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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		35,912/59,150	60.71
Rt Hon John Ernest Silkin	Labour Party	17,360	48.34
Robin John Pearce Wheatley	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,328	31.54
Denise Abbott	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,734	18.75
Paul Wilson	British National Party	317	0.88
Stephen Bernard Housego	Independent	173	0.48
Majority		6,032	16.80

26 April 1987 Death of John Silkin.

11 June 1987		37,758/58,656	64.37
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	18,724	49.59
Martyn Charles Punyer	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,953	31.66
Anne-Marie Elizabeth Braun	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,513	17.25
Philip Kusa Makepeace	Green Party	568	1.50
Majority		6,771	17.93

9 April 1992		37,091/57,014	65.06
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	22,574	60.86
Theresa Ann Jude O'Neill	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,336	27.87
Johanna Clare Brightwell	Liberal Democrats	4,181	11.27
Majority		12,238	32.99

1 May 1997		33,644/58,141	57.87
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	23,827	70.82
Irene Ann Kimm	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,949	14.71
Kofi Appiah	Liberal Democrats	3,004	8.93
John Anthony Muirenan	Socialist Labour	996	2.96
Shelagh Shepherd	Referendum Party	868	2.58
Majority		18,878	56.11

7 June 2001		29,107/62,869	46.30
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	18,915	64.98
Cordelia Emma Julia McCartney	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,622	12.44
Andrew David Wiseman	Liberal Democrats	3,409	11.71
Darren Paul Johnson	Green Party	1,901	6.53
Ian George Page	Socialist Alliance	1,260	4.33
Majority		15,293	52.54

5 May 2005		30,393/59,018	51.50
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	16,902	55.61
Columba Michael Joe Blango	Liberal Democrats	5,091	16.75
James Roger Cartlidge	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,773	12.41
Darren Paul Johnson	Green Party	3,367	11.08
Ian George Page	Socialist Alternative	742	2.44
Dr David Richard Holland	UK Independence Party	518	1.70
Majority		11,811	38.86

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		41,220/64,984	63.43
Joan Mary Ruddock	Labour Party	22,132	53.69
Tam Langley	Liberal Democrats	9,633	23.37
Gemma Rose Townsend	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,551	13.47
Darren Paul Johnson	Green Party	2,772	6.72
Ian George Page	Socialist Alternative	645	1.56
Malcolm Martin	Christian Alliance	487	1.18
Majority		12,499	30.32

7 May 2015		47,426/73,428	64.59
Victoria Jane Foxcroft	Labour Party	28,572	60.25
Abimbola Afolami	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,056	14.88
John Coughlin	Green Party	5,932	12.51
Michael Adewale Bukola	Liberal Democrats	2,497	5.27
Massimo James Dimambro	UK Independence Party	2,013	4.24
Helen Jane Mercer	People Before Profit	666	1.40
Martin Kershaw Malcolm	Christian Peoples Alliance	300	0.63
Christopher Flood	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	286	0.60
Phillip Badger	Democratic Reform	74	0.16
David Neil Thomas Harvey	Independent	30	0.06
Majority		21,516	45.37

8 June 2017		55,112/78,468	70.24
Victoria Jane Foxcroft	Labour Party	42,461	77.04
Melanie Lylla McLean	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,562	13.72
Bobby Warren Dean	Liberal Democrats	2,911	5.28
John Coughlin	Green Party	1,640	2.98
Malcolm Martin	Christian Alliance	252	0.46
Laura McAnea	Animal Welfare	225	0.41
Jane Lawrence	Realists	61	0.11
Majority		34,899	63.32

12 December 2019		55,368/80,631	68.67
Victoria Jane Foxcroft	Labour Party	39,216	70.83
Gavin Daniel Haran	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,303	11.38
Bobby Warren Dean	Liberal Democrats	5,774	10.43
Andrea Carey-Fuller	Green Party	3,085	5.57
Moses John Etienne	Brexit Party	789	1.43
Tan Bui	Independent	130	0.23
John Robert Lloyd	Alliance for Green Soc	71	0.13
Majority		32,913	59.44