Comments on: Vauxhall

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:07:00 +0000

Yes that is correct.
George Strauss was MP for both seats – first elected for Lambeth North in 1929 and retired as MP for Vauxhall in 1979. He was father of the House in the 1974-79 parliament, although he had an interregnum from 1931 to 1934. He was also the father of an extremely attractive daughter, according to my own father who IIRC was a contemporary of hers at the LSE.

By: ChrisInTheNorth

ChrisInTheNorth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:01 +0000

I’m learning all the time.. never realised there was a specific Portugese community in London.

Now I come to think of it, it does sort of add if with the poor Brazilian guy who was shot at Stockwell tube station, and why he would have been living there

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:56:21 +0000

Am I right in thinking that Lambeth Palace and Bishop’s ward were in Lambeth North for the whole of that seat’s existence and Vauxhall since? I think Barnaby said yes upthread, but could Pete confirm this?

By: Adam Buick

Adam Buick — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:43:20 +0000

Not quite sure why you haven’t picked up yet that the Socialist Party is contesting this seat again as in 2005. Here’s the candidate’s (Danny Lambert) blog : http://spgb.blogspot.com/

By: GreenGreenie

GreenGreenie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:33:15 +0000

http://greenmpforvauxhall.blogspot.com/

Here’s the Green candidate Joseph Healy’s blog.

By: Peter Crerar

Peter Crerar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:01:35 +0000

Clapham Town would have been in Wandsworth Clapham until Feb 1974, then Lambeth Central from 1974 – 1983. It would then have been in Vauxhall from 1983.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:26:58 +0000

Which seats have contained present-day Clapham Town ward, again were they Lambeth N and then this one?

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:57:15 +0000

Pretty sure yes. There was a bit of a surprise when it was reported that Robert Runcie had voted in a General Election some years ago. Conventionally a bishop with a seat in the House of Lords would not vote in a Westminster election.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:15:11 +0000

Am I right in thinking that Lambeth Palace was in the former constituency of Lambeth North for the whole of its existence and Vauxhall since? The ward which currently includes it is appropriately named Bishop’s!

By: SE London Observer

SE London Observer — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:10:02 +0000

I think the African family unit is still very much in tact and respect for parents is ingrained in the children. Most Nigerian and Ghanaian families are also still church-going and the children regard this as normal, whereas I imagine church attendance has tailed off amongst younger Caribbean-origin people.

There is evidence that some black African youth is succombing to street culture, but I think still less so thanother ethnic groups. This may well change in the future, as their roots in the country go deeper and and the (extended) family unit perhaps plays a reduced role. But, don’t forget, African children are quite high achievers at school and may well move seamlessly into the middle-classes of the future.

In short, I think Africans and Caribbeans are probably two quite different demographics except with some exceptions in the melting pot of the extreme inner city.