| Bermondsey and Old Southwark | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Bermondsey and Old Southwark in Greater London. |
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| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 77,186 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | North Southwark and Bermondsey |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | London |
Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons, electing one Member of Parliament using the first past the post system.
The seat was created for the 2010 general election. It was created following a review of parliamentary representation in North and South London by the Boundary Commission for England
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This seat is based on the 1997-2010 North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency. It takes its name from the old metropolitan boroughs of Bermondsey and Southwark. Following the 2002 redrawing of ward boundaries, parts of Faraday and Livesey wards that were part of North Southwark and Bermondsey transferred to Camberwell and Peckham. This successor seat is made from the following electoral wards within the London Borough of Southwark:
Comprising the northern part of the London Borough of Southwark, the seat lies immediately to the south of the City of London and encapsulates the great diversity in the capital.
The southern halves of the iconic Thames crossings London Bridge and Tower Bridge are in the seat, as is the historic Southwark area, with its ancient Cathedral, Globe Theatre and the famous Borough Market. There is also extensive commercial development that has spilled over the river from the City - when completed, the Shard London Bridge office development will be the tallest building in the country.
To the East, the seat also includes the Rotherhithe peninsula, where contemporary housing now replaces former industrial areas, particularly around Canada Water. Further from the river is the neighbourhood of Bermondsey where high levels of deprivation and unemployment contrast starkly with the business districts by London Bridge.
At its southern end, the seat includes parts of Walworth a traditionally poor part of London - here the seat adjoins Camberwell and Peckham, one of the safest Labour seats in London.
The Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Old Southwark is Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes who has sat for the various Bermondsey seats since a by-election in 1983, as a Liberal MP until 1988 and as a Liberal Democrat since then.
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Simon Hughes | Liberal Democrats | |
| General Election 2010: Bermondsey and Old Southwark[3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Simon Hughes | 21,590 | 48.4 | +0.7 | |
| Labour Co-op | Val Shawcross | 13,060 | 29.2 | -2.4 | |
| Conservative | Loanna Morrison | 7,638 | 17.1 | +4.1 | |
| BNP | Stephen Tyler | 1,370 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Tom Chance | 718 | 1.6 | -1.4 | |
| Independent | Alan Kirkby | 155 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| (no label) | Steve Freeman | 120 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 8,530 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 44,651 | 57.5 | +8.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||