:Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)
{{For|the local electoral division|Vauxhall (ward)}}{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Vauxhall
|parliament = uk
|map1 = Vauxhall2007
|map_size = 200px
|map2 =
|map_entity = Greater London
|map_year =
|year = 1950
|abolished = 2024
|type = Borough
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Kennington and Lambeth North
|next = Clapham and Brixton Hill, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
|electorate = 88,659 (December 2019){{Cite tweet |author=Lambeth Democracy |user=LBLDemocracy |number=1205342769331486722 |title=All 3 constituencies in #Lambeth have now been confirmed and announced. Dulwich & West Norwood, Vauxhall and Streatham have all been won by Labour candidates. #GE2019}}
|mp =
|party =
|region = England
|county = Greater London
|european = London
|towns = North Lambeth, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Kennington, Clapham, Brixton (part)
}}
Vauxhall was a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by members of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation from 1950 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the new seat of Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, with the wards of Clapham Town, Ferndale and Larkhall being included in the new constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-london/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}
Boundaries
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1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Angell, Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Clapham Town, Ferndale, Larkhall, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.
Vauxhall was wholly within the London Borough of Lambeth. The core of the constituency, unchanged from the former Lambeth North, was delimited by the River Thames to the west and north and the boundary with Southwark to the east.
Constituency profile
The seat included all of Vauxhall, North Lambeth, Stockwell, Kennington and some of Brixton and north Clapham. Its landmarks included the London Eye, The Oval cricket ground, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, SIS building and the National Theatre. Among Britain's most ethnically diverse constituencies, Vauxhall had sizable Jamaican, Portuguese, Ghanaian and Ecuadorian communities.
At just over 6% of the population, Vauxhall (which was located in the London Borough of Lambeth) had the largest proportion of LGBT+ people in the country as of 2016.{{Cite web |title=State of the Borough 2016 |url=https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/State%20of%20Borough%202016%20-%20v3.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124184712/https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/State%20of%20Borough%202016%20-%20v3.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2022 |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Lambeth Council}}{{Page needed|date=March 2023}}
Political history
The area has consistently voted in parliamentary elections for Labour Members of Parliament since 1929, except in 1931. This includes the results of the former seat of Lambeth North, which had near-identical boundaries.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Since a 1989 by-election, the seat had been represented by Kate Hoey. Continuing a history as a safe seat for Labour, since her 1989 election, Hoey consistently achieved majorities of 9,100 to 20,200 votes. The 2015 result made the seat the 105th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}
Despite Hoey being a prominent campaigner for leaving the European Union, Vauxhall voted to remain in the EU by 77.6% in the national referendum on 23 June 2016.{{Cite web |title=EU REF. Results for Lambeth.xlsx |url=https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/documents/s82579/EUREFResultsforLambeth.pdf?platform=hootsuite |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129173031/https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/documents/s82579/EUREFResultsforLambeth.pdf?platform=hootsuite |archive-date=29 January 2022 |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Lambeth Council}} This made it the strongest pro-EU constituency to be represented by a pro-Brexit MP. In the 2017 general election, this led to her seat being targeted by pro-Remain organisations and high-profile individuals seeking to oust her in favour of the pro-EU Liberal Democrat candidate.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-open-britain-mps-unseated-campaign-kate-hoey-iain-duncan-smith-a7700426.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220811/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-open-britain-mps-unseated-campaign-kate-hoey-iain-duncan-smith-a7700426.html |archive-date=11 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pro-EU campaigners draw up 'attack list' of Brexiteer MPs they want to unseat in the general election|date=25 April 2017|website=The Independent}} There had been a change.org petition calling for Hoey's deselection as the Labour candidate for the seat; however, due to party rules this was unsuccessful.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/article/kexits-a-way-off-for-vauxhall-remoaners-33rwt99pr|title=Kexit's a way off for Vauxhall remoaners|date=19 February 2017|work=The Sunday Times|url-access=subscription |last1=White|first1=Roland|access-date=25 April 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/farron-shrugs-off-gay-sex-row-to-target-veterans-seat-vn3dlkp2z|title=Farron shrugs off gay sex row to target veteran's seat|date=25 April 2017|work=The Times|url-access=subscription |last1=Zeffman|first1=Henry|access-date=25 April 2017}} In the 2017 election, Hoey significantly increased her majority to the largest the seat had ever seen; the Liberal Democrat vote total more than trebled, and they moved back into second place having fallen to fourth behind the Conservatives and the Greens in 2015. In May 2018, Hoey's local party passed a vote of no confidence in her, vowing to deselect the MP as well.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44979281|title=Kate Hoey vows to fight deselection|date=27 May 2018|publisher=BBC News|access-date=21 May 2019}} On 8 July 2019 Hoey announced that she would retire from the House of Commons, and would not seek re-election as a Labour candidate at the next general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-08/kate-hoey-to-stand-down-as-mp-for-vauxhall-at-next-election/|title=Kate Hoey to stand down as MP for Vauxhall at next election|date=8 July 2019|publisher=ITV News|access-date=14 December 2019}}
=Prominent frontbenchers=
George Strauss was appointed Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951 during the Attlee Ministry. Kate Hoey was Minister for Sport (1999–2001) during the Blair Ministry.{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/under-secretary-of-state|title=Under-Secretary of State (Hansard)}}
=Local government results=
The constituency shared boundaries with the Vauxhall electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
The local government wards in the constituency are currently entirely represented by Labour on Lambeth London Borough Council.
