Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)

Vauxhall
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Vauxhall in Greater London.
County Greater London
Electorate 73,274 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Kate Hoey (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Kennington and Lambeth North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London

Vauxhall 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.

Contents

Boundaries

Vauxhall is wholly within the London Borough of Lambeth. The core of the constituency - unchanged from the former Lambeth North - is delimited by the River Thames to the west and north and the boundary with Southwark to the east. In addition to the area commonly known as Vauxhall it includes the historic core of Lambeth near London Waterloo station and all of Kennington and Stockwell. Since the abolition of the Lambeth Central constituency in 1983, the constituency has also included the northern parts of Clapham and Brixton stretching as far south as Clapham Park Road, Acre Lane and Coldharbour Lane.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the constituency. The electoral wards used in the creation of this modified seat are:

History

The Vauxhall area has traditionally been left wing. The former seat of Lambeth North and the Vauxhall seat (first contested under that name in 1950) have been represented by Labour Members of Parliament for almost all of the twentieth century apart from 1931 to 1934.

The 1989 by-election (see separate article) was notable for the large number of candidates and the tensions that it caused within the local Labour Party due to the selection of Kate Hoey as the official candidate.

The local government wards in the constituency are currently divided between Labour and Liberal Democrats on Lambeth London Borough Council. A single Conservative represented Clapham Town ward until losing the seat in the 2006 local elections.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1950 George Strauss Labour
1979 Stuart Holland Labour
1989 by-election Kate Hoey Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 21,498 49.8 -2.0
Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon 10,847 25.1 -2.1
Conservative Glyn Chambers 9,301 21.5 +7.0
Green Joseph Healy 708 1.6 -2.8
English Democrats Jose Navarro 289 0.7 +0.1
Christian Lana Martin 200 0.5 N/A
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert 143 0.3 -0.3
Workers Power Jeremy Drinkall 109 0.3 N/A
Animal Protection James Kapetanos 96 0.2 N/A
Majority 10,651 24.7
Turnout 43,191 57.7 +9.3
Labour hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 19,744 52.9 -6.2
Liberal Democrat Charles Anglin 9,767 26.1 +6.0
Conservative Edward Heckels 5,405 14.5 +1.1
Green Tim Summers 1,705 4.6 +0.2
UKIP Robert McWhirter 271 0.7 N/A
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert 240 0.6 N/A
English Democrats Janus Polenceus 221 0.6 N/A
Majority 9,977 26.7
Turnout 37,363 46.9 +2.1
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 19,738 59.1 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Anthony Bottrall 6,720 20.1 +4.1
Conservative Gareth Compton 4,489 13.4 -1.8
Green Shane Collins 1,485 4.4 +2.2
Socialist Alliance Theresa Bennett 853 2.6 N/A
Independent Martin Boyd 107 0.3 N/A
Majority 13,018 39.0
Turnout 33,392 44.8 -10.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 19,738 59.1 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Anthony Bottrall 6,720 20.1 +4.1
Conservative Gareth Compton 4,489 13.4 -1.8
Green Shane Collins 1,485 4.4 +2.2
Socialist Alliance Theresa Bennett 853 2.6 N/A
Independent Martin Boyd 107 0.3 N/A
Majority 13,018 39.0
Turnout 33,392 44.8 -10.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 21,328 54.8
Conservative B A R Gentry 10,840 27.8
Liberal Democrat M W Tuffrey 5,678 14.58
Green P A Shepherd 803 2.1
Independent A Khan 156 0.4
Revolutionary Communist S Hill 152 0.4
Majority 10,488 26.9
Turnout 62.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

Vauxhall by-election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 15,191 52.7 2.5
Conservative Michael Keegan 5,425 18.8 -10.2
Social and Liberal Democrats Mike Tuffrey 5,043 17.5 -0.7
Green Henry Bewley 1,767 6.1 +4.3
The People's Candidate Rev. Hewie Andrew 302 1.1
The Greens Dominic Allen 264 0.9
Independent Rudy Narayan 179 0.6
Revolutionary Communist Don Milligan 177 0.6
Official National Front Patrick Harrington 127 0.4
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 106 0.4
Christian Alliance David Black 86 0.3
National Front Edward Budden 83 0.3
Fellowship Rev. Geoffrey Rolph 24 0.1
Leveller Party William Scola 21 0.1
Majority 9,766 33.9
Turnout 28,795 44.4 -19.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1987: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Holland 21,364 50.2
Conservative D R Lidington 12,345 29.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance S H V Acland 7,764 18.2
Green J Owens 770 1.8
Communist D Cook 223 0.5
Red Front K Oluremi 117 0.3
Majority 9,019 21.2
Turnout 64.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Holland 18,234 46.5
Conservative K Manning 10,454 26.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance R Liddle 9,515 24.3
National Front J Wright 508 1.3
Monster Raving Loony P Lingard 266 0.7
Communist D Cook 199 0.5
Workers Party G Shorter 38 0.1
Majority 7,780 19.9
Turnout 64.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Holland 13,058 52.4
Conservative P Heslop 8,358 33.6
Liberal F Harrison 1,842 7.4
National Front V Atkinson 879 3.6
Labour Alliance Party D Elliot 565 2.3
Workers Revolutionary S Hannigan 153 0.6
Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident Bill Boaks 44 0.2
Majority 4,700 18.9
Turnout 62.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Strauss 15,493 63.2
Conservative V MacColl 5,727 23.4
Liberal E Cousins 3,300 13.5
Majority 9,766 39.8
Turnout 52.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Strauss 16,135 52.4
Conservative M Marshall 7,494 26.1
Liberal E Cousins 5,139 17.9
Majority 8,641 30.0
Turnout 62.2
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1970: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Strauss 13,046 63.6
Conservative C W Jones 7,477 36.4
Majority 5,569 27.1
Turnout 54.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Strauss 15,233 66.6
Conservative S le Marchant 7,645 33.4
Majority 7,588 33.2
Turnout 58.6
Labour hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "V"
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thirsk and Malton		 Constituency represented by the Father of the House
1974–1979		 Succeeded by
Dagenham
Labour (37)
Conservative (28)
Liberal Democrats (7)