Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)

For the local electoral division, see Vauxhall (ward).

Vauxhall
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Vauxhall in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	88,659 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements	North Lambeth, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Kennington, Clapham, Brixton (part)
1950–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Kennington and Lambeth North
Replaced by	Clapham and Brixton Hill, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Vauxhall was a constituency ^{[n 1]} in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by members of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation from 1950 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the new seat of Vauxhall and Camberwell Green , with the wards of Clapham Town, Ferndale and Larkhall being included in the new constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill. ^[2]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

Vauxhall was wholly within the London Borough of Lambeth. The core of the constituency, unchanged from the former Lambeth North, was delimited by the River Thames to the west and north and the boundary with Southwark to the east.

Constituency profile

The seat included all of Vauxhall, North Lambeth, Stockwell, Kennington and some of Brixton and north Clapham. Its landmarks included the London Eye, The Oval cricket ground, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, SIS building and the National Theatre. Among Britain's most ethnically diverse constituencies, Vauxhall had sizable Jamaican, Portuguese, Ghanaian and Ecuadorian communities.

At just over 6% of the population, Vauxhall (which was located in the London Borough of Lambeth) had the largest proportion of LGBT+ people in the country as of 2016. ^[3]

Political history

Vauxhall in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974

The area has consistently voted in parliamentary elections for Labour Members of Parliament since 1929, except in 1931. This includes the results of the former seat of Lambeth North, which had near-identical boundaries.^{[ citation needed ]}

Since a 1989 by-election, the seat had been represented by Kate Hoey. Continuing a history as a safe seat for Labour, since her 1989 election, Hoey consistently achieved majorities of 9,100 to 20,200 votes. The 2015 result made the seat the 105th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ^[4]

Despite Hoey being a prominent campaigner for leaving the European Union, Vauxhall voted to remain in the EU by 77.6% in the national referendum on 23 June 2016. ^[5] This made it the strongest pro-EU constituency to be represented by a pro-Brexit MP. In the 2017 general election, this led to her seat being targeted by pro-Remain organisations and high-profile individuals seeking to oust her in favour of the pro-EU Liberal Democrat candidate. ^[6] There had been a change.org petition calling for Hoey's deselection as the Labour candidate for the seat; however, due to party rules this was unsuccessful. ^{[7] [8]} In the 2017 election, Hoey significantly increased her majority to the largest the seat had ever seen; the Liberal Democrat vote total more than trebled, and they moved back into second place having fallen to fourth behind the Conservatives and the Greens in 2015. In May 2018, Hoey's local party passed a vote of no confidence in her, vowing to deselect the MP as well. ^[9] On 8 July 2019 Hoey announced that she would retire from the House of Commons, and would not seek re-election as a Labour candidate at the next general election. ^[10]

Prominent frontbenchers

George Strauss was appointed Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951 during the Attlee Ministry. Kate Hoey was Minister for Sport (1999–2001) during the Blair Ministry. ^[11]

Local government results

The constituency shared boundaries with the Vauxhall 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 entirely represented by Labour on Lambeth London Borough Council.

A single Conservative councillor represented the Clapham Town ward from 2002 until losing their seat by sixty votes in the 2006 Council Elections.

Three Liberal Democrat councillors represented the Bishop's ward from 1990 to 2014; they subsequently lost the three ward seats to Labour, as did the sole Liberal Democrat councilors in the Oval and Vassall wards. They failed to gain them back in 2018.

At the 2018 council elections, Labour won all of the ward seats in the constituency. The Liberal Democrats finished second in the wards of Bishop's, Oval, Stockwell and Prince's. The Conservatives finished the runner up in Clapham Town and the Green Party in Vassall, Ferndale and Larkhall.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member [12]	Party
1950	George Strauss		Labour
1979	Stuart Holland		Labour
1989 by-election	Kate Hoey		Labour
2019	Florence Eshalomi		Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Vauxhall ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Florence Eshalomi	31,615	56.1	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lewis	12,003	21.3	+0.8
	Conservative	Sarah Bool	9,422	16.7	−1.9
	Green	Jacqueline Bond	2,516	4.5	+2.5
	Brexit Party	Andrew McGuinness	641	1.1	New
	Independent	Salah Faissal	136	0.2	New
Majority			19,612	34.8	−2.0
Turnout			56,333	63.5	−3.6
Registered electors			88,659
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.0