A single Conservative councillor represented the Clapham Town ward from 2002 until losing their seat by sixty votes in the 2006 Council Elections.
Three Liberal Democrat councillors represented the Bishop's ward from 1990 to 2014; they subsequently lost the three ward seats to Labour, as did the sole Liberal Democrat councilors in the Oval and Vassall wards. They failed to gain them back in 2018.
At the 2018 council elections, Labour won all of the ward seats in the constituency. The Liberal Democrats finished second in the wards of Bishop's, Oval, Stockwell and Prince's. The Conservatives finished the runner up in Clapham Town and the Green Party in Vassall, Ferndale and Larkhall.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |
| Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|v|date=March 2012}}
!colspan="2"|Party |
|---|---|
| 1950
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | |
| 1979
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | |
| 1989 by-election
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | |
| 2019
| {{Party name with colour|Labour and Co-operative}} |
Elections
=Elections in the 2010s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Vauxhall{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-vauxhall-14-11-2019.pdf|title=Statement of Persons Nominated}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour and Co-operative
|candidate=Florence Eshalomi
|votes=31,615
|percentage=56.1
|change=−1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Sarah Lewis
|votes=12,003
|percentage=21.3
|change=+0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Sarah Bool
|votes=9,422
|percentage=16.7
|change=−1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Jacqueline Bond
|votes=2,516
|percentage=4.5
|change=+2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Brexit Party
|candidate=Andrew McGuinness
|votes=641
|percentage=1.1
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent politician
|candidate=Salah Faissal
|votes=136
|percentage=0.2
|change=New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=19,612
|percentage=34.8
|change=−2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=56,333
|percentage=63.5
|change=−3.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 88,659
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour and Co-operative
|swing =−1.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Vauxhall{{Cite web | url = https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/EC-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situation-of-Polling-Stations-VAUXHALL.pdf | title = Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220314112408/https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/EC-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situation-of-Polling-Stations-VAUXHALL.pdf | archive-date = 14 March 2022 | publisher = lambeth.co.uk}}{{Cite web | url = http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf | title = General Election 2017: results and analysis | edition = 2nd | date = 29 January 2019 | publisher = UK Parliament | page = 92}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 31,576
|percentage = 57.3
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=George Turner|votes=11,326|percentage=20.5|change=+13.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Dolly Theis|votes=10,277|percentage=18.6|change=−8.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Gulnar Hasnain|votes=1,152|percentage=2.0|change=−5.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Women's Equality Party|candidate=Harini Iyengar|votes=539|percentage=0.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Pirate Party UK|candidate=Mark Chapman|votes=172|percentage=0.3|change=−0.1}}
{{Election box majority||votes=20,250|percentage=36.8|change=+10.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=55,042|percentage=67.1|change=+9.2}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 82,055
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −5.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
13.6% was the largest vote share increase in a Labour held seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2017 general election.{{Cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=General Election 2019: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226192430/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=UK Parliament |edition=2nd}}{{Page needed|date=March 2023}} UKIP stood down their candidate in order to ensure Hoey was re-elected.{{Cite web |last=Cobb |first=Jason |date=2017-04-29 |title=UKip steps aside in Vauxhall so as not to clash with Brexiteer Hoey in general election |url=https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/04/ukip-steps-aside-in-vauxhall-so-as-not-to-clash-with-brexiteer-hoey-in-general-election/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190702020140/http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/04/ukip-steps-aside-in-vauxhall-so-as-not-to-clash-with-brexiteer-hoey-in-general-election/ |archive-date=2019-07-02 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Brixton Buzz}}
{{See also|Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election#Vauxhall}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 2015: Vauxhall{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=139&RPID=27029631|title=Election results for Vauxhall, 7 May 2015|date=7 May 2015|website=moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 25,778
|percentage = 53.8
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Bellis
|votes = 13,070
|percentage = 27.3
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gulnar Hasnain
|votes = 3,658
|percentage = 7.6
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
|votes = 3,312
|percentage = 6.9
|change = −18.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Ace Nnorom
|votes = 1,385
|percentage = 2.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pirate Party UK
|candidate = Mark Chapman
|votes = 201
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|candidate = Simon Hardy
|votes = 188
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
|candidate = Louis Jensen
|votes = 164
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig Party (British political party)
|candidate = Waleed Ghani
|votes = 103
|percentage = 0.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Daniel Lambert
|votes = 82
|percentage = 0.2
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =12,708
|percentage =26.5
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,941
|percentage =58.3
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 82,231
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 2010: Vauxhall{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 21,498
|percentage = 49.8
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Pidgeon
|votes = 10,847
|percentage = 25.1
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Glyn Chambers
|votes = 9,301
|percentage = 21.5
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joseph Healy
|votes = 708
|percentage = 1.6
|change = −2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = English Democrats
|candidate = Jose Navarro
|votes = 289
|percentage = 0.7
