The Cities of London & Westminster residents will be heading to the polls in May’s General Election to decide who should be representing them in the next parliament.
Here is everything you need to know before going to the polls:
Candidates
- Mark Field - Conservative
- Nik Slingsby - Labour
- Belinda Brooks - Gordon - Liberal Democrat
- Robert Stephenson - UKIP
- Hugh Small - Green
- Adam Clifford - Class War
- Edouard-Henri Desforges - CISTA
- Jill McLachlan - Christian Peoples
Polling day
Polling day is May 7. Residents can vote at their local polling station between 7am and 10pm.
The count
Votes will be counted throughout the night at Westminster's Methodist Central Hall.
What happened last time?
- Mark Field - Conservative - 19,264 (52.2%)
- Dave Rowntree - Labour - 8,188 (22.2%)
- Naomi Smith - Liberal Democrat - 7,574 (20.5%)
- Derek Chase - Green - 778 (2.1%)
- Paul Weston - UKIP - 664 (1.8%)
- Frank Roseman - English Democrats - 191 (0.5%)
- Dennis Delderfield - Independent - 98 (0.3%)
- Jack Nunn - Pirate - 90 (0.2%)
- Mad Cap’n Tom - Independent - 84 (0.2%)
Constituency history
Since its creation at the 1950 General Election, the constituency has always elected the candidate nominated by the Conservative Party. It has been represented since 2001 by Mark Field.
The constituency covers much of the commercial, historical and touristic heart of London, including the Square Mile, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park.
Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge rank among Europe’s wealthiest residential districts but around half the electorate are in the more socially mixed areas of Bayswater and Pimlico, or the former council estates of Westminster.
To find which constituency you are, use our 'Find My Seat' gadget, and if you're still not sure who to vote for, why not try our 'Which party are you?' quiz.
