Putney | |
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Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Putney in Greater London. |
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County | Greater London |
Electorate | 62,153 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Justine Greening (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Wandsworth |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | London |
Putney 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. The Putney Constituency is known for being one of the first to return their result on many election nights. The current MP is Justine Greening of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2005 general election.
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Putney is a compact constituency nestling around the southern bank of the River Thames opposite Fulham. As well as Putney itself, it also includes the districts of Roehampton, which runs along the edge of Richmond Park, and Southfields, which lies in the Wandle Valley at the bottom of West Hill. It takes in a small part of Wandsworth town; that part south of Wandsworth High Street and west of Garratt Lane, so the Southside shopping centre is in the constituency.
Putney is bordered by the constituencies of:
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Putney constituency with the following electoral wards:
When created in 1918 as the Putney division of Wandsworth, the constituency was carved out of the former constituency of Wandsworth. The rest of the Wandsworth constituency was divided into Wandsworth Central, Balham and Tooting and Streatham. The seat was abolished in 1983 and replaced by the present constituency of 'Putney'.
Putney was held by former Conservative Secretary of State for National Heritage David Mellor from 1979 until 1997, when it was gained by Tony Colman for Labour. However, this received media attention not because of a prominent member losing their seat, but because of the fracas that erupted between Mellor and Referendum Party candidate Sir James Goldsmith, who held contrasting views on European integration, during Mellor's vote of thanks. This difference of opinion had led to a bitter and personalised campaign, and Goldsmith took the opportunity to taunt his opponent when he had been defeated.
Putney is also of note for being the first Conservative gain on election night in 2005, when Justine Greening took back the seat from Labour on a swing of 6.5%. Putney is also known for being one of the earliest constituencies, and usually the first in London, returning its results at each election.[2]
Putney is a desirable area of South-West London, with Wimbledon to the south (the Southfields ward extends down as far as the famous All England club) and the River Thames to the north, with Fulham lying across the river - their respective parish churches sitting iconically on either side of Putney Bridge.
The parliamentary seat contains some very affluent neighbourhoods, though the edge of the seat near Wandsworth town centre is more mixed, and Roehampton, famous for its polytechnic, now a university, has large council estates.
Between 1997 and 2005, when the Conservatives regained the seat, Putney had a unique distinction of being the only seat in the country where every single component ward elected a full slate of Conservative councillors, yet the constituency had a Labour MP.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1918 | Samuel Samuel | Coalition Conservative | |
1934 by-election | Marcus Samuel | Conservative | |
1942 by-election | Sir Hugh Linstead | Conservative | |
