Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hackney South and Shoreditch
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Hackney South and Shoreditch in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 73,778 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Meg Hillier (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
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]

Contents

History

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]

Election Record

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]

Boundaries

Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries
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Shoreditch Town Hall

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.

2010–2014: The London Borough of Hackney wards of Chatham, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Haggerston, Hoxton, King's Park, Queensbridge, Victoria, and Wick.

2014–present. Following a local government boundary review which became effective in 2014, [5] the contents of the seat are The London Borough of Hackney wards of:

De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Hackney Wick, Haggerston, Homerton, Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hoxton West, King's Park, Lea Bridge (small part), London Fields (most), and Victoria.

The constituency covers the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney.

The constituency shares a boundary with eight others: Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, West Ham, Bethnal Green & Bow, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South & Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North & Stoke Newington.

Proposed

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Hackney South and Shoreditch in 2023

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Hackney (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Dalston; Hackney Central; Hackney Wick; Haggerston; Homerton; Hoxton East & Shoreditch; Hoxton West; London Fields; Victoria. [6]

De Beauvoir ward will be transferred out to Islington South and Finsbury, and King's Park ward to Hackney North and Stoke Newington, in exchange for the Dalston ward.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
Feb 1974 Ronald Brown Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Brian Sedgemore Labour
2005 Meg Hillier Labour Co-operative

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Workers Party Leon Eshuru [8]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Hackney South and Shoreditch [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Meg Hillier 39,884 73.3 -6.1
Conservative Mark Beckett5,89910.8-0.1
Liberal Democrats Dave Raval4,8538.9+3.2
Green Tyrone Scott2,9485.4+2.7
Brexit Party Robert Lloyd7441.4New
Workers Revolutionary Jonty Leff1110.20.0
Majority33,98562.5-6.0
Turnout 54,43960.9-5.7
Registered electors 89,380
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.1
General election 2017: Hackney South and Shoreditch [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Meg Hillier 43,974 79.4 +15.0
Conservative Luke Parker6,04310.9-2.6
Liberal Democrats Dave Raval3,1685.7+1.1
Green Rebecca Johnson1,5222.7-8.9
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 2260.4New
Independent Russell Higgs 1430.3+0.1
CPA Angel Watt1130.2-0.3
Workers Revolutionary Jonty Leff860.20.0
Independent Hugo Sugg500.1New
Independent Dale Kalamazad290.1New
Majority37,93168.5+17.6
Turnout 55,35466.6+10.6
Registered electors 83,099
Labour Co-op hold Swing +8.8
General election 2015: Hackney South and Shoreditch [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Meg Hillier 30,633 64.4 +8.7
Conservative Jack Tinley6,42013.50.0
Green Charlotte George5,51911.6+8.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Mathis2,1864.6−17.8
UKIP Angus Small1,8183.8+2.3
TUSC Brian Debus3020.6New
CISTA Paul Birch2970.6New
CPA Taiwo Adewuyi2360.5New
Independent Russell Higgs 780.2New
Workers Revolutionary Bill Rogers630.1New
CampaignGordon Shrigley280.1New
Majority24,21350.9+19.2
Turnout 47,58056.0−2.9
Registered electors 84,971
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.4
General election 2010: Hackney South and Shoreditch [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Meg Hillier 23,888 55.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Dave Raval9,60022.4+1.6
Conservative Simon Nayyar5,80013.5+0.1
Green Polly Lane1,4933.5-2.0
UKIP Michael King6511.5New
Liberal Ben Rae5391.3New
Christian John Williams4341.0New
Direct Democracy (Communist)Nusret Sen2020.5New
Communist League Paul Davies1100.3New
Independent Denny de la Haye950.2New
Independent Jane Tuckett260.1New
Independent Michael Spinks200.0New
Majority14,28831.7+0.3
Turnout 42,85858.9+7.5
Registered electors 64,826
Labour Co-op hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Meg Hillier 17,048 52.9 –11.3
Liberal Democrats Hugh G. Bayliss6,84421.2+6.6
Conservative John Moss4,52414.0+0.2
Green Ipemndoh dan Iyan1,7795.5New
Respect Dean Ryan1,4374.5New
Liberal Benjamin Rae3131.0New
Communist Monty Goldman 2000.6–0.3
Workers Revolutionary Jonty Leff920.3–0.2
Majority10,20431.7-17.9
Turnout 32,23749.7+2.3
Registered electors 72,841
Labour Co-op hold Swing –9.0
General election 2001: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Sedgemore 19,471 64.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Vickers4,42214.6–0.4
Conservative Paul White4,18013.8+0.5
Socialist Alliance Cecilia Prosper1,4014.6New
Reform 2000Saim Koksal4711.6New
Communist Ivan Beavis2590.90.0
Workers Revolutionary William Rogers1430.5+0.1
Majority15,04949.6+5.2
Turnout 30,34747.4–7.1
Registered electors 63,990
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Sedgemore 20,048 59.4 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Martin J. Pantling5,05815.0+0.1
Conservative Christopher P. O'Leary4,49413.3–15.7
Independent Terry V. Betts2,4367.2New
Referendum Richard Franklin 6131.8New
BNP Gordon T. Callow5311.6New
Communist Monty Goldman 2980.9New
Natural Law Michelle L. Goldberg1450.4–0.2
Workers Revolutionary William Rogers1390.4New
Majority14,99044.4+20.0
Turnout 33,76254.5-9.3
Registered electors 62,000
Labour hold Swing +3.00
General election 1992: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Sedgemore 19,730 53.4 +5.5
Conservative Andrew Turner 10,71429.0+0.3
Liberal Democrats George Wintle5,53315.0–7.4
Green Len Lucas7722.1New
Natural Law Geraldine Norman2260.6New
Majority9,01624.4+5.2
Turnout 36,97563.8+8.4
Registered electors 57,935
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Sedgemore 18,799 47.9 +4.6
Conservative Michael Northcroft-Brown11,27728.7+5.4
Liberal Jeffrey Roberts8,81222.4+12.7
Communist David Green4031.0+0.4
Majority7,52219.2-0.8
Turnout 32,29155.4+1.6
Registered electors 70,873
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Sedgemore 16,621 43.3 –12.5
Conservative Peter J.P. Croft8,93023.3–5.2
SDP Ronald Brown 7,02518.3New
Liberal Jeffrey Roberts3,7249.7+0.5
Independent Labour Steven J. Quilty7041.8New
National Front Ralph Ashton5931.6-6.0
BNP Valerie D. Tyndall3741.0New
Communist David Green2460.6New
Workers Revolutionary R.D. Goldstein1410.4-0.4
Majority7,69120.0-5.9
Turnout 38,35853.8-6.3
Registered electors 71,304
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Hackney South and Shoreditch [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Brown 14,016 54.1 –9.9
Conservative David Evennett 7,31228.2+13.3
Liberal Jeffrey David Roberts2,3879.2–2.5
National Front John Tyndall 1,9587.6–1.8
Workers Revolutionary Peter Curtis2150.8New
Majority6,70425.9-23.2
Turnout 25,88860.1+5.4
Registered electors 43,090
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Brown 17,333 64.0 +4.4
Conservative Harvey Proctor 4,03814.9–6.1
Liberal C. Bone3,17311.7–7.7
National Front Ronald May2,5449.4New
Majority13,29549.1+10.5
Turnout 27,08854.7–8.7
Registered electors 49,540
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Hackney South and Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Brown 18,580 59.6
Conservative Harvey Proctor 6,56221.0
Liberal C. Bone6,05319.4
Majority12,01838.6
Turnout 31,19563.4
Registered electors 49,204
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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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