Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Finchley and Golders Green


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1997
MP = Rudi Vis
Party = Labour
EP = London

Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. The boundary changed in 1997 by absorbing most of Constituency link|Constituency = Hendon South and losing some wards to Constituency link|Constituency = Chipping Barnet.

Prior to boundary changes in 1997 the constituency was called Finchley and Friern Barnet. The 1997 changes removed Friern Barnet from the constituency and added Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb. The area was famous for once being represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was thought to be safely Tory.

Members of Parliament

* 1997 – "": Rudi Vis, Labour

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Freer
votes =
percentage =
change =

Result of 2005

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rudi Vis
votes = 17,487
percentage = 40.5
change = −5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Mennear
votes = 16,746
percentage = 38.8
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sue Garden
votes = 7,282
percentage = 16.9
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Noel Lynch
votes = 1,136
percentage = 2.6
change = −0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jeremy Jacobs
votes = 453
percentage = 1.0
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = Rainbow George Weiss
votes = 110
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 741
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 43,214
percentage = 61.9
change = +4.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −3.4

Result of 2001

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rudi Vis
votes = 20,205
percentage = 46.3
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Marshall
votes = 16,489
percentage = 37.8
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sarah Teather
votes = 5,266
percentage = 12.1
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Miranda Dunn
votes = 1,385
percentage = 3.2
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John de Roeck
votes = 330
percentage = 0.8
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 3,716
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 43,675
percentage = 57.3
change = -12.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Result of 1997

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rudi Vis
votes = 23,180
percentage = 46.1
change = +14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Marshall
votes = 19,991
percentage = 39.7
change = −13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Davies
votes = 5,670
percentage = 11.3
change = −1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = G. Shaw
votes = 684
percentage = 1.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ashley Gunstock
votes = 576
percentage = 1.1
change = −0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = D. Barraclough
votes = 205
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,189
percentage = 6.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 69.7
change = −7.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +13.7

Result of 1992: prediction of Finchley & Golders Green boundaries

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 20,890
percentage = 53.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 12,616
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 4,915
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate =
votes = 564
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate =
votes = 182
percentage = 0.5
change = Election box candidate
party = Loony
candidate =
votes = 130
percentage = 0.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,274
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 39,297
percentage = 77.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

uccessors and predecessors

See also

* Finchley (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor.
* Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency), half of which was merged with Finchley.
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Footnotes