1964 | Hugh Jenkins | Labour | |
1979 | David Mellor | Conservative | |
1997 | Tony Colman | Labour | |
2005 | Justine Greening | Conservative |
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, May 2010 [4] Electorate: 74,955 Turnout: 40,785 (64.4%) +11.5 |
Conservative hold Majority: 10,053 (24.6%) +19.8 Swing: 10.0% from Lab to Con |
Justine Greening | Conservative | 21,223 | 53.0 | +9.7 | ||
Stuart King | Labour | 11,170 | 27.4 | −10.2 | ||||
James Sandbach | Liberal Democrat | 6,907 | 16.9 | +0.6 | ||||
Bruce Mackenzie | Green | 591 | 1.4 | −1.3 | ||||
Peter Darby | BNP | 459 | 1.1 | N/A | ||||
Hugo Wareham | UKIP | 435 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||||
General election, May 2005 [5] Electorate: 61,499 Turnout: 36,574 (59.5%) +3.0 |
Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,766 (4.8%) Swing: 6.5% from Lab to Con |
Justine Greening | Conservative | 15,497 | 42.4 | +4.0 | ||
Tony Colman | Labour | 13,731 | 37.5 | −9.0 | ||||
Jeremy Ambache | Liberal Democrat | 5,965 | 16.3 | +2.7 | ||||
Keith Magnum | Green | 993 | 2.7 | N/A | ||||
Anthony Gahan | UKIP | 388 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||||
General election, June 2001 [6] Electorate: 60,643 Turnout: 34,254 (56.5%) −16.8 |
Labour hold Majority: 2,771 (8.1%) +1.3 Swing: 0.6% from Lab to Con |
Tony Colman | Labour | 15,911 | 46.5 | +0.8 | ||
Michael Simpson | Conservative | 13,140 | 38.4 | −0.5 | ||||
Anthony Burrett | Liberal Democrat | 4,671 | 13.6 | +2.9 | ||||
Pat Wild | UKIP | 347 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||||
Yvonne Windsor | ProLife Alliance | 185 | 0.5 | N/A | ||||
General election, May 1997 [7] New Boundaries Electorate: 60,015 Turnout: 43,994 (73.3%) −4.6 |
Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 2,976 (6.8%) Swing: 11.2% from Con to Lab |
Tony Colman | Labour | 20,084 | 45.6 | +9.0 | ||
David Mellor | Conservative | 17,108 | 38.9 | −13.3 | ||||
Russell Pyne | Liberal Democrat | 4,739 | 10.8 | +1.2 | ||||
Sir James Goldsmith | Referendum Party | 1,518 | 3.5 | N/A | ||||
Bill Jamieson | UKIP | 233 | 0.5 | N/A | ||||
Lenny Beige | Happiness Stan's Freedom to Party | 101 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Michael Yardley | Sportman's Alliance: Anything but Mellow | 90 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
John Small | Natural Law | 66 | 0.2 | −0.1 | ||||
Ateeka Poole | Independently Beautiful Party | 49 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Dorian Van Braam | Renaissance Democrat | 7 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
General election, April 1992 [8] Electorate: 61,914 Turnout: 48,243 (77.9%) +2.0 |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,526 (15.6%) +1.2 Swing: 0.6% from Lab to Con |
David Mellor | Conservative | 25,188 | 52.2 | +1.7 | ||
Judith Chegwidden | Labour | 17,662 | 36.6 | +0.5 | ||||
John Martyn | Liberal Democrat | 4,636 | 9.6 | −2.8 | ||||
Keith Hagenbach | Green | 618 | 1.3 | +0.2 | ||||
Paul Levy | Natural Law | 139 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
General election, May 1987 [9] Electorate: 63,108 Turnout: 76.0% |
Conservative hold Majority: 6,907 (14.4%) +3.7 Swing: 1.9% from Lab to Con |
David Mellor | Conservative | 24,197 | 50.5 | +4.0 | ||
Peter Hain | Labour | 17,290 | 36.1 | +0.2 | ||||
Sally Harlow | Liberal | 5,934 | 12.4 | −3.9 | ||||
Simon Desorgher | Green | 508 | 1.1 | +0.7 | ||||
General election, June 1983 [10] New Boundaries Electorate: 63,853 Turnout: 46,984 (73.6%) −2.5 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,019 (10.7%) +5.3 Swing: 2.7% from Lab to Con |
