Camberwell and Peckham
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 24052 (62.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 7861 (20.3%)
Conservative: 4189 (10.8%)
Other: 2627 (6.8%)
Majority: 16191 (41.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 2841 (9.8%)
Labour: 18933 (65.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 5450 (18.8%)
Green: 1172 (4%)
UKIP: 350 (1.2%)
Other: 245 (0.8%)
Majority: 13483 (46.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 2740 (10.9%)
Labour: 17473 (69.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 3350 (13.3%)
Green: 805 (3.2%)
Other: 736 (2.9%)
Majority: 14123 (56.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 3383 (11.9%)
Labour: 19734 (69.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 3198 (11.2%)
Referendum: 692 (2.4%)
Other: 1467 (5.2%)
Majority: 16351 (57.4%)
Boundary changes: Previously undersized, Camberwell and Peckham gains parts of Faraday and Livesey wards from Southwark North and Bermondsey and South Camberwell and parts of Peckham Rye and The Lane wards from Dulwich and West Norwood.
Profile: Covers Peckham, Peckham Rye, Camberwell and Nunhead. This is one of the most poverty striken and deprived constituencies in the country. It has the highest proportion of afro-carribean residents of any constituency in the country and the highest proportion of social housing of any seat, with almost 6 in 10 homes rented from the council or a housing association.
Only Fools and Horses was never actually filmed in Peckham, but it continues to be the public`s perception of Peckham, and its reputation for desparate crime ridden sink estates was, in the past at least, not inaccurate. This is where Damilola Taylor was murdered in 2000 and, while the worst of the concrete estates (including the North Peckham Estate where Damilola Taylor died) have been demolished in recent years as part of massive regeneration projects, with more planned in coming years, the area continues to suffer from problems of high crime and gang violence.
This is one of Labour`s safest seats in the South of England and, while there is some gentrification in South Peckham, and pockets of Conservative support in the large Georgian houses in places like Camberwell Grove, there is presently no possibility of that dominance being challenged.
Outgoing MP: Harriet Harman(Labour) born 1950, London, a niece (by marriage) of Lord Longford. Barrister and former legal office for the NCCL. First elected as MP for Peckham in the 1982 by-election. Opposition spokesman on social services 1984-1987, health 1987-1992, shadow chief secretary from 1992, then shadow health secretary. In 1997 she was made Secretary of State for Social Security in 1997, but sacked in 1998. She returned to the government in 2001 as Solicitor General and became Minister of State in the Department of Constitutional Affairs in 2005-2007. She was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2007, and was appointed Leader of the Commons, Secretary of State for Equalities and Chairman of the Labour Party. She is married to Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the TGWU and Treasurer of the Labour party (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Andy Stranack (Conservative) Community development worker and part time researcher for the Centre for Social Justice.Harriet Harman(Labour) born 1950, London, a niece (by marriage) of Lord Longford. Barrister and former legal office for the NCCL. First elected as MP for Peckham in the 1982 by-election. Opposition spokesman on social services 1984-1987, health 1987-1992, shadow chief secretary from 1992, then shadow health secretary. In 1997 she was made Secretary of State for Social Security in 1997, but sacked in 1998. She returned to the government in 2001 as Solicitor General and became Minister of State in the Department of Constitutional Affairs in 2005-2007. She was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2007, and was appointed Leader of the Commons, Secretary of State for Equalities and Chairman of the Labour Party. She is married to Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the TGWU and Treasurer of the Labour party (more information at They work for you)
Columba Blango (Liberal Democrat) Born Sierra Leone. Teacher and former Olympic decathlete. Southwark councillor. Contested Lewisham Deptford 2005.
Jenny Jones (Green) Educated at UCL. Former financial controller and archaeologist. Southwark councillor since 2006. Londonwide assemblymember since 2000. Deputy mayor of London 2003-2004. Contested Dulwich and West Norwood 2005.
Jill Mountford (Alliance for Workers Liberty)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 104869
Male: 48%
Female: 52%
Under 18: 25.1%
Over 60: 13.7%
Born outside UK: 33.1%
White: 54%
Black: 35.2%
Asian: 3.3%
Mixed: 4.1%
Other: 3.4%
Christian: 61.7%
Hindu: 0.8%
Muslim: 7.5%
Full time students: 9.3%
Graduates 16-74: 31%
No Qualifications 16-74: 26.8%
Owner-Occupied: 27.9%
Social Housing: 59.5% (Council: 48.3%, Housing Ass.: 11.2%)
Privately Rented: 10.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.6%
tomm
The Greens have been slowly garnering more support across Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, Greenwich. It is particularly concentrated in places where Labour are ’safe’, where young professionals and student types move to for cheaper rents.
Like Deptford, Camberwell, Peckham, Oval.
In Bermondsey/Bankside, the Greens will be squeezed by the LD/Lab battle. No such battle in C&P.
The Greens should look at what Hughes has managed in bermondsey. If they can shift Labour out, they can then turn it into a fortress. First thing is to increase the vote share.
What is this I hear about there being next to no Labour councillors or candidates in place for the local elections here in 2010 ?
in fact all or nearly all Labour candidates in this constiutency are in place so you have been misinformed doktorb
I must have misheard. Thank you Paul.
A lab cllr has defected to the lib dems in this seat
Which seats included present-day Peckham ward before this one? I’m guessing Peckham!!
Just to let you all know, I received a Communications Allowance leaflet from Harriet just before xmas and last week received two Labour leaflets. One was from Harriet, the other from the ward councillors. Both imprints were Southwark Labour.
So they’ve got some money.
Not a peep from anyone else yet.
Harry Potter
Camberwell and Peckham was created in 1997. Before that it was simply Peckham and you guessed right, it contained Peckham ward.
The first Labour MP for Peckham was Hugh Dalton (1924-29), later the first post-war Chancellor
Both posts Harman currently holds, Leader of the Commons and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, were previously held simultaneously by the late Michael Foot, Labour leader when Harman entered Parliament in 1982
Harriet Harman has commented that it is a private matter whether Labour donators are domiciled for tax or not. Obviously there will be speculation that she’s getting non-dom money.