Walthamstow | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Walthamstow in | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 70,867 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Stella Creasy (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Walthamstow East Walthamstow West |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South Essex |
Replaced by | Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West, Leyton East, Leyton West, and Epping |
Walthamstow (Contemp. and Cons. RP: /wɔːlθəmstəʊ/, Est. Eng.: /woːwfm̩stɐʏ/) is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stella Creasy, a member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, in political union with the Labour Party.[n 2]
An earlier version of the constituency existed covering a significantly different area (1885–1918) and was among the vast majority by that time returning one member to the House of Commons.
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/1885-1918_Walthamstow_-_Essex.png)
The South-Western or Walthamstow Division of the parliamentary county of Essex was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the existing seat of South Essex was divided into three single-member constituencies.
The constituency consisted of the three civil parishes of Leyton, Woodford and Walthamstow. The area lay on the periphery of the London conurbation and became increasingly suburban over its existence.
The seat was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Two new constituencies were created with Walthamstow Urban District divided between Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West.[2]
From 1974
[edit]1974–1983: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, St James Street, and Wood Street.
1983–1997: As above plus Lloyd Park.
1997–2010: As above plus Chapel End and Lea Bridge.
2010–2022: The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chapel End, Higham Hill, High Street, Hoe Street, Lea Bridge, Markhouse, William Morris, and Wood Street.
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2022–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[3][4] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Waltham Forest:
- Chapel End; Higham Hill; High Street; Hoe Street (most); Lea Bridge; Markhouse; St James; William Morris; Wood Street; Upper Walthamstow (part); and small parts of Hale End and Highams Park South, Larkswood, and Leyton.[5]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (as defined by the ward structure in existence on 1 December 2020) was unchanged.[6]
History
[edit]The seat has been represented by the Labour Party since 1992, before which it was won on a marginal majority in 1987 by a Conservative, having until then (since its 1974 recreation as a seat) been served by one Labour MP, Eric Deakins.
In 2015, Creasy's re-election saw Walthamstow become Labours' second-safest London seat, and tenth-safest nationally.[7]
Prominent frontbenchers
[edit]Stella Creasy, the present member, was the Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention.
Constituency profile
[edit]The seat is the part of Outer London closest to Stratford, with its international rail connections, major city shopping centre and London's Olympic Park. To the East the seat borders Walthamstow Forest and Gilbert's Slade, thin sections of Epping Forest, and to the West, the Lea Valley. The eponymous district had as its open space feature a greyhound racing track, which has been redeveloped into a modernist housing and green space scheme. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8% and Greater London average of 4%, at 7.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[8]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member[9] | Party | |
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1885 | Edward Buxton | Liberal | |
1886 | William Makins | Conservative | |
1892 | Edmund Widdrington Byrne | Conservative | |
1897 | Sam Woods | Liberal | |
1900 | David John Morgan | Conservative | |
1906 | John Simon | Liberal | |
1918 | Constituency abolished | ||
Feb 1974 | Constituency recreated | ||
Feb 1974 | Eric Deakins | Labour | |
1987 | Hugo Summerson | Conservative | |
1992 | Neil Gerrard | Labour | |
2010 | Stella Creasy | Labour Co-op |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 27,172 | 59.3 | –16.8 | |
Green | Rosalinda Rowlands | 9,176 | 20.0 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Sanjana Karnani | 2,353 | 5.1 | –7.2 | |
Reform UK | Martin Lonergan | 1,836 | 4.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Taylor | 1,736 | 3.8 | –2.1 | |
Workers Party | Imran Arshad | 1,535 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Mohammed Ashfaq | 914 | 2.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 561 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Dan Edelstyn[11] | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Ruth Rawlins | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,996 | 39.3 | –24.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,859 | 60.1 | –8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 76,338 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 36,784 | 76.1 | –4.5 | |
Conservative | Shade Adoh | 5,922 | 12.3 | –1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Meera Chadha | 2,874 | 5.9 | +3.0 | |
Green | Andrew Johns | 1,733 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
Brexit Party | Paul Campbell | 768 | 1.6 | N/A | |
CPA | Deborah Longe | 254 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 30,862 | 63.8 | –2.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,355 | 68.8 | –2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 70,268 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | –1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 38,793 | 80.6 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Molly Samuel | 6,776 | 14.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ukonu Obasi | 1,384 | 2.9 | –1.1 | |
Green | Andrew Johns | 1,190 | 2.5 | –3.9 | |
Majority | 32,017 | 66.5 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,143 | 70.8 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 67,957 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 28,779 | 68.9 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Molly Samuel | 5,584 | 13.4 | –0.6 | |
Green | Michael Gold | 2,661 | 6.4 | +4.5 | |
UKIP | Paul Hillman | 2,507 | 6.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cheung | 1,661 | 4.0 | –24.7 | |
TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 394 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Ellie Merton | 129 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Jonty Leff | 81 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,195 | 55.5 | +32.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,796 | 62.4 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 67,015 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Stella Creasy | 21,252 | 51.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Farid Ahmed | 11,774 | 28.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Andy Hemsted | 5,734 | 14.0 | –4.2 | |
UKIP | Judith Chisholm-Benli | 823 | 2.0 | –0.4 | |
Green | Daniel Perrett | 767 | 1.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | 279 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Christian | Ashar Mall | 248 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Warburton | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,478 | 23.1 | –0.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,994 | 63.4 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 64,625 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | –0.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Gerrard | 17,323 | 50.3 | –11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Farid Ahmed | 9,330 | 27.1 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Jane Wright | 6,254 | 18.2 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Robert Brock | 810 | 2.4 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nancy Taaffe | 727 | 2.1 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 7,993 | 23.2 | –20.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,444 | 54.6 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 63,079 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | –12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 21,402 | 62.2 | –0.9 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Smith | 6,221 | 18.1 | –2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Dunphy | 5,024 | 14.6 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alternative | Simon Donovan | 806 | 2.3 | N/A | |
