Streatham and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Streatham & Croydon North
Parliament:uk
Map1:Streatham and Croydon North 2023_
Map Entity:Greater London
Elects Howmany:One
Electorate:76,050 (2023)[1]
Type:Borough
Region:England
County:Greater London

Streatham and Croydon North is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[2] It is currently represented by Steve Reed of the Labour and Co-operative Party, who currently serves as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under the government of Keir Starmer.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was defined as comprising the following wards as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review in the Borough of Lambeth which came into effect in May 2022,[4] [5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

It is the first time these areas have shared a constituency since the creation of the Wandsworth and Croydon constituencies in 1885.

Incumbent MPs

The Labour Party decided Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Streatham since 2019, would run in the new Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency, and Steve Reed, MP for Croydon North since 2012 would run in this new Streatham and Croydon North constituency.

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Progressive", with soft left or liberal views and high levels of university education.[6]

Members of Parliament

Croydon North and Streatham prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
PartyVote%
29,704 57.9
9,666 18.8
9,002 17.5
2,278 4.4
658 1.3
Turnout51,30867.5
Electorate76,050

External links

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 . 22 June 2024 . dmy .
  2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-15 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
  3. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. Web site: LGBCE . Lambeth LGBCE . 2024-03-30 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
  5. Web site: The London Borough of Lambeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 .
  6. Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Streatham%20and%20Croydon%20North
  7. 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.