Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampstead and Kilburn
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hampstead and Kilburn in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	78,552 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Glenda Jackson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brent East, Brent South, Hampstead and Highgate
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hampstead and Kilburn is a borough constituency electing one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was first contested in the 2010 general election and was won by Labour's Glenda Jackson with a majority of just 42, making it the second most marginal seat in the 2010 UK Parliament, after Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Hampstead and Kilburn is also the closest three-way marginal seat in the 2010 Parliament, as the third-placed candidate obtained just 841 fewer votes than Jackson, the winner.

Estimates of party support

The Rallings and Thrasher calculations for a media consortium of BBC, ITV, Sky and the Press Association are that on the new boundaries for this constituency the result in 2005 would have been Labour 15,138 (37%), Liberal Democrat 14,664 (36%), Conservative 9,559 (23%) and other parties 2,314, putting Labour 474 votes ahead.^[2]

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north-western part of the London Borough of Camden and the far east of London Borough of Brent.

It is made up of seven electoral wards from the London Borough of Camden:

• Belsize, Fortune Green, Frognal and Fitzjohns, Hampstead Town, Kilburn (Camden), Swiss Cottage, West Hampstead

and three electoral wards from the London Borough of Brent:

• Brondesbury Park, Kilburn (Brent), Queens Park

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England reduced the number of constituencies across the boroughs of Brent and Camden from five to four. The seat of Hampstead and Kilburn is a new creation resulting from these changes.^[3] Hampstead Town ward, Belsize ward, Swiss Cottage ward, Frognal and Fitzjohns ward, Fortune Green ward, West Hampstead ward, and Kilburn (Camden) ward were transferred from the former constituency of Hampstead and Highgate. Brondesbury Park ward, Kilburn (Brent) ward and part of Queens Park ward were transferred from the former constituency of Brent East. A small part of Queens Park ward was transferred from the former constituency of Brent South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [4]	Party
	2010	Glenda Jackson	Labour

Election results

General Election 2010: Hampstead and Kilburn[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson *	17,332	32.8	−3.5
	Conservative	Chris Philp	17,290	32.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Fordham +	16,491	31.2	−4.0
	Green	Beatrix Campbell	759	1.4	−3.2
	UKIP	Magnus Nielsen	408	0.8	+0.1
	BNP	Victoria Moore	328	0.6	N/A
	Tamsin Omond To The Commons	Tamsin Omond	123	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Gene Alcantara	91	0.2	N/A
Majority			42	0.1	−1.1
Turnout			52,822	66.3	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

* Served as MP for Hampstead and Highgate in the 2005–2010 Parliament

+ This was the largest share of the vote obtained by any third-placed candidate in the 2010 General Election.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ The book is not available online, but see details of book here
3. ^ Boundary Commission For England Map from Boundary Commission for England
4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
5. ^ BBC - Election 2010 - Hampstead & Kilburn

External links

• Ed Fordham homepage
• Chris Philp homepage
• Hampstead and Kilburn Conservatives
• Hampstead and Kilburn Lib Dems
• Glenda Jackson homepage
• Tamsin Omond homepage
• Gene Alcantara homepage

Coordinates: 51°32′56″N 0°11′38″W / 51.549°N 0.194°W / 51.549; -0.194