Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)

Streatham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy, who was elected as a Labour MP.

Streatham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Streatham in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate71,913 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsClapham Common, Streatham Hill, Brixton Hill, Streatham South.
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of ParliamentBell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour)
Number of membersOne
Created fromWandsworth

In the 2016 EU referendum, Streatham was estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 79%.[2] This was the second highest remain vote in the United Kingdom, behind Vauxhall.[3]

Boundaries

Context of (local gov. cllr. divisions) Wards as at 1916.
Context of 1945. Blue central, longer north-south area.
Context of Oct. 1974. As modified.

1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth ward of Streatham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Clapham Park, St Leonard's, Streatham Hill, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, and Thornton.

1983–1997: As above plus Town Hall ward.

1997–2010: As above plus St Martin's and Tulse Hill wards.

2010–present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Brixton Hill, Clapham Common, St Leonard’s, Streatham Hill, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, Thornton, and Tulse Hill.

Streatham is a long constituency comprising the south-west portion of the London Borough of Lambeth.[4] The town of Streatham constitutes the four wards in the southern half of the constituency. At its north-western tip the seat includes half of Clapham Common; the north-east takes in part of Brixton which is shared with neighbouring Vauxhall and Dulwich and West Norwood.

The northern boundary follows Clapham Park Road, Acre Lane, and Coldharbour Lane through Clapham and Brixton to Lambeth Town Hall. The north-eastern boundary generally follows Effra Road and Tulse Hill, but runs east of the main road to include the part of the Tulse Hill estate and the Cressingham Gardens estate west of Brockwell Park. The boundary skirts the Tulse Hill district centre, following Hardel Rise, Christchurch Road and Norwood Road, and then runs along Leigham Vale and Leigham Court Road. The southern and western constituency boundaries follow Lambeth's borough boundaries with Croydon, Merton and Wandsworth.

History

Local government results

The local government wards in the constituency are currently represented by 20 Labour councillors, 1 Conservative councillor and 3 Green councillors, including Jonathan Bartley, the leader of the opposition on Lambeth Council, and former London MEP Scott Ainslie.

Nine Liberal Democrat councillors represented the wards of Streatham Hill, Streatham Wells and St Leonard's, with one additional councillor elected at Clapham Common in 2010. All Streatham wards had been represented by the Liberal Democrats from 1990 to 2014 before Labour subsequently gained seven seats from them at the 2014 council elections. The Liberal Democrats were unsuccessful in gaining any seats back at the 2018 local elections. In a 2019 Thornton Ward by-election, the Lib Dems came within 19 votes of winning the seat.

In 2018, the Conservatives held one seat and lost two to Labour in Clapham Common by a very narrow margin, whilst the Greens took the other two seats from Labour in St Leonard's.

Political history

Streatham was for a few decades solidly Tory suburbia overall: the Conservatives won Streatham when Labour gained large majorities in 1945 and 1966, and it was the only seat in the former LCC area (Inner London) apart from the Chelsea/Kensington/Westminster/City central core to remain consistently Conservative. More recently, demographic and voting pattern changes combined with unfavourable boundary changes converted Streatham into a marginal seat, then into a mid-ranking safe Labour seat.

Streatham has modestly swung against the Conservative Party since the 1980s, even more than other similar seats in South London (such as Croydon North, Dulwich and West Norwood, Lewisham East and West).

The Conservative Party lost Streatham in 1992, having held it since 1918. The Conservative candidate was beaten into third place by a Liberal Democrat in 2001, and there were swings from Labour to the Liberal Democrats at the two subsequent general elections. In 2010, when the Labour incumbent, Keith Hill, retired and Chuka Umunna stood for the party, there was a serious Liberal Democrat campaign resulting in their best showing to date in the seat, but there was also a marginal increase in the Conservative vote share and Umunna was elected. The 2015 result was the re-election of Umunna, which made the seat the 96th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[5]

In 2015 the Conservatives moved into second place with a sharp increase in numerical vote share, and remained there in 2017. However, in 2019, they reverted to third place behind the Liberal Democrats.

Historic boundaries

The constituency of Streatham was contested under this name at the 1918 general election, when it approximately followed the historic parish boundaries of Streatham, including a substantial part of Balham, a 19th-century founded and primarily urban parish by that time.