General election 2017: Vauxhall ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	31,576	57.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Turner	11,326	20.5	+13.6
	Conservative	Dolly Theis	10,277	18.6	−8.7
	Green	Gulnar Hasnain	1,152	2.0	−5.6
	Women's Equality	Harini Iyengar	539	0.9	New
	Pirate	Mark Chapman	172	0.3	−0.1
Majority			20,250	36.8	+10.3
Turnout			55,042	67.1	+9.2
Registered electors			82,055
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1

13.6% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2017 general election. ^[16] UKIP stood down their candidate in order to ensure Hoey was re-elected. ^[17]

See also: Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election § Vauxhall

General election 2015: Vauxhall ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	25,778	53.8	+4.0
	Conservative	James Bellis	13,070	27.3	+5.8
	Green	Gulnar Hasnain	3,658	7.6	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett	3,312	6.9	−18.2
	UKIP	Ace Nnorom	1,385	2.9	New
	Pirate	Mark Chapman	201	0.4	New
	Left Unity	Simon Hardy	188	0.4	New
	CISTA	Louis Jensen	164	0.3	New
	Whig	Waleed Ghani	103	0.2	New
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	82	0.2	−0.2
Majority			12,708	26.5	+1.8
Turnout			47,941	58.3	+0.6
Registered electors			82,231
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 2010: Vauxhall ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	21,498	49.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	10,847	25.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Glyn Chambers	9,301	21.5	+7.0
	Green	Joseph Healy	708	1.6	−2.8
	English Democrat	Jose Navarro	289	0.7	+0.1
	Christian	Lana Martin	200	0.5	New
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	143	0.3	−0.3
	Anticapitalists	Jeremy Drinkall	109	0.3	New
	Animal Welfare	James Kapetanos	96	0.2	New
Majority			10,651	24.7	−2.0
Turnout			43,191	57.7	+9.3
Registered electors			74,811
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	19,744	52.9	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Anglin	9,767	26.1	+6.0
	Conservative	Edward Heckels	5,405	14.5	+1.1
	Green	Tim Summers	1,705	4.6	+0.2
	UKIP	Robert McWhirter	271	0.7	New
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	240	0.6	New
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	221	0.6	New
Majority			9,977	26.8	−12.2
Turnout			37,363	46.9	+2.1
Registered electors			79,637
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2001: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	19,738	59.1	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bottrall	6,720	20.1	+4.1
	Conservative	Gareth Compton	4,489	13.4	−1.8
	Green	Shane Collins	1,485	4.4	+2.2
	Socialist Alliance	Theresa Bennett	853	2.6	New
	Independent	Martin Boyd	107	0.3	New
Majority			13,018	39.0	−8.8
Turnout			33,392	44.8	−10.7
Registered electors			74,474
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	24,920	63.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Kerr	6,260	16.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Richard Bacon	5,952	15.2	−11.4
	Socialist Labour	Ian Driver	983	2.5	New
	Green	Shane Collins	862	2.2	New
	Socialist (GB)	Richard Headicar	97	0.3	New
Majority			18,660	47.8	+20.9
Turnout			39,074	55.5	−6.9
Registered electors			70,424
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

