Clapham and Brixton Hill (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Clapham and Brixton Hill
Parliament:	uk
Type:	Borough
Electorate:	75,460 (2023)^[1]
Party:	Labour Party (UK)
Region:	England
Elects Howmany:	One

Clapham and Brixton Hill is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough of Lambeth, as they existed on 1 December 2020:^[3]

• Brixton Hill, Clapham Common, Thornton, and Tulse Hill, transferred from the abolished constituency of Streatham
• Clapham Town, Ferndale and Larkhall, transferred from the abolished constituency of Vauxhall^[4]

Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022,^{[5] [6]} the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

• The London Borough of Lambeth wards of: Brixton Acre Lane; Brixton North (majority); Brixton Rush Common (nearly all); Clapham Common and Abbeville; Clapham East; Clapham Park (nearly all); Clapham Town; St Martin's (part); Stockwell East (part); Stockwell West and Larkhall (part); Streatham Hill West and Thornton (majority); and a very small part of West Dulwich.^[7]

Constituency profile

The seat is formed from parts of the former Vauxhall and Streatham seats which were both safe Labour seats.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[8]
Party		Vote	%
		26,924	55.4
		9,633	19.8
		9,481	19.5
		2,045	4.2
		549	1.1
Turnout		48,632	64.4
Electorate		75,460

External links

• Clapham and Brixton Hill UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London . Boundary Commission for England . 19 June 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-27 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
3. Web site: 2021-09-27 . New election boundary plans make Clapham and Brixton one constituency . 2023-08-07 . Clapham Nub News . en.
4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
5. Web site: LGBCE . Lambeth LGBCE . 2024-03-30 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
6. Web site: The London Borough of Lambeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 .
7. Web site: New Seat Details – Clapham and Brixton Hill . 2024-03-30 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
8. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.