| Battersea | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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| County | Greater London |
| Population | 106,709 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 71,949 (2023)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Marsha de Cordova (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Battersea North and Battersea South |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Mid Surrey |
| Replaced by | Battersea North and Battersea South |
Battersea is a constituency[n 1] in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It has been represented since 2017 by Marsha de Cordova of the Labour Party.[n 2][n 3]
The seat has had two periods of existence (1885–1918 and 1983 to date). In the first Parliament after the seat's re-creation it was Labour-represented, bucking the national result, thereafter from 1987 until 2017 the affiliation of the winning candidate was that of the winning party nationally – a 30-year bellwether.
In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by an estimated 77%, the highest by a constituency with a Conservative MP at the time.[3]
- ^ "Battersea: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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