Mitcham And Morden (UK Parliament Constituency)
History
The constituency was created in 1974 from the former seats of Mitcham and Merton & Morden.
Between 1974 and 1982 it was represented by Bruce Douglas-Mann who was elected as a Labour MP but defected in 1982 to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Douglas-Mann was the sole SDP defector to resign his seat; he sought immediate re-election.
In the by-election Douglas-Mann triggered in May 1982, during the Falklands War, Angela Rumbold (Con) was elected. Rumbold's gain was the last time the Conservative Party would gain (as opposed to hold) at a by-election until 22 May 2008 when Edward Timpson won the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.
At the 1997 general election the seat was won by the Labour Party's Siobhain McDonagh. At the 2001, 2005 and 2010 General Elections, she was re-elected, in the latter election polling the 26th highest share of the vote for the party of the 631 seats contested.
The 2015 re-election of McDonagh made the seat the 41st safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and 14th safest in the capital. The seat is one of the capital's two seats in which its majority in 2015 surpassed the Labour Party's landslide 1997 victory (the other being Ilford South).
Boundaries
Historic
1974–1983: The London Borough of Merton wards of Mitcham Central, Mitcham East, Mitcham North, Mitcham South, Mitcham West, Morden, and Ravensbury.
1983–2010: Upon redrawing of most of the local government wards, the London Borough of Merton wards of Colliers Wood, Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Lavender, Longthornton, Lower Morden, Phipps Bridge, Pollards Hill, Ravensbury, and St Helier.
2010–2024: As above except Cricket Green ward replaced Phipps Bridge and Lavender ward was renamed Lavender Fields following a local authority boundary review.
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was expanded to include the Cannon Hill ward, transferred from Wimbledon.
Constituency profile
The seat is relatively dense suburban — predominantly the housing divides into terraced houses and low-rise apartments in southern parts of Tooting and Streatham at the northern end of the seat. In the south-west of the constituency is the most affluent part, Lower Morden. The name Mitcham and Morden is a partial misnomer — the area of the modern town centre around Morden tube station is in the Wimbledon constituency.
In the middle, the former coaching stop town of Mitcham with its ancient cricket green retains some village-like characteristics and had relatively poor transport connections until the opening of the Tramlink in 2000. In the 20th century, Mitcham became surrounded by modern council housing and light industry. Housing varies between the large rented sector, privately acquired properties much of which due to the Thatcher Ministry-introduced right to buy and significant dependence in certain areas on social housing.
Across the borough, around 40% of the population are ethnic minorities.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
February 1974 | Bruce Douglas-Mann | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1982 by-election | Angela Rumbold | Conservative | |
1997 | Siobhain McDonagh | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 25,085 | 55.4 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Ellie Cox | 6,324 | 14.0 | −12.7 | |
Green | Pippa Maslin | 4,635 | 10.2 | +8.0 | |
Reform UK | Ruth Price | 4,135 | 9.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenifer Gould | 3,622 | 8.0 | −2.8 | |
Workers Party | Mehmood Jamshed | 1,091 | 2.4 | N/A | |
CPA | Des Coke | 363 | 0.8 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 18,761 | 41.4 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,255 | 58.6 | –8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 77,272 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 29,671 | 57.5 | |
Conservative | 13,792 | 26.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,592 | 10.8 | |
Brexit Party | 1,202 | 2.3 | |
Green | 1,160 | 2.2 | |
Others | 216 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 51,633 | 67.2 | |
Electorate | 76,877 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 27,964 | 61.1 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Toby Williams | 11,482 | 25.1 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Luke Taylor | 3,717 | 8.1 | +5.0 | |
Brexit Party | Jeremy Maddocks | 1,202 | 2.6 | New | |
Green | Pippa Maslin | 1,160 | 2.5 | +1.2 | |
CPA | Des Coke | 216 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 16,482 | 36.0 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,741 | 65.3 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 68,705 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 33,039 | 68.7 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Alicia Kearns | 11,664 | 24.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Mathys | 1,494 | 3.1 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Richard Hilton | 1,054 | 2.2 | −7.3 | |
Green | Laura Collins | 644 | 1.3 | −1.9 | |
CPA | Des Coke | 223 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 21,375 | 44.5 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,118 | 70.0 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 68,705 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 27,380 | 60.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Holmes | 10,458 | 23.2 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Richard Hilton | 4,287 | 9.5 | +7.5 | |
Green | Mason Redding | 1,422 | 3.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Coman | 1,378 | 3.1 | −8.8 | |
CPA | Des Coke | 217 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 16,922 | 37.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,142 | 65.9 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 68,474 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 24,722 | 56.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Melanie Hampton | 11,056 | 25.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Coman | 5,202 | 11.9 | −2.1 | |
