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Peckham Rye W ard moved back to Dulwich Constituency!

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In Southwark, we noted that the electorate was too large for two constituencies. We also noted that the existing Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and Camberwell and Peckham constituencies each have an electorate within 5% of the electoral quota. We considered that it was necessary to make minor changes to both of them to fit in with the pattern of

neighbouring constituencies. We propose that the Peckham Rye ward should be included in the Dulwich and Sydenham constituency instead of the Camberwell and Peckham constituency, that the Newington ward should be included in the Camberwell and Peckham constituency instead of the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency, and that the Bishop?s ward of the Borough of Lambeth should be included in a renamed Bermondsey and Waterloo constituency.

Bic Basher

Bic Basher

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Townleygreen Wrote:

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> I see it is to be a Dulwich and Sydenham

> constituency, with Norwood being hived off.


The Norwood side is being hived off as part of a new Brixton seat which Tessa may become the new MP of, although she could be fighting for the seat with the MP of the Streatham seat which is being merged with Tooting.


Harriet will continue to play a part in SE22 politics as South Camberwell ward will still be part of the Peckham and Camberwell constituency.


For most of us in ED and Peckham Rye, we could be welcoming the incumbent Labour MP for Lewisham West & Penge Jim Dowd as our representative in Parliament from 2015.

Bic Basher

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Townleygreen Wrote:

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> >Bic wrote

> >For most of us in ED and Peckham Rye, we could be

> welcoming the incumbent Labour MP for Lewisham

> West & Penge Jim Dowd as >our representative in

> Parliament from 2015.

>

> No, it's time Jim Dowd retired.


He'll be 64 by the time of the next election. Unless the local Labour association deselect him or he decides to retire, I'd say he's got another term in him.


Tessa currently has more of Lambeth than Southwark in her current seat, so would be more of a benefit for her Lambeth voters to stay with the new Brixton constituency.


As for the Peckham Rye ward voters who want to stay with Harriet, the new constituency completely covers the border with Lewisham. One MP will ensure that cross border issues will be better with only one MP covering both sides. It also ensures that Underhill Road, Dustans Road and Upland Road have the same MP instead of two depending on which part of the street you're in.


Peckham Rye also covers a tiny part of SE23 which is also shared with College (Tessa) and Lewisham West & Penge (Jim Dowd). This will for the first time mean one MP covers the whole of Forest Hill.

reddulwich

reddulwich

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Jowell will face competition from another Labour MP. All political parties have rules about where you can stand dependent upon the percentage of your current seat going into a new seat. Jowell has the problem that less than 40% of Dulwich and West Norwood is going in to any of the new seats.
James Barber

James Barber

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The proposed changes were about the worst kept secret ever - tell 650 MP's the information was embargoed until Monday midnight.


Hi newmother,

Last elections were National and Council elections on the same day May 2010. National parliamentary elections are not recorded by ward but local elections are. I suspect most voters voted the same way in both elections.

So adding up all those local election votes by ward (and as 3 votes in each ward dividning by 3) suggests:

17,656 Labour votes, 15,757 Lib Dem votes with Conservatives and Greens so far behind didn't seem worth counting for this excercise. So I would be amazed if Tessa, if she chose to fight on, would jump towards any new Dulwich & Sydenham seat over a Brixton seat.

But the proposals are just that and a long way to go before anything finalised.


Hi Peckhamrye,

Great irony of you posting on the East Dulwioch forum but not wanting to be part of a Dulwich parliamentary seat.

Renata Hamvas

Renata Hamvas

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The Peckham Rye Ward boundaries are staying the same, ie part of Nunhead, part of East Dulwich and the Southwark part of Honor Oak, so Peckham Rye, whatever the decisions in relation to constituency boundaries, you will still be a resident of Peckham Rye Ward!

Renata

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