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  Luton South - History
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Established June 09, 1983
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH May 22, 2021 06:18pm
DescriptionThe seat is mainly urban but includes a couple of more rural wards to the south. The town was once known as a centre for millinery but few are employed in that industry now. The constituency is dominated by Luton airport, though its indigenous industry suffered a serious blow in 2002 with the closure of Vauxhall's car manufacturing plant which brought to an end almost a century of the company's association with the town, and led to the loss of almost 2,000 jobs. Luton lies just to the east of the M1 and with its proximity to the M25 has benefited from good communication links including rail services into London. Companies such as Whitbread Beer Company and Scholl Footwear have located head offices in developments on the outskirts of the town. The University of Luton has 9,000 full-time students. The seat also has a high proportion of Asian voters. Margaret Moran, a Londoner, won Luton South in 1997 having been a Lewisham councillor since 1984 and leader of Lewisham council from 1993-95. She has been a high-profile backbencher and strong local activist, traits that helped her to increase her majority against the national trend to 25.8% in 2001.

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Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Rachel Hopkins
21,787
51.79% 		 Pervez Akhtar
13,031
30.98% 		 Gavin Shuker(I)
3,893
9.25% 		 Garry Warren
1,601
3.81% 		 Ben Foley
995
2.37% 		 Mohammed Ashraf
489
1.16% 		 John Rodney French
268
0.64%
Jun 04, 2019 Party Switch
 Gavin Shuker(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 18, 2019 Party Switch
 Gavin Shuker(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Gavin Shuker(I)
28,804
62.44% 		 Dean Russell
14,879
32.25% 		 Andy Strange
1,056
2.29% 		 Ujjawal Ub
795
1.72% 		 Marc Scheimann
439
0.95% 		 Abid Ali
160
0.35%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Gavin Shuker(I)
18,660
44.20% 		 Katie Redmond
12,949
30.67% 		 Yasin Rehman
5,129
12.15% 		 Ashuk Ahmed
3,183
7.54% 		 Simon Hall
1,237
2.93% 		 Attiq Malik
900
2.13% 		 Paul Weston
158
0.37%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Gavin Shuker
14,725
34.88% 		 Nigel Huddleston
12,396
29.36% 		 Qurban Hussain
9,567
22.66% 		 Esther Rantzen
1,872
4.43% 		 Tony Blakey
1,299
3.08% 		 Charlie Lawman
975
2.31% 		 Stephen Rhodes
463
1.10%
  Marc Scheimann
366
0.87% 		 Joe Hall
264
0.63% 		 Faruk Choudhary
130
0.31% 		 Stephen Lathwell
84
0.20% 		 Frank Sweeney
75
0.18%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Margaret Moran(I)
16,610
42.68% 		 Richard Stay
10,960
28.16% 		 Qurban Hussain
8,778
22.56% 		 Charlie Lawman
957
2.46% 		 Marc Scheimann
790
2.03% 		 Mohammed Ilyas
725
1.86% 		 Arthur Lynn
98
0.25%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Margaret Moran(I)
21,719
55.19% 		 Gordon Henderson
11,586
29.44% 		 Rabi Martins
4,292
10.91% 		 Marc Scheimann
798
2.03% 		 Charlie Lawman
578
1.47% 		 Jo Hearne
271
0.69% 		 Robert Bolton
107
0.27%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Margaret Moran
26,428
54.85% 		 Graham Bright(I)
15,109
31.36% 		 Keith Fitchett
4,610
9.57% 		 Clive Jacobs
1,205
2.50% 		 Charlie Lawman
390
0.81% 		 Marc Scheimann
356
0.74% 		 Claire Perrin
86
0.18%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Graham Bright(I)
25,900
44.84% 		 Bill McKenzie
25,101
43.46% 		 David W. Rogers
6,020
10.42% 		 Lyn Bliss
550
0.95% 		 David R. H. Cooke
191
0.33%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Graham Bright(I)
24,762
46.24% 		 Bill McKenzie
19,647
36.69% 		 Peter Chapman
9,146
17.08%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Graham Bright(I)
22,531
41.85% 		 Ivor Clemitson
17,910
33.27% 		 David Franks
13,395
24.88%

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