Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main|name=Vauxhall and Camberwell Green|parliament=uk|map1=Vauxhall and Camberwell Green 2023_|map2=|map_entity=Greater London|map_year=|year=2024
|abolished=
|elects_howmany=One
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=22 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}
|mp= Florence Eshalomi
|party= Labour
|towns=Vauxhall, Camberwell Green, Newington
|previous=Vauxhall, Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Camberwell and Peckham|next=|type=Borough|region=England|county=Greater London}}
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Herbie |date=6 July 2023 |title=Southwark to have five MPs under constituency boundary shake-up - Southwark News |url=https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark/southwark-to-have-five-mps-under-constituency-boundary-shake-up/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=southwarknews.co.uk/ |language=en-GB}} Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and Florence Eshalomi was elected for the Labour Party.{{Cite web |title=London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/london/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Boundary Commission for England}}
Boundaries
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=260|frame-width=220|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}
The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards as they existed on 1 December 2020:
- The London Borough of Lambeth wards of: Bishop’s; Oval; Prince’s; Stockwell; Vassall.
- The London Borough of Southwark wards of: Camberwell Green ; Newington.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}
It covers the following areas:
- The majority of the abolished constituency of Vauxhall, comprising the Borough of Lambeth areas of Kennington, Myatt's Fields, Stockwell, Vauxhall, Waterloo and South Bank.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Vauxhall%20and%20Camberwell%20Green |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}
- The Borough of Southwark districts of Newington from Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and Camberwell Green from Camberwell and Peckham.
Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Lambeth {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/lambeth |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The London Borough of Lambeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/37/contents/made}} the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
- The London Borough of Lambeth wards of: Kennington; Myatt's Fields; Oval; Stockwell East (majority); Stockwell West & Larkhall (majority); Vauxhall; Waterloo & South Bank.
- The London Borough of Southwark wards of: Camberwell Green; Newington.
Constituency Profile
At 10% of the population, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green has the joint third highest proportion of LGBTQ+ people in the country.https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/23381006.census-reveals-constituencies-highest-proportion-lgb-residents/
Elections
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Vauxhall and Camberwell Green{{cite web |url= https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/Vauxhall%20and%20Camberwell%20Results.pdf |title=Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Constituency |publisher=London Borough of Lambeth |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour and Co-operative Party |candidate=Florence Eshalomi|votes=21,528|percentage=57.4|change={{decrease}}3.1|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Catherine Dawkins|votes=6,416|percentage=17.1|change={{increase}}13.0|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Chris French|votes=4,549|percentage=12.1|change={{decrease}}7.0|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Aarti Joshi|votes=2,809|percentage=7.5|change={{decrease}}7.0|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK |candidate=Mike King |votes=2,033|percentage=5.4|change={{increase}}3.8|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Andrew McRobbie|votes=201|percentage=0.5|change=N/A|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=15,112|percentage=40.3|change={{decrease}}1.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=37,536|percentage=53.9|change={{decrease}}12.4}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=69,658}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}}8.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 28,073 | align=right| 60.5 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 8,848 | align=right| 19.1 |
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 6,746 | align=right| 14.5 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green | align=right| 1,915 | align=right| 4.1 |
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | align=right| 722 | align=right| 1.6 |
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others | align=right| 136 | align=right| 0.3 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|46,440 |align=right|66.3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|69,995 |
References
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External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168522.html Vauxhall and Camberwell Green UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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