Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)

Carshalton and Wallington
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Carshalton and Wallington in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	95,322 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	69,916 (May 2015)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Carshalton and Wallington /kɑːˈʃɔːltən ənd wɒlɪŋɡtən/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1997 by Tom Brake of the Liberal Democrats. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created at the 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton. After the 2015 general election, when Brake was re-elected with a decreased majority, it is the only Liberal Democrat seat in Greater London and one of only two in the south of England, the other being North Norfolk.

Boundaries

In the London Borough of Sutton the constituency of Carshalton and Wallington neighbours Croydon, and Merton. The nine electoral wards in the seat include the whole of Carshalton, Wallington, and Beddington:

Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, St. Helier, The Wrythe, Wallington North, Wallington South, and Wandle Valley.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]^[4]	Party
	1983	Nigel Forman	Conservative
	1997	Tom Brake	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Carshalton and Wallington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	16,603	34.9	−13.4
	Conservative	Matthew Maxwell-Scott	15,093	31.7	−5.1
	Labour	Siobhan Tate	7,150	15.0	+6.3
	UKIP	William Main-Ian	7,049	14.8	+11.9
	Green	Ross Hemingway	1,492	3.2	+2.4
	Christian Peoples	Ashley Dickenson	177	0.4	+0.4
	National Front	Richard Edmonds	49	0.1	+0.1
Majority			1,510	3.2	−8.3
Turnout			47,613	68.0	−1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−4.3

General Election 2010: Carshalton and Wallington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	22,180	48.3	+7.9
	Conservative	Kenneth Andrew	16,920	36.8	−0.6
	Labour	Shafi Khan	4,015	8.7	−8.6
	UKIP	Frank Day	1,348	2.9	+0.3
	BNP	Charlotte Lewis	1,100	2.4	+2.4
	Green	George Dow	355	0.8	−1.4
Majority			5,260	11.5	+9.0
Turnout			45,918	69.0	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Carshalton and Wallington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	17,357	40.3	−4.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Andrew	16,289	37.8	+4.0
	Labour	Andrew C. Theobald	7,396	17.2	−1.2
	UKIP	Francis R. Day	1,111	2.6	+1.4
	Green	Robert William Steel	908	2.1	+0.6
Majority			1,068	2.5	-8.7
Turnout			43,061	63.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−4.4

General Election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,289	45.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Andrew	13,742	33.8	+0.3
	Labour	Mrs. Margaret Kathleen Cooper	7,466	18.4	−5.5
	Green	Simon Neil Dixon	614	1.5	+0.7
	UKIP	Martin Arthur Haley	501	1.2	+0.8
Majority			4,547	11.2	+6.5
Turnout			40,612	60.3	−13.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Carshalton and Wallington^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,490	38.2	+7.3
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	16,223	33.5	−16.2
	Labour	Andrew C. Theobald	11,565	23.9	+6.2
	Referendum	Julian E.C. Storey	1,289	2.7	N/A
	Green	Peter H. Hickson	377	0.8	-0.4
	BNP	Gary N. Ritchie	261	0.5	N/A
	UKIP	Leslie B. Povey	218	0.5
Majority			2,267	4.7
Turnout			48,424	73.3	−7.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.0

General Election 1992: Carshalton and Wallington^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	26,243	49.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	16,300	30.9	+4.7
	Labour	Margaret Moran	9,333	17.7	−0.5
	Green	Robert William Steel	614	1.2	−0.4
	Loony Green	D Bamford	266	0.5	N/A
Majority			9,943	18.9
Turnout			52,755	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Carshalton and Wallington^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	27,984	54.0	+2.7
	Social Democratic	John Douglas Grant	13,575	26.2	−3.4
	Labour	Mrs Johanna Gwendolin Baker	9,440	18.2	+0.7
	Green	Robert William Steel	843	1.6	+0.0
Majority			14,409	27.8	6.1
Turnout			51,840	75.0	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1983: Carshalton and Wallington^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	25,396	51.3	N/A
	Social Democratic	B.J.M. Ensor	14,641	29.6	N/A
	Labour	Mrs Johanna Gwendolin Baker	8,655	17.5	N/A
	Ecology	Robert William Steel	784	1.6	N/A
Majority			10,755	21.7	N/A
Turnout			49,478	72.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ "Carshalton and Wallington: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/Carshaltonandwallington/
↑ "Carshalton and Wallington 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/070.htm
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i05.htm
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i05.htm
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i05.htm

External Links

nomis Constituency Profile for Carshalton and Wallington — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North 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 Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North 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 (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

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°21′36″N 0°09′00″W / 51.360°N 0.150°W / 51.360; -0.150

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