Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)

Battersea
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Battersea in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	106,709 (2011 census)
Electorate	73,028 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Jane Ellison (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Battersea North and Battersea South
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Battersea North and Battersea South
Created from	East Surrey
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Battersea is a constituency in the London Borough of Wandsworth represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jane Ellison of the Conservative Party.

1885-1918: Wards 2 and 3 of Battersea Parish, and that part of No. 4 Ward bounded on the south by Battersea Rise, and on the east by St John's Road.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Balham, Fairfield, Latchmere, Northcote, Queenstown, St John, St Mary's Park, and Shaftesbury.

2010–present: As above, with the exclusion of St John.

Less densely populated with adult electors than late Victorian times and covering the north-eastern third of the London Borough of Wandsworth, Battersea as drawn and redrawn since 1983 includes central Wandsworth and in the same way as Chelsea on the opposite bank, adjoins the Thames before flowing through central London.

It takes in all of the district of Battersea including its large Battersea Park which hosts frequent live entertainment events and seasonal festivals, riverside and London Heliport and stretches eastwards to include Nine Elms and surrounding the Park: Queenstown; generally widely known large neighbourhoods of Battersea Town; and westwards to include most of Wandsworth town, including the riverside, Town Hall and East Hill. Battersea also stretches south between Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common to include Balham Ward, the eastern end of Balham (the west for General Elections being placed since 1983 in Tooting).