Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

New parliamentary constituency

This constituency is new at the July general election, and replaces the previous three constituencies:

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Covered approximately 9% of this new constituency’s population, and 7% of this new constituency’s area.

Camberwell and Peckham

Covered approximately 12% of this new constituency’s population, and 9% of this new constituency’s area.

Vauxhall

Covered approximately 62% of this new constituency’s population, and 65% of this new constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

12th Dec 2019

Public opinion

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

69.7%

69.1% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

45.8%

52.0% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

80.7%

84.3% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

35.1%

24.3% national average

Second placed party at most recent election

Green Party

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

44.2%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

31.4%

23.6% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

40.2%

37.5% national average

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 74.7% 72.6%
Net disagree 5.3% 8.7%
Strongly agree 33.9% 33.8%
Partly agree 41.7% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 19.3% 18.7%
Partly disagree 4% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 1.3% 2.7%

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

51.4%

41.5% national average

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

24%

26.2% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 69.5% 58.9%
Net disagree 10.1% 17.6%
Strongly agree 30.9% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 38.7% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 21.1% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 6.0% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 3.3% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 63.7% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 36.3% 42.5%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

38.5%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

55.4%

40.0% national average

Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 14.2% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 14.0% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 25.0% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 20.9% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 17.0% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 8.9% 19.1%

Constituency Population

103,000

102,977.2 national average

Country of the UK

England

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.4% 1.1%
Construction 2.4% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 8.8% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 15.9% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.1% 3.5%
Does not apply 44.9% 53.4%
Other 3.9% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 16.1% 14.3%
Transport and communication 6.5% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.0% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 9.7% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 4.5% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 6.2% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 6.9% 6.0%
Does not apply 44.9% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 2.1% 3.2%
Professional occupations 16.2% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 2.9% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 2.6% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

14.0%

17.7% national average

Estimated child poverty

37.4%

29.3% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 8.6% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 7.6% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 7.0% 1.8%
Other White 17.7% 6.3%
White British 31.3% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.5% 5.3%
Fair health 10.3% 12.8%
Very good or good health 85.2% 81.9%

Housing Tenure

This area National average
Owned with a mortgage 14.4% 28.9%
Other tenure 2.6% 1.2%
Owned outright 9.0% 33.3%
Private rented 28.8% 19.9%
Social rented 45.1% 16.8%

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 2.1% 0.3%
Asian languages 3.3% 3.0%
English or Welsh 77.5% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 12.7% 3.8%
Does not apply 2.5% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0.0% 0.0%
Any other languages 1.4% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.3% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 3.2% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 8.0% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 4.1% 21.3%
On foot 4.6% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 25.6% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 5.9% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.4% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 44.9% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.6% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 0.2% 1.8%
Taxi 0.3% 0.3%
Train 2.0% 0.8%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups

0

8.4 national average