1974. As modified.

1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth ward of Streatham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Clapham Park, St Leonard's, Streatham Hill, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, and Thornton.

1983–1997: As above plus Town Hall ward.

1997–2010: As above, plus St Martin's and Tulse Hill wards.

2010–present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Brixton Hill, Clapham Common, St Leonard's, Streatham Hill, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, Thornton, and Tulse Hill.

Streatham is a long constituency comprising the south-west portion of the London Borough of Lambeth. ^[5] The town of Streatham constitutes the four wards in the southern half of the constituency. At its north-western tip the seat includes half of Clapham Common; the north-east takes in part of Brixton which is shared with neighbouring Vauxhall and Dulwich and West Norwood.

The northern boundary follows Clapham Park Road, Acre Lane, and Coldharbour Lane through Clapham and Brixton to Lambeth Town Hall. The north-eastern boundary generally follows Effra Road and Tulse Hill, but runs east of the main road to include the part of the Tulse Hill estate and the Cressingham Gardens estate west of Brockwell Park. The boundary skirts the Tulse Hill district centre, following Hardel Rise, Christchurch Road and Norwood Road, and then runs along Leigham Vale and Leigham Court Road. The southern and western constituency boundaries follow Lambeth's borough boundaries with Croydon, Merton and Wandsworth.

History

Local government results

The constituency shared boundaries with the Streatham electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

The local government wards in the constituency are currently represented by 20 Labour councillors, 1 Conservative councillor and 3 Green councillors, including Jonathan Bartley, the leader of the opposition on Lambeth Council, and former London MEP Scott Ainslie.

Nine Liberal Democrat councillors represented the wards of Streatham Hill, Streatham Wells and St Leonard's, with one additional councillor elected at Clapham Common in 2010. All Streatham wards had been represented by the Liberal Democrats from 1990 to 2014 before Labour subsequently gained seven seats from them at the 2014 council elections. The Liberal Democrats were unsuccessful in gaining any seats back at the 2018 local elections. In a 2019 Thornton Ward by-election, the Lib Dems came within 19 votes of winning the seat.

In 2018, the Conservatives held one seat and lost two to Labour in Clapham Common by a very narrow margin, whilst the Greens took the other two seats from Labour in St Leonard's.

Political history

Streatham was for a few decades solidly Tory suburbia overall: the Conservatives won Streatham when Labour gained large majorities in 1945 and 1966, and it was the only seat in the former LCC area (Inner London) apart from the Chelsea/Kensington/Westminster/City central core to remain consistently Conservative. More recently, demographic and voting pattern changes combined with unfavourable boundary changes converted Streatham into a marginal seat, then into a mid-ranking safe Labour seat.

Streatham has modestly swung against the Conservative Party since the 1980s, even more than other similar seats in South London (such as Croydon North, Dulwich and West Norwood, Lewisham East and West).

The Conservative Party lost Streatham in 1992, having held it since 1918. The Conservative candidate was beaten into third place by a Liberal Democrat in 2001, and there were swings from Labour to the Liberal Democrats at the two subsequent general elections. In 2010, when the Labour incumbent, Keith Hill, retired and Chuka Umunna stood for the party, there was a serious Liberal Democrat campaign resulting in their best showing to date in the seat, but there was also a marginal increase in the Conservative vote share and Umunna was elected. The 2015 result was the re-election of Umunna, which made the seat the 96th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ^[6]

In 2015 the Conservatives moved into second place with a sharp increase in numerical vote share, and remained there in 2017. However, in 2019, they reverted to third place behind the Liberal Democrats.

Historic boundaries

The constituency of Streatham was contested under this name at the 1918 general election, when it approximately followed the historic parish boundaries of Streatham, including a substantial part of Balham, a 19th-century founded and primarily urban parish by that time.

The constituency was carved out of the former constituency of Wandsworth in the same way as Putney, Wandsworth Central and Balham and Tooting under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the fourth major UK reform, that settled upon single member constituencies, and roughly equal electorates.

The 1918 boundaries remained unchanged until the 1965 changes to Greater London local government became reflected in the parliamentary constituencies, at the February 1974 general election. This resulted in a net reduction in the size of the area. The western district Streatham Park (location of the Streatham Conservative Club) and the remainder of Furzedown ward went into the Tooting seat.