BNP | Tony Martin | 1,386 | 3.2 | New | |
UKIP | Andrew Mills | 857 | 2.0 | New | |
Green | Smarajit Roy | 381 | 0.9 | −2.6 | |
Independent | Rathy Alagaratnam | 155 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Ernest Redgrave | 38 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,666 | 31.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,798 | 67.0 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 65,939 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 22,489 | 56.4 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Shellhorn | 9,929 | 24.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo A.E. Christie-Smith | 5,583 | 14.0 | +3.9 | |
Green | Thomas Walsh | 1,395 | 3.5 | +1.1 | |
Veritas | Adrian Roberts | 286 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Rathy Alagaratnam | 186 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,560 | 31.5 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,868 | 61.2 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 65,148 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 22,936 | 60.4 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Stokes | 9,151 | 24.1 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 3,820 | 10.1 | +2.5 | |
Green | Thomas Walsh | 926 | 2.4 | +1.5 | |
BNP | John Tyndall | 642 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | Adrian Roberts | 486 | 1.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 13,785 | 36.3 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,961 | 57.8 | −15.5 | ||
Registered electors | 65,671 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 27,984 | 58.4 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Angela Rumbold | 14,243 | 29.7 | −16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 3,632 | 7.6 | −1.6 | |
Referendum | Peter J. Isaacs | 810 | 1.7 | New | |
BNP | Linda Miller | 521 | 1.1 | New | |
Green | Thomas Walsh | 415 | 0.9 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Krishnapillai Vasan | 144 | 0.3 | New | |
UKIP | John R. Barrett | 117 | 0.2 | New | |
Anti-Corruption | Nigel T.V. Dixon | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,741 | 28.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,946 | 73.3 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 65,402 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Rumbold | 23,789 | 46.5 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 22,055 | 43.1 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John C. Field | 4,687 | 9.2 | −7.6 | |
Green | Thomas J. Walsh | 655 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,734 | 3.4 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,186 | 80.3 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 63,273 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Rumbold | 23,002 | 48.2 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh | 16,819 | 35.2 | +6.4 | |
SDP | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 7,930 | 16.6 | −10.8 | |
Majority | 6,183 | 13.0 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,751 | 75.7 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 63,089 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Rumbold | 19,827 | 42.7 | −1.2 | |
Labour | David Nicholas | 13,376 | 28.8 | −16.4 | |
SDP | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 12,720 | 27.4 | +18.5 | |
National Front | J.R. Perryman | 539 | 1.2 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 6,451 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,462 | 73.1 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 63,535 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Rumbold | 13,306 | 43.4 | −0.5 | |
SDP | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 9,032 | 29.4 | +20.5 | |
Labour | David Nicholas | 7,475 | 24.4 | −20.8 | |
National Front | Joseph Pearce | 547 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
Independent Liberal | Edward Larkin | 123 | 0.4 | New | |
Ethnic Minority Candidate | Roy Sawh | 84 | 0.3 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist | Bill Boaks | 66 | 0.2 | New | |
COPS | Jitendra Bardwaj | 22 | 0.1 | New | |
Computer Democrat | Christopher Farnsworth | 18 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,274 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,673 | 48.5 | −28.4 | ||
Registered electors | 63,259 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 21,668 | 45.2 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | David Samuel | 21,050 | 43.9 | +9.0 | |
Liberal | Ronald Locke | 4,258 | 8.9 | −7.1 | |
National Front | John Perryman | 966 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 618 | 1.3 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,942 | 76.9 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 62,365 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 22,384 | 48.2 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | D. Samuel | 16,193 | 34.9 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | M. Simpson | 7,429 | 16.0 | −4.4 | |
Communist | Sid French | 281 | 0.6 | −0.4 | |
Independent | G. Giddins | 106 | 0.2 | New | |
Air Road Public Safety White Resident | Bill Boaks | 68 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,191 | 13.3 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,461 | 71.0 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 65,398 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 21,771 | 42.5 | ||
Conservative | David Harris | 18,546 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | P. C. Spratling | 10,462 | 20.4 | ||
Communist | Sid French | 507 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 3,225 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 51,286 | 79.0 | |||
Registered electors | 64,894 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Mitcham and Morden UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Mitcham and Morden UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Mitcham and Morden UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK