Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South and Shoreditch
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hackney South and Shoreditch in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	73,778 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Meg Hillier (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Shoreditch & Finsbury
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a borough 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.

History

The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury, and has a history of members switching parties. Ronald Brown, former incumbent for Shoreditch and Finsbury, was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party, but joined the splinter Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. He held the seat as an SDP member until 1983, when he was defeated by Labour Party candidate Brian Sedgemore. Sedgemore announced his retirement from parliament at the 2005 election; but on 26 April 2005 defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the week of the election. The Liberal Democrats were unable to capitalise on the defection; and the seat was held for Labour by the current incumbent Meg Hillier.

Boundaries

Shoreditch Town Hall

The constituency covers the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. It is made up of nine electoral wards from the borough:

• Chatham, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Haggerston, Hoxton, King's Park, Queensbridge, Victoria, Wick

The constituency shares a boundary with eight others: Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, West Ham, Bethnal Green & Bow, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South & Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North & Stoke Newington.

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England made some changes to Hackney South and Shoreditch. Parts of Dalston ward and Leabridge ward were transferred to the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and part of Hackney Central ward was transferred from Hackney North and Stoke Newington to Hackney South and Shoreditch.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Ronald Brown	Labour
	1981		SDP
	1983	Brian Sedgemore	Labour
	2005	Meg Hillier	Labour Co-operative

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

United Kingdom general election, 2010: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier	22,825	54.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Raval	9,600	23.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Simon Nayyar	6,800	17.9	+0.1
	Green	Polly Lane	1,493	3.6	-2.0
	UKIP	Michael King	651	1.6	n/a
	Liberal	Ben Rae	539	1.3	n/a
	Christian	John Williams	434	1.0	n/a
	Direct Democracy (Communist)	Nusret Sen	202	0.5	n/a
	Communist League	Paul Davies	110	0.3	n/a
	Independent	Denny de la Haye	95	0.2	n/a
	Independent	Jane Tuckett	26	0.1	n/a
	Independent	Michael Spinks	20	0.0	n/a
Majority			13,225	31.6	-0.1
Turnout			41,795	57.4	+6.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier	17,048	52.9	–11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Bayliss	6,844	21.2	+6.6
	Conservative	John Moss	4,524	14.0	+0.2
	Green	Ipemndoh dan Iyan	1,779	5.5	N/A
	Respect	Dean Ryan	1,437	4.5	N/A
	Liberal	Benjamin Rae	313	1.0	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	200	0.6	–0.3
	Workers Revolutionary	Jonty Leff	92	0.3	–0.2
Majority			10,204	31.7
Turnout			32,237	49.7	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–9.0

General Election 2001: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,471	64.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Vickers	4,422	14.6	–0.4
	Conservative	Paul White	4,180	13.8	+0.5
	Socialist Alliance	Cecilia Prosper	1,401	4.6	N/A
	Reform 2000	Saim Koksal	471	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Ivan Beavis	259	0.9	0.0
	Workers Revolutionary	William Rogers	143	0.5	+0.1
Majority			15,049	49.6
Turnout			30,347	47.4	–7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,048	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pantling	5,058	15.0
	Conservative	Christopher O'Leary	4,494	13.3
	Independent	Terry Betts	2,436	7.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	Richard Franklin	613	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Gordon Callow	531	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	298	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Michelle Goldberg	145	0.4
	Workers Revolutionary	William Rogers	139	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,990	44.4
Turnout			33,762	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,730	53.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Andrew Turner	10,714	29.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	George Wintle	5,533	15.0	–7.4
	Green	L Lucas	772	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Ms G Norman	226	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,016	24.4
Turnout			36,975	63.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	18,799	47.9	+4.4
	Conservative	M C Northcroft-Brown	11,277	28.7	+5.4
	Liberal	J D Roberts	8,812	22.4	Unclear
	Communist	D Green	403	1.0	+0.4
Majority			7,522	19.2
Turnout			32,291	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	16,621	43.3
	Conservative	P J P Croft	8,930	23.3
	Social Democrat	Ronald Brown	7,025	18.3
	Independent Liberal	J. D. Roberts	3,724	9.7
	Independent Labour	S. J. Quilty	704	1.8
	National Front	R. Ashton	593	1.6
	BNP	Valerie Tyndall	374	1.0
	Communist	D. Green	246	0.6
	Workers Revolutionary	R. D. Goldstein	141	0.4
Majority			7,691	20.0
Turnout				53.8

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Brown	14,016	54.14
	Conservative	D Evennett	7,312	28.24
	Liberal	J Roberts	2,387	9.22
	National Front	John Tyndall	1,958	7.56
	Workers Revolutionary	P Curtis	215	0.83
Majority			6,704	25.9
Turnout			25,888	60.08

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hackney
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Election results, 1974 - 1979 (Keele University)