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| Established | February 28, 1974 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH May 15, 2021 10:03pm |
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Mitcham and Morden was created in its present form in 1974. It contains 474 acres of Mitcham Common, as well as the National Trust's Morden Park. It boasts the oldest cricket green in the world and marks the southern end of the Northern Line tube. It is a suburban seat in the London Borough of Merton where half the population regard themselves as Londoners and the other half still think they live in Surrey. Owner-occupation here runs at two-thirds. Labour is stronger to the west and south, with Tory support increasing towards the east which borders Wimbledon. Mitcham town centre is fringed on two sides by council estates - St Helier's and Phipps Bridge. Labour held the seat previously in 1974 and 1979, Then the sitting MP, Bruce Douglas Mann, defected to the SDP and was the only one to seek a new mandate through a by-election. It was during the Falklands campaign and the Tories won. From then until 1997 this was the seat of Dame Angela Rumbold, former education minister and vice-chairman of the Conservative Party. Labour's Siobhain McDonagh, sister of Margaret, Labour's former General Secretary and born in the constituency, was one of the new wave of women MPs to win in 1997: she had a substantial 3.8% swing to her in 2001 and now has a majority of 36.3% (13,785) - the biggest majority in the seat's history.
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