Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Southwark and Bermondsey
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	North Southwark and Bermondsey
Created from	Bermondsey

Southwark and Bermondsey was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 1990s 4.2 Elections in the 1980s 5 See also 6 Notes and references

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election. It had a single Member of Parliament throughout its existence, the Liberal Democrat (previously Liberal) Simon Hughes.

Boundaries

Southwark and Bermondsey consisted of the northern part of the London Borough of Southwark. In 1997 it was largely replaced by the new North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency, with 290 electors moving to the Lewisham Deptford constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Year		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Simon Hughes	Liberal
	1988		Liberal Democrat
	1997	constituency abolished: see North Southwark and Bermondsey

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Southwark and Bermondsey[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Hughes	21,459	56.9	+9.4
	Labour Co-op	Richard Balfe	11,614	30.8	−8.9
	Conservative	Andy Raca	3,794	10.1	−2.5
	BNP	Stephen Tyler	530	1.4	+1.4
	National Front	Terry Blackham	168	0.4	+0.4
	Natural Law	Graham Barnett	113	0.3	+0.3
	Communist League	John Grogan	56	0.1	+0.1
Majority			9,845	26.1	+18.4
Turnout			37,734	62.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Southwark and Bermondsey[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Simon Hughes	17,072	47.43	-2.43
	Labour	John Bryan	14,293	39.71	+4.84
	Conservative	Oliver Heald	4,522	12.56	-0.44
	Communist	Peter Power	108	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,779	7.72	-7.26
Turnout			35,995	64.93	+3.20

General Election 1983: Southwark and Bermondsey[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Simon Hughes	17,185	49.86	N/A
	Labour	John Tilley	12,021	34.87	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	4,481	13.0	N/A
	National Front	James Sneath	474	1.38	N/A
	New Britain	Kevin Mason	154	0.45	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	Afzal Farehk	54	0.16	N/A
	Nationalist Party	S McKenzie	50	0.15	N/A
	Independent	Tom Keen	50	0.15	N/A
Majority			5,164	14.98	N/A
Turnout			34,469	61.73	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
• Southwark local elections

Notes and references