Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Hampstead and Highgate


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1983
MP = Glenda Jackson
Party = Labour
EP = London:"Hampstead and Highgate redirects here. For the "Ham and High" newspaper, see Hampstead & Highgate Express."

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.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn by excluding Highgate ward (now to be part of Holborn & St Pancras) and including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent.

Some areas here are amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat has always had a somewhat intellectual,artistic middle-class vote associated with the intelligentsia (see main page on Hampstead), which the Tories cannot always take as voting for them; it also has Kilburn, with its large Irish community. Glenda Jackson has yet to announce whether she intends to seek re-election in the new seat. She was never one of former Prime Minister Tony Blair's greatest supporters either, with an often critical and independent attitude to New Labour.

Members of Parliament

*1983 – 1992: Geoffrey Finsberg, Conservative
*1992 – present: Glenda Jackson, Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Glenda Jackson
votes = 14,615
percentage = 38.3
change = -8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Piers Wauchope
votes = 10,886
percentage = 28.5
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ed Fordham
votes = 10,293
percentage = 27.0
change = +6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Siân Berry
votes = 2,013
percentage = 5.3
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Magnus Nielsen
votes = 275
percentage = 0.7
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = Rainbow George Weiss
votes = 91
percentage = 0.2
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 3,729
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 38,173
percentage = 55.5
change = +1.2Election box hold with party link
winner =Labour Party (UK)
swing =6.3

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Glenda Jackson
votes = 16,601
percentage = 46.9
change = -10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Mennear
votes = 8,725
percentage = 24.6
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Simpson
votes = 7,273
percentage = 20.5
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew Cornwell
votes = 1,654
percentage = 4.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Helen Cooper
votes = 559
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Brian McDermott
votes = 316
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sister Xnunoftheabove
votes = 144
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Chadwick Teale
votes = 92
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Amos Klein
votes = 43
percentage = 0.1
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 7,876
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 35,407
percentage = 54.3
change = -13.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Glenda Jackson
votes = 25,275
percentage = 57.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Gibson
votes = 11,991
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bridget Fox
votes = 5,481
percentage = 12.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = M. Siddique
votes = 667
percentage = 1.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = J. Leslie
votes = 147
percentage = 0.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = Ronnie Carroll
votes = 141
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = P. Prince
votes = 123
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Humanist Party (UK)
candidate = R. Harris
votes = 105
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = C. Rizz
votes = 101
percentage = 0.2
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 13,284
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 67.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Glenda Jackson
votes = 19,193
percentage = 45.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Oliver Letwin
votes = 17,753
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wrede
votes = 4,765
percentage = 11.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Games
votes = 594
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = R. Prosser
votes = 86
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = A. Hall
votes = 44
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = C. Wilson
votes = 44
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = C. Rizz
votes = 33
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,440
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References