Hampstead_&_Highgate
Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2010
Hampstead & Highgate was 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.
| Hampstead and Highgate | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the next 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 |
It was abolished in the 2010 general election; with the majority forming the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn; and part to the Holborn and St Pancras seat.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.[2]
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]
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.
Proposed
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries of the re-established constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be 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); South Hampstead; West Hampstead.
- The London Borough of Haringey ward of Highgate.[5]
It will comprise those parts of the Borough of Camden currently in the (to be 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.
| Election | Member [6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Geoffrey Finsberg | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Glenda Jackson | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn | ||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Independent | Sister Xnunoftheabove | 144 | 0.4 | New | |
| ProLife Alliance | Mary Teale | 92 | 0.3 | New | |
| Independent | Amos Klein | 43 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 7,876 | 22.3 | -7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,407 | 54.3 | −13.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Don Williams[15] | ||||
| Labour | Tulip Siddiq[16] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Emery[17] | ||||
| Green | Lorna Russell[18] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
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