The constituency was carved out of the former constituency of Wandsworth in the same way as Putney, Wandsworth Central and Balham and Tooting under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the fourth major UK reform, that settled upon single member constituencies, and roughly equal electorates.

The 1918 boundaries remained unchanged until the 1965 changes to Greater London local government became reflected in the parliamentary constituencies, at the February 1974 general election. This resulted in a net reduction in the size of the area. The western district Streatham Park (location of the Streatham Conservative Club) and the remainder of Furzedown ward went into the Tooting seat.

The rest of the constituency, including the town of Streatham has since 1965 been in the London Borough of Lambeth. Three other constituencies covered Lambeth from 1974, Vauxhall, Norwood and Lambeth Central. The Clapham constituency was abolished as part of the 1974 changes. The Clapham Park area and Hyde Farm (commonly thought of as part of Balham) came into the Streatham seat, whereas the rest of Clapham went into the Vauxhall seat creating an enduring split.

On abolition of Lambeth Central at the 1983 election, the constituency gained much of southern Brixton. Following further population decline, Lambeth was paired with Southwark in the next boundary review, and from the 1997 election, Streatham constituency gained areas around Tulse Hill from the former Norwood constituency, the rest of which became part of Dulwich and West Norwood.

2016 European Union Referendum

In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, Streatham is estimated to have posted the highest proportion of support for Remain of any constituency, at 79.5%.

Constituency profile

Among the most ethnically diverse constituencies, Streatham - which covers parts of Clapham, Brixton, Tulse Hill and Streatham itself - is in the south London borough of Lambeth. Only 58.2% of residents are white and it has among the most mixed race and black residents in the country, according to the 2011 Census. It also has Polish, Portuguese and Hispanic communities.

The bulk of residents are aged 25–44, with relatively few pensioners. Although it is a residential area, it is more popular with young workers than families, having good transport links into central London. Many residents rent, and there is a large social housing sector. Commercially, Streatham High Road is home to over 400 businesses, whilst a £26m ice rink and leisure centre opened in November 2013, part of continuing investment. The population is highly qualified and a high percentage are in full-time work.

At just over 6% of the population, Streatham, (which is located in the London Borough of Lambeth) has the largest proportion of LGBT+ people in the country.[6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Sir William Lane-Mitchell Coalition Conservative Sat as a Unionist
1922 Conservative
1939 by-election Sir David Robertson Conservative Uncontested wartime by-election caused by Lane-Mitchell's resignation
1950 Duncan Sandys Conservative
1974 Sir William Shelton Conservative
1992 Keith Hill Labour
2010 Chuka Umunna Labour Defected to Change UK, then Liberal Democrats, in 2019[7]
February 2019 Change UK
June 2019 Liberal Democrats
2019 Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

17% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election.[8]

General election 2019: Streatham[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bell Ribeiro-Addy 30,976 54.8 13.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Thompson 13,286 23.5 17.0
Conservative Rory O’Broin 9,060 16.0 5.3
Green Scott Ainslie 2,567 4.5 1.5
Brexit Party Penelope Becker 624 1.1 N/A
Majority 17,690 31.3 15.8
Turnout 56,513 66.7 4.2
Registered electors 84,783
Labour hold Swing
General election 2017: Streatham[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuka Umunna 38,212 68.5 15.5
Conservative Kim Caddy 11,927 21.4 3.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Davies 3,611 6.5 2.5
Green Nicole Griffiths 1,696 3.0 5.8
UKIP Robert Stephenson 349 0.6 2.6
Majority 26,285 47.1 13.2
Turnout 55,795 70.9 7.8
Registered electors 78,649
Labour hold Swing 9.6
General election 2015: Streatham[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuka Umunna 26,474 53.0 10.2
Conservative Kim Caddy 12,540 25.1 6.8
Liberal Democrats Amna Ahmad 4,491 9.0 26.8
Green Jonathan Bartley 4,421 8.9 7.1
UKIP Bruce Machan 1,602 3.2 N/A
CISTA Artificial Beast 192 0.4 N/A
TUSC Unjum Mirza 164 0.3 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Deon Gayle 49 0.1 0.2
Majority 13,934 27.9 20.9
Turnout 49,933 63.1 0.3
Registered electors 79,137
Labour hold Swing 1.7
General election 2010: Streatham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chuka Umunna 20,037 42.8 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Nicholson 16,778 35.8 +6.3
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali 8,578 18.3 +0.5
Green Rebecca Findlay 861 1.8 −3.7
Christian Geoffrey Macharia 237 0.5 N/A
English Democrat Janus Polenceus 229 0.5 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Paul Lepper 117 0.2 −0.1
Majority 3,259 7.0 -11.4
Turnout 46,837 62.8 +11.0
Registered electors 74,532
Labour hold Swing −5.2

