The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 72,127 · 2023 boundaries

Peckham.

Labour and Co-operative Party MP Miatta Fahnbulleh holds the seat on 58.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentMiatta Fahnbulleh · Labour and Co-operative Party
CouncilSouthwark
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001421
Electorate · 2024
72.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
58.8%
Labour Party · +39.3pp over Grn
Settlements
1
Largest: Southwark
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
34.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

58.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
7
Wards · 21 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.7 wards · 21 councillors

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

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Faraday(3 seats)Johnston · Deen · Otto3,764Southwark LabMay 2026
North Walworth(3 seats)Corn · Foster · Threadgold4,806Southwark LabMay 2026
Nunhead Queens Road(3 seats)Dawkins · Sheppard · Taylor7,683Southwark LabMay 2026
Old Kent Road(3 seats)Austin · Akoto · Livingstone5,008Southwark LabMay 2026
Peckham(3 seats)Peters · Cox · Emmanuel4,705Southwark LabMay 2026
Rye Lane(3 seats)Dobson · Ali · Popoola6,657Southwark LabMay 2026
St Giles(3 seats)Higson · Fowler · Penny6,817Southwark 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 (106,669). Total population across named built-up areas: 106,669.

city 106,669

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Southwark106,669city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate63.6%57.1%+11%
Owner-occupied27.7%63.1%-56%
Private rented24.2%20.0%+21%
Social rented47.6%16.8%+184%

Ethnicity.

White41.6%
Asian8.4%
Black35.2%
Mixed7.5%
Other7.4%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 47.6% Female 52.3% 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
£32,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£45,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,405
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
41
23 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
64.8%
Attainment 8: 46.3

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£450m
Taxpayers53,000
Median per taxpayer£3,710
Mean per taxpayer£8,450

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Southwark. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
34.5
+66% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
11.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
23% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences8.0
Anti-social behaviour6.8
Shoplifting3.2
Theft from the person2.6
Other theft2.4
Vehicle crime2.1
Drugs1.8

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.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Miatta FahnbullehWONLab22,81358.8
Claire SheppardGrn7,58519.6
David WatsonLD2,7247.0
Ben MascallCon2,2765.9
Linda PurcellRef1,7904.6
Jennifer BlakeInd5551.4
Mariatu KargboInd3550.9
Alex KerrInd2850.7
Olusola OniInd2610.7
Stefan HarveyInd1530.4

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
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