| Camberwell and Peckham Borough constituency |
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| Camberwell and Peckham shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Harriet Harman |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Camberwell and Peckham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a Labour Party stronghold. It has the distinction of having a higher proportion of poor people than any other constituency in the country in 2000.[1]
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Boundaries
The constituency incorporates the areas of Camberwell and Peckham, in the London Borough of Southwark.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made changes to the existing Camberwell and Peckham constituency to increase its size.
The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified constituency are:
- Brunswick Park, Camberwell Green, Faraday, Livesey, Nunhead, Peckham, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell and The Lane.
Members of Parliament
The constituency was created in 1997. Its first and only Member of Parliament, as of 2009[update], is Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, who had been the MP for the preceding constituency of Peckham since a 1982 by-election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Harriet Harman | Labour | |
Election results
| Candidates for the General Election 2010: Camberwell and Peckham [2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Columba Blango | ||||
| Labour | Harriet Harman | ||||
| Alliance for Workers Liberty | Jill Mountford | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Stranack | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| General Election 2005: Camberwell and Peckham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harriet Harman | 18,933 | 65.3 | –4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Porter | 5,450 | 18.8 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | Jessica Lee | 2,841 | 9.8 | –1.1 | |
| Green | Paul Ingram | 1,172 | 4.0 | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | Derek Penhallow | 350 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Margaret Sharkey | 132 | 0.5 | –0.2 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Sanjay Kulkarni | 113 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 13,483 | 46.5 | |||
| Turnout | 28,991 | 52.0 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –4.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Camberwell and Peckham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harriet Harman | 17,473 | 69.6 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Donnachadh McCarthy | 3,350 | 13.3 | +2.1 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 2,740 | 10.9 | –0.7 | |
| Green | Storm Poorun | 805 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | John Mulrenan | 478 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Bob Adams | 188 | 0.7 | –1.7 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Frank Sweeney | 70 | 0.3 | –0.1 | |
| Majority | 14,123 | 56.3 | |||
| Turnout | 25,104 | 46.8 | –8.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –0.9 | |||
| General Election 1997: Camberwell and Peckham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Harriet Harman | 19,734 | 69.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Kim Humphreys | 3,383 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Williams | 3,198 | 11.2 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | N. China | 692 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | A. Ruddock | 685 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal | G. Williams | 443 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alternative | J. Barker | 233 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | C. Eames | 106 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,351 | ||||
| Turnout | 56.7 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
References
- ^ Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/camberwellandpeckham Camberwell and Peckham] UKPolling
- Historical list of MPs: C (part 1) at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- UK General Elections since 1832 at Richard Kimber's Political science Resources
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