{"id":365233,"date":"2024-05-31T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=365233"},"modified":"2024-05-31T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:56:35","slug":"southwark-was-not-always-a-labour-stronghold-a-century-of-political-shifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/area\/peckham\/southwark-was-not-always-a-labour-stronghold-a-century-of-political-shifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwark was not always a Labour stronghold – a century of political shifts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Southwark, and the three parliamentary constituencies that have traditionally overlapped with it, has a reputation as a Labour stronghold. But the party\u2019s dominance is a fairly recent occurrence. Over the last century, all three major parties have held seats at one time or another.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constituency boundary changes ahead of the 2024 general election mean the borough of Southwark will have five different parliamentary constituencies falling within its borders. But for the last century, there have been three. Their names have been chopped and changed but they are now known as Peckham, Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and Dulwich and West Norwood.<\/p>