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== 2016 EU referendum result == |
== 2016 EU referendum result == |
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Despite Hoey being a prominent "leave" campaigner in the [[Brexit campaign]], the majority of those in Vauxhall voted to remain in the EU. This led to a [[change.org]] petition calling for Hoey's [[deselection]] as the Labour candidate for the area; however, due to party rules she remained the Labour candidate for the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Roland|title=Kexit’s a way off for Vauxhall remoaners|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kexits-a-way-off-for-vauxhall-remoaners-33rwt99pr|accessdate=25 April 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|subscription=y|date=19 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeffman|first1=Henry|title=Farron shrugs off gay sex row to target veteran’s seat|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/farron-shrugs-off-gay-sex-row-to-target-veterans-seat-vn3dlkp2z|accessdate=25 April 2017|work=[[The Times]]|subscription=y|date=25 April 2017}}</ref> |
Despite Hoey being a prominent "leave" campaigner in the [[Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|Brexit campaign]], the majority of those in Vauxhall voted to remain in the EU. This led to a [[change.org]] petition calling for Hoey's [[deselection]] as the Labour candidate for the area; however, due to party rules she remained the Labour candidate for the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Roland|title=Kexit’s a way off for Vauxhall remoaners|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kexits-a-way-off-for-vauxhall-remoaners-33rwt99pr|accessdate=25 April 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|subscription=y|date=19 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeffman|first1=Henry|title=Farron shrugs off gay sex row to target veteran’s seat|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/farron-shrugs-off-gay-sex-row-to-target-veterans-seat-vn3dlkp2z|accessdate=25 April 2017|work=[[The Times]]|subscription=y|date=25 April 2017}}</ref> |
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! colspan="6" |[[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|Brexit referendum, 2016]]: Vauxhall |
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Revision as of 19:46, 25 April 2017
Vauxhall | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 73,274 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Kate Hoey (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kennington and Lambeth North |
Vauxhall is a constituency[n 1] created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1989 by Kate Hoey, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
1983–1997: As at 1983 plus Clapham Town, Ferndale, and Larkhall.
1997–2010: As at 1997 plus Angell.
2010–present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
Vauxhall is wholly within the London Borough of Lambeth. The core of the constituency - unchanged from the former Lambeth North - is delimited by the River Thames to the west and north and the boundary with Southwark to the east. It includes all of Vauxhall, North Lambeth, Stockwell, Kennington and some of Brixton and north Clapham.
Constituency profile
It includes Vauxhall, Waterloo and parts of Brixton. Its landmarks include the London Eye, the Oval cricket ground and the National Theatre. Among the UK's most ethnically diverse constituencies, it has Jamaican, Portuguese, Ghanian and Ecuadorian communities, it also has a large LGBTQ community.
Vauxhall is one of the most densely populated constituencies and has among the highest percentage of social housing, which sits alongside multi-million pound properties overlooking the Thames. It is a real mixture - much of the population is highly qualified and it has among the highest percentage of people in full-time work in the country. But unemployment is also relatively high. It has more top professionals than average but also more long-term unemployed people.
Notable residents included the singer David Bowie, fashion designer Gok Wan, mime artist Charlie Chaplin, musician Levi Roots, Lambeth Council Leader Lib Peck and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone.
Labour's Kate Hoey won the seat in the 2010 general election with a comfortable 10,651 majority. The Lib Dems came second. In 2015, they slipped into fourth place, behind the Conservatives in second place and the Greens in third.
Unemployed claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
History
The area has since 1918 voted in parliamentary elections for Labour Party Members of Parliament except in 1931. This includes the results of the former seat of Lambeth North which had near-identical boundaries.
- Political history
During the Cold War, Margot Heinemann stood as a communist candidate for the constituency in the 1950 General Election.[3]
Vauxhall on its various boundaries has remained Labour for more than six decades since its creation — since 1989 it has been represented by Kate Hoey. The 1989 by-election (see separate article) had a large number of candidates and the tensions that it caused in the local Labour Party due to the selection of Kate Hoey as the official candidate. Continuing a history as a safe seat, since her 1989 election, Hoey has consistently achieved majorities of more than 9,000 votes. The 2015 result made the seat the 105th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[4]
- Local government results
The local government wards in the constituency are currently entirely represented by Labour on Lambeth London Borough Council. A single Conservative represented Clapham Town ward from 2002 until losing the seat in the 2006 Council Elections.
