General Election London 2024 seats: Who will be my MP in...Mitcham and Morden?
Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looks at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map. Here we turn the spotlight on:
Estimated declaration time 3am
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
Ellie Cox - Conservatives
Jenifer Ann Gould - Liberal Democrats
Pippa Maslin - Green Party
Siobhain McDonagh - Labour Party
Ruth Price - Reform UK
Summary:
Created in 1974, the constituency was first represented by Bruce Douglas-Mann as a Labour MP.
But he defected to the Social Democratic Party in 1982, triggered a by-election to win a new mandate, but lost to Tory Angela Rumbold.
She held the seat until 1997.
It was then won by Labour’s Siobhain McDonagh, now a Dame.
She has a sizeable majority, of 16,482 at the 2019 election.
Area: Wards in the constituency include Cannon Hill, Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Figge’s Marsh, Graveney, Lavender Fields, Longthornton, Lower Morden, Pollards Hill, Ravensbury and St Helier.
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Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have made this marginally a less safe Labour seat. The party won it in 2019 with 61.1 per cent of the vote, with the Tories on 25.1 per cent, and Lib Dems 8.1 per cent. Under the new boundaries it would have been 57.5 per cent Labour, 26.7 per cent Conservative and 10.8 per cent Lib Dem.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold
Evening Standard view: Gone from being a very safe Labour seat to a slightly less very safe Labour seat
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