NB Percentage comparions in the table above are against the notional result on the new constituency boundaries.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Streatham[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Hill 18,950 46.7 -10.2
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders 11,484 28.3 +10.0
Conservative James Sproule 7,238 17.8 0.0
Green Shane Collins 2,245 5.5 +1.1
UKIP Trevor Gittings 396 1.0 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Billy Colvill 127 0.3 N/A
Independent Philippa Stone 100 0.2 N/A
Independent Robert West 40 0.1 N/A
Independent Sarah Acheng 35 0.1 N/A
Majority 7,466 18.4 -20.8
Turnout 40,615 51.3 +2.6
Registered electors 79,193
Labour hold Swing -10.1
General election 2001: Streatham[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Hill 21,401 57.3 -5.5
Liberal Democrats Roger O'Brien 6,771 18.1 +4.6
Conservative Stephen Hocking 6,639 17.8 -4.0
Green Mohammed Sajid 1,641 4.4 N/A
Socialist Alliance Greg Tucker 906 2.4 N/A
Majority 14,630 39.2 -1.9
Turnout 37,358 49.1 -11.0
Registered electors 76,021
Labour hold Swing -5.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Streatham[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Hill 28,181 62.8 +13.4
Conservative Ernest Noad 9,758 21.7 -16.7
Liberal Democrats Roger O'Brien 6,082 13.6 +3.6
Referendum Jeremy J. Wall 864 1.9 N/A
Majority 18,423 41.1 +35.4
Turnout 44,885 60.2 -10.1
Registered electors 74,583
Labour hold Swing +15.0
General election 1992: Streatham[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Hill 18,925 47.0 +7.8
Conservative Bill Shelton 16,608 41.3 -3.7
Liberal Democrats John Pindar 3,858 9.6 -6.2
Green Roger C. L. Baker 443 1.1 N/A
Islamic Party A. Hakin 154 0.4 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Cynthia Payne 145 0.4 N/A
Natural Law John V. Parsons 97 0.2 N/A
Majority 2,317 5.7 N/A
Turnout 40,230 70.3 +0.8
Registered electors 56,825
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Streatham[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Shelton 18,916 45.0 −1.5
Labour E. Anna Tapsall 16,509 39.2 +7.7
Liberal Mike Tuffrey 6,663 15.8 -5.4
Majority 2,407 5.8 -9.2
Turnout 42,088 69.5 +4.1
Registered electors 60,519
Conservative hold Swing 4.6
General election 1983: Streatham[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Shelton 18,264 46.5 -4.94
Labour M. M. Long 12,362 31.5 -5.52
Liberal Peter H. Billenness 8,321 21.2 +11.3
National Front K. D. Handy 321 0.8 -0.57
Majority 5,902 15.0 +0.59
Turnout 39,268 65.4 -6.14
Registered electors 60,032
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Shelton 19,630 51.44 +5.79
Labour T. P. C. Daniel 14,130 37.02 -0.71
Liberal J. S. Pincham 3,779 9.90 -3.89
National Front G. W. Bryant 523 1.37 -0.89
Providers Through Care A. J. Hollander 102 0.27 N/A
Majority 5,500 14.41 +6.49
Turnout 38,164 71.54 +7.46
Registered electors 53,347
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Shelton 16,515 45.65 +0.50
Labour J. Gaffin 13,648 37.73 +3.52
Liberal R. Silver 4,987 13.79 -4.45
National Front T. Lamb 817 2.26 -0.03
Independent Teresa E. Moore 210 0.58 +0.47
Majority 2,867 7.92 -3.05
Turnout 36,177 64.08 -8.70
Registered electors 56,453
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Shelton 18,457 45.15 -8.96
Labour J. Gaffin 13,982 34.21 -4.09
Liberal R. Silver 7,456 18.24 +10.69
National Front T. Lamb 937 2.29 N/A
Independent Bill Boaks 45 0.11 N/A
Majority 4,475 10.95 -4.89
Turnout 40,877 72.78 +6.08
Registered electors 56,166
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 19,215 54.11 -0.51
Labour Ann S Ward 13,593 38.30 -7.07
Liberal Derrick Delaney 2,680 7.55 N/A
Majority 5,622 15.84 +6.58
Turnout 35,488 66.70 -3.71
Registered electors 53,205
