Bermondsey and Old Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)

Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Bermondsey and Old Southwark in Greater London for the 2024 general election
County	Greater London
Population	126,522 (2011 census)
Electorate	70,602 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Neil Coyle (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	North Southwark and Bermondsey

Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, it has been represented by Neil Coyle, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party from 2022 to 2023 following an accusation of racism.^[3]^[4]^{[n 2]}

History and boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The seat was created for the 2010 general election, almost identical to North Southwark and Bermondsey seat previously held by Simon Hughes from the 1997 general election, on a review of parliamentary representation in London by the Boundary Commission for England facing very minor boundary changes.

The constituency lies within the London Borough of Southwark, which contains the Old Southwark area of the former Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and the neighbourhoods of Borough, London Bridge and Bankside. Within the constituency are Elephant and Castle, Walworth and Newington which were part of the old Metropolitan Borough. The eastern half of the seat includes Bermondsey and Rotherhithe which were part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, and which had been a separate constituency also.

This seat is based on the 1997–2010 North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency. Following the 2002 redrawing of ward boundaries, parts of Faraday and Livesey wards that were part of North Southwark and Bermondsey transferred to Camberwell and Peckham.

2010-2024: The successor seat is made from the following electoral wards within the London Borough of Southwark: Cathedrals, Chaucer, East Walworth, Grange, Newington, Riverside, Rotherhithe, South Bermondsey, Surrey Docks.

2024-present: Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Southwark (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Borough & Bankside; Chaucer; London Bridge & West Bermondsey; North Bermondsey; Rotherhithe; St. George's; South Bermondsey; Surrey Docks.^[5]

The contents reflect the new ward structure which became effective in May 2018. To bring the electorate within the permitted range, Newington was transferred to Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, and North Walworth was transferred to Peckham.

Constituency profile

Comprising the northern part of the London Borough of Southwark, the seat lies immediately to the south of the City of London.

The southern halves of the Thames crossings London Bridge and Tower Bridge are in the seat, as is the historic Southwark area, with its cathedral, the Globe Theatre and Borough Market. There is also extensive commercial development that has spilled over the river from the city, notably the Shard London Bridge.

To the east, the seat also includes the Rotherhithe peninsula, where contemporary housing now replaces former industrial areas, particularly around Canada Water and the neighbourhood of Bermondsey.

At its southern end, the seat includes parts of Walworth. Here the seat adjoins Camberwell and Peckham, one of the safest Labour seats in London.

The seat had remained a rare example of an inner London Liberal Democrat seat since Simon Hughes first won it in 1983, until he lost it at the 2015 general election to Labour.

Members of Parliament

Note: the first MP was elected for predecessor Bermondsey seats continuously from a by-election in 1983 until the seat was created in 2010: see the former constituency of North Southwark and Bermondsey.

	Member	Party
2010	Sir Simon Hughes	Liberal Democrat
2015	Neil Coyle	Labour
February 2022		Independent
May 2023		Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bermondsey and Old Southwark^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Coyle	16,857	44.8	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Bentley	9,070	24.1	–7.0
	Green	Susan Hunter	4,477	11.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Tony Sharp	3,397	9.0	+6.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Iliff	2,879	7.7	–9.1
	Independent	Piers Corbyn	403	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Niko Omilana	273	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Barry Duckett	247	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,787	20.7	+2.2
Turnout			37,603	54.1	–10.9
Registered electors			69,473
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9%

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	22,776	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	14,261	31.1
	Conservative	7,710	16.8
	Brexit Party	1,113	2.4
	Green	25	0.1

Turnout		45,885	65.0
Electorate		70,602

General election 2019: Bermondsey and Old Southwark^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Coyle	31,723	54.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Humaira Ali	15,597	26.6	–4.5
	Conservative	Andrew Baker	9,678	16.5	+3.5
	Brexit Party	Alex Matthews	1,617	2.8	N/A
Majority			16,126	27.5	+5.3
Turnout			58,615	62.9	–4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

General election 2017: Bermondsey and Old Southwark^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Coyle	31,161	53.2	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hughes	18,189	31.1	–3.3
	Conservative	Siobhan Baillie	7,581	13.0	+1.2
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	838	1.4	–4.9
	Green	John Tyson	639	1.1	–2.8
	Independent	James Clarke	113	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,972	22.2	+13.4
Turnout			58,521	67.0	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

General election 2015: Bermondsey and Old Southwark^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Coyle	22,146	43.1	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hughes	17,657	34.3	–14.0
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Floru	6,051	11.8	–5.3
	UKIP	Andy Beadle	3,254	6.3	+6.0
	Green	Liam Lavin	2,023	3.9	+2.3
	Left Unity	Kingsley Abrams	142	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Lucy Hall	72	0.1	N/A
	All People's Party	Donald Cole	59	0.1	N/A
	Republican Socialist Party	Steve Freeman	20	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,489	8.7	N/A
Turnout			51,424	61.7	+4.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+13.9

General election 2010: Bermondsey and Old Southwark^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hughes	21,590	48.4	+0.8
	Labour Co-op	Val Shawcross	13,060	29.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Loanna Morrison	7,638	17.1	+4.1
	BNP	Stephen Tyler	1,370	3.1	N/A
	Green	Tom Chance	718	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Kirkby	155	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Steve Freeman	120	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,530	19.1	N/A
Turnout			44,651	57.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Bermondsey and Old Southwark: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Neil Coyle: Labour readmits MP suspended over 'drunken abuse'". BBC News. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ Neilan, Catherine (11 February 2022). "Labour suspends Neil Coyle after racist comments to Insider reporter". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Bermondsey and Old Southwark Constituency" (PDF). Southwark Council. 7 June 2024.
^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "UK Parliamentary General Election 2019". Southwark Council. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Bermondsey & Old Southwark parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). House of Commons Library.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Southwark Council download - General election - Bermondsey and Old Southwark - Council and democracy - Voting and elections". southwark.gov.uk. Southwark Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "BBC News Election 2010 Constituency Bermondsey & Old Southwark". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

Politics Resources (election results from 1922 onwards)
Electoral Calculus (election results from 1955 onwards)
Bermondsey and Old Southwark UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Bermondsey and Old Southwark UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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[3] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).

[6] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Bermondsey and Old Southwark: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[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.

[4] "Neil Coyle: Labour readmits MP suspended over 'drunken abuse'". BBC News. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[bi-20220211-5] Neilan, Catherine (11 February 2022). "Labour suspends Neil Coyle after racist comments to Insider reporter". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[7] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.

[8] "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Bermondsey and Old Southwark Constituency" (PDF). Southwark Council. 7 June 2024.

[9] "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[10] "UK Parliamentary General Election 2019". Southwark Council. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[11] "Bermondsey & Old Southwark parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[12] "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). House of Commons Library.

[electoralcalculus-13] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[14] "Southwark Council download - General election - Bermondsey and Old Southwark - Council and democracy - Voting and elections". southwark.gov.uk. Southwark Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[15] "BBC News Election 2010 Constituency Bermondsey & Old Southwark". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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