Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)
Tooting | |
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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 |
Member of Parliament | Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Battersea South Wandsworth Central Streatham |
Tooting is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Rosena Allin-Khan, a member of the Labour Party.
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 2] 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 constituencies of Battersea, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Streatham and Wimbledon.
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, a solicitor by profession, was the Minister of State for Transport and Minister of State for Communities in the government of Gordon Brown. In opposition after 2010, he became the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. He was the Labour Party's candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election to elect the Mayor of London. Following his election as Mayor, Khan announced his intention to resign as MP for Tooting, and on 9 May 2016 he was appointed to the ancient office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of The Three Chiltern Hundreds, triggering a by-election.[2]
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.
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.
Unemployment benefit 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.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Tom Cox | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Sadiq Khan | Labour | Resigned 2016 on election as Mayor of London |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2016 by-election | Rosena Allin-Khan | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosena Allin-Khan | 17,894 | 55.9 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Dan Watkins | 11,537 | 36.1 | −5.8 | |
Green | Esther Obiri-Darko | 830 | 2.6 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Glassbrook | 820 | 2.6 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Jones | 507 | 1.6 | −1.3 | |
CPA | Des Coke | 164 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan "Howling Laud" Hope | 54 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Zirwa Javaid | 30 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
One Love | Ankit Love | 32 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Immigrants Political Party | Akbar Ali Malik | 44 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
English Democrat | Graham Moore | 50 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Zia Samadani | 23 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Smiley Smillie | 5 | 0.0 | +0.0 | |
Give Me Back Elmo | Bobby Smith | 9 | 0.0 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 6,357 | 19.9 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,763 | 42.5 | −27.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 |
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 Democrats | Philip Ling[8] | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sadiq Khan | 22,038 | 43.5 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Mark Clarke | 19,514 | 38.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sadiq Khan | 17,914 | 43.1 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | James Nicholas Bethell | 12,533 | 30.2 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephanie M. Dearden | 8,110 | 19.5 | +4.6 | |
Green | 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 |
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 Democrats | 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
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 Democrats | Simon Alexander James | 4,320 | 9.4 | +2.0 | |
Referendum | Angela M. Husband | 829 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Green | John Rattray | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Michael Cox | 24,601 | 48.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Martin Andrew Spencer Winter | 20,494 | 40.1 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert J. Bunce | 3,776 | 7.4 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Michael Cox | 21,457 | 44.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Martin Andrew Spencer Winter | 20,016 | 41.3 | +4.3 | |
SDP | Jeremy Noel Ambache | 6,423 | 13.2 | −4.9 | |
Green | Monica Evelyn Vickery | 621 | 1.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,517 | 71.2 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Michael Cox | 19,640 | 42.7 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Robin D.R. Harris | 16,981 | 37.0 | −1.8 | |
SDP | Julia Neuberger | 8,317 | 18.1 | +8.7 | |
National Front | Peter Berbridge | 355 | 0.8 | −1.1 | |
Ecology | 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
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sadiq Khan resigns as MP for Tooting". UK Parliament. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ 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.
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