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
Member of parliament	Kate Hoey (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Kennington and Lambeth North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Vauxhall is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1989 by Kate Hoey, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

2010-present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

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.

Constituency profile

The Vauxhall seat takes in a slice of inner South London in an inverted wedge shape. The northern and north-eastern boundary of the seat is the Thames, but while there is some luxurious residential development by the river, a far higher proportion of housing in the seat is mixed social housing and designated key worker accommodation.

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 and The Oval cricket ground. The London Eye, South Bank Centre and County Hall are all within the seat.

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.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[2]

While the neighbouring Battersea seat, a little further upstream, has elected Conservative members of parliament from time to time, Vauxhall has remained safely Labour for more than six decades since its creation, though since 1989 it has been represented by, in Kate Hoey, one of the most moderate Labour members.

History

Vauxhall in the Parliamentary County of London from 1950 to 1974

The area has since the 1918 largely voted for left-wing Members of Parliament. The former seat of Lambeth North and the Vauxhall seat (first contested in 1950) have been represented by Labour members apart from 1931 to 1934.

Unusually for the Cold War, Margot Heinemann stood as a communist candidate for the constituency in the 1950 General Election.^[3]

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

Continuing a history as a safe seat, since her 1989 election, Ms Hoey has consistently achieved majorities of more than 9,000 votes and the runner-up has been a Liberal Democrat.

Recent local electoral results

The local government wards in the constituency are currently entirely represented by Labour on Lambeth London Borough Council. A single Conservative represented Clapham Town ward from 2002 until losing the seat in the 2006 Council Elections.

Prominent frontbenchers

George Strauss was appointed Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951 during the Attlee Ministry. Kate Hoey was Minister for Sport (1999-2001) during the Blair Ministry.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
1950	George Strauss	Labour
1979	Stuart Holland	Labour
1989 by-election	Kate Hoey	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Vauxhall ^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bellis
	Pirate	Mark Chapman
	The Whig Party	Waleed Ghani
	Left Unity	Simon Hardy
	Green	Gulnar Hasnain
	UKIP	Ace Nnorom
	Labour	Kate Hoey
	CISTA	Louis Jensen
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Trett

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	-2.0
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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	24,920	63.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Kerr	6,260	16.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Richard Bacon	5,952	15.2	-11.4
	Socialist Labour	Ian Driver	983	2.5	N/A
	Green	Shane Collins	862	2.2	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Richard Headicar	97	0.3	N/A
Majority			18,660	47.8
Turnout				55.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	21,328	54.8
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	10,840	27.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Tuffrey	5,678	14.58
	Green	Penny 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	David Lidington	12,345	29.0
	Social Democratic	S.H.V. Acland	7,764	18.2
	Green	J Owens	770	1.8
	Communist	Dave 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
	Social Democratic	Roger Liddle^[9]	9,515	24.3
	National Front	J. Wright	508	1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	P. Lingard	266	0.7
	Communist	Dave 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	Philip Linnell 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	Victor MacColl	5,727	23.4
	Liberal	Edward 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	Margaret Marshall	7,494	26.1
	Liberal	Edward 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	Clive 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	Spencer le Marchant	7,645	33.4
Majority			7,588	33.2
Turnout				58.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Strauss	15,458	64.11
	Conservative	David William Stennis Stuart Lane	8,653	35.89
Majority			6,805	28.22
Turnout				59.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Russell Strauss	18,437	61.98
	Conservative	Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Havers	11,312	38.02
Majority			7,125	23.95
Turnout				23.95
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Russell Strauss	19,220	64.69
	Conservative	Edwin H. Lee	10,492	35.31
Majority			8,728	29.38
Turnout				62.74
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Russell Strauss	24,217	65.84
	Conservative	Edwin H. Lee	12,564	34.16
Majority			11,653	31.68
Turnout				73.65
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Russell Strauss	23,988	62.5
	Conservative	Alfred Frank Lockwood	10,618	27.7
	Liberal	Walter Stanley Dyer	3,251	8.5
	Communist	Margot Claire Heinemann	508	1.3
Majority			13,370	34.9
Turnout				75.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thirsk and Malton	Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1974–1979	Succeeded by Dagenham

Constituencies in London

Labour	Barking Bethnal Green and Bow Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Ealing Central and Acton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Ilford North Kensington Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats	Bermondsey and Old Southwark Brent Central Carshalton and Wallington Hornsey and Wood Green Kingston and Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Twickenham

Historic constituencies in London

1950	Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham East Fulham West Greenwich Hackney South Hammersmith North Hammersmith South Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Streatham Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1955	Barons Court Battersea North Battersea South Bermondsey Bethnal Green Brixton Chelsea Cities of London and Westminster Clapham Deptford Dulwich Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hammersmith North Hampstead Holborn and St Pancras South Islington East Islington North Islington South West Kensington North Kensington South Lewisham North Lewisham South Lewisham West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Putney St Marylebone St Pancras North Shoreditch and Finsbury Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington and Hackney North Streatham Vauxhall Wandsworth Central Woolwich East Woolwich West

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 0°07′08″W / 51.482°N 0.119°W / 51.482; -0.119