The rest of the constituency, including the town of Streatham has since 1965 been in the London Borough of Lambeth. Three other constituencies covered Lambeth from 1974, Vauxhall, Norwood and Lambeth Central. The Clapham constituency was abolished as part of the 1974 changes. The Clapham Park area and Hyde Farm (commonly thought of as part of Balham) came into the Streatham seat, whereas the rest of Clapham went into the Vauxhall seat creating an enduring split.

On abolition of Lambeth Central at the 1983 election, the constituency gained much of southern Brixton. Following further population decline, Lambeth was paired with Southwark in the next boundary review, and from the 1997 election, Streatham constituency gained areas around Tulse Hill from the former Norwood constituency, the rest of which became part of Dulwich and West Norwood.

2016 European Union Referendum

Main article: 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, Streatham is estimated to have posted the highest proportion of support for Remain of any constituency, at 79.5%.

Constituency profile

Among the most ethnically diverse constituencies, Streatham - which covers parts of Clapham, Brixton, Tulse Hill and Streatham itself - is in the south London borough of Lambeth. Only 58.2% of residents are white and it has among the most mixed race and black residents in the country, according to the 2011 Census. It also has Polish, Portuguese and Hispanic communities.

The bulk of residents are aged 25–44, with relatively few pensioners. Although it is a residential area, it is more popular with young workers than families, having good transport links into central London. Many residents rent, and there is a large social housing sector. Commercially, Streatham High Road is home to over 400 businesses, whilst a £26m ice rink and leisure centre opened in November 2013, part of continuing investment. The population is highly qualified and a high percentage are in full-time work.

At just over 6% of the population, Streatham, (which is located in the London Borough of Lambeth) has the largest proportion of LGBT+ people in the country. ^[7]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party		Notes
1918	Sir William Lane-Mitchell		Coalition Conservative	Sat as a Unionist
1922			Conservative
1939 by-election	Sir David Robertson		Conservative	Uncontested wartime by-election caused by Lane-Mitchell's resignation
1950	Duncan Sandys		Conservative
1974	Sir William Shelton		Conservative
1992	Keith Hill		Labour
2010	Chuka Umunna		Labour	Defected to Change UK, then Liberal Democrats, in 2019 [8]
February 2019			Change UK
June 2019			Liberal Democrats
2019	Bell Ribeiro-Addy		Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

17% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election. ^[9]

General election 2019: Streatham ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bell Ribeiro-Addy	30,976	54.8	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Thompson	13,286	23.5	+17.0
	Conservative	Rory O'Broin	9,060	16.0	−5.4
	Green	Scott Ainslie	2,567	4.5	+1.5
	Brexit Party	Penelope Becker	624	1.1	New
Majority			17,690	31.3	−15.8
Turnout			56,513	66.7	−4.2
Registered electors			84,783
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2017: Streatham ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chuka Umunna	38,212	68.5	+15.5
	Conservative	Kim Caddy	11,927	21.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Davies	3,611	6.5	−2.5
	Green	Nicole Griffiths	1,696	3.0	−5.9
	UKIP	Robert Stephenson	349	0.6	−2.6
Majority			26,285	47.1	+19.2
Turnout			55,795	70.9	+7.8
Registered electors			78,649
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.6

General election 2015: Streatham ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chuka Umunna	26,474	53.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Kim Caddy	12,540	25.1	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amna Ahmad	4,491	9.0	−26.8
	Green	Jonathan Bartley	4,421	8.9	+7.1
	UKIP	Bruce Machan	1,602	3.2	New
	CISTA	Artificial Beast	192	0.4	New
	TUSC	Unjum Mirza	164	0.3	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Deon Gayle	49	0.1	−0.1
Majority			13,934	27.9	+20.9
Turnout			49,933	63.1	+0.3
Registered electors			79,137
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

