Constituency profile

Peckham

London · Borough constituency · Southwark borough

Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Sitting MP

Miatta Fahnbulleh

Labour (Co-op)

First elected July 2024Cabinet: Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Southwark council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
28.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -23.1pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +25.4pp
vs Green 21.6%
LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

About the Peckham constituency

Peckham is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 58.8% to 19.6% for the Greens, a majority of 15,228 votes on a 53.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 46.9% and the Greens on 21.6%, a margin of 25.4 points.

Who lives in Peckham? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
28.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
49.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
16.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
24.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
72.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
33.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
9.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
44.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Peckham 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

Lab hold · majority 15,228 votes (39.2pp) · turnout 53.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Peckham

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Peckham within Southwark

Peckham sits entirely within Southwark Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Southwark
57 LSOAs
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
FaradayLabour 60.8%vs Green 17.7%May 2026 Labour 44.5%vs Green 35.0%
Labour share
-16.4pp
35.6%
North WalworthLabour 59.3%vs Green 16.8%May 2026 Green 41.2%vs Labour 35.5%
Labour→Green
+24.1pp
34.5%
Nunhead & Queen's RoadLabour 56.4%vs Green 21.2%May 2026 Green 55.1%vs Labour 35.7%
Labour→Green
+27.3pp
40.3%
Old Kent RoadLabour 60.0%vs Green 16.8%May 2026 Labour 46.0%vs Green 26.3%
Labour share
-13.9pp
33.1%
PeckhamLabour 59.3%vs Green 19.6%May 2026 Green 44.4%vs Labour 42.9%
Labour→Green
+20.6pp
32.3%
Rye LaneLabour 59.8%vs Green 19.2%May 2026 Labour 44.5%vs Green 42.2%
Labour share
-15.4pp
45.0%
St GilesLabour 57.0%vs Green 23.9%May 2026 Green 45.9%vs Labour 42.3%
Labour→Green
+18.4pp
44.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Peckham at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Peckham 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdHarriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham MP59.2%13.0%22.4%-2.9%2.5%17,18759.3%
2015predecessorLab holdHarriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham MP63.3%13.2%5.0%4.7% UKIP10.1%3.8%25,82462.3%+3.0
2017predecessorLab holdHarriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham MP77.8%12.8%5.9%-2.8%0.6%37,31667.1%+4.8
2019notionalLabour winnerHarriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham MP, pre-review boundary70.8%11.2%10.4%-5.0%2.6%26,55362.6%
2024Lab holdMiatta Fahnbulleh58.8%5.9%7.0%4.6% Ref19.6%4.1%15,22853.8%-8.8

Peckham was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Camberwell and Peckham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Peckham

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Peckham. Politics shown for context.

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 ›

Show full source list
  • 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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