Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)
Hampstead and Highgate | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2024 general election | |
County | Greater London |
1983–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hampstead and St Pancras North[1] |
Replaced by | Hampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras |
Hampstead & Highgate is a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden, which includes the village of Hampstead and part of that of Highgate.
It was abolished in the 2010 general election, with the majority forming the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn, and part going into the Holborn and St Pancras seat.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[2]
History
Some areas here were amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat always had an intellectual, artistic middle-class vote associated with the intelligentsia (see main page on Hampstead). It also contained Kilburn, with its large Irish community. The Labour incumbent in Hampstead and Highgate at the time of abolition, Glenda Jackson, retained the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn in 2010 with a majority of just 42.[3]
Boundaries
1983–1997: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Gospel Oak, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.
In 2002, a Local Government Boundary Commission for England review abolished the Adelaide, Priory, South End and West End wards, whilst it combined Frognal and Fitzjohns into one ward. For the 2005 general election, the electoral wards used in this constituency were Belsize, Camden Town with Primrose Hill (part), Fortune Green, Frognal and Fitzjohns, Gospel Oak (part), Hampstead Town, Haverstock (part), Highgate (part), Kilburn, Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead.[4]
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn by excluding Highgate ward (which became part of Holborn & St Pancras) and including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent. Hampstead and Kilburn largely replaced Hampstead and Highgate for the 2010 general election.
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency is composed of the following:
- The London Borough of Camden wards of: Belsize; Fortune Green; Frognal; Gospel Oak; Hampstead Town; Highgate; Kilburn; Primrose Hill (polling districts TA and TC – polling district TB is in Holborn and St Pancras constituency); South Hampstead; West Hampstead.
- The London Borough of Haringey ward of Highgate.[5]
It comprises those parts of the Borough of Camden currently in the abolished Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, plus the Gospel Oak and Highgate wards, transferred from Holborn and St Pancras, and the Highgate ward in the Borough of Haringey, transferred from Hornsey and Wood Green.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [6] | Party | |
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1983 | Geoffrey Finsberg | Conservative | |
1992 | Glenda Jackson | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Catherine Becker | ||||
Rejoin EU | Christie Elan-Cane | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Scott Emery | ||||
Independent | Jonathan Livingstone[8] | ||||
Green | Lorna Russell | ||||
Labour | Tulip Siddiq | ||||
Conservative | Don Williams | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glenda Jackson | 14,615 | 38.3 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 10,886 | 28.5 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Fordham | 10,293 | 27.0 | +6.5 | |
Green | Siân Berry | 2,013 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | Magnus Nielsen | 275 | 0.7 | −0.2 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 91 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,729 | 9.8 | -12.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,173 | 55.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glenda Jackson | 16,601 | 46.9 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Karl Mennear | 8,725 | 24.6 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Simpson | 7,273 | 20.5 | +8.1 | |
Green | Andrew Cornwell | 1,654 | 4.7 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Helen Cooper | 559 | 1.6 | New | |
UKIP | Thomas McDermott | 316 | 0.9 | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glenda Jackson | 25,275 | 57.4 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Gibson | 11,991 | 27.2 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bridget Fox | 5,481 | 12.4 | +1.4 | |
Referendum | Monima Siddique | 667 | 1.5 | New | |
Natural Law | Jonathan Leslie | 147 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Ronnie Carroll | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
UKIP | P. Prince | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
Humanist | Robert Harris | 105 | 0.2 | New | |
Rizz Party | Captain Rizz | 101 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 13,284 | 30.2 | +24.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,031 | 67.9 | -4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glenda Jackson | 19,193 | 45.1 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 17,753 | 41.8 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Wrede | 4,765 | 11.2 | −8.1 | |
Green | Stephen Games | 594 | 1.4 | New | |
Natural Law | Richard Prosser | 86 | 0.2 | New | |
Rainbow Ark Voters Association | Anna Hall | 44 | 0.1 | New | |
Scallywagg | Charles Scallywag Wilson | 44 | 0.1 | New | |
Rizz Party | Captain Rizz | 33 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,440 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,512 | 72.7 | +1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Finsberg | 19,236 | 42.5 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Philip Turner | 17,015 | 37.6 | +3.9 | |
SDP | Anne Sofer | 8,744 | 19.3 | −5.5 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 137 | 0.3 | New | |
Humanist | Sarah Ellis | 134 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,221 | 4.9 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,266 | 71.5 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Finsberg | 18,366 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | John McDonnell | 14,996 | 33.7 | ||
SDP | Anne Sofer | 11,030 | 24.8 | ||
Independent | J.V. Stevenson | 156 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 3,370 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,548 | 66.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
References
- ^ "'Hampstead and Highgate', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Glenda Jackson sneaks home with majority of 42 Evening Standard, 7 May 2010
- ^ "North London Ward Breakdown". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Hampstead and Highgate Constituency". Camden Council. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Leaseholder rights remain an issue for today". Camden New Journal. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Hampstead and Highgate Constituency The Guardian
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Hampstead and Highgate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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