Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tooting

Borough constituency
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Tooting shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Sadiq Khan
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Tooting is a 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.

The constituency is confusingly named, as it comprises the towns of Tooting, Balham and Earlsfield.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links 6.1 Links to political pages

Boundaries

Tooting is the southern third of the London Borough of Wandsworth. As well as Tooting itself, it also includes the districts of Earlsfield, Furzedown and Streatham Park and part of Balham (that part broadly west of the railway line, but also including the streets around Nightingale Square). The entirety of Wandsworth Common is in the Tooting constituency.

Tooting is bordered by the following constituencies:

• Battersea
• Putney
• Mitcham and Morden
• Streatham

History

The constituency was created in 1974. Previously it comprised parts of the old constituencies of Battersea South, Wandsworth Central and Streatham.

Members of Parliament

• 1974 – 2005: Tom Cox, Labour
• 2005 – present: Sadiq Khan, Labour

Election results

General Election 2005: Tooting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	17.914	43.1	-11.0
	Conservative	James Bethell	12.533	30.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Dearden	8.110	19.5	+4.6
	Green	Siobhan Vitelli	1.695	4.1	+0.5
	Respect	Ali Zaidi	700	1.7	+1.7
	UK Independence	Strachan McDonald	424	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Ian Perkin	192	0.5	+0.5
Majority			5.381	12.9
Turnout			41.568	59.0	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Tooting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Cox	20,332	54.1	-5.6
	Conservative	Alexander Nicoll	9,932	26.4	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon James	5,583	14.9	+5.5
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	1,744	4.6	+3.5
Majority			10,400	27.7
Turnout			37,591	54.9	-14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
• London Borough of Wandsworth

External links

Links to political pages

• Sadiq Khan MP official site
• The Labour party in Tooting
• Tooting Conservatives
• Liberal Democrats in Wandsworth

Constituencies in Greater London
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 | Old Bexley and Sidcup | 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
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)