Camberwell and Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell and Peckham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Camberwell and Peckham in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	125,226 (2011 census)
Electorate	78,605 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Harriet Harman (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Peckham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Peckham

Harriet Harman, Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham

Camberwell and Peckham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Harriet Harman of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

To date the seat has been a safe seat for the Labour Party and the current MP is Harriet Harman, former Deputy Leader of the party and Shadow Culture Secretary. It has the distinction of having a higher proportion of poor people than any other constituency in the country in 2000, as defined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation at the time.

Boundaries

The constituency incorporates the areas of Camberwell, Peckham and Nunhead in the London Borough of Southwark, together with parts of its other districts Walworth, East Dulwich, South Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made changes to the existing Camberwell and Peckham constituency to increase its size.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified constituency are:

• Brunswick Park, Camberwell Green, Faraday, Livesey, Nunhead, Peckham, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell and The Lane

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1997. Its first and only Member of Parliament, as of 2015, is Harriet Harman, the former Deputy Leader of the party and former Shadow Culture Secretary, who had been the MP for the preceding constituency of Peckham since a by-election in 1982.

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Harriet Harman	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Camberwell and Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	32,614	63.3	+4.1
	Conservative	Naomi Newstead	6,790	13.2	+0.1
	Green	Amelia Womack	5,187	10.1	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Yahaya Kiyingi	2,580	5.0	−17.4
	UKIP	David Kurten	2,413	4.7	+4.7
	All People's Party	Prem Goyal	829	1.6	+1.6
	National Health Action	Rebecca Fox	466	0.9	+0.9
	TUSC	Nick Wrack	292	0.6	+0.6
	CISTA	Alex Robertson	197	0.4	+0.4
	Workers Revolutionary	Joshua Ogunleye	107	0.2	−0.2
	Whig	Felicity Anscomb	86	0.2	+0.2
Majority			25,824	50.1
Turnout			51,561	62.3	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2010: Camberwell and Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	27,619	59.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Columba Blango	10,432	22.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Andrew Stranack	6,080	13.0	+3.1
	Green	Jennifer Helen Jones	1,361	2.9	−1.7
	English Democrats	Yohara Robby Munilla	435	0.9	+0.9
	Workers Revolutionary	Joshua Ogunleye	211	0.5	+0.2
	Socialist Labour	Mrs. Margaret M. Sharkey	184	0.4	−0.1
	Independent	Decima Francis	93	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Steven Robbins	87	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Patricia Knox	82	0.2	N/A
	Alliance for Workers' Liberty	Jill Mountford	75	0.2	N/A
Majority			17,187	36.8
Turnout			46,659	59.3	+7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Camberwell and Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	18,933	65.3	−4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard J. Porter	5,450	18.8	+5.5
	Conservative	Jessica Katherine Lee	2,841	9.8	−1.1
	Green	Paul M. Ingram	1,172	4.0	+0.8
	UKIP	Derek Penhallow	350	1.2	+1.2
	Socialist Labour	Mrs. Margaret M. Sharkey	132	0.5	–0.2
	Workers Revolutionary	Sanjay M. Kulkarni	113	0.4	+0.1
Majority			13,483	46.5
Turnout			28,991	52.0	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.9

General Election 2001: Camberwell and Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	17,473	69.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Donnachadh McCarthy	3,350	13.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Morgan	2,740	10.9	−0.7
	Green	Storm Poorun	805	3.2	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	John Anthony Mulrenan	478	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert William Adams	188	0.7	−1.7
	Workers Revolutionary	Frank Sweeney	70	0.3	−0.1
Majority			14,123	56.3
Turnout			25,104	46.8	−8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Camberwell and Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Harman	19,734	69.3	N/A
	Conservative	Kim Humphreys	3,283	11.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel P. Williams	3,198	11.2	N/A
	Referendum	Nicholas A. China	692	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mrs. Angela M. Ruddock	685	2.4	N/A
	Liberal	Gerry A. Williams	443	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Miss Joan Barker	233	0.8	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Christopher Eames	106	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,451	58.0	N/A
Turnout			28,374	55.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
• Southwark local elections

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Camberwell and Peckham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
• UK General Elections since 1832 Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Witney	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2010	Succeeded by Doncaster North
Preceded by Doncaster North	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 2015	Succeeded by Islington North