The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 69,482 · 2023 boundaries

Bermondsey and Old Southwark.

Labour Party MP Neil Coyle holds the seat on 44.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentNeil Coyle · Labour Party
CouncilSouthwark
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001085
Electorate · 2024
69.5k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
44.8%
Labour Party · +20.7pp over LD
Settlements
1
Largest: Southwark
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
36.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Coyle's most significant recent parliamentary moment came in June 2025, when he broke with his party five times in a single day on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. All five rebel votes concerned safeguards around eligibility -- most notably, he backed amendments on both sides of procedural divisions to close a potential loophole allowing voluntary starvation to qualify someone as terminally ill. His voting record shows a stronger-than-average Labour alignment on end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, placing him noticeably to the right of his parliamentary colleagues on how the bill should be tightened. Beyond that, he has been a consistent party-line voter at 97.6%, supporting government positions on asylum support rules, pension fund investment powers, and Lords defeats on devolution.

His participation rate of 80% sits around the Commons average. Speeches cluster around the economy, fiscal policy, crime, and social care -- 133 contributions across 53 debates suggests an active rather than passive parliamentary presence. His stance profile marks him as strongly aligned with progressive taxation and workers' rights, but notably resistant to Lords scrutiny and parliamentary oversight mechanisms, and well below the Labour average on climate-related votes. He holds no committee seats.

The context that most shapes how constituents read this record is conduct rather than policy. Coyle was suspended from the Labour Party in 2022 over racist remarks and drunken abuse of journalists and staff, readmitted in 2023, and was removed from a Westminster debate in October 2025 following a confrontation with Lee Anderson. Local news over the past 90 days -- dominated by crime and housing -- has been broadly neutral. His March 2026 constituency column claimed progress on housing and foodbanks, though it offered no independent verification.

44.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 23 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 23 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Borough Bankside(3 seats)Watson · Benavides · Chamberlain2,595Southwark LabMay 2026
Chaucer(3 seats)Hamer · Mitchell · Wise4,277Southwark LabMay 2026
London Bridge West Bermondsey(3 seats)Noakes · Dalton · Gray4,159Southwark LabMay 2026
North Bermondsey(3 seats)Guerrieri · Obanya · Bentley4,325Southwark LabMay 2026
Rotherhithe(3 seats)Boyle · Whittam · Cryan3,913Southwark LabMay 2026
South Bermondsey(3 seats)Bates · Bah · Lambe4,103Southwark LabMay 2026
St Georges(2 seats)Neale · Usma1,409Southwark LabMay 2026
Surrey Docks(3 seats)Hood · Salmon · MacMillan3,840Southwark LabMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Southwark (108,958). Total population across named built-up areas: 108,958.

city 108,958

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Southwark108,958city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate65.6%57.1%+15%
Owner-occupied26.1%63.1%-59%
Private rented35.6%20.0%+78%
Social rented38.2%16.8%+127%

Ethnicity.

White55.1%
Asian13.2%
Black18.8%
Mixed6.8%
Other6.1%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.6% Female 50.4% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£38,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£64,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
8,855
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
38
22 primary · 8 secondary
GCSE pass
70.3%
Attainment 8: 50.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£1030m
Taxpayers63,000
Median per taxpayer£4,840
Mean per taxpayer£16,200

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
36.1
+74% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
12.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Theft from the person
22% of recorded crime

By category.

Theft from the person8.0
Violence & sexual offences6.7
Anti-social behaviour5.7
Other theft4.4
Robbery1.9
Shoplifting1.6
Burglary1.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Neil CoyleWONLab16,85744.8
Rachel BentleyLD9,07024.1
Susan HunterGrn4,47711.9
Tony SharpRef3,3979.0
Jonathan IliffCon2,8797.7
Piers CorbynInd4031.1
Niko OmilanaInd2730.7
Barry DuckettInd2470.7

Turnout 37,603

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Neil CoyleLab54.1
2017Neil CoyleLab53.3
2015Neil CoyleLab43.1
2010Hughes, SimonLD48.4
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission