General Election 2024 London seats: Who will be my MP in… Tottenham?
Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard is looking at key seats in the capital. Here we turn the spotlight on:
Estimated declaration time 4am
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
David Craig - Green
Roger Gravett - Reform UK
David Lammy - Labour
Hari Prabu - Liberal Democrats
Attic Rahman - Conservative
Summary: Held for 24 years by shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, Tottenham is one of Britain’s most multicultural constituencies, and has been solid Labour territory since its creation in 1950.
It blazed a trail in 1987 by sending Bernie Grant to the Commons in the first wave of black British MPs of the 20th century (the others were Diane Abbott and Paul Boateng).
The socialist pioneer’s death in 2000 prompted a by-election which was won by Mr Lammy, then aged 27 and an up-and-coming barrister who was the first black Briton to attend Harvard Law School.
The construction of a space-age new football stadium by Tottenham Hotspur was meant to anchor regeneration of the impoverished surrounding area in Northumberland Park, although that’s been slow to start.
Wards: Brownswood; Bruce Castle; Hermitage and Gardens; Northumberland Park; St. Ann’s; Seven Sisters; South Tottenham; Tottenham Central; Tottenham Hale; West Green; Woodberry Down.
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Boundary changes impact: The constituency is gaining segments from two neighbours - Hornsey and Friern Barnet, and Southgate and Wood Green - and losing a sliver, without any major impact on its voting mix.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold.
Evening Standard view: With a 2019 majority of 30,175 and a rising profile on the world stage, Mr Lammy is a shoo-in for re-election. But he does face protest votes over Gaza led by the Green and independent candidates, who are out to embarrass the shadow foreign secretary.
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