Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)

Tooting
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Tooting in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	72,707 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Battersea South Wandsworth Central Streatham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Tooting is a constituency created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Rosena Allin-Khan, a member of the Labour Party.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Bedford, Furzedown, Graveney, Springfield, and Tooting.

1983-2010: As above plus Earlsfield, and Nightingale

2010-present: As above minus Springfield, plus Wandsworth Common.

Tooting is the south-eastern third of the London Borough of Wandsworth. As well as Tooting itself, it also includes the districts of Earlsfield, Furzedown and Streatham Park and part of Balham. The constituency includes all of Wandsworth Common, a rectangular open space that lends its name to one of the seven wards.

Tooting is bordered by the constituencies of Battersea, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Streatham and Wimbledon.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 election from areas immediately before that election within Battersea South, Streatham and Wandsworth Central.

Labour-held since its creation, Tooting was a hope for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election after the party made gains in local elections, however Sadiq Khan was able to hold on to the seat. The Conservatives do best in the northern half of the seat (Bedford, Earlsfield, Nightingale, Wandsworth Common), whereas Labour are strongest in the southern half, which covers Tooting ward itself, Graveney and Furzedown.