Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hackney South and Shoreditch
Borough constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch shown within Greater London
Created: 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.

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[edit] 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
Shoreditch Town Hall

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1974)

The seat has a history of members switching parties. Ronald Brown, elected in 1974 as a representative of the Labour Party, 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 then remained a member of the Labour Party for most of his career, but defected to the Liberal Democrats, the successors to the SDP, shortly before the 2005 election, in which he did not stand. The Liberal Democrat candidate Hugh Bayliss was unable to hold the seat, which is again held by a Labour Party representative, the incumbent Meg Hillier.

Election Member Party
1974 Ronald Brown Labour
1981 Social Democratic
1983 Brian Sedgemore Labour
2005 Liberal Democrats
2005 Meg Hillier Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

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

[edit] 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
British National Party 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

[edit] 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
British National Party 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

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