David Mellor | Conservative | 21,863 | 46.5 | −0.3 | ||
Peter Hain | Labour | 16,844 | 35.9 | −5.6 | ||||
Charles Welchman | Liberal | 7,668 | 16.3 | +6.0 | ||||
Michael Connolly | National Front | 290 | 0.6 | −0.8 | ||||
Rose Baillie-Grohman | Ecology | 190 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
Leonard Chalk | Socialist (GB) | 88 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
William Williams | Independent | 41 | 0.1 | N/A |
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, May 1979 [11] Electorate: 64,648 Turnout: 49,196 (76.1%) +4.3 |
Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 2,630 (5.4%) Swing: 5.6% from Con to Lab |
David Mellor | Conservative | 23,040 | 46.8 | +7.4 | ||
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 20,410 | 41.49 | −3.8 | ||||
Nicholas Couldrey | Liberal | 5,061 | 10.3 | −3.7 | ||||
James Webster | National Front | 685 | 1.4 | N/A | ||||
General election, October 1974 [12] Electorate: 66,515 Turnout: 47,731 (71.8%) −7.8 |
Labour hold Majority: 2,775 (5.8%) +3.1 Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 21,611 | 45.28 | +4.0 | ||
Gerard Wade | Conservative | 18,836 | 39.5 | +0.9 | ||||
Adrian Slade | Liberal | 7,159 | 15.0 | −5.2 | ||||
Thomas Keen | More Prosperous Britain | 125 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
General election, February 1974 [13] New boundaries Electorate: 66,013 Turnout: 52,550 (79.6%) +10.8 |
Labour hold Majority: 1,439 (2.7%) +0.1 Swing: 0.05% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 21,680 | 41.3 | −5.1 | ||
Gerard Wade | Conservative | 20,241 | 38.5 | −7.7 | ||||
Adrian Slade | Liberal | 10,629 | 20.2 | +12.7 | ||||
General election, June 1970 [14] Electorate: 76,722 Turnout: 52,727 (68.8%) +10.1 |
Labour hold Majority: 1,394 (2.6%) −3.7 Swing: 1.8% from Lab to Con |
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 25,162 | 47.6 | −0.6 .61 | ||
John Wakeham | Conservative | 23,768 | 45.0 | +3.1 | ||||
Geoffrey Broughton | Liberal | 3,887 | 7.4 | −2.5 | ||||
General election, March 1966 [15] Electorate: 69,870 Turnout: 55,135 (78.9%) +1.9 |
Labour hold Majority: 3,487 (6.3%) +3.9 Swing: 2.0% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 26,601 | 48.3 | +3.3 | ||
Sir Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 23,114 | 41.9 | −0.6 | ||||
Adrian Slade | Liberal | 5,420 | 9.8 | −2.7 | ||||
General election, October 1964 [16] Electorate: 71,084 Turnout: 54,711 (77.0%) −3.2 |
Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 1,307 (2.4%) Swing: 5.6% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Jenkins | Labour | 24,581 | 44.9 | +4.7 | ||
Sir Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 23,274 | 42.54 | −6.5 | ||||
Anthony Cowen | Liberal | 6,856 | 12.5 | +1.8 | ||||
General election, October 1959 [17] Electorate: 71,772 Turnout: 57,517 (80.1%) +4.2 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,121 (8.9%) −5.2 Swing: 2.6% from Con to Lab |
Sir Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 28,236 | 49.1 | −8.0 | ||
Dick Taverne | Labour | 23,115 | 40.2 | −2.7 | ||||
Michael Burns | Liberal | 6,166 | 10.7 | N/A | ||||
General election, May 1955 [18] Electorate: 66,776 Turnout: 50,743 (76.0%) −5.9 |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,195 (14.2%) +2.5 Swing: 1.3% from Lab to Con |
Sir Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 28,969 | 57.1 | +1.3 | ||
Bernard Bagnari | Labour | 21,774 | 42.9 | −1.3 | ||||
General election, October 1951 [19] Electorate: 64,933 Turnout: 53,175 (81.9%) +0.1 |
