is a
Constituency covering the district of
Wimbledon in the
London Borough Of Merton in south-west
London . It is represented in the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom .
Wimbledon is a constituency name made world-famous by the presence of the UK Open
Tennis Championships held at the
All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club in
Wimbledon Park , which is in the north of the constituency.
Largely because of this, and the affluence of Wimbledon village, which nestles around
Wimbledon Common and
Cannizaro Park , there is often a mistaken picture of Wimbledon as a safe Conservative area. But even during the 1980s when the Conservatives were winning big majorities nationally and locally, they were doing so mainly because the sizeable non-Tory vote was split fairly evenly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Go down Wimbledon Hill and you find a very different Wimbledon to that of the Village and the Park; around the Broadway there is a much less affluent area of smaller terraced homes. These are Labour areas; but nevertheless it was a surprise when they gained the seat in
1997 and again in
2001 , though Labour had once before represented the seat in a previous landslide victory in
1945 .
Wimbledon has fairly unclear boundaries which cut across Wimbledon Common and split the
Southfields grid in half. To the east the boundary roughly follows the edge of the Rivers Wandle and then Graveney down to Colliers Wood and Morden, and then zig zags along the edge of Mitcham and St Helier until reaching Raynes Park; the constituency's western boundary.
Wimbledon is bordered by the constituencies of:
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Stephen Gee
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7,868
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181
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+51
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Green Party of England and Wales
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Giles Barrow
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1,374
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32
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+08
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Andrew Mills
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408
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09
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-01
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Independent (politician)
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Christopher Coverdale
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211
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05
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+05
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Tiger's Eye - the Party for Kids
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Alastair Wilson
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50
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01
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+01
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Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
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George Weiss
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22
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01
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+01
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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72
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Martin Pierce
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5,341
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130
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-36
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Green Party of England and Wales
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Rajeev Thacker
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1,007
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24
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+14
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Christian Peoples Alliance
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Roger Glencross
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479
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12
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+12
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Mariana Bell
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414
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10
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+10
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Alison Willott
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8,014
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166
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-47
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Referendum Party
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Abid Hameed
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993
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21
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+21
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Green Party of England and Wales
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Rajeev Thacker
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474
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10
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-07
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Prolife Alliance
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Sophie Davies
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346
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07
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+07
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Mongolian Barbeque Great Place to Party
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Matthew Kirby
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112
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02
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+02
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Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
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Graham Stacey
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47
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01
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+01
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Labour Party (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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179
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Labour Party (UK)
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K Adams
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11,570
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233
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Alison Willott
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10,569
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213
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Green Party of England and Wales
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V Flood
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860
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17
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Natural Law Party
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H Godfrey
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181
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04
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Independent (politician)
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G Hadley
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170
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03
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