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Hackney South and Shoreditch Borough constituency

Hackney South and Shoreditch shown within Greater London
Created:	Feb 1974
MP:	Meg Hillier
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a borough 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 References
6 Sources

Boundaries

The constituency shares a boundary with eight others: Walthamstow, Leyton & Wanstead, West Ham, Bethnal Green & Bow, Cities of London and Westminster, Islington South & Finsbury, Islington North, and its borough partner Hackney North & Stoke Newington.

The constituency historically covers South Hackney, Shoreditch, Haggerston, De Beauvoir Town and Hackney Wick in the London Borough of Hackney, and is now divided into nine political wards:

Shoreditch Town Hall

Chatham (ward) see Homerton
De Beauvoir (ward) see De Beauvoir Town
Hackney Central (ward) see Hackney Central
Haggerston (ward) see Haggerston
Hoxton (ward) see Hoxton
Kings Park (ward) see Lower Clapton
Queensbridge (ward)
Victoria (ward) see South Hackney
Wick (ward) see Hackney Wick

Members of Parliament

The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury, and has a history of members switching parties. Ronald Brown, former incumbent for Shoreditch and Finsbury, was elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party, but joined the splinter Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. He held the seat as an SDP member until 1983, when he was defeated by Labour Party candidate Brian Sedgemore. Sedgemore announced his retirement from parliament at the 2005 election; but on 26 April 2005 defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the week of the election.^[1] The Liberal Democrats were unable to capitalise on the defection; and the seat was held for Labour by the current incumbent Meg Hillier.

	Member	Party
Feb 1974	Ronald Brown	Labour
1981	Ronald Brown	SDP
1983	Brian Sedgemore	Labour
2005	Meg Hillier	Labour Co-operative

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

United Kingdom general election, 2010: Hackney South and Shoreditch ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier
	Conservative	Simon Nayyar
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Raval

General Election 2005: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Meg Hillier	17,048	52.9	–11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Bayliss	6,844	21.2	+6.6
	Conservative	John Moss	4,524	14.0	+0.2
	Green	Ipemndoh dan Iyan	1,779	5.5	N/A
	Respect	Dean Ryan	1,437	4.5	N/A
	Liberal	Benjamin Rae	313	1.0	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	200	0.6	–0.3
	Workers' Revolutionary	Jonty Leff	92	0.3	–0.2
Majority			10,204	31.7
Turnout			32,237	49.7	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	–9.0

General Election 2001: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,471	64.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Vickers	4,422	14.6	–0.4
	Conservative	Paul White	4,180	13.8	+0.5
	Socialist Alliance	Cecilia Prosper	1,401	4.6	N/A
	Reform 2000	Saim Koksal	471	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Ivan Beavis	259	0.9	0.0
	Workers' Revolutionary	William Rogers	143	0.5	+0.1
Majority			15,049	49.6
Turnout			30,347	47.4	–7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	20,048	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pantling	5,058	15.0
	Conservative	Christopher O'Leary	4,494	13.3
	Independent	Terry Betts	2,436	7.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	Richard Franklin	613	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Gordon Callow	531	1.6	N/A
	Communist	Monty Goldman	298	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Michelle Goldberg	145	0.4
	Workers' Revolutionary	William Rogers	139	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,990	44.4
Turnout			33,762	54.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	19,730	53.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Andrew Turner	10,714	29.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	George Wintle	5,533	15.0	–7.4
	Green	L Lucas	772	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Ms G Norman	226	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,016	24.4
Turnout			36,975	63.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	18,799	47.9	+4.4
	Conservative	M C Northcroft-Brown	11,277	28.7	+5.4
	Liberal	J D Roberts	8,812	22.4	Unclear
	Communist	D Green	403	1.0	+0.4
Majority			7,522	19.2
Turnout			32,291	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hackney South and Shoreditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Sedgemore	16,621	43.3
	Conservative	P J P Croft	8,930	23.3
	Social Democrat	Ron Brown	7,025	18.3
	Independent Liberal	J. D. Roberts	3,724	9.7
	Independent Labour	S. J. Quilty	704	1.8
	National Front	R. Ashton	593	1.6
	BNP	V. D. Tyndall	374	1.0
	Communist	D. Green	246	0.6
	Workers' Revolutionary	R. D. Goldstein	141	0.4
Majority			7,691	20.0
Turnout				53.8

References

^ Loyal Bennite and political loner Michael White, The Guardian 27 April 2005 accessed 14 July 2009
^ Hackney South and Shoreditch UKPolling

Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
Election results, 1974 - 1979 (Keele University)

Constituencies in London by holding party

Labour	Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham

Conservative	Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon

Liberal Democrat	Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham

Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow

Independent Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup

London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 2 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Green 1 · UKIP 1

Coordinates: 51°32′N 0°04′W / 51.54°N 0.06°W / 51.54; -0.06

Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in London | Parliamentary constituencies both current and historic of Hackney | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974

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