- Prominent frontbenchers
George Strauss was appointed Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951 during the Attlee Ministry. Kate Hoey was Minister for Sport (1999-2001) during the Blair Ministry.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | George Strauss | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1979 | Stuart Holland | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1989 by-election | Kate Hoey | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pirate | Mark Chapman | ||||
Labour | Kate Hoey | ||||
Liberal Democrats | George Turner | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 25,778 | 53.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | James Bellis | 13,070 | 27.3 | +5.7 | |
Green | Gulnar Hasnain | 3,658 | 7.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett | 3,312 | 6.9 | −18.2 | |
UKIP | Ace Nnorom | 1,385 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Pirate | Mark Chapman | 201 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Left Unity | Simon Hardy | 188 | 0.4 | N/A | |
CISTA | Louis Jensen | 164 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Waleed Ghani | 103 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 82 | 0.2 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 12,708 | 26.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,941 | 58.3 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 21,498 | 49.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon | 10,847 | 25.1 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Glyn Chambers | 9,301 | 21.5 | +7.0 | |
Green | Joseph Healy | 708 | 1.6 | −2.8 | |
English Democrat | Jose Navarro | 289 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Christian | Lana Martin | 200 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 143 | 0.3 | −0.3 | |
Anticapitalists - Workers Power | Jeremy Drinkall | 109 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Animal Welfare | James Kapetanos | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,651 | 24.7 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,191 | 57.7 | +9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 19,744 | 52.9 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Anglin | 9,767 | 26.1 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Heckels | 5,405 | 14.5 | +1.1 | |
Green | Tim Summers | 1,705 | 4.6 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Robert McWhirter | 271 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 240 | 0.6 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Janus Polenceus | 221 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,977 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 37,363 | 46.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 19,738 | 59.1 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bottrall | 6,720 | 20.1 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Gareth Compton | 4,489 | 13.4 | −1.8 | |
Green | Shane Collins | 1,485 | 4.4 | +2.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Theresa Bennett | 853 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Martin Boyd | 107 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,018 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,392 | 44.8 | −10.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 24,920 | 63.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Kerr | 6,260 | 16.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Bacon | 5,952 | 15.2 | −11.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Ian Driver | 983 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Green | Shane Collins | 862 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Richard Headicar | 97 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,660 | 47.8 | |||
Turnout | 55.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 21,328 | 54.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Bernard Gentry | 10,840 | 27.8 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Tuffrey | 5,678 | 14.6 | −3.6 | |
Green | Penny Shepherd | 803 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Independent | A Khan | 156 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Revolutionary Communist | S. Hill | 152 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,488 | 26.9 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,957 | 62.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hoey | 15,191 | 52.7 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Keegan | 5,425 | 18.8 | −10.2 | |
SLD | Mike Tuffrey | 5,043 | 17.5 | −0.7 | |
Green | Henry Bewley | 1,767 | 6.1 | +4.3 | |
The People's Candidate | Hewie Andrew | 302 | 1.1 | ||
The Greens | Dominic Allen | 264 | 0.9 | ||
Independent | Rudy Narayan | 179 | 0.6 | ||
Revolutionary Communist | Don Milligan | 177 | 0.6 | ||
Official National Front | Patrick Harrington | 127 | 0.4 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 106 | 0.4 | ||
Christian Alliance | David Black | 86 | 0.3 | ||
National Front | Ted Budden | 83 | 0.3 | ||
Fellowship | Geoffrey Rolph | 24 | 0.1 | ||
Leveller Party | William Scola | 21 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 9,766 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 28,795 | 44.4 | −19.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 21,364 | 50.2 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | David Lidington | 12,345 | 29.0 | +2.3 | |
SDP | Simon Acland | 7,764 | 18.2 | −6.1 | |
Green | Janice Owens | 770 | 1.8 | ||
Communist | Dave Cook | 223 | 0.5 | ||
Red Front | Kunle Oluremi | 117 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 9,019 | 21.2 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,583 | 64.0 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 18,234 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | K Manning | 10,454 | 26.7 | ||
SDP | Roger Liddle[9] | 9,515 | 24.3 | ||
National Front | J. Wright | 508 | 1.3 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | P. Lingard | 266 | 0.7 | ||
Communist | Dave Cook | 199 | 0.5 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | G Shorter | 38 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 7,780 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,214 | 64.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Holland | 13,058 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Philip Linnell Heslop | 8,358 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal | F Harrison | 1,842 | 7.4 | ||
National Front | V Atkinson | 879 | 3.6 | ||
Labour Alliance Party | D Elliot | 565 | 2.3 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | S Hannigan | 153 | 0.6 | ||
Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident | Bill Boaks | 44 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 4,700 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 62.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,493 | 63.2 | ||
Conservative | Victor MacColl | 5,727 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal | Edward Cousins | 3,300 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 9,766 | 39.8 | |||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 16,135 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Marshall | 7,494 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal | Edward Cousins | 5,139 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 8,641 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 62.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 13,046 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | Clive W Jones | 7,477 | 36.4 | ||
Majority | 5,569 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 54.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,233 | 66.6 | ||
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 7,645 | 33.4 | ||
Majority | 7,588 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 58.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 15,458 | 64.11 | ||
Conservative | David Lane | 8,653 | 35.89 | ||
Majority | 6,805 | 28.22 | |||
Turnout | 59.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 18,437 | 61.98 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Havers | 11,312 | 38.02 | ||
Majority | 7,125 | 23.95 | |||
Turnout | 23.95 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 19,220 | 64.69 | ||
Conservative | Edwin H. Lee | 10,492 | 35.31 | ||
Majority | 8,728 | 29.38 | |||
Turnout | 62.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 24,217 | 65.84 | ||
Conservative | Edwin H. Lee | 12,564 | 34.16 | ||
Majority | 11,653 | 31.68 | |||
Turnout | 73.65 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Strauss | 23,988 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Frank Lockwood | 10,618 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal | Walter Stanley Dyer | 3,251 | 8.5 | ||
Communist | Margot Heinemann | 508 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 13,370 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 75.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
2016 EU referendum result
Despite Hoey being a prominent "leave" campaigner in the Brexit campaign, the majority of those in Vauxhall voted to remain in the EU. This led to a change.org petition calling for Hoey's deselection as the Labour candidate for the area; however, due to party rules she remained the Labour candidate for the 2017 general election.[10][11]
Brexit referendum, 2016: Vauxhall | |||||
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Constituency | Votes | Proportion of votes | Notes | ||
Remain | Leave | Remain | Leave | ||
Vauxhall | 39,840 | 11,519 | 77.6% | 22.4% | [12] |
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.
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
- ^ "Website of Graham Stevenson, National Organiser for Transport for Unite, the union, and a member of the Executive Committee and Political Committee of the Communist Party - site has images of Heinemann. (Based on an obituary in The Independent, June 1992)". Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "V"
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=139&RPID=27029631 19Aug15
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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