Editing Nick Raynsford (section)

=== Early parliamentary career: 1986–1997 ===
Raynsford was first elected a member of parliament (MP) for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in [[1986 Fulham by-election|a 1986 by-election]] for [[Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fulham]], but at the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]], lost to [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate [[Matthew Carrington, Baron Carrington of Fulham|Matthew Carrington]]. He then became MP for [[Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich]] at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]], and at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], he won the re-drawn seat of [[Greenwich and Woolwich]]. He retained the seat at the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]], [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]] and [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] general elections, with majorities of 13,433,<ref>{{cite news|title = BBC News Vote 2005 map|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/flash_map/html/map01.stm | access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> 10,146<ref>{{cite news|title = BBC News Vote 2005|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/284.stm | access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> and 10,153<ref>{{cite news|title = BBC News Election 2010 Greenwich & Woolwich Constituency|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b90.stmhtml/284.stm | access-date=22 June 2010 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> respectively.

In opposition, Raynsford was Shadow Minister for Housing and Construction from 1994, and frontbench spokesperson for London from 1993. From 1992 to 1993, he was a member of the [[Environment Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Official Website, Nick Raynsford MP – Biography|url = http://www.nickraynsford.org.uk/biography }}</ref>