Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about a parliamentary constituency in North London. For the district in North London, see Tottenham.

Tottenham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,968 (2023)
Major settlementsTottenham
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentDavid Lammy (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromTottenham North and Tottenham South
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromMiddlesex
Replaced byTottenham North and Tottenham South

Tottenham (/ˈtɒtənəm/) is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2000 by the current Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy of the Labour Party, who also serves as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Lammy has previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2024 to 2025, and also served in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer, firstly as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor from 2020 to 2021, and as the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2024. Tottenham was re-created as a parliamentary constituency in 1950, having previously existed from 1885 to 1918.


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