Peckham.
Labour and Co-operative Party MP Miatta Fahnbulleh holds the seat on 58.8% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
Fahnbulleh is a minister as well as an MP -- she serves in government on energy and devolution, which shapes almost everything she does in Parliament. Her two rebel votes stand out against an otherwise near-perfect party-line record. In June 2025 she broke with Labour to oppose extending subsidies to Drax's biomass operation, a position consistent with a strong climate brief, and voted for tighter advertising restrictions on assisted dying -- suggesting she leans toward greater safeguards on that question than her party's median position. Her deviations data reinforce this: she is 16 percentage points more likely than the average Labour MP to back assisted-dying safeguards, and 21 points more likely to oppose tax increases.
Her parliamentary participation sits at 70% -- below the Commons average -- but that figure partly reflects the demands of ministerial office rather than disengagement. Where she does speak, the focus is consistent: energy, local government, housing, and cost-of-living dominate her 981 contributions across 97 debates. She votes firmly against Lords scrutiny (0% aligned) and against expanding parliamentary oversight, both standard positions for a government minister defending executive authority. On welfare, climate action, and local democracy her record is more mixed, with alignment scores that sit well below her workers' rights or housing scores.
Coverage over the past year has been broadly positive, with a BBC profile marking her first year and The Mirror highlighting her work on clean energy and fuel poverty in Peckham. A weaker moment came in March 2026 when her response to questions about antisemitic attacks on a local bakery was criticised as generic and process-focused. She holds no select committee seat, which is standard for ministers. Voting and speech data are available from July 2024 onwards.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday(3 seats) | Johnston · Deen · Otto | 3,764 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| North Walworth(3 seats) | Corn · Foster · Threadgold | 4,806 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| Nunhead Queens Road(3 seats) | Dawkins · Sheppard · Taylor | 7,683 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| Old Kent Road(3 seats) | Austin · Akoto · Livingstone | 5,008 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| Peckham(3 seats) | Peters · Cox · Emmanuel | 4,705 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| Rye Lane(3 seats) | Dobson · Ali · Popoola | 6,657 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
| St Giles(3 seats) | Higson · Fowler · Penny | 6,817 | Southwark Lab | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Southwark (106,669). Total population across named built-up areas: 106,669.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Southwark | 106,669 | city |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 63.6% | 57.1% | +11% |
| Owner-occupied | 27.7% | 63.1% | -56% |
| Private rented | 24.2% | 20.0% | +21% |
| Social rented | 47.6% | 16.8% | +184% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £450m |
| Taxpayers | 53,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,710 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £8,450 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miatta FahnbullehWON | Lab | 22,813 | 58.8 |
| Claire Sheppard | Grn | 7,585 | 19.6 |
| David Watson | LD | 2,724 | 7.0 |
| Ben Mascall | Con | 2,276 | 5.9 |
| Linda Purcell | Ref | 1,790 | 4.6 |
| Jennifer Blake | Ind | 555 | 1.4 |
| Mariatu Kargbo | Ind | 355 | 0.9 |
| Alex Kerr | Ind | 285 | 0.7 |
| Olusola Oni | Ind | 261 | 0.7 |
| Stefan Harvey | Ind | 153 | 0.4 |
Turnout 38,797
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo