Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a parliamentary constituency in North London. For the district in North London, see Tottenham.
Tottenham (/ˈtɒtənəm/)[2][3] is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by David Lammy of the Labour Party.[n 2] Lammy has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021 in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer, in which he previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from 2020 to 2021. Tottenham was re-created as a parliamentary constituency in 1950, having previously existed from 1885 to 1918.
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Tottenham | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 79,172 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Tottenham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | David Lammy (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Tottenham North and Tottenham South |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Middlesex |
Replaced by | Tottenham North and Tottenham South |
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