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Streatham — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Streatham was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 17,690 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Streatham from 1918 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1918–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 William Lane Mitchell (Unionist) 11,457 72.9% John Albert Compston (Liberal) 9,040 (57.5 pts) 58.6%
1922 William Lane Mitchell (Unionist) 12,282 69.1% Oliver Ayton Minns (Liberal) 6,799 (38.3 pts) 63.0%
1923 William Lane Mitchell (Unionist) 10,598 60.0% Charles Guy Parsloe (Liberal) 3,523 (19.9 pts) 61.3%
1924 William Lane-Mitchell (Unionist) 15,936 68.5% Charles Guy Parsloe (Liberal) 11,825 (50.9 pts) 77.7%
1929 William Lane-Mitchell (Unionist) 19,024 57.0% Percy Lionel Edwin Rawlins (Liberal) 10,833 (32.5 pts) 68.9%
1931 William Lane-Mitchell (Conservative) 30,358 85.0% Betty Fraser (Labour) 25,015 (70.1 pts) 71.3%
1935 William Lane Mitchell (Conservative) 25,429 76.2% Arthur Massey Skeffington (Labour) 17,478 (52.4 pts) 64.1%
1945 David Robertson (Conservative) 17,462 52.2% John Gross (Labour) 6,166 (18.4 pts) 72.7%
1950 Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative) 26,571 57.3% Peter Benenson (Labour) 11,340 (24.5 pts) 81.0%
1951 Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative) 27,084 59.9% Norman John Smart (Labour) 12,280 (27.2 pts) 81.5%
1955 Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative) 25,862 65.5% Reginald Ernest Prentice (Labour) 12,268 (31.1 pts) 74.8%
1959 Duncan Edwin Sandys (Conservative) 23,479 59.8% David Leigh Kerr (Labour) 12,706 (32.3 pts) 77.2%
1964 Duncah Edwin Sandys (Conservative) 19,408 52.1% James L Walker (Labour) 7,323 (19.7 pts) 71.8%
1966 Duncan Sandys (Conservative) 19,872 54.6% James Walker (Labour) 3,367 (9.3 pts) 70.4%
1970 Duncan Sandys (Conservative) 19,215 54.1% Ann Ward (Labour) 5,622 (15.8 pts) 66.8%
Feb 1974 William Shelton (Conservative) 18,457 45.1% Jean Gaffin (Labour) 4,475 (10.9 pts) 72.8%
Oct 1974 William Shelton (Conservative) 16,515 45.7% Jean Gaffin (Labour) 2,867 (7.9 pts) 64.1%
1979 William Shelton (Conservative) 19,630 51.4% Timothy Peter Charles Daniel (Labour) 5,500 (14.4 pts) 71.5%
1983 William Shelton (Conservative) 18,264 46.5% Madeliene Marie Long (Labour) 5,902 (15.0 pts) 65.4%
1987 William Shelton (Conservative) 18,916 44.9% Elisabeth Anna Tapsall (Labour) 2,407 (5.7 pts) 69.5%
1992 Trevor Hill (Labour) 18,925 47.0% Sir William Shelton (Conservative) 2,317 (5.8 pts) 70.8%
1997 Keith Hill (Labour) 28,181 62.8% Ernest Noad (Conservative) 18,423 (41.0 pts) 60.2%
2001 Trevor Hill (Labour) 21,401 57.3% Roger O'Brien (Liberal Democrat) 14,630 (39.2 pts) 49.1%
2005 Trevor Hill (Labour) 18,950 46.7% Darren Sanders (Liberal Democrat) 7,466 (18.4 pts) 51.3%
2010 Chuka Umunna (Labour) 20,037 42.8% Chris Nicholson (Liberal Democrat) 3,259 (7.0 pts) 63.1%
2015 Chuka Umunna (Labour) 26,474 53.0% Kim Caddy (Conservative) 13,934 (27.9 pts) 63.3%
2017 Chuka Umunna (Labour) 38,212 68.5% Kim Caddy (Conservative) 26,285 (47.1 pts) 71.1%
2019 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) 30,976 54.8% Helen Thompson (Liberal Democrat) 17,690 (31.3 pts) 66.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane Mitchell Unionist 11,45772.9% Yes
John Albert Compston Liberal 2,41715.4% No
F H Bellamy National Party 1,84411.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane Mitchell Unionist 12,28269.1% Yes
Oliver Ayton Minns Liberal 5,48330.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane Mitchell Unionist 10,59860.0% Yes
Charles Guy Parsloe Liberal 7,07540.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane-Mitchell Unionist 15,93668.5% Yes
Charles Guy Parsloe Liberal 4,11117.7% No
Alfred Wall Communist 3,20413.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane-Mitchell Unionist 19,02457.0% Yes
Percy Lionel Edwin Rawlins Liberal 8,19124.6% No
Fred Hughes Labour 6,13418.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane-Mitchell Conservative 30,35885.0% Yes
Betty Fraser Labour 5,34315.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lane Mitchell Conservative 25,42976.2% Yes
Arthur Massey Skeffington Labour 7,95123.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Robertson Conservative 17,46252.2% Yes
John Gross Labour 11,29633.8% No
Charles William Ernest Remnant Liberal 4,67714.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edwin Duncan Sandys Conservative 26,57157.3% Yes
Peter Benenson Labour 15,23132.8% No
Alexander William Wilson Liberal 4,5629.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edwin Duncan Sandys Conservative 27,08459.9% Yes
Norman John Smart Labour 14,80432.7% No
Alexander William Wilson Liberal 3,3197.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edwin Duncan Sandys Conservative 25,86265.5% Yes
Reginald Ernest Prentice Labour 13,59434.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Duncan Edwin Sandys Conservative 23,47959.8% Yes
David Leigh Kerr Labour 10,77327.4% No
Robert Stephen Rubin Liberal 5,03912.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Duncah Edwin Sandys Conservative 19,40852.1% Yes
James L Walker Labour 12,08532.4% No
Anthony HJ Miller Liberal 5,26114.1% No
William Austen Brooks Independent Loyalists 4971.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Duncan Sandys Conservative 19,87254.6% Yes
