General Election London 2024 seats: Who will be my MP in...Erith and Thamesmead?

Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looks at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map. Here we turn the spotlight on:

ERITH AND THAMESMEAD

Estimated declaration time 3.15am

Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):

Sarah Elizabeth Rose Barry - Green Party

Pierce Chalmers - Liberal Democrats

Richard John Mark - Conservatives

Abena Oppong-Asare - Labour Party

Michael Pastor - Reform UK

Summary:

Parts of the old Woolwich and Erith and Crayford consituencies were cobbled together in 1997 to create this new seat.

Labour’s John Austin won it, with Nadhim Zahawi for the Conservatives challenging him before he went on to be MP for Stratford-upon-Avon, and Chancellor albeit briefly.

It has always been a Labour seat but the party’s vote was squeezed in 2019, down to 3,758, with the Brexit Party getting five per cent.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party may be eyeing seats like this on London’s outskirts for more support.

The current Labour MP is Abena Oppong-Asare who is shadow minister for women’s health and mental health.

Area: This constituency includes five Greenwich boroughs which are Abbey Wood, Glyndon, Plumstead, Shooters Hill, and Thamesmead Moorings, as well as three in Bexley; Belvedere, Erith and Thamesmead East

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Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have made this a significantly safer Labour seat. The party won it in 2019 with 48 per cent of the vote, with the Tories on 39 per cent, and Brexit Party 5.4 per cent. Under the new boundaries it would have been 58.4 per cent Labour, 28.2 per cent Conservative and five per cent Brexit Party.

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold

Evening Standard view: Looked quite a marginal seat in 2019 but boundary changes have made it more Labour again.

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