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 19,872 54.63 +2.53
Labour James L Walker 16,505 45.37 +12.93
Majority 3,367 9.26 -10.4
Turnout 36,377 70.41 -1.35
Registered electors 51,668
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 19,408 52.10 -7.66
Labour James L Walker 12,085 32.44 +5.02
Liberal Anthony H J Miller 5,261 14.12 +1.3
Independent Loyalists William Austen Brooks 497 1.33 N/A
Majority 7,323 19.66 -12.68
Turnout 37,251 71.76 -5.41
Registered electors 51,910
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 23,479 59.76 -5.79
Labour David Kerr 10,773 27.42 -7.03
Liberal Stephen Rubin 5,039 12.82 N/A
Majority 12,706 32.34 +1.25
Turnout 39,291 77.17 +2.79
Registered electors 50,916
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 25,862 65.55 +5.64
Labour Reg Prentice 13,594 34.45 +1.7
Majority 12,268 31.09 +3.93
Turnout 39,456 74.38 -7.15
Registered electors 52,727
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 27,084 59.91 +2.61
Labour Norman John Smart 14,804 32.75 -0.11
Liberal Alexander William Wilson 3,319 7.34 -2.5
Majority 12,280 27.16 +2.71
Turnout 45,207 81.53 +0.52
Registered electors 55,451
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 26,571 57.30 +5.07
Labour Peter Benenson 15,235 32.86 -0.92
Liberal Alexander William Wilson 4,562 9.84 -4.15
Majority 11,336 24.45 +6.01
Turnout 46,368 81.01 +7.56
Registered electors 57,234
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Robertson 17,462 52.23 -23.95
Labour John Gross 11,296 33.78 +9.96
Liberal Charles William Ernest Remnant 4,677 13.99 N/A
Majority 6,166 18.44 -33.92
Turnout 33,435 73.45 +9.34
Registered electors 45,521
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Streatham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Robertson Unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold
General election 1935: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Lane-Mitchell 25,429 76.18 -8.85
Labour Arthur Skeffington 7,951 23.82 +8.85
Majority 17,478 52.36 -17.71
Turnout 33,280 64.11 -7.19
Registered electors 52,067
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Lane-Mitchell 30,358 85.03 +28.03
Labour Betty Fraser 5,343 14.97 -3.43
Majority 25,015 70.07 +37.67
Turnout 35,701 71.30
Registered electors 50,070
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Lane-Mitchell 19,024 57.0 -11.5
Liberal Percy Lionel Edwin Rawlins 8,191 24.6 +6.9
Labour Fred Hughes 6,134 18.4 N/A
Majority 10,833 32.4 -18.4
Turnout 33,349 68.9 -8.8
Registered electors 48,387
Unionist hold Swing -9.2
General election 1924: Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Lane-Mitchell 15,936 68.5 +8.5
Liberal Charles Guy Parsloe 4,111 17.7 -22.3
Communist Alfred M. Wall 3,204 13.8 N/A
Majority 11,825 50.8 +30.8
Turnout 23,251 77.7 +16.4
Registered electors 29,906
Unionist hold Swing +15.4
General election 1923: Streatham [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Lane-Mitchell 10,598 60.0 -9.1
Liberal Charles Guy Parsloe 7,075 40.0 +9.1
Majority 3,523 20.0 -18.2
Turnout 17,653 61.3 -1.7
Registered electors 28,837
Unionist hold Swing -9.1
General election 1922: Streatham [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Lane-Mitchell 12,282 69.1 3.8
Liberal O.A. Minns 5,483 30.9 +15.5
Majority 6,799 38.2 19.3
Turnout 17,765 63.0 +4.4
Registered electors 28,186
Unionist hold Swing -9.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Streatham [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist William Lane-Mitchell 11,457 72.9 N/A
Liberal John Albert Compston 2,417 15.4 N/A
National F.H. Bellamy 1,844 11.7 N/A
Majority 9,040 57.5 N/A
Turnout 15,718 58.6 N/A
Registered electors 26,842
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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