Appendix B (51st Mayor’s Report) 2005 Parliamentary Election Turnout Only the North East and North West regions of England had lower turnouts than London, but London showed the highest increase since 2001 of any region. All regions displayed increases in turnout but these represented only a small recovery from the large falls between 1997 and 2001. 5 lowest in London Vauxhall 46.9 Tottenham 47.8 Southwark North and Bermondsey 48.2 Feltham and Heston 49.5 Hackney North and Stoke Newington 49.6 5 highest in London Regent's Park and Kensington North 72.9 Richmond Park 72.8 Twickenham 71.8 Orpington 69.9 Kingston and Surbiton 68.5 7 London constituencies had lower turnouts than in 2001 Southwark North and Bermondsey 48.2 -1.9 East Ham 50.7 -1.6 Croydon North 52.3 -0.9 Ilford South 53.6 -0.7 Ealing Southall 56.2 -0.6 Lewisham East 52.6 -0.5 Tottenham 47.8 -0.4 Majorities The 5 smallest majorities in London are Croydon Central Con 75 Battersea Lab 163 Hornchurch Con 480 Islington South and Finsbury Lab 484 Finchley and Golders Green Lab 741 And the 5 largest East Ham Lab 13,155 Appendix B (51st Mayor’s Report) Bromley and Chislehurst Con 13,342 Camberwell and Peckham Lab 13,483 Croydon South Con 13,528 Croydon North Lab 13,888 Party votes Conservatives The 5 highest % vote are Bromley and Chislehurst Eric Forth 51.1 Croydon South Richard Ottaway 51.8 Chingford and Woodford Green Iain Duncan Smith 53.2 Kensington and Chelsea Malcolm Rifkind 57.9 Romford Andrew Rosindell 59.1 The 5 lowest are Camberwell and Peckham Jessica Lee 9.8 Brent East Kwasi Kwarteng 10.3 West Ham Chris Whitbread 11.7 Islington North Nicola Talbot 11.9 Lewisham Deptford James Cartlidge 12.4 Labour Highest Mitcham and Morden Siobhain McDonagh 56.4 Tottenham David Lammy 57.9 Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell 58.7 Brent South Dawn Butler 58.8 Camberwell and Peckham Harriet Harman 65.3 Lowest Orpington Emily Bird 9.0 Richmond Park James Butler 9.3 Twickenham Brian Whitington 11.4 Sutton and Cheam Anand Shukla 11.8 Kingston and Surbiton Nick Parrott 13.2 Liberal Democrats Highest Appendix B (51st Mayor’s Report) Southwark North and Bermondsey Simon Hughes 47.1 Sutton and Cheam Paul Burstow 47.1 Brent East Sarah Teather 47.5 Kingston and Surbiton Edward Davey 51.0 Twickenham Vincent Cable 51.6 Lowest Hornchurch Nat Green 7.6 Romford Geoff Seeff 8.4 Upminster Peter Truesdale 9.0 Hayes and Harlington Jon Ball 9.8 Dagenham James Kempton 10.1 Respect All candidates Tooting Ali Zaidi 1.7 Hackney South and Shoreditch Dean Ryan 4.5 Tottenham Janet Alder 6.4 Poplar and Canning Town Oliur Rahman 17.2 West Ham Lindsey German 19.5 East Ham Abdul Khaliq Mian 20.7 Bethnal Green and Bow George Galloway 35.9 Greens Highest Dulwich and West Norwood Jenny Jones 6.5 Islington North Jon Nott 7.1 Holborn and St Pancras Adrian Oliver 8.1 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Mischa Borris 9.9 Lewisham Deptford Darren Johnson 11.1 Lowest Hayes and Harlington Brian Outten 1.4 Upminster Melanie Collins 1.6 Hendon David Williams 1.8 Barking Laurie Cleeland 2.1 Uxbridge Stephen Young 2.1 Appendix B (51st Mayor’s Report) UKIP Highest Bexleyheath and Crayford John Dunford 3.1 Bromley and Chislehurst David Hooper 3.2 Erith and Thamesmead Barrie Thomas 3.9 Old Bexley and Sidcup Michael Barnbrook 4.5 Dagenham Gerard Batten 5.1 Lowest Vauxhall Robert McWhirter 0.7 Hampstead and Highgate Magnus Nielsen 0.7 Dulwich and West Norwood Ralph Atkinson 0.7 Hornsey and Wood Green Roy Freshwater 0.7 Battersea Terry Jones 0.8 Veritas All candidates Kingston and Surbiton David Henson 0.4 Cities of London and Westminster David Harris 0.6 Dulwich and West Norwood David Heather 0.6 Croydon Central Marianne Bowness 0.6 Mitcham and Morden Adrian Roberts 0.7 Croydon North Winston McKenzie 0.7 Croydon South Graham Dare 1.0 Ealing North David Malindine 1.1 West Ham Generoso Alcantara 1.2 Poplar and Canning Town Tony Smith 1.7 Highest % vote for unelected candidates Hornchurch John Cryer Labour 41.6 Croydon Central Geraint Davies Labour 40.6 Enfield Southgate Stephen Twigg Labour 40.5 Sutton and Cheam Richard Willis Conservative 40.4 Battersea Dominic Schofield Conservative 40.0 Lowest % vote for elected candidate Carshalton and Wallington Tom Brake Liberal Democrat 40.3 Islington South and Finsbury Emily Thornberry Labour 39.9 Brentford and Isleworth Ann Keen Labour 39.8 Appendix B (51st Mayor’s Report) Hampstead and Highgate Glenda Jackson Labour 38.3 Bethnal Green and Bow George Galloway Respect-Unity Coalition 35.9 Second Places In this election, the Conservatives gained 51 first and second places, Labour 66, the Liberal Democrats 28 and Respect 3. This compared with 65, 68, 15 and 0 respectively in 2001. Thus in 2005, the Conservatives ended with 22 fewer second places only 8 of which were as a result of extra wins. 25 of their 30 second places were to Labour. In contrast, the Liberal Democrats increased their second places by 11. As many as 17 of their 20 second places were in seats won by Labour. Respect gained 2 second places in addition to their win. Labour was placed second in 22 constituencies. .