General election 1992: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	21,328	54.8	+4.6
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	10,840	27.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tuffrey	5,678	14.6	−3.6
	Green	Penny Shepherd	803	2.1	+0.3
	Independent	A Khan	156	0.4	New
	Revolutionary Communist	S. Hill	152	0.4	New
Majority			10,488	27.0	+5.8
Turnout			38,957	62.4	−1.6
Registered electors			62,473
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Vauxhall by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	15,191	52.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Michael Keegan	5,425	18.8	−10.2
	SLD	Mike Tuffrey	5,043	17.5	−0.7
	Green	Henry Bewley	1,767	6.1	+4.3
	The People's Candidate	Hewie Andrew	302	1.1	New
	The Greens	Dominic Allen	264	0.9	New
	Independent	Rudy Narayan	179	0.6	New
	Revolutionary Communist	Don Milligan	177	0.6	New
	Official National Front	Patrick Harrington	127	0.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	106	0.4	New
	Christian Alliance	David Black	86	0.3	New
	National Front	Ted Budden	83	0.3	New
	Fellowship	Geoffrey Rolph	24	0.1	New
	Leveller Party	William Scola	21	0.1	New
Majority			9,766	33.9	+12.7
Turnout			28,795	44.4	−19.6
Registered electors			64,905
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Holland	21,364	50.2	+3.7
	Conservative	David Lidington	12,345	29.0	+2.3
	SDP	Simon Acland	7,764	18.2	−6.1
	Green	Janice Owens	770	1.8	New
	Communist	Dave Cook	223	0.5	0.0
	Red Front	Kunle Oluremi	117	0.3	New
Majority			9,019	21.2	+1.3
Turnout			42,583	64.0	−0.5
Registered electors			66,538
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Holland	18,234	46.5	−5.9
	Conservative	Kingsley Manning	10,454	26.7	−7.1
	SDP	Roger Liddle [21]	9,515	24.3	+16.9
	National Front	J. Wright	508	1.3	−2.3
	Monster Raving Loony	P. Lingard	266	0.7	New
	Communist	Dave Cook	199	0.5	New
	Workers Revolutionary	G Shorter	38	0.1	−0.5
Majority			7,780	19.9	+1.1
Turnout			39,214	64.5	+2.0
Registered electors			64,867
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Holland	13,058	52.4	−10.8
	Conservative	Philip Linnell Heslop	8,358	33.6	+10.2
	Liberal	Frederick Harrison [22]	1,842	7.4	−6.1
	National Front	Vernon Atkinson [22]	879	3.6	New
	Labour Alliance Party	Douglas Elliot [22]	565	2.3	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Sarah Hannigan [22]	153	0.6	New
	Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident	Bill Boaks	44	0.2	New
Majority			4,700	18.8	−21.0
Turnout			24,899	62.5	+9.8
Registered electors			39,870
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	15,493	63.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Victor MacColl	5,727	23.4	−2.7
	Liberal	Edward Cousins	3,300	13.5	−4.4
Majority			9,766	39.8	+9.5
Turnout			24,520	52.7	−9.5
Registered electors			46,502
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	16,135	52.4	−11.2
	Conservative	Margaret Marshall	7,494	26.1	−10.3
	Liberal	Edward Cousins	5,139	17.9	New
Majority			8,641	30.3	+2.9
Turnout			28,768	62.2	+7.8
Registered electors			46,261
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	13,046	63.6	−3.0
	Conservative	Clive Jones	7,477	36.4	+3.0
Majority			5,569	27.2	−6.0
Turnout			20,523	54.4	−4.2
Registered electors			37,707
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	15,233	66.6	+2.49
	Conservative	Spencer Le Marchant	7,645	33.4	−2.49
Majority			7,588	33.2	+4.98
Turnout			22,878	58.6	−0.58
Registered electors			39,042
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	15,458	64.11	+2.13
	Conservative	David Lane	8,653	35.89	−2.13
Majority			6,805	28.22	+4.26
Turnout			24,111	59.18	−5.77
Registered electors			40,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	18,437	61.98	−2.71
	Conservative	Elizabeth Havers	11,312	38.02	+2.71
Majority			7,125	23.96	−5.42
Turnout			29,749	64.95	+2.21
Registered electors			45,802
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	19,220	64.69	−1.15
	Conservative	Edwin Lee	10,492	35.31	+1.15
Majority			8,728	29.38	−2.3
Turnout			29,712	62.74	−10.91
Registered electors			47,354
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	24,217	65.84	+3.34
	Conservative	Edwin Lee	12,564	34.16	+6.46
Majority			11,653	31.68	−3.22
Turnout			36,781	73.65	−2.05
Registered electors			49,939
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Strauss	23,988	62.5
	Conservative	Alfred Lockwood	10,618	27.7
	Liberal	Walter Dyer	3,251	8.5
	Communist	Margot Heinemann	508	1.3
Majority			13,370	34.8
Turnout			38,365	75.7
Registered electors			50,673
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes

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

References

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External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• Vauxhall UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Vauxhall UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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