Conservative hold Majority: 6,197 (11.7%) +1.1 Swing: 0.6% from Lab to Con |
Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 29,686 | 55.83 | +4.07 | ||
Eric Hutchison | Labour | 23,489 | 44.17 | +2.93 | ||||
General election, February 1950 [20] Electorate: 66,158 Turnout: 54,107 (81.8%) +8.2 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,692 (10.52%) −1.0 Swing: 0.5% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 28,007 | 51.76 | +3.22 | ||
Irene Chaplin | Labour | 22,315 | 41.24 | +4.24 | ||||
Beresford Alton | Liberal | 3,785 | 7.0 | +0.9 |
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, July 1945 [21][22] Changes related to 1935 election, not 1942 Electorate: 45,796 [23] Turnout: 33,696 (75.6%) +5.1 |
Conservative hold Majority: 3,887 (11.5%) −21.7 Swing: 10.9% from Con to Lab |
Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 16,356 | 48.5 | −16.6 | ||
Percy Stewart | Labour | 12,469 | 37.0 | +5.1 | ||||
Sir Richard Acland, Bt. | Common Wealth | 2,686 | 8.0 | N/A | ||||
Isaac Hyam | Liberal | 2,041 | 6.1 | N/A | ||||
Eleonara Tennant | Independent | 144 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
By-election, May 1942 [22] Death of Marcus Samuel Electorate: 51,066 Turnout: 11,727 (23.0%) −43.5 |
Conservative hold Majority: 5,849 (49.8%) +16.6 |
Hugh Linstead | Conservative | 8,788 | 74.9 | +9.8 | ||
Bernard Acworth | Independent | 2,939 | 25.1 | N/A | ||||
General election, November 1935 [22] Changes related to 1931 election, not 1934 Electorate: 49,901 Turnout: 34,204 (68.5%) +2.2 |
Conservative hold Majority: 11,393 (33.2%) −30.0 Swing: 15.0% from Lab to Con |
Marcus Samuel | Conservative | 22,288 | 65.1 | −16.5 | ||
Andrew Watson | Labour | 10,895 | 31.9 | +13.5 | ||||
Violet Van Der Elst | Independent | 1,021 | 3.0 | N/A | ||||
By-election, November 1934 [22] Death of Samuel Samuel Electorate: 49,642 Turnout: 28,535 (57.5%) −8.8 |
Conservative hold Majority: 2,663 (9.4%) −53.8 Swing: 26.9% from Con to Lab |
Marcus Samuel | Conservative | 15,599 | 54.7 | −26.9 | ||
Edith Summerskill | Labour | 12,936 | 45.3 | +26.9 | ||||
General election, October 1931 [22] Electorate: 50,538 Turnout: 33,490 (66.3%) +4.2 |
Conservative hold Majority: 21,146 (63.2%) +25.6 Swing: 17.8% from Lab to Con |
Samuel Samuel | Conservative | 27,318 | 81.6 | +17.8 | ||
John Lawder | Labour | 6,172 | 18.4 | −17.8 | ||||
General election, October 1929 [22] Electorate: 49,594 Turnout: 30,793 (62.1%) −6.3 |
Conservative hold Majority: 8,521 (27.6%) −17.2 Swing: 9.6% from Con to Lab |
Samuel Samuel | Conservative | 19,657 | 63.8 | −9.6 | ||
John Lawder | Labour | 11,136 | 36.2 | +9.6 | ||||
General election, October 1924 [22] Electorate: 35,030 Turnout: 23,950 (68.4%) |
Conservative hold Majority: 10,732 (44.8%) |
Samuel Samuel | Conservative | 17,341 | 72.4 | |||
John Allen | Labour | 6,609 | 27.6 | N/A | ||||
General election, December 1923 [22] | Conservative hold | Samuel Samuel | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
General election, November 1922 [22] Electorate: 33,346 Turnout: 20,612 (61.8%) +18.4 |
Conservative hold Majority: 4,183 (20.2%) −7.0 |
Samuel Samuel | Conservative | 9,739 | 47.2 | −16.4 | ||
Brigadier-General Cyril Prescott-Decie | Independent Conservative | 5,556 | 27.0 | N/A | ||||
Henry Higgs | Liberal | 5,317 | 25.8 | N/A | ||||
General election, December 1918 [22] New constituency Electorate: 31,437 Turnout: 13,645 (43.4%) |
Coalition Conservative win Majority: 3,709 (27.2%) |
Samuel Samuel | Coalition Conservative | 8,677 | 63.6 | |||
Hon. John Jenkins | National Party | 4,968 | 36.4 |