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Christian Party (UK)
|candidate = Lana Martin
|votes = 200
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Daniel Lambert
|votes = 143
|percentage = 0.3
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Anticapitalists
|candidate = Jeremy Drinkall
|votes = 109
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Animal Welfare Party
|candidate = James Kapetanos
|votes = 96
|percentage = 0.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =10,651
|percentage =24.7
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =43,191
|percentage =57.7
|change =+ 9.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 74,811
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 19,744
|percentage = 52.9
|change = −6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Charles Anglin
|votes = 9,767
|percentage = 26.1
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Heckels
|votes = 5,405
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tim Summers
|votes = 1,705
|percentage = 4.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Robert McWhirter
|votes = 271
|percentage = 0.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Daniel Lambert
|votes = 240
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = English Democrats Party
|candidate = Janus Polenceus
|votes = 221
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =9,977
|percentage =26.8
|change = −12.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =37,363
|percentage =46.9
|change =+2.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 79,637
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 2001: Vauxhall
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 19,738
|percentage = 59.1
|change = −4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Bottrall
|votes = 6,720
|percentage = 20.1
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Compton
|votes = 4,489
|percentage = 13.4
|change = −1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Shane Collins
|votes = 1,485
|percentage = 4.4
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = Theresa Bennett
|votes = 853
|percentage = 2.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Martin Boyd
|votes = 107
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,018
|percentage = 39.0
|change = −8.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,392
|percentage = 44.8
|change = −10.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 74,474
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −4.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1997: Vauxhall
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 24,920
|percentage = 63.8
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Keith Kerr
|votes = 6,260
|percentage = 16.0
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Bacon
|votes = 5,952
|percentage = 15.2
|change = −11.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Driver
|votes = 983
|percentage = 2.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Shane Collins
|votes = 862
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Richard Headicar
|votes = 97
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,660
|percentage = 47.8
|change = +20.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,074
|percentage = 55.5
|change = −6.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 70,424
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1992: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 21,328
|percentage = 54.8
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bernard Gentry
|votes = 10,840
|percentage = 27.8
|change = −1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mike Tuffrey
|votes = 5,678
|percentage = 14.6
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Penny Shepherd
|votes = 803
|percentage = 2.1
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = A Khan
|votes = 156
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)
|candidate = S. Hill
|votes = 152
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,488
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 38,957
|percentage = 62.4
|change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 62,473
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin|title= 1989 Vauxhall by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Hoey
|votes = 15,191
|percentage = 52.7
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Keegan
|votes = 5,425
|percentage = 18.8
|change = −10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social and Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Mike Tuffrey
|votes = 5,043
|percentage = 17.5
|change = −0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Bewley
|votes = 1,767
|percentage = 6.1
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The People's Candidate
|candidate = Hewie Andrew
|votes = 302
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The Greens
|candidate = Dominic Allen
|votes = 264
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Rudy Narayan
|votes = 179
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)
|candidate = Don Milligan
|votes = 177
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Official National Front
|candidate = Patrick Harrington
|votes = 127
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch
|votes = 106
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Christian Alliance
|candidate = David Black
|votes = 86
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = Ted Budden
|votes = 83
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Fellowship Party
|candidate = Geoffrey Rolph
|votes = 24
|percentage = 0.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Leveller Party
|candidate = William Scola
|votes = 21
|percentage = 0.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,766
|percentage = 33.9
|change = +12.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,795
|percentage = 44.4
|change = −19.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,905
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1987: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stuart Holland
|votes = 21,364
|percentage = 50.2
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Lidington
|votes = 12,345
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Acland
|votes = 7,764
|percentage = 18.2
|change = −6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Janice Owens
|votes = 770
|percentage = 1.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Dave Cook
|votes = 223
|percentage = 0.5
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Red Front (UK)
|candidate = Kunle Oluremi
|votes = 117
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,019
|percentage = 21.2
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 42,583
|percentage = 64.0
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 66,538
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1983: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stuart Holland
|votes = 18,234
|percentage = 46.5
|change = −5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kingsley Manning
|votes = 10,454
|percentage = 26.7
|change = −7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Liddle{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1621138.stm|title=BBC News - UK POLITICS - Roger Liddle, centre stage once more|date=26 October 2001}}
