Battersea
London · Borough constituency · Wandsworth borough
About the Battersea constituency
Battersea is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Marsha De Cordova (Labour), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 48.8% to 23.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 12,039 votes on a 64.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 39.5% and the Conservatives on 24.5%, a margin of 15.0 points.
Who lives in Battersea? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Battersea vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Battersea
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Battersea within Wandsworth
Battersea sits entirely within Wandsworth Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balham | Labour 49.1%vs Conservative 24.2% | May 2026 Conservative 38.9%vs Labour 36.8% | Labour→Conservative +13.5pp | - |
| Battersea Park | Labour 51.2%vs Conservative 22.0% | May 2026 Labour 34.1%vs Conservative 32.2% | Labour share -17.1pp | - |
| Falconbrook | Labour 48.0%vs Conservative 17.6% | May 2026 Labour 44.9%vs Green 23.1% | Labour share -3.1pp | - |
| Lavender | Labour 47.5%vs Conservative 24.7% | May 2026 Conservative 44.5%vs Labour 26.7% | Labour→Conservative +20.3pp | - |
| Nine Elms | Labour 42.1%vs Conservative 24.1% | May 2026 Conservative 40.8%vs Labour 21.1% | Labour→Conservative +18.8pp | - |
| Northcote | Labour 43.0%vs Conservative 29.1% | May 2026 Conservative 51.8%vs Labour 18.7% | Labour→Conservative +23.4pp | - |
| Shaftesbury & Queenstown | Labour 52.6%vs Conservative 19.4% | May 2026 Labour 46.0%vs Conservative 23.3% | Labour share -6.5pp | - |
| St Mary's | Labour 50.4%vs Conservative 23.3% | May 2026 Conservative 35.5%vs Labour 32.9% | Labour→Conservative +14.9pp | - |
| Wandsworth Town | Labour 52.2%vs Conservative 22.2% | May 2026 Labour 37.4%vs Conservative 34.7% | Labour share -14.8pp | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Battersea at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Battersea at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con gain from Lab | Jane Ellison | 35.1% | 47.3% | 14.7% | 5,977 | 65.7% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Jane Ellison | 36.8% | 52.4% | 4.4% | 7,938 | 67.0%+1.3 |
| 2017 | Lab gain from Con | Marsha De Cordova | 45.9% | 41.5% | 8.0% | 2,416 | 71.0%+4.0 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Marsha De Cordova 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 46.4% | 35.4% | 15.1% | 6,026 | 76.3%+5.3 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Marsha De Cordova | 48.8% | 23.2% | 10.3% | 12,039 | 64.6%-11.7 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Battersea
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Battersea. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Graduate65.2 / 61.8vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 25.6vs 53.2
- ↑Private rent38.0 / 36.0vs 20.2
- ↑Graduate65.2 / 61.0vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied36.9 / 36.1vs 61.9
- ↓Leave22.1 / 29.1vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate65.2 / 61.0vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 27.8vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.9 / 44.3vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate65.2 / 64.7vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 25.1vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied36.9 / 37.5vs 61.9
- ↓Owner-occupied36.9 / 38.9vs 61.9
- ↓Leave22.1 / 29.1vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate65.2 / 54.8vs 33.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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