Hampstead and Highgate | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2024 general election | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 74,222 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Tulip Siddiq (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras, Hornsey and Wood Green |
1983–2010 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Hampstead and St Pancras North[2] |
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 Highgate. Since 2024, it has been represented by Tulip Siddiq.
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.[3]
History
[edit]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.[4]
Boundaries
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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.[5]
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
[edit]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.[6]
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
[edit]Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1983 | Geoffrey Finsberg | Conservative | |
1992 | Glenda Jackson | Labour | |
2010 | Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn | ||
2024 | Tulip Siddiq | Labour |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tulip Siddiq | 23,432 | 48.3 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Don Williams | 8,462 | 17.4 | –5.8 | |
Green | Lorna Russell | 6,630 | 13.7 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Emery | 6,181 | 12.7 | –11.6 | |
Reform UK | Catherine Becker | 2,940 | 6.1 | +4.8 | |
Rejoin EU | Christie Elan-Cane | 532 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Jonathan Livingstone | 373 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,970 | 30.8 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,550 | 60.7 | –16.6 | ||
Registered electors | 80,029 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 27,338 | 47.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,938 | 24.3 | |
Conservative | 13,296 | 23.2 | |
Green | 2,096 | 3.7 | |
Brexit Party | 719 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 57,387 | 77.3 | |
Electorate | 74,222 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]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 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Helen Cooper | 559 | 1.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Thomas McDermott | 316 | 0.9 | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]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 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Jonathan Leslie | 147 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Ronnie Carroll | 141 | 0.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | P. Prince | 123 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Humanist | Robert Harris | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Richard Prosser | 86 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Rainbow Ark Voters Association | Anna Hall | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Scallywagg | Charles Scallywag Wilson | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Rizz Party | Captain Rizz | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | |
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
[edit]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 | N/A | |
Humanist | Sarah Ellis | 134 | 0.3 | N/A | |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "'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)
- ^ "General election results". London Borough of Camden. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 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
[edit]- Hampstead and Highgate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Hampstead and Highgate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK