26 July 1945 saw the formation of the Labour government led by Clement Attlee, Labour’s first majority government remembered for the creation of the NHS and many other achievements. The Labour Party is marking the 75th anniversary on social media, and we have joined in on Twitter by looking at how the election panned out in Brixton Hill.

The current Brixton Hill ward fell mostly into the Brixton seat, but part of the ward was then in the Borough of Wandsworth, so the parliamentary seats of Clapham and Streatham also cover part of today’s Brixton Hill. The Norwood constituency started on the other side of Brixton Hill.