|votes = 9,515
|percentage = 24.3
|change = +16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Front
|candidate = J. Wright
|votes = 508
|percentage = 1.3
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = P. Lingard
|votes = 266
|percentage = 0.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Dave Cook
|votes = 199
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|candidate = G Shorter
|votes = 38
|percentage = 0.1
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,780
|percentage = 19.9
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,214
|percentage = 64.5
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,867
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1979: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stuart Holland
|votes = 13,058
|percentage = 52.4
|change = −10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Linnell Heslop
|votes = 8,358
|percentage = 33.6
|change = +10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Harrison{{cite book|title=Election Expenses|date=1980|isbn=0102374805|page=17|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
|votes = 1,842
|percentage = 7.4
|change = −6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Front
|votes = 879
|percentage = 3.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Labour Alliance Party
|votes = 565
|percentage = 2.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|votes = 153
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident
|candidate = Bill Boaks
|votes = 44
|percentage = 0.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,700
|percentage = 18.8
|change = −21.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,899
|percentage = 62.5
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 39,870
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election October 1974: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 15,493
|percentage = 63.2
|change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Victor MacColl
|votes = 5,727
|percentage = 23.4
|change = −2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Cousins
|votes = 3,300
|percentage = 13.5
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,766
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,520
|percentage = 52.7
|change = −9.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 46,502
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election February 1974: Vauxhall
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 16,135
|percentage = 52.4
|change = −11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Marshall
|votes = 7,494
|percentage = 26.1
|change = −10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Cousins
|votes = 5,139
|percentage = 17.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,641
|percentage = 30.3
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,768
|percentage = 62.2
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 46,261
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1970: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 13,046
|percentage = 63.6
|change = −3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Clive Jones
|votes = 7,477
|percentage = 36.4
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,569
|percentage = 27.2
|change = −6.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 20,523
|percentage = 54.4
|change = −4.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 37,707
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1966: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 15,233
|percentage = 66.6
|change = +2.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Spencer Le Marchant
|votes = 7,645
|percentage = 33.4
|change = −2.49
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,588
|percentage = 33.2
|change = +4.98
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,878
|percentage = 58.6
|change = −0.58
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 39,042
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1964: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 15,458
|percentage = 64.11
|change = +2.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Lane
|votes = 8,653
|percentage = 35.89
|change = −2.13
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,805
|percentage = 28.22
|change = +4.26
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,111
|percentage = 59.18
|change = −5.77
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 40,743
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1959: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 18,437
|percentage = 61.98
|change = −2.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Havers
|votes = 11,312
|percentage = 38.02
|change = +2.71
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,125
|percentage = 23.96
|change = −5.42
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,749
|percentage = 64.95
|change = +2.21
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 45,802
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1955: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 19,220
|percentage = 64.69
|change = −1.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edwin Lee
|votes = 10,492
|percentage = 35.31
|change = +1.15
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,728
|percentage = 29.38
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,712
|percentage = 62.74
|change = −10.91
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 47,354
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 1951: Vauxhall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 24,217
|percentage = 65.84
|change = +3.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edwin Lee
|votes = 12,564
|percentage = 34.16
|change = +6.46
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,653
|percentage = 31.68
|change = −3.22
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,781
|percentage = 73.65
|change = −2.05
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 49,939
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|
|title=General election 1950: Vauxhall
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Strauss
|votes = 23,988
|percentage = 62.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Lockwood
|votes = 10,618
|percentage = 27.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Dyer
|votes = 3,251
|percentage = 8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Margot Heinemann
|votes = 508
|percentage = 1.3
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 13,370
|percentage = 34.8
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 38,365
|percentage = 75.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 50,673
}}
{{Election box new seat win no change|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13431.html Vauxhall UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65825.html Vauxhall UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
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{{Historic constituencies in London
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| 1868 = n
| 1885 = n
| 1918 = n
| 1950 = y
| 1955 = y
| 1974 = y
| 1983 = y
| 1997 = y
| 2010 = y
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