General election 2010: Streatham ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chuka Umunna	20,037	42.8	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Nicholson	16,778	35.8	+6.3
	Conservative	Rahoul Bhansali	8,578	18.3	+0.5
	Green	Rebecca Findlay	861	1.8	−3.7
	Christian	Geoffrey Macharia	237	0.5	New
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	229	0.5	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Paul Lepper	117	0.2	−0.1
Majority			3,259	7.0	-11.4
Turnout			46,837	62.8	+11.0
Registered electors			74,532
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.2

NB Percentage comparisons in the table above are against the notional result on the new constituency boundaries.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Streatham ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Hill	18,950	46.7	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders	11,484	28.3	+10.2
	Conservative	James Sproule	7,238	17.8	0.0
	Green	Shane Collins	2,245	5.5	+1.1
	UKIP	Trevor Gittings	396	1.0	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Billy Colvill	127	0.3	New
	Independent	Philippa Stone	100	0.2	New
	Independent	Robert West	40	0.1	New
	Independent	Sarah Acheng	35	0.1	New
Majority			7,466	18.4	-20.8
Turnout			40,615	51.3	+2.2
Registered electors			79,193
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

General election 2001: Streatham ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Hill	21,401	57.3	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger O'Brien	6,771	18.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Hocking	6,639	17.8	-3.9
	Green	Mohammed Sajid	1,641	4.4	New
	Socialist Alliance	Greg Tucker	906	2.4	New
Majority			14,630	39.2	-1.9
Turnout			37,358	49.1	-11.1
Registered electors			76,021
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Streatham ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Hill	28,181	62.8	+13.4
	Conservative	Ernest Noad	9,758	21.7	-16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger O'Brien	6,082	13.6	+3.6
	Referendum	Jeremy J. Wall	864	1.9	New
Majority			18,423	41.1	+35.4
Turnout			44,885	60.2	-10.1
Registered electors			74,583
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.0

General election 1992: Streatham ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Hill	18,925	47.0	+7.8
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	16,608	41.3	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	3,858	9.6	-6.2
	Green	Roger C. L. Baker	443	1.1	New
	Islamic Party	A. Hakin	154	0.4	New
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Cynthia Payne	145	0.4	New
	Natural Law	John V. Parsons	97	0.2	New
Majority			2,317	5.7	N/A
Turnout			40,230	70.3	+0.8
Registered electors			56,825
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Streatham ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	18,916	45.0	−1.5
	Labour	E. Anna Tapsall	16,509	39.2	+7.7
	Liberal	Mike Tuffrey	6,663	15.8	-5.4
Majority			2,407	5.8	-9.2
Turnout			42,088	69.5	+4.1
Registered electors			60,519
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6

