Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)

Vauxhall
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Vauxhall in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	73,274 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Kate Hoey (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Kennington and Lambeth North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Vauxhall is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1989 by Kate Hoey, a member of the Labour Party.

1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Marsh, Oval, Prince's, and Vauxhall.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Lambeth wards of Bishop's, Oval, Prince's, Stockwell, and Vassall.

1983–1997: As above plus Clapham Town, Ferndale, and Larkhall.

1997–2010: As above plus Angell.

2010–present: As above minus Angell.

Vauxhall is wholly within the London Borough of Lambeth. The core of the constituency - unchanged from the former Lambeth North - is delimited by the River Thames to the west and north and the boundary with Southwark to the east. It includes all of Vauxhall, North Lambeth, , Kennington and some of Brixton and north Clapham.

It includes Vauxhall, Waterloo and parts of Brixton. Its landmarks include the London Eye, the Oval cricket ground and the National Theatre. Among the UK's most ethnically diverse constituencies, it has notable Jamaican, Portuguese, Ghanian and Ecuadorian communities, it also has a large LGBTQ community.

Vauxhall is one of the most densely populated constituencies and has among the highest percentage of social housing, which sits alongside multi-million pound properties overlooking the Thames. It is a real mixture - much of the population is highly qualified and it has among the highest percentage of people in full-time work in the country. But unemployment is also relatively high. It has more top professionals than average but also more long-term unemployed people.