Millions of voters across London are going to the polls to elect the new Government. The Standard looks at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map. Here we turn the spotlight on:
ELTHAM AND CHISLEHURST
Estimated declaration time 3.15am
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
Ulysse Lucien Abbate - Liberal Democrats
Charlie Davis - Conservatives
Clive Efford - Labour Party
Sam Gabriel - Green Party
Mark George Simpson - Reform UK
Summary: Big changes here. So big in fact that on paper it looks like a Labour-leaning marginal seat has become a Tory-leaning marginal.
Former black cab driver Clive Efford represented Eltham for Labour since 1997, having won the seat in the first Blair landslide from Conservative Peter Bottomley, now knighted and Father of the House until Parliament was dissolved.
Mr Efford held the seat in 2019 with a majority of 3,197.
If the Tories were on the up, he could have been in trouble in this old seat and even more in this new constituency, but it looks a challenge for the Tories to win this time around given how badly they are doing in the polls.
Area: This constituency includes six Greenwich wards of Coldharbour and New Eltham, Eltham North, Eltham South, Eltham West, Kidbrooke with Hornfair, and Middle Park and Sutcliffe, as well as two from Bromley; Chislehurst, and Mottingham and Chislehurst North.
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New constituency of Eltham and Chislehurst Google MapsBoundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Few parts of London have been so dramatically affected by boundary changes. Labour won the seat of Eltham in 2019 with 47 per cent of the vote, with the Tories on 39.7 per cent, and Lib Dems 6.7 per cent. However, the new constituency would have been 46.9 per cent Conservative, 40.1 per cent Labour and 7.5 per cent Lib Dem.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour
Evening Standard view: If the Conservatives got their act together in London they could be winning seats like this new constituency. But at the moment it does not look like it will be taxi for black cab driver Clive Efford
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