Streatham and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Streatham & Croydon North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Streatham and Croydon North 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Streatham & Croydon North in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 76,050 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Crystal Palace, Norbury, Streatham, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Steve Reed (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
Created from Croydon North and Streatham

Streatham and Croydon North is a constituency [n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [2] It is currently represented by Steve Reed of the Labour and Co-operative Party, [n 2] who currently serves as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under the government of Keir Starmer.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Streatham and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022, [4] [5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

It is the first time these areas have shared a constituency since the creation of the Wandsworth and Croydon constituencies in 1885.

Incumbent MPs

The Labour Party decided Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Streatham since 2019, would run in the new Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency, and Steve Reed, MP for Croydon North since 2012 would run in this new Streatham and Croydon North constituency.

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Progressive", with soft left or liberal views and high levels of university education. [6]

Members of Parliament

Croydon North and Streatham prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Steve Reed Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Streatham and Croydon North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 23,232 52.1 –5.8
Green Scott Ainslie 7,62917.1+12.7
Conservative Anthony Boutall5,32812.0–6.8
Liberal Democrats Claire Bonham5,03111.3–6.2
Reform UK Philip Watson1,9944.5+3.2
Workers Party Waseem Sherwani9102.0N/A
CPA Magdaline Nzekwue2900.7N/A
SDP Myles Owen1390.3N/A
Majority15,60335.0–4.1
Turnout 44,55357.9–9.6
Registered electors 76,966
Labour hold Swing –9.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote %
Labour 29,70457.9
Conservative 9,66618.8
Liberal Democrats 9,00217.5
Green 2,2784.4
Brexit Party 6581.3
Turnout51,30867.5
Electorate76,050

Notes

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

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