BNP | William Phillips | 389 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Gerda Mayer | 298 | 0.9 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Barbara Duffy | 289 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,181 | 44.1 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,429 | 53.5 | –9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 64,403 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 25,287 | 63.1 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Jill Andrew | 8,138 | 20.3 | –16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Jackson | 5,491 | 13.7 | –0.8 | |
Referendum | George Hargreaves | 1,139 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,149 | 42.8 | +34.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,055 | 62.8 | –9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 63,818 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Gerrard | 16,251 | 45.7 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,229 | 37.2 | –1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Leighton | 5,142 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Vernon Wilkinson | 241 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,022 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,863 | 72.4 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 49,140 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 13,748 | 39.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Eric Deakins | 12,236 | 34.7 | –5.1 | |
SDP | Peter Leighton | 8,852 | 25.1 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Zafar Iqnal Malik | 396 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,512 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,232 | 72.4 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 48,691 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Deakins | 13,241 | 39.8 | –10.4 | |
Conservative | Alan Amos | 11,936 | 35.9 | –1.8 | |
SDP | Peter Leighton | 7,192 | 21.6 | N/A | |
National Front | P. Mitchell | 444 | 1.3 | –1.9 | |
Ecology | Stephen Lambert | 424 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,305 | 3.9 | –8.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,237 | 68.8 | –2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 48,324 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | –4.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Deakins | 17,651 | 50.2 | –4.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Eyres[26] | 13,248 | 37.7 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 3,117 | 8.9 | –6.1 | |
National Front | George Flaxton[26] | 1,119 | 3.2 | –2.3 | |
Majority | 4,403 | 12.5 | –18.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,135 | 71.3 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 49,315 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | –9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,088 | 55.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | D. Arnold | 8,424 | 24.3 | –4.0 | |
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 5,199 | 15.0 | –6.0 | |
National Front | R. Adde | 1,911 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,664 | 30.8 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,622 | 66.2 | –8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 52,280 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Deakins | 19,726 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | PS Gill | 10,992 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal | Mervyn Peter O'Flanagan | 8,157 | 21.0 | ||
Majority | 8,374 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,875 | 74.9 | |||
Registered electors | 51,907 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Emslie Horniman
- Unionist: Stanley Johnson
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 16,998 | 56.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Carlyon Bellairs | 13,275 | 43.9 | –2.8 | |
Majority | 3,723 | 12.2 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,273 | 77.4 | –7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 16,673 | 54.5 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Stanley Johnson | 13,907 | 45.5 | –1.2 | |
Majority | 2,766 | 9.0 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,580 | 78.2 | –6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 17,726 | 53.3 | –4.2 | |
Conservative | Stanley Johnson | 15,531 | 46.7 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 2,195 | 6.6 | –8.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,257 | 85.0 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 39,117 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –4.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 15,011 | 57.5 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | William Isaac Shard | 11,074 | 42.5 | –14.7 | |
Majority | 3,937 | 15.0 | 29.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,085 | 73.9 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 35,321 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.7 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Morgan | 9,807 | 57.2 | –3.1 | |
Lib-Lab | Sam Woods | 7,342 | 42.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2,465 | 14.4 | –6.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,149 | 70.9 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 24,187 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Sam Woods | 6,518 | 51.1 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Dewar | 6,239 | 48.9 | ―11.4 | |
Majority | 279 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,757 | 64.3 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 19,845 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Byrne | 6,876 | 60.3 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Pollen | 4,523 | 39.7 | –5.1 | |
Majority | 2,353 | 20.6 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,399 | 64.2 | –8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 17,747 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Byrne | 6,115 | 55.2 | –7.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Basden Whittingham | 4,965 | 44.8 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 1,150 | 10.4 | –15.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,080 | 72.3 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,323 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –7.6 |
Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Makins | 4,461 | 62.8 | +13.8 | |
Liberal | Albert Spicer | 2,639 | 37.2 | –13.8 | |
Majority | 1,822 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,000 | 63.2 | –11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,233 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Buxton | 4,300 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Charles Baring | 4,125 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 175 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,425 | 75.0 | |||
Registered electors | 11,233 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- Specific
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ Leyton was divided into two seats: Leyton East and Leyton West, while Wanstead was included in the Epping constituency. (Youngs, p. 727)
- ^ LGBCE. "Waltham Forest | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "The London Borough of Waltham Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Walthamstow". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Waltham Forest. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Stella Creasy says Walthamstow 'rejected hate and division' in election speech". Waltham Forest Echo.
- ^ "Walthamstow Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Walthamstow parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "London Green Party | 2015 General Election". Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015" (PDF). Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. 4 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Walthamstow". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "UK General Election results May 2010". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results May 2005". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ a b "UK General Election results 1997 & 2001: Walthamstow". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 21. ISBN 0102374805.
- ^ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 282. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- General
- Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
External links
[edit]- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Walthamstow UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Walthamstow UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Walthamstow UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK