Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hackney North and Stoke Newington Borough constituency

Hackney North and Stoke Newington shown within Greater London
Created:	1950
MP:	Diane Abbott
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Wards
2 Boundaries
3 History
4 Members of Parliament
5 Election results
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Wards

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency borders four others. Islington North to the west, Tottenham to the north, Walthamstow to the east and Hackney South & Shoreditch to the south. It is currently divided into ten wards and each is represented by three councillors sitting, with members from Hackney South & Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney’s council chamber.

[edit] History

The constituency has gone through many changes and has only recently, in January 2006 seen the boundary moved to correspond with the local government wards.

Elections were held in 1868 general election for a two seat constituency when the Hackney (UK Parliament constituency) was created in the Second Reform Act or the officially termed Representation of the People Act, 1867. Hackney's first democratic representation provided suffrage for the first time to working-class men but was originally intended to increase the number of seats held in the House of Commons by the Conservative Party.

Following even greater electoral reform of the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, part of the Third Reform Act, the constituency returned only one MP in the 1885 general election and became Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency).

The Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) was created in the 1918 general election by the division of the Hackney North constituency by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, known generally as Fourth Reform Act and gave women sufferage for the first time.

Following a decrease in the population the two constituencies were merged by the Representation of the People Act, 1948, retaining David Weitzman as MP and becoming the current constituency in the 1950 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1950-1979: David Weitzman, Labour
1979-1987: Sir Ernest Handforth Goodman Roberts, Labour
1987-present: Diane Abbott, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	14,268	48.6	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Blanchard	6,841	23.3	+9.2
	Conservative	Ertan Hurer	4,218	14.4	−0.6
	Green	Mischa Borris	2,907	9.9	+2.5
	Independent (politician)	David Vail	602	2.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Nusrat Sen	296	1.0	−1.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Knight Knapp Barrow	248	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,427	25.3
Turnout			29,380	49.6	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.8

General Election 2001: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Abbott	18,081	61.0	-4.1
	Conservative	Pauline (aka) Molly Dye	4,430	15.0	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Meral Ece	4,170	14.1	+3.9
	Green	Chit Chong	2,184	7.4	+3.1
	Socialist Labour	Sukant Chandan	756	2.6	N/A
Majority			13,651	46.0
Turnout			29,621	49.0	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] External links

Diane Abbott's website

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)