James Walker Labour 16,50545.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Duncan Sandys Conservative 19,21554.1% Yes
Ann Ward Labour 13,59338.3% No
Derrick Delaney Liberal 2,6807.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shelton Conservative 18,45745.1% Yes
Jean Gaffin Labour 13,98234.2% No
Robert Grieg Owen Silver Liberal 7,46518.3% No
Thomas Lamb National Front 9372.3% No
Bill Boaks Independent 450.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shelton Conservative 16,51545.7% Yes
Jean Gaffin Labour 13,64837.7% No
Robert Grieg Owen Silver Liberal 4,98713.8% No
Thomas Lamb National Front 8172.3% No
Teresa Moore Independent 2100.6% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shelton Conservative 19,63051.4% Yes
Timothy Peter Charles Daniel Labour 14,13037.0% No
John Samuel Pincham Liberal 3,7799.9% No
George William Bryant National Front 5231.4% No
Alf James Hollander Providers Through Care 1020.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shelton Conservative 18,26446.5% Yes
Madeliene Marie Long Labour 12,36231.5% No
Peter Billenness Liberal 8,32121.2% No
Keith David Handy National Front 3210.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shelton Conservative 18,91644.9% Yes
Elisabeth Anna Tapsall Labour 16,50939.2% No
Michael Tuffrey Liberal 6,66315.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Trevor Hill Labour 18,92547.0% Yes
Sir William Shelton Conservative 16,60841.3% No
John Pindar Liberal Democrat 3,8589.6% No
Roger Baker Green 4431.1% No
Abdesalam Hakin Islamic Party 1540.4% No
Cynthia Payne Rainbow Dream Ticket 1450.4% No
John Parsons Natural Law 970.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Keith Hill Labour 28,18162.8% Yes
Ernest Noad Conservative 9,75821.7% No
Roger O'Brien Liberal Democrat 6,08213.6% No
Jeremy Wall Referendum Party 8641.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Trevor Hill Labour 21,40157.3% Yes
Roger O'Brien Liberal Democrat 6,77118.1% No
Stephen Hocking Conservative 6,63917.8% No
Mohammed Sajid Green 1,6414.4% No
Greg Tucker Socialist Alliance 9062.4% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Trevor Hill Labour 18,95046.7% Yes
Darren Sanders Liberal Democrat 11,48428.3% No
James Sproule Conservative 7,23817.8% No
Shane Collins Green 2,2455.5% No
Trevor Gittings UKIP 3961.0% No
Billy Colvill Workers Revolutionary 1270.3% No
Philippa Stone Independent 1000.2% No
Robert West Independent 400.1% No
Sarah Acheng Independent 350.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chuka Umunna Labour 20,03742.8% Yes
Chris Nicholson Liberal Democrat 16,77835.8% No
Rahoul Bhansali Conservative 8,57818.3% No
Rebecca Findlay Green 8611.8% No
Geoffrey Macharia Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 2370.5% No
Janus Polenceus English Democrats 2290.5% No
Paul Lepper Workers Revolutionary Party 1170.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chuka Umunna Labour 26,47453.0% Yes
Kim Caddy Conservative 12,54025.1% No
Amna Ahmad Liberal Democrat 4,4919.0% No
Jonathan Bartley Green 4,4218.9% No
Bruce Machan UKIP 1,6023.2% No
Artificial Beast Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1920.4% No
Rohman Mirza Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1640.3% No
Deon Gayle Workers Revolutionary Party 490.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chuka Umunna Labour 38,21268.5% Yes
Kim Caddy Conservative 11,92721.4% No
Alex Davies Liberal Democrat 3,6116.5% No
Nicole Griffiths Green 1,6963.0% No
Robert Stephenson UKIP 3490.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour 30,97654.8% Yes
Helen Thompson Liberal Democrat 13,28623.5% No
Rory O'Broin Conservative 9,06016.0% No
Scott Ainslie Green 2,5674.5% No
Penelope Becker Brexit Party 6241.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 57.5 pts 1922: Unionist margin 38.3 pts 1923: Unionist margin 19.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 50.9 pts 1929: Unionist margin 32.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 70.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 52.4 pts 1945: Conservative margin 18.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 24.5 pts 1951: Conservative margin 27.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 31.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 32.3 pts 1964: Conservative margin 19.7 pts 1966: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 15.8 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 10.9 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 15.0 pts 1987: Conservative margin 5.7 pts 1992: Labour margin 5.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 41.0 pts 2001: Labour margin 39.2 pts 2005: Labour margin 18.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 7.0 pts 2015: Labour margin 27.9 pts 2017: Labour margin 47.1 pts 2019: Labour margin 31.3 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Streatham has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Streatham in the 2019 general election?

Labour won Streatham in 2019 with 30,976 votes (54.8%), a majority of 17,690 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Streatham since 1918?

Since 1918, Streatham has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Streatham?

The closest result on record for Streatham was 1987, when Conservative beat Labour by just 2,407 votes (5.7 percentage points).

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