Yahoo News General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Greenwich and Woolwich?
Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:
WINNER: MATTHEW PENNYCOOK
Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):
Chris Annous - Liberal Democrats (3,865 votes)
Jonathan Goff - Conservatives (4,863 votes)
Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye - Reform UK (3,305 votes)
Matthew Pennycook - Labour (23,999 votes)
Stacy Smith - Green Party (5,633 votes)
Area: Wards in the constituency include Blackheath, Westcombe, Charlton, Greenwich West, Peninsula, Woolwich Common and Woolwich Riverside
I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check
Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have made this slightly less of a Labour seat. The party won it in 2019 with 56.8 per cent of the vote, with the Tories gaining 22.1 per cent and Lib Dems 13.7 per cent. If it had been fought on the new boundaries it would have been 55 per cent Labour, 22.7 per cent Conservative, and 14.6 per cent Lib Dem.
