Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hackney North and Stoke Newington Borough constituency |
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| Hackney North and Stoke Newington shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Diane Abbott |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Wards
- Brownswood
- Cazenove
- Clissold
- Dalston
- Hackney Downs
- Leabridge
- Lordship
- New River
- Springfield
- Stoke Newington Central
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency borders four others. Islington North to the west, Tottenham to the north, Walthamstow to the east and Hackney South & Shoreditch to the south. It is currently divided into ten wards and each is represented by three councillors sitting, with members from Hackney South & Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney’s council chamber.
[edit] History
The constituency has gone through many changes and has only recently, in January 2006 seen the boundary moved to correspond with the local government wards.
Elections were held in 1868 general election for a two seat constituency when the Hackney (UK Parliament constituency) was created in the Second Reform Act or the officially termed Representation of the People Act, 1867. Hackney's first democratic representation provided suffrage for the first time to working-class men but was originally intended to increase the number of seats held in the House of Commons by the Conservative Party.
Following even greater electoral reform of the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, part of the Third Reform Act, the constituency returned only one MP in the 1885 general election and became Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency).
The Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) was created in the 1918 general election by the division of the Hackney North constituency by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, known generally as Fourth Reform Act and gave women sufferage for the first time.
Following a decrease in the population the two constituencies were merged by the Representation of the People Act, 1948, retaining David Weitzman as MP and becoming the current constituency in the 1950 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950-1979: David Weitzman, Labour
- 1979-1987: Sir Ernest Handforth Goodman Roberts, Labour
- 1987-present: Diane Abbott, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Hackney North and Stoke Newington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diane Abbott | 14,268 | 48.6 | −12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Blanchard | 6,841 | 23.3 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Ertan Hurer | 4,218 | 14.4 | −0.6 | |
| Green | Mischa Borris | 2,907 | 9.9 | +2.5 | |
| Independent (politician) | David Vail | 602 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Nusrat Sen | 296 | 1.0 | −1.6 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Knight Knapp Barrow | 248 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,427 | 25.3 | |||
| Turnout | 29,380 | 49.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −10.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Hackney North and Stoke Newington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diane Abbott | 18,081 | 61.0 | -4.1 | |
| Conservative | Pauline (aka) Molly Dye | 4,430 | 15.0 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Meral Ece | 4,170 | 14.1 | +3.9 | |
| Green | Chit Chong | 2,184 | 7.4 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | Sukant Chandan | 756 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,651 | 46.0 | |||
| Turnout | 29,621 | 49.0 | -3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
