Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)
Battersea is a constituency in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It has been represented since 2017 by Marsha de Cordova of the Labour Party.
| Battersea | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Battersea in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 106,709 (2011 census) |
| Electorate | 73,028 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Marsha de Cordova (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Battersea North and Battersea South |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Mid Surrey |
| Replaced by | Battersea North and Battersea South |
The seat has had two periods of existence (1885–1918 and 1983 to date). In the first Parliament after the seat's re-creation it was Labour-represented, bucking the national result, thereafter from 1987 until 2017 the affiliation of the winning candidate was that of the winning party nationally – a 30-year bellwether.
In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by an estimated 77%, the highest by a constituency with a Conservative MP at the time.
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