| Tooting Borough constituency |
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| Tooting shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Sadiq Khan |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Tooting is a 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.
The constituency is confusingly named, as it comprises the towns of Tooting, Balham and Earlsfield.
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Boundaries
Tooting is the southern 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 (that part broadly west of the railway line, but also including the streets around Nightingale Square). The entirety of Wandsworth Common is in the Tooting constituency.
Tooting is bordered by the following constituencies:
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Tooting constituency from the following electoral wards:
- Bedford, Earlsfield, Furzedown, Graveney, Nightingale, Tooting, and Wandsworth Common.
History
The constituency was created in 1974 from parts of the seats of Battersea South, Wandsworth Central and Streatham.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb 1974 | Tom Cox | Labour | |
| 2005 | Sadiq Khan | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Tooting | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sadiq Khan | 17,914 | 43.1 | -11.0 | |
| Conservative | James Bethell | 12,533 | 30.2 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephanie Dearden | 8,110 | 19.5 | +4.6 | |
| Green | Siobhan Vitelli | 1,695 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |
| Respect | Ali Zaidi | 700 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Strachan McDonald | 424 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Ian Perkin | 192 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,381 | 12.9 | |||
| Turnout | 41,568 | 59.0 | +4.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Tooting | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tom Cox | 20,332 | 54.1 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | Alexander Nicoll | 9,932 | 26.4 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Simon James | 5,583 | 14.9 | +5.5 | |
| Green | Matthew Ledbury | 1,744 | 4.6 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 10,400 | 27.7 | |||
| Turnout | 37,591 | 54.9 | -14.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London - London Borough of Wandsworth
External links
Links to political pages
- Sadiq Khan MP official site
- The Labour party in Tooting
- Tooting Conservatives
- Liberal Democrats in Wandsworth
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