Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)

Tooting
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Tooting in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	72,707 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Sadiq Khan (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Battersea South Wandsworth Central Streatham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Tooting is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Bedford, Furzedown, Graveney, Springfield, and Tooting.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Bedford, Earlsfield, Furzedown, Graveney, Nightingale, Springfield, and Tooting.

2010-present: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Bedford, Earlsfield, Furzedown, Graveney, Nightingale, Tooting, and Wandsworth Common.

Tooting is the south-eastern third of the London Borough of Wandsworth. As well as Tooting itself, it also includes the districts of Earlsfield, Furzedown and Streatham Park and part of Balham.^{[n 3]} The constituency includes all of Wandsworth Common, a rectangular open space that lends its name to one of the seven wards.

Tooting is bordered by the following constituencies:

History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 election from the seats of Battersea South, Streatham and Wandsworth Central.

Political history

As in the other two seats in the Borough of Wandsworth, voters have in part supported the Conservatives at the local level, however this southern area has strong Labour support to have consistently returned at least seven Labour councillors since 1992.

Prominent frontbenchers

Sadiq Khan was from 2008 until 2010 change of government the Minister of State for Transport and Minister of State for Communities, before progressing in opposition to become the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, as a prominent solicitor by profession. He is currently a Mayor of London candidate for the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

The modern Tooting seat is a simplified name, as it contains much of Balham, Wandsworth Common and Earlsfield, yet the southernmost parts of the area that self-identifies as Tooting are actually in the London Borough of Merton and so in the Mitcham and Morden seat.

The area around Tooting itself has a large Asian population - only Southall and the Brick Lane area have a higher concentration of Asian voters in London.

Transport links to central London are good, and the population has expanded steadily due to the area's popularity with commuters looking for somewhere affordable to live.

Labour-held since its creation, Tooting was a hope for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election after the party made gains in local elections, however Sadiq Khan was able to hold on to the seat with a relatively marginal majority. The Conservatives do best in the northern half of the seat (Bedford, Earlsfield, Nightingale, Wandsworth Common), whereas Labour are strongest in the southern half, which covers Tooting ward itself, Graveney and Furzedown.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, in November 2012 were lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[2]

In Fiction

In episode 6 (titled "The Hostage", aired 1977) of the first series of BBC TV sitcom Citizen Smith, Wolfie Smith contests a by-election for the fictional "Tooting North" constituency under the label of Tooting Popular Front, but only gains six votes, losing to the incoming Conservative MP, David West, whom he later unsuccessfully attempts to kidnap.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	Feb 1974	Tom Cox	Labour
	2005	Sadiq Khan	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Tooting^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	25,263	47.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Dan Watkins	22,421	41.9	+3.4
	Green	Esther Obiri-Darko	2,201	4.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Ling^[7]	2,107	3.9	−10.9
	UKIP	Przemek Skwirczyński	1,537	2.9	+1.6
Majority			2,842	5.3	+0.3
Turnout			53,529	69.7	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2010: Tooting^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	22,038	43.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Mark Clarke	19,514	38.5	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nasser Butt	7,509	14.8	−4.8
	UKIP	Strachan D. McDonald	624	1.2	+0.2
	Green	Roy Vickery	609	1.2	−2.9
	Independent	Susan John-Richards	190	0.4	+0.4
	Christian	Shereen Paul	171	0.3	+0.3
Majority			2,524	5.0	-7.9
Turnout			50,655	68.6	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Tooting^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	17,914	43.1	−11.0
	Conservative	James Nicholas Bethell	12,533	30.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Stephanie M. Dearden	8,110	19.5	+4.6
	Green	Mrs. Siobhan M. Vitelli	1,695	4.1	+0.5
	Respect	Ali J. Zaidi	700	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	Strachan D. McDonald	424	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Ian K. Perkin	192	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,381	12.9	−14.8
Turnout			41,568	59.0	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.4

General Election 2001: Tooting^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	20,332	54.1	−5.6
	Conservative	Alexander John McDiarmid Nicoll	9,932	26.4	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Alexander James	5,583	14.9	+5.5
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	1,744	4.6	+3.5
Majority			10,400	27.7	−4.9
Turnout			37,591	54.9	−14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Tooting^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	27,516	59.7	+11.5
	Conservative	James B.B. Hutchings	12,505	27.1	−13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Alexander James	4,320	9.4	+2.0
	Referendum	Mrs. Angela M. Husband	829	1.8	N/A
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	527	1.1	−0.3
	Independent	Peter J. Boddington	161	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Jan Koene	94	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Daniel J. Baily-Bond	83	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Peter J. Miller	70	0.2	+0.0
Majority			15,011	32.6
Turnout			46,105	69.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Tooting^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	24,601	48.2	+4.0
	Conservative	Martin Andrew Spencer Winter	20,494	40.1	−1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert J. Bunce	3,776	7.4	−5.8
	Liberal	Mrs. Carmel Martin	1,340	2.6	N/A
	Green	Paul J. Owens	694	1.4	+0.1
	Natural Law	Farrakh Anklesalria	119	0.2	N/A
	Christian Democrat	Michael N. Whitelaw	64	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,107	8.04
Turnout			51,088	74.8	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Tooting^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	21,457	44.2	+1.5
	Conservative	Martin Andrew Spencer Winter	20,016	41.3	+4.3
	Social Democratic	Jeremy Noel Ambache	6,423	13.2	−4.9
	Green	Mrs. Monica Evelyn Vickery	621	1.3	+0.8
Majority			1,441	3.0
Turnout			48,517	71.2	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Tooting^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	19,640	42.7	−6.7
	Conservative	Robin D.R. Harris	16,981	37.0	−1.8
	Social Democratic	Mrs. Julia B.S. Neuberger	8,317	18.1	+8.7
	National Front	Peter Berbridge	355	0.8	−1.1
	Ecology	Miss Elizabeth M. Shaw	255	0.5	N/A
	Communist	Robert E. Lewis	181	0.4	−0.3
	Ethnic Minority	H. Patel	146	0.3	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Corin Redgrave	72	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,659	5.8
Turnout			45,947	67.5	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Tooting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	18,642	51.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Richard Ritchie	13,442	37.4	+6.1
	Liberal	Richard Fife	2,917	8.1	−5.5
	National Front	Peter Berbridge	682	1.9	N/A
	Communist	Lou Lewis	233	0.7	−0.1
Majority			5,200	14.5
Turnout			35,916	70.5	+7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Tooting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	18,530	54.3	+6.0
	Conservative	A.C. Elliot	10,675	31.3	−1.3
	Liberal	R.F.J. Heron	4,644	13.6	−4.7
	Communist	Robert E. Lewis	268	0.8	−0.1
Majority			7,855	23.0
Turnout			34,117	63.4	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Tooting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Michael Cox	18,795	48.3	N/A
	Conservative	A.C. Elliot	12,687	32.6	N/A
	Liberal	R.F.J. Heron	7,108	18.3	N/A
	Communist	Robert E. Lewis	337	0.9	N/A
Majority			6,108	15.7	N/A
Turnout			38,927	72.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

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.
↑ Balham broadly west of its railway line, but also including the streets around Nightingale Square at its centre

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200327/election_results/1991/parliamentary_election_results_may_2015/3 30Jul15
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000998
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#London
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election 2010". BBC News.
↑ "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.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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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

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°26′17″N 0°09′54″W / 51.438°N 0.165°W / 51.438; -0.165

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