Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tottenham
Borough constituency
Tottenham shown within Greater London
Created: 1885, 1950
MP: David Lammy
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: London

Tottenham is a borough 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] Boundaries

The constituency is in the borough of Haringey in North London. It covers the borough's central and eastern area, including some of the former Borough of Hornsey.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

Election Member Party
1885 Joseph Howard (politician)
1906 Percy Alden
1918 constituency abolished: see Tottenham North and Tottenham South

[edit] MPs 1950-present

Election Member Party
1950 Frederick Messer Labour Co-operative
1959 Alan Grahame Brown Labour then Conservative
1964 Norman Atkinson Labour
1987 Bernie Grant Labour
2000 David Lammy Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Tottenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lammy 18,343 57.9 −9.6
Liberal Democrat Wayne Hoban 5,309 16.8 +7.3
Conservative William MacDougall 4,278 13.5 −0.4
Respect Janet Alder 2,014 6.4 N/A
Green Pete McAskie 1,457 4.6 0.0
Socialist Labour Jaamit Durrani 263 0.8 N/A
Majority 13,034 41.2
Turnout 31,664 47.8 −0.4
Labour hold Swing −8.4
General Election 2001: Tottenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lammy 21,317 67.5 -1.8
Conservative Uma Fernandes 4,401 13.9 -1.8
Liberal Democrat Meher Khan 3,008 9.5 -1.3
Green Peter Budge 1,443 4.6 +1.8
Socialist Alliance Weyman Bennett 1,162 3.7 N/A
Reform 2000 Unver Shefki 270 0.9 N/A
Majority 16,916 53.6
Turnout 31,601 48.2 -8.7
Labour hold Swing
Tottenham by-election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lammy 8,785 53.5 -15.8
Liberal Democrat Duncan Hames 3,139 19.1 +1.3
Conservative Jane Ellison 2,634 16.0 +0.3
Socialist Alliance Weyman Bennett 885 5.4 N/A
Green Peter Budge 606 3.7 +0.9
Reform 2000 Erol Basarik 177 1.1 N/A
UK Independence Ashiwn Tanna 136 0.8 N/A
Independent Conservative Dorian de Braâm 55 0.3 N/A
Majority
Turnout 25.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Tottenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernie Grant 26,121 69.3
Conservative Andrew Scantlebury 5,921 15.7
Liberal Democrat Neil Hughes 4,064 10.8
Green Peter Budge 1,059 2.8
ProLife Alliance Leelan Tay 210 0.5
Workers' Revolutionary Christopher Anglin 181 0.5
Socialist Equality Tania Kent 148 0.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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Constituencies in Greater London by holding party
Labour

Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Respect
Independent
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