# Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Greenwich and Woolwich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Matthew Pennycook of the Labour Party.

## Constituency profile

The seat is dominated in the south by expansive and panoramic Greenwich Park with an acute demand for housing, particularly in the western half, due to architecturally-rich conservation areas and very close proximity to Canary Wharf and City of London. There remain some industrial areas in the former Royal Docks and around North Greenwich. The seat includes considerable social dependency in its Greenwich and Woolwich town centres, including in social housing,

## History
### Since 1997

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former Greenwich constituency, and the western half of the former Woolwich constituency. It has been controlled by the Labour Party since its creation, when they polled 63.4% of the vote and a majority of 44.8%. Thirteen years later, the 2010 general election produced the smallest majority as a share of the vote, 24.7%, with the Labour candidate taking 49.2% of votes cast.
The 2015 general election result was the 105th-safest Labour majority of 232 seats won by Labour at that election.

### Greenwich forerunner

Reflecting a demographic split in the latter twentieth century were five and eleven-year periods when the two predecessor seats were represented by candidates from the SDP.
The former Greenwich constituency was a secure Labour Party seat for much of the twentieth century, though it had been a safe Liberal seat throughout most of the nineteenth century. In 1987, it was gained by the Social Democratic Party at a by-election and narrowly regained by Labour five years later at the 1992 general election.

### Woolwich forerunner

The former Woolwich constituency (and its predecessor Woolwich East) was a similar safe-Liberal-seat-turned-safe-Labour-seat. Its Labour MP Christopher Mayhew defected to the Liberal Party in 1974 before being defeated, and his Labour successor, John Cartwright, defected to the SDP in 1981. He retained the seat at the 1983 and 1987 general elections, but narrowly lost it to Labour in 1992; in a similar fashion to the neighboring Greenwich seat. In council elections, since the seat's 1997 creation, most wards have tended to elect Labour councillors and few wards other than the Blackheath Westcombe ward have tended to elect Conservative councilors.

### 1945-1997 combined summary

Including the pre-1997 predecessors, the area has since World War II been a Labour safe seat, or, as indicated in the 1987 result for Greenwich only, in the best result for a Conservative candidate locally during the years since 1955, occasionally a marginal.

## Boundaries

1997–2010: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Arsenal, Blackheath, Burrage, Charlton, Ferrier, Hornfair, Kidbrooke, Nightingale, Rectory Field, St Alfege, St Mary's, Trafalgar, Vanbrugh, West, and Woolwich Common.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Greenwich West, Peninsula, Woolwich Common, and Woolwich Riverside.
    Part of Woolwich Common ward transferred to Greenwich and Woolwich from the constituency of Eltham; parts of Glyndon ward transferred from Eltham and Erith and Thamesmead; and parts of Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Eltham West, and Middle Park & Sutcliffe wards be transferred from Greenwich and Woolwich to Eltham.
2024–present: The London Borough of Greenwich wards of Blackheath Westcombe (part), Charlton Hornfair (part), Charlton Village and Riverside, East Greenwich, Greenwich Creekside, Greenwich Park, Greenwich Peninsula, Woolwich Arsenal (part), Woolwich Common (part), Woolwich Dockyard, and small parts of Shooters Hill and Plumstead Common.
    Glyndon ward transferred to Erith and Thamesmead to bring the electorate within the permitted range.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1997 | Nick Raynsford | Labour |
| | 2015 | Matthew Pennycook | Labour |

## Election results
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 23,999 | 56.2 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Stacy Smith | 5,633 | 13.2 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Goff | 4,863 | 11.4 | –11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Annous | 3,865 | 9.0 | –5.6 |
| | Reform UK | Abdoul Ndiaye | 3,305 | 7.7 | +5.4 |
| | Workers Party | Sheikh Raquib | 570 | 1.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Niko Omilana | 311 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | Climate | Priyank Bakshi | 173 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,366 | 43.0 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,719 | 58.1 | –9.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 73,573 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.7 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Labour | 26,043 | 55.0 |
| | Conservative | 10,760 | 22.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6,902 | 14.6 |
| | Green | 2,176 | 4.6 |
| | Brexit Party | 1,089 | 2.3 |
| | Others | 370 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 47,340 | 67.8 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 69,824 |
General election 2019: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 30,185 | 56.8 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Turrell | 11,721 | 22.1 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhian O'Connor | 7,253 | 13.7 | +6.6 |
| | Green | Victoria Rance | 2,363 | 4.4 | +1.4 |
| | Brexit Party | Kailash Trivedi | 1,228 | 2.3 | N/A |
| | CPA | Eunice Odesanmi | 245 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Shushil Gaikwad | 125 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,464 | 34.7 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,120 | 66.4 | −2.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 79,997 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 | |
General election 2017: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 34,215 | 64.4 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Attfield | 13,501 | 25.4 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Adams | 3,785 | 7.1 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Daniel Garrun | 1,605 | 3.0 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,714 | 39.0 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,107 | 68.8 | +5.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 77,190 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 | |
General election 2015: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 24,384 | 52.2 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Matt Hartley | 12,438 | 26.6 | +2.1 |
| | UKIP | Ryan Acty | 3,888 | 8.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Abbey Akinoshun | 2,991 | 6.4 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Holder | 2,645 | 5.7 | −12.8 |
| | TUSC | Lynne Chamberlain | 370 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,946 | 25.6 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,716 | 63.7 | +0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 73,315 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
General election 2010: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Raynsford | 20,262 | 49.2 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Spencer Drury | 10,109 | 24.5 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Lee | 7,498 | 18.5 | −1.5 |
| | BNP | Lawrence Rustem | 1,151 | 2.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Andy Hewett | 1,054 | 2.6 | −1.9 |
| | Christian | Edward Adeyele | 443 | 1.1 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | Raden Wresniwiro | 339 | 0.8 | −2.6 |
| | TUSC | Onay Kasab | 267 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | No description | Tammy Alingham | 61 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,153 | 24.7 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,188 | 62.9 | +9.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 65,489 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Raynsford | 17,527 | 49.2 | −11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Le Breton | 7,381 | 20.7 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Alistair Craig | 7,142 | 20.1 | +0.9 |
| | Green | David Sharman | 1,579 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | Garry Bushell | 1,216 | 3.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Stan Gain | 709 | 2.0 | −0.1 |
| | Independent | Purvarani Nagalingam | 61 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,146 | 28.5 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,615 | 55.6 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 63,631 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 | |
General election 2001: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Raynsford | 19,691 | 60.5 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Forsdyke | 6,258 | 19.2 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Pyne | 5,082 | 15.6 | +3.1 |
| | UKIP | Stan Gain | 672 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | Socialist Alliance | Kirstie Paton | 481 | 1.5 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Margaret Sharkey | 352 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,433 | 41.3 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,536 | 54.1 | −11.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 60,114 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Greenwich and Woolwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Raynsford | 25,630 | 63.4 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Mitchell | 7,502 | 18.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cherry Luxton | 5,049 | 12.5 | |
| | Referendum | Douglas Ellison | 1,670 | 4.1 | |
| | Fellowship | Ronald Mallone | 428 | 1.1 | |
| | Constitutionalist | David Martin-Eagle | 124 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,128 | 44.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,403 | 65.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,352 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |