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Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°21′36″N 0°09′00″W / 51.360°N 0.150°W / 51.360; -0.150
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Carshalton and Wallington
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
CountyGreater London
Population105,100 (2022)[1]
Electorate72,755 (March 2020) [2]
Major settlementsBeddington, Carshalton and Wallington
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentBobby Dean (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created fromCarshalton

Carshalton and Wallington[a] is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Bobby Dean, a Liberal Democrat.

The seat was created at the 1983 general election, replacing the former seat of Carshalton.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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Dates Local authority Maps Wards
1983–2010 London Borough of Sutton Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Beeches, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North, Clockhouse, St Helier North, St Helier South, Wallington North, Wallington South, Wandle Valley, Woodcote, and Wrythe Green.
2010–2024 Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, St Helier, The Wrythe, Wallington North, Wallington South, and Wandle Valley.
2024–present Beddington; Carshalton Central; Carshalton South & Clockhouse; Hackbridge; St. Helier East; St. Helier West; South Beddington & Roundshaw; The Wrythe; Wallington North; and Wallington South.[3]

1983–2010

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The constituency was formed entirely from the renaming of the constituency of Carshalton

2010–2024

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Minor ward boundary changes and renaming

2024–present

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Wards renamed

Political history

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Results of all deposit-keeping candidates in their bid be the MP for Carshalton and Wallington (UK House of Commons) from 1983 to 2019. The first two LD results refer to the SDP.

The seat was created in 1983, replacing the former constituency of Carshalton, which had voted Conservative at every election since its creation in 1945. The new Carshalton and Wallington initially followed suit as a safe Conservative seat, being won by the party by a wide margin (ranging from 18.8% to 28.7%) at each of the first three general elections of its existence.

However, the large national swing against the Conservatives in 1997 saw the seat gained by the Liberal Democrat Tom Brake by a decisive margin of 11.2%.

Brake would hold the seat for the next 22 years, being one of just eight Liberal Democrat MPs to survive the party's near-wipeout at the 2015 United Kingdom general election - Carshalton and Wallington was one of just two seats in the southern half of England, the other being North Norfolk to be retained by the party that year.

After narrowly holding on to the seat for the Liberal Democrats in both 2015 and 2017, Brake was defeated by the Conservative Elliot Colburn by just 629 votes at the 2019. Brake had been the party spokesman on Brexit. The Liberal Democrats fiercely campaigned Brexit; however, this seat voted to leave in the 2016 referendum.

The Liberal Democrats regained the seat at the 2024 general election by a margin of 16.9% – their largest ever majority in the constituency.

Demographically this zone of London has little social housing and much of the housing, overwhelmingly semi-detached or detached, is to some extent considered to be in the stockbroker belt; some of the south of the seat has fine views from the slopes of the Downs and many small parks and recreation grounds characterise the district.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[4][5] Party Notes
1983 Nigel Forman Conservative Member for Carshalton (1974–1983)
1997 Tom Brake Liberal Democrats Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (2012–2015)
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats (2015–2017)
2019 Elliot Colburn Conservative
2024 Bobby Dean Liberal Democrats

Election results

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Election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Carshalton and Wallington[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bobby Dean 20,126 43.1 +2.0
Conservative Elliot Colburn 12,221 26.2 −16.2
Labour Hersh Thaker 6,108 13.1 +0.7
Reform UK Elizabeth Cooper 5,941 12.7 +10.6
Green Tracey Hague 1,517 3.3 +1.8
Workers Party Atif Rashid 441 0.9 N/A
CPA Ashley Dickenson 231 0.5 +0.1
SDP Steve Kelleher 85 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,905 16.9 N/A
Turnout 46,670 62.8 −4.5
Registered electors 74,362
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.1

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Carshalton and Wallington[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elliot Colburn 20,822 42.4 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 20,193 41.1 +0.1
Labour Ahmad Wattoo 6,081 12.4 −6.0
Brexit Party James Woudhuysen 1,043 2.1 N/A
Green Tracey Hague 759 1.5 +0.5
CPA Ashley Dickenson 200 0.4 0.0
Majority 629 1.3 N/A
Turnout 49,098 67.3 −4.3
Registered electors 72,926
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.0
General election 2017: Carshalton and Wallington[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 20,819 41.0 +6.1
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 19,450 38.3 +6.6
Labour Emine Ibrahim 9,360 18.4 +3.4
Green Shasha Khan 501 1.0 −2.2
Independent Nick Mattey 434 0.9 N/A
CPA Ashley Dickenson 189 0.4 0.0
Majority 1,369 2.7 −0.5
Turnout 50,753 71.6 +3.6
Registered electors 70,849
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −0.3
General election 2015: Carshalton and Wallington[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 16,603 34.9 −13.4
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 15,093 31.7 −5.1
Labour Siobhan Tate 7,150 15.0 +6.3
UKIP William Main-Ian 7,049 14.8 +11.9
Green Ross Hemingway 1,492 3.2 +2.4
CPA Ashley Dickenson 177 0.4 N/A
National Front Richard Edmonds 49 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,510 3.2 −8.3
Turnout 47,613 68.0 −1.0
Registered electors 69,981
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −4.3
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Carshalton and Wallington
General election 2010: Carshalton and Wallington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 22,180 48.3 +7.8
Conservative Kenneth Andrew 16,920 36.8 −0.7
Labour Shafi Khan 4,015 8.7 −8.6
UKIP Frank Day 1,348 2.9 +0.3
BNP Charlotte Lewis 1,100 2.4 N/A
Green George Dow 355 0.8 −1.3
Majority 5,260 11.5 +8.5
Turnout 45,918 69.0 +5.5
Registered electors 66,524
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 2000s

