Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)

Streatham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Streatham in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	71,913 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Chuka Umunna (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wandsworth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Streatham is a constituency created in 1918 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chuka Umunna, a Labour Party MP.

1918-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth ward of Streatham.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Clapham Park, St Leonard's, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, and Thornton.

1983-1997: As above plus Streatham Hill, and Town Hall.

1997-2010: As above plus St Martin's, and Tulse Hill.

2010-present: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Brixton Hill, Clapham Common, St Leonard’s, Streatham Hill, Streatham South, Streatham Wells, Thornton, and Tulse Hill.

Streatham is a long constituency comprising the south-west portion of the London Borough of Lambeth. The town of Streatham constitutes the four wards in the southern half of the constituency. At its north-western tip the seat includes half of Clapham Common; the north-east takes in part of Brixton which is shared with neighbouring Vauxhall and Dulwich and West Norwood.

The northern boundary follows Clapham Park Road, Acre Lane, and Coldharbour Lane through Clapham and Brixton to Lambeth Town Hall. The north-eastern boundary generally follows Effra Road and Tulse Hill, but runs east of the main road to include the part of the Tulse Hill estate and the Cressingham Gardens estate west of Brockwell Park. The boundary skirts the Tulse Hill district centre, following Hardel Rise, Christchurch Road and Norwood Road, and then runs along Leigham Vale and Leigham Court Road. The southern and western constituency boundaries follow Lambeth's borough boundaries with Croydon, Merton and Wandsworth.