Tottenham_(UK_Parliament

Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Tottenham
Borough constituency

Tottenham shown within Greater London

Created: 1885, 1950

MP: David Lammy

Party: Labour

Type: House of Commons

County: Greater London

EP constituency: London

Tottenham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
- 2.1 MPs 1885-1918
- 2.2 MPs 1950-present
3 Election results
4 See also
5 References

Boundaries

The constituency is in the borough of Haringey in North London. It covers the borough's central and eastern area, including some of the former Borough of Hornsey.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member
	1885	Joseph Howard (politician)
	1906	Percy Alden
1918		constituency abolished: see Tottenham North and Tottenham South

MPs 1950-present

	Member	Party
1950	Frederick Messer	Labour Co-operative
1959	Alan Grahame Brown	Labour
1961		Independent
1962		Conservative
1964	Norman Atkinson	Labour
1987	Bernie Grant	Labour
2000	David Lammy	Labour

Election results

General Election 2005: Tottenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lammy	18,343	57.9	−9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Hoban	5,309	16.8	+7.3
	Conservative	William MacDougall	4,278	13.5	−0.4
	Respect	Janet Alder	2,014	6.4	N/A
	Green	Pete McAskie	1,457	4.6	0.0
	Socialist Labour	Jaamit Durrani	263	0.8	N/A
Majority			13,034	41.2
Turnout			31,664	47.8	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.4

General Election 2001: Tottenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lammy	21,317	67.5	-1.8
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	4,401	13.9	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Meher Khan	3,008	9.5	-1.3
	Green	Peter Budge	1,443	4.6	+1.8
	Socialist Alliance	Weyman Bennett	1,162	3.7	N/A
	Reform 2000	Unver Shefki	270	0.9	N/A
Majority			16,916	53.6
Turnout			31,601	48.2	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottenham by-election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lammy	8,785	53.5	-15.8
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan Hames	3,139	19.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Jane Ellison	2,634	16.0	+0.3
	Socialist Alliance	Weyman Bennett	885	5.4	N/A
	Green	Peter Budge	606	3.7	+0.9
	Reform 2000	Erol Basarik	177	1.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Ashiwn Tanna	136	0.8	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Dorian de Braâm	55	0.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout				25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Tottenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernie Grant	26,121	69.3
	Conservative	Andrew Scantlebury	5,921	15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Hughes	4,064	10.8
	Green	Peter Budge	1,059	2.8
	ProLife Alliance	Leelan Tay	210	0.5
	Workers' Revolutionary	Christopher Anglin	181	0.5
	Socialist Equality	Tania Kent	148	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party

Labour	Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham

Conservative	Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon

Liberal Democrat	Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham

Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow

Independent Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup

London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1

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