Camberwell and Peckham
2010 Results:
Conservative: 6080 (13.03%)
Labour: 27619 (59.19%)
Liberal Democrat: 10432 (22.36%)
Green: 1361 (2.92%)
English Democrat: 435 (0.93%)
Socialist Labour: 184 (0.39%)
Independent: 180 (0.39%)
Others: 368 (0.79%)
Majority: 17187 (36.83%)
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.
Current 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. Leader of the Labour party following Gordon Brown`s resignation in 2010. She is married to Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington (more information at They work for you)
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.
Yohara Robby Munilla (English Democrat) Margaret Sharkey (Socialist Labour) Jill Mountford (Alliance for Workers Liberty)Joshua Ogunleye (Workers Revolutionary)Steven Robbins (Independent)Decima Francis (Independent)Patricia Knox (Independent)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%
Lab hold maj 15000
Lab maj 12,500
Full List
Columba BLANGO (Lib Dem)
Decima FRANCIS (Independent)
Harriet HARMAN (Labour)
Jenny JONES (Green)
Patricia KNOX (no label)
Jill MOUNTFORD (AWL)
Joshua OGUNLEYE (WRP)
Stevens ROBBINS (Independent)
Yohara ROBBY-MUNILA (English Democrats)
Margaret SHARKEY (Socialist Labour)
Andy STRANACK (Conservative)
[...] reading can be had HERE in regards to the Peckham’s political [...]
[...] gleaned from TheyWorkForYou, UK Polling Report and [...]
Just to let you all know had 1 leaflet from each of Labour, LD and Green through the door. Also got one from the tories outside Queens Road station.
Apart from that you wouldn’t know there was an election here.
Lab Hold with a reduced majority losing votes to LDs and Greens.
Lab 21000
LD 10000
Con 5500
Green 3000
Oth 4000
Lab Hold 10500
LAB HOLD
Where has Harman been during this campaign? I’ve hardly seen her. Has Brown locked her in a cupboard?
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Christian
Where has Harman been during this campaign? I’ve hardly seen her. Has Brown locked her in a cupboard?
May 6th, 2010 at 7:23 am
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She’s been running her leadership bid.
[...] of the raving. A reminder of the rotten boroughs of Camberwell and Peckham with the help of UKPollingReport: Boundary changes: Previously undersized, Camberwell and Peckham gains parts of Faraday and Livesey [...]
Christian
Where has Harman been during this campaign? I’ve hardly seen her. Has Brown locked her in a cupboard?
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Councilhousetory
She’s been running her leadership bid.
Councilhousetory – although it appears this might not have been the case, your comment made me chuckle!! lol