County Greater London Electorate 78,605 (December 2010) Created from Peckham Member of parliament Harriet Harman Replaced by Peckham | Population 125,226 (2011 census) Created 1997 European Parliament constituency London Number of members 1 | |
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Camberwell and Peckham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Harriet Harman of the Labour Party.
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Constituency profile
The seat is largely residential — small and micro-businesses dominate the commercial sector. The Camberwell and Peckham seat has a high proportion of social housing and welfare dependence, a relatively high proportion of mid-20th century housing and is without London Underground stations. The area is centred 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city centre. The seat had the greatest incidence of people officially identified as multiply deprived nationwide in 2000, as defined by the 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation.
At least two conservation area groupings exist containing pockets of upmarket housing stock, principally Camberwell Grove and Camberwell Green. The housing stock has expanded in the early 21st century major increase in central London property prices, which has led to new private sector funded housing initiatives. As such rents across the private rented sector have multiplied, impacting on its long-term communities who have entrenched high reliance overall on the rented sector, pushing residents away by eviction or further away from owning their own homes near to their communities.
Boundaries
1997-2010: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Barset, Brunswick, Consort, Faraday, Friary, Liddle, St Giles, The Lane, and Waverley.
2010-present: The London Borough of Southwark wards of Brunswick Park, Camberwell Green, Faraday, Livesey, Nunhead, Peckham, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell, and The Lane.
The constituency incorporates the areas of Camberwell, Peckham and Nunhead in the London Borough of Southwark, together with parts of its other districts of Walworth, East Dulwich, South Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.
Political history
The constituency was created in 1997. All results since 1997 have been strong Labour Party majorities of 36.8% of the vote or greater. As the predecessor seats were Labour (in this instance the length of party tenure can be dated to 1936) and council wards tend to have strong majorities for the party (local opposition is weak), the seat has the three main hallmarks of a safe seat.
Its MP to date is Harriet Harman, the former Deputy Leader of the party and former Shadow Culture Secretary, who had been the MP for the preceding constituency of Peckham since a by-election in 1982.