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
Electorate	67,044 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Carshalton and Wallington is a 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. It is a marginal seat between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

The constituency was created at the 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton.

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Nigel Forman	Conservative
	1997	Tom Brake	Liberal Democrat

Election results

General Election 2010: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	22,180	48.3	+7.9
	Conservative	Ken 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
Turnout			45,918	69.0	+4.8

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

General Election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,289	45.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Ken Andrew	13,742	33.8	+0.3
	Labour	Maggie 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
Turnout			40,612	60.3	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,490	38.18
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	16,223	33.5
	Labour	A Theobald	11,565	23.88
	Referendum Party	J Storey	1,289	2.66
	Green	P Hickson	377	0.78
	BNP	G Ritchie	261	0.54
	UKIP	L Povey	218	0.45
Majority			2,267	4.68
Turnout			48,424	73.3

General Election 1992: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	26,243	49.74
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	16,300	30.9
	Labour	Margaret Moran	9,333	17.69
	Green	RW Steel	614	1.16
	Loony Green	D Bamford	266	0.5
Majority			9,943	18.85
Turnout			52,755	80.94

General Election 1987: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	27,984	53.98
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	JD Grant	13,575	26.19
	Labour	JG Baker	9,440	18.21
	Green	RW Steel	843	1.63
Majority			14,409	27.79
Turnout			51,840	75

General Election 1983: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	25,396	51.33
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J Ensor	14,641	29.59
	Labour	J Baker	8,655	17.49
	Ecology	R Steel	784	1.58
Majority			10,755	21.74
Turnout			49,478	72.04

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London