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
Number of members	One
Created from	Carshalton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Carshalton and Wallington /kɑːrˈʃɔːltən ən ˈwɒlɪŋtən/ 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.

Between the 2015 general election and the Richmond Park by-election in December 2016 the MP for this area was the sole Liberal Democrat MP in the south of England, if discounting North Norfolk.

Political history

Results since 1997 have been objectively interpreted more marginal majorities for the victor than emphatic (a majority of under 15% may in some circumstances be considered marginal). However a major national shift in a landslide victory, 1997, ended three parliaments of "strong" or "safe" Conservative Party victories (the lowest percentage majority seen by outgoing Nigel Forman was 18.9% of the vote, in 1992). The 1997 result disproves notions of safe or easy seats for any one party following an election of major political change - no other seat in the southern half of England aside from borderline north/south North Norfolk was retained by a Liberal Democrat in 2015, and transforming the seat into one the party's eight most secure seats by virtue of being won nationally. The result placed it ahead of seats the party lost that had returned a Liberal Democrat or Liberal for decades such as Truro and St Austell, its member (or that for its direct predecessor version, Truro) having the party's allegiance since 1974.

2016 EU referendum results

The constituency of Carshalton and Wallington is estimated to have voted by a large majority for 'Leave' in the EU referendum, in contrast to the incumbent MP, Tom Brake, who was a high profile proponent of 'Remain'.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Constituency	Leave %	Remain %
Carshalton and Wallington	56.3%	43.7%

Boundaries

1983-2010: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Beeches, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North, Clockhouse, St Helier North, St Helier South, Wallington North, Wallington South, Wandle Valley, Woodcote, and Wrythe Green.

2010–present: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, St Helier, The Wrythe, Wallington North, Wallington South, and Wandle Valley.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[6]^[7]	Party
1983	Nigel Forman	Conservative
1987
1992
1997	Tom Brake	Liberal Democrat
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Carshalton and Wallington^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	20,819	41.0	+6.1
	Conservative	Matthew Maxwell-Scott	19,450	38.3	+6.6
	Labour	Emine Ibrahim	9,360	18.4	+3.4
	Green	Shasha Khan	501	1.0	-2.1
	Independent	Nick Mattey	434	0.9	+0.9
	Christian Peoples	Ashley Dickenson	189	0.4	0.0
Majority			1,369	2.7	-0.5
Turnout			50,753	71.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2015: Carshalton and Wallington^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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 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^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,289	45.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Andrew	13,742	33.8	+0.3
	Labour	Margaret Cooper	7,466	18.4	−5.5
	Green	Simon Dixon	614	1.5	+0.7
	UKIP	Martin 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^[13]^[14]
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	+11.8

General Election 1992: Carshalton and Wallington^[15]^[16]
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 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^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	27,984	54.0	+2.7
	Social Democratic	John Grant	13,575	26.2	−3.4
	Labour	Johanna Baker	9,440	18.2	+0.7
	Green	Robert 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^[19]^[20]
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	Johanna Baker	8,655	17.5	N/A
	Ecology	Robert 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.
↑ "Carshalton & Wallington". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
↑ https://medium.com/@chrishanretty/the-eu-referendum-how-did-westminster-constituencies-vote-283c85cd20e1#.aws9a2ibh
↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-eu-referendum-results-the-five-london-boroughs-which-bucked-the-trend-and-backed-brexit-a3279836.html
↑ BBC Daily Politics, Feb 1 2017
↑ "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)
↑ "Carshalton & Wallington parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "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.
↑ "Carshalton & Wallington". Politicsresources.net. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results: April 1992". Politicsresources.net. 1992-04-09. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results: June 1987". Politicsresources.net. 1987-06-11. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results: June 1983". Politicsresources.net. 1983-06-09. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

External links

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

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Coordinates: 51°21′36″N 0°09′00″W / 51.360°N 0.150°W / 51.360; -0.150

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