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2005 notional result[13]
Party Vote %
Liberal Democrats 15,684 40.5
Conservative 16,919 37.5
Labour 7,236 17.3
Others 1,966 4.7
Turnout 41,805 63.5
Electorate 65,858
General election 2005: Carshalton and Wallington[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 17,357 40.3 −4.7
Conservative Kenneth Andrew 16,289 37.8 +4.0
Labour Andrew Theobald 7,396 17.2 −1.2
UKIP Francis Day 1,111 2.6 +1.4
Green Robert Steel 908 2.1 +0.6
Majority 1,068 2.5 −8.7
Turnout 43,061 63.5 +3.2
Registered electors 67,243
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −4.4
General election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 18,289 45.0 +6.8
Conservative Kenneth Andrew 13,742 33.8 +0.3
Labour Margaret Cooper 7,466 18.4 −5.5
Green Simon Dixon 614 1.5 +0.7
UKIP Martin Haley 501 1.2 +0.7
Majority 4,547 11.2 +6.5
Turnout 40,612 60.3 −13.0
Registered electors 67,337
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Carshalton and Wallington[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 18,490 38.2 +7.3
Conservative Nigel Forman 16,223 33.5 −16.2
Labour Andrew Theobald 11,565 23.9 +6.2
Referendum Julian Storey 1,289 2.7 N/A
Green Peter Hickson 377 0.8 −0.4
BNP Gary Ritchie 261 0.5 N/A
UKIP Leslie Povey 218 0.5 N/A
Majority 2,267 4.7 N/A
Turnout 48,423 73.3 −7.6
Registered electors 66,064
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +11.8
General election 1992: Carshalton and Wallington[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 26,243 49.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 16,300 30.9 +4.7
Labour Margaret Moran 9,333 17.7 −0.5
Green Robert Steel 614 1.2 −0.4
Loony Green Daniel Bamford 266 0.5 N/A
Majority 9,943 18.8 −9.0
Turnout 52,756 80.9 +6.7
Registered electors 65,179
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Carshalton and Wallington[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 27,984 54.0 +2.7
SDP John Grant 13,575 26.2 −3.4
Labour Johanna Baker 9,440 18.2 +0.7
Green Robert Steel 843 1.6 0.0
Majority 14,409 27.8 +6.1
Turnout 51,842 74.2 +3.0
Registered electors 69,906
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
General election 1983: Carshalton and Wallington[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Forman 25,396 51.3 +0.0
SDP Bryan Ensor 14,641 29.6 +13.9
Labour Johanna Baker 8,655 17.5 –13.7
Ecology Robert Steel 784 1.6 New
Majority 10,755 21.7 –13.9
Turnout 49,476 71.1 –5.6
Registered electors 69,542
Conservative hold Swing –6.9
1979 notional result[24]
Party Vote %
Conservative 26,492 51.3
Labour 16,121 31.2
Liberal 8,112 15.7
National Front 919 1.8
Turnout 51644 76.8
Electorate 67,255

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ /kɑːrˈʃɔːltən.əndˈwɒlɪŋtən/ (hover over for phonetic character guide)

References

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  1. ^ "Area profile - Carshalton and Wallington". Build a custom profile. ONS. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. ^ "Carshalton and Wallington 1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  6. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Carshalton and Wallington Constituency". Sutton Council. 7 June 2024.
  7. ^ Council, Sutton. "Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll - Carshalton & Wallington 2019 | Sutton Council". www.sutton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Carshalton & Wallington parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ^ "2005 (Implied) Election Result". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Carshalton & Wallington". Politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "UK General Election results: April 1992". Politicsresources.net. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "UK General Election results: June 1987". Politicsresources.net. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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  23. ^ "UK General Election results: June 1983". Politicsresources.net. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  24. ^ "BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979". election.demon.co.uk. BBC/ITN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
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