General election 1983: Streatham ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	18,264	46.5	-4.9
	Labour	Madeline Long	12,362	31.5	-5.5
	Liberal	Peter H. Billenness	8,321	21.2	+11.3
	National Front	K. D. Handy	321	0.8	-0.6
Majority			5,902	15.0	+0.6
Turnout			39,268	65.4	-6.1
Registered electors			60,032
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	19,630	51.44	+5.79
	Labour	Timothy Daniel [23]	14,130	37.02	-0.71
	Liberal	John Pincham [23]	3,779	9.90	-3.89
	National Front	George Bryant [23]	523	1.37	-0.89
	Providers Through Care	Alf Hollander [23]	102	0.27	New
Majority			5,500	14.42	+6.50
Turnout			38,164	71.54	+7.46
Registered electors			53,347
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	16,515	45.65	+0.50
	Labour	J. Gaffin	13,648	37.73	+3.52
	Liberal	R. Silver	4,987	13.79	-4.45
	National Front	T. Lamb	817	2.26	-0.03
	Independent	Teresa E. Moore	210	0.58	+0.47
Majority			2,867	7.92	-3.02
Turnout			36,177	64.08	-8.70
Registered electors			56,453
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Shelton	18,457	45.15	-8.96
	Labour	J. Gaffin	13,982	34.21	-4.09
	Liberal	R. Silver	7,456	18.24	+10.69
	National Front	T. Lamb	937	2.29	New
	Independent	Bill Boaks	45	0.11	New
Majority			4,475	10.94	-4.87
Turnout			40,877	72.78	+6.08
Registered electors			56,166
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	19,215	54.11	-0.51
	Labour	Ann S Ward	13,593	38.30	-7.07
	Liberal	Derrick Delaney	2,680	7.55	New
Majority			5,622	15.81	+6.55
Turnout			35,488	66.70	-3.71
Registered electors			53,205
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	19,872	54.63	+2.53
	Labour	James L Walker	16,505	45.37	+12.93
Majority			3,367	9.26	-10.40
Turnout			36,377	70.41	-1.35
Registered electors			51,668
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	19,408	52.10	-7.66
	Labour	James L Walker	12,085	32.44	+5.02
	Liberal	Anthony H J Miller	5,261	14.12	+1.30
	Independent Loyalists	William Austen Brooks	497	1.33	New
Majority			7,323	19.66	-12.68
Turnout			37,251	71.76	-5.41
Registered electors			51,910
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	23,479	59.76	-5.79
	Labour	David Kerr	10,773	27.42	-7.03
	Liberal	Stephen Rubin	5,039	12.82	New
Majority			12,706	32.34	+1.24
Turnout			39,291	77.17	+2.79
Registered electors			50,916
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	25,862	65.55	+5.64
	Labour	Reg Prentice	13,594	34.45	+1.7
Majority			12,268	31.10	+3.94
Turnout			39,456	74.38	-7.15
Registered electors			52,727
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	27,084	59.91	+2.61
	Labour	Norman John Smart	14,804	32.75	-0.11
	Liberal	Alexander William Wilson	3,319	7.34	-2.5
Majority			12,280	27.16	+2.72
Turnout			45,207	81.53	+0.52
Registered electors			55,451
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sandys	26,571	57.30	+5.07
	Labour	Peter Benenson	15,235	32.86	-0.92
	Liberal	Alexander William Wilson	4,562	9.84	-4.15
Majority			11,336	24.44	+5.99
Turnout			46,368	81.01	+7.56
Registered electors			57,234
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robertson	17,462	52.23	-23.95
	Labour	John Gross	11,296	33.78	+9.96
	Liberal	Charles William Ernest Remnant	4,677	13.99	New
Majority			6,166	18.45	-33.91
Turnout			33,435	73.45	+9.34
Registered electors			45,521
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Streatham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robertson	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

General election 1935: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lane-Mitchell	25,429	76.18	-8.85
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	7,951	23.82	+8.85
Majority			17,478	52.36	-17.70
Turnout			33,280	64.11	-7.19
Registered electors			52,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lane-Mitchell	30,358	85.03	+28.03
	Labour	Betty Fraser	5,343	14.97	-3.43
Majority			25,015	70.06	+37.66
Turnout			35,701	71.30
Registered electors			50,070
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Lane-Mitchell	19,024	57.0	-11.5
	Liberal	Percy Lionel Edwin Rawlins	8,191	24.6	+6.9
	Labour	Fred Hughes	6,134	18.4	New
Majority			10,833	32.4	-18.4
Turnout			33,349	68.9	-8.8
Registered electors			48,387
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.2

General election 1924: Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Lane-Mitchell	15,936	68.5	+8.5
	Liberal	Charles Guy Parsloe	4,111	17.7	-22.3
	Communist	Alfred M. Wall	3,204	13.8	New
Majority			11,825	50.8	+30.8
Turnout			23,251	77.7	+16.4
Registered electors			29,906
	Unionist hold		Swing	+15.4

General election 1923: Streatham ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Lane-Mitchell	10,598	60.0	-9.1
	Liberal	Charles Guy Parsloe	7,075	40.0	+9.1
Majority			3,523	20.0	-18.2
Turnout			17,653	61.3	-1.7
Registered electors			28,837
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.1

General election 1922: Streatham ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Lane-Mitchell	12,282	69.1	−3.8
	Liberal	O.A. Minns	5,483	30.9	+15.5
Majority			6,799	38.2	−19.3
Turnout			17,765	63.0	+4.4
Registered electors			28,186
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Streatham ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	William Lane-Mitchell	11,457	72.9
	Liberal	John Albert Compston	2,417	15.4
	National	F.H. Bellamy	1,844	11.7
Majority			9,040	57.5
Turnout			15,718	58.6
Registered electors			26,842
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)

External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)

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