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North Southwark & Bermondsey is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons, created in 1997. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Boundaries
As the name suggests, the seat incorporates large parts of the old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey and Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, within the modern London Borough of Southwark (which is much larger than historic Southwark). The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey was a metropolitan borough under London County Council, created in 1899. ...
The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, created in 1899, as a merger of the parishes of St Saviour, St Mary Newington, St George the Martyr and Christ Church. ...
The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough, located on the south side of the River Thames. ...
The Borough of Southwark(e) (pronounced ) is the area of London immediately south of London Bridge and part of the larger London Borough of Southwark. ...
The seat was created in 1997 and was primarily the successor seat to the old Southwark & Bermondsey constituency which existed from 1983 until 1997. Before that the core of the seat was the Bermondsey constituency in which incarnation a notorious by-election took place in 1983. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...
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The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...
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Member of Parliament Since the seat's creation, the Member of Parliament has been Simon Hughes of the Liberal Democrats, who has sat for the various Bermondsey seats since a by-election in 1983, as a Liberal MP until 1988 and then as a Liberal Democrat since then. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Simon Hughes Simon Henry Ward Hughes, born 17 May 1951, is a British politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Southwark and Bermondsey. ...
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Simon Hughes Simon Henry Ward Hughes, born 17 May 1951, is a British politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Southwark and Bermondsey. ...
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The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...
Simon Hughes Simon Henry Ward Hughes, born 17 May 1951, is a British politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Southwark and Bermondsey. ...
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Politics and History of the constituency For the detailed history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1997, please see Southwark & Bermondsey. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
North Southwark & Bermondsey is unusual for an Inner London constituency in that it has been represented by a Liberal Democrat MP for over twenty years. Many commentators feel that this unusual state of affairs is entirely down to the circumstances of the 1983 Bermondsey by-election. Prior to this, the seat had a long history of representation by Labour MPs, but in the early 1980s the local Labour Party adopted a staunch left-wing position. The sitting MP, Bob Mellish was at odds with this but announced his retirment. The new Labour candidate was Peter Tatchell, whose outspoken views onm direct action led to the national Labour leadership refusing to endorse him, even though he was an official candidate. In 1983 Mellish resigned from the House of Commons, triggering a by-election widely regarded as one of the dirtiest in history. Tatchell came in for immense local and national vilification and in a shock result the Liberal candidate Simon Hughes coming from a very low vote base to win the constituency. Inner London is technically a term for the central part of Greater London, in contrast to Outer London. ...
Peter Tatchell, campaigning for election in Bermondsey in 1983 The Bermondsey byelection of February 24, 1983 occurred after the resignation of Robert Mellish, who had represented the constituency and its predecessors since 1946. ...
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1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Simon Hughes Simon Henry Ward Hughes, born 17 May 1951, is a British politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Southwark and Bermondsey. ...
In spite of subsequent boundary changes, Hughes has continued to win the seat, at times being the only Liberal Democrat MP in London. The Labour Party have a strong desire to regain the constituency, which has often been predicted to change hands on a uniform swing occurring in elections. However Hughes has repeatedly defied the national trend and retained the seat. On one memorable occasion during the results of the 1997 general election he was told on air by Jonathan Dimbleby that Labour had taken the seat, only for the result to give Hughes a good majority. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...
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In local elections, the London Borough of Southwark is currently run by the Liberal Democrats. The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough, located on the south side of the River Thames. ...
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