Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Finchley and Golders Green | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Finchley and Golders Green in Greater London. | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 71,595 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Mike Freer (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Finchley, Hendon South |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | London |
Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency[n 1] created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Mike Freer of the Conservative Party, who has held the seat since 2010.[n 2]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, East Finchley, Finchley, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, St Paul's, and Woodhouse.
2010–present: As above; less St Paul's, plus West Finchley and replacing Finchley with Finchley Church End.
The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. It was created in 1997 largely replacing the abolished constituency of Finchley — plus major parts of abolished Hendon South, less some of its wards transferred to the Chipping Barnet seat which covers Barnet. Specifically the creation saw the removal of Friern Barnet and the addition of Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb.
2007 boundary review
Under a review of parliamentary representation, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended in a boundary report published in 2007 that:
- parts of Golders Green ward and Finchley Church End ward be transferred from Hendon
- part of Woodhouse ward be transferred from Chipping Barnet;
- parts of Mill Hill ward and Coppetts ward be transferred to Hendon and Chipping Barnet respectively.
These changes took effect at the 2010 general election.
History
The majority of the constituency's territory was previously in the former Finchley seat, created in 1918, and was most famously represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher between 1959-1992; although boundary changes meant that she never again attained her large majority of 1959, and was re-elected by a 10-point margin in 1974, she was nonetheless returned by majorities exceeding 9,000 votes at general elections throughout her premiership. Since the nominal result at the 1992 general election, and officially from its creation, the seat has been a national bellwether.
The 2015 general election result gave the seat the 65th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[2]
Constituency profile
The area is relatively hilly for Greater London and has numerous London Underground stations. Finchley and Golders Green was overwhelmingly built on in the first half of the 20th century when it was at the fringe of London. The area has since the coming of the railways had little industry of its own, its local economy tending towards high street retail and tradespeople and instead, the workforce has a high proportion of central London commuters.
In common with much of the London Borough of Barnet the local housing stock averages larger in size than the average London accommodation; most houses have gardens greatly exceeding their footprint and many older subdivided townhouses are present. The proportion of social housing and ex-council housing is lower than the London average finding itself in varying condition, unlike many urban hubs in the capital which have seen greater redevelopment of neglected housing stock. It is a mostly affluent and middle-class constituency, but has strong Labour Party support in areas of East and West Finchley, and the highest number of Jewish residents of any constituency in the UK, at over 20%.[3]
Members of Parliament
Event | Member[4] | Party | |
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1997 | Dr Rudi Vis | Labour | |
2010 | Mike Freer | Conservative |
According to Rallings and Thrasher, the boundary changes which came into force for the general election of 2010 meant that this seat notionally already had a Conservative majority, albeit a very small one.[5]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Mike Freer | 24,599 | 47.0 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Jeremy Newmark | 22,942 | 43.8 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Davies | 3,463 | 6.6 | +3.3 | |
Green | Adele Ward | 919 | 1.8 | -0.9 | |
UKIP | Andrew Price | 462 | 0.9 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 1,657 | 3.2 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,389 | 71.4 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Mike Freer[12] | 25,835 | 50.9 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Sarah Sackman[12] | 20,173 | 39.7 | +6.1 | |
UKIP | Richard King[13] | 1,732 | 3.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Davies[14] | 1,662 | 3.3 | -13.8 | |
Green | Adele Ward[15] | 1,357 | 2.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 5,662 | 11.2 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,759 | 70.0 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 72,530 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Mike Freer | 21,688 | 46.0 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Alison Moore | 15,879 | 33.7 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Laura Edge | 8,036 | 17.0 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Susan Cummins | 817 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Donald Lyven | 737 | 1.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 5,809 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,157 | 61.1 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,722 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -5.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 17,487 | 40.5 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 16,746 | 38.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Garden | 7,282 | 16.9 | +4.8 | |
Green | Noel Lynch | 1,136 | 2.6 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Jeremy C. Jacobs | 453 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 110 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 741 | 1.7 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,214 | 61.9 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 70,000 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 20,205 | 46.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | John Marshall | 16,489 | 37.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah Teather | 5,266 | 12.1 | +0.8 | |
Green | Miranda Dunn | 1,385 | 3.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | John A. de Roeck | 330 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 3,716 | 8.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,675 | 57.3 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 76,178 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 23,180 | 46.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Marshall | 19,991 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan M. Davies | 5,670 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Referendum | Gary D. Shaw | 684 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 576 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | David N.G. Barraclough | 205 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,189 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,306 | 69.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 72,357 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | 20,890 | 53.2 | N/A | ||
Labour | 12,616 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrat | 4,915 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Green | 564 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Natural Law | 182 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Loony | 130 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 8,274 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,297 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
- ↑ UK Polling Report, Finchley and Golders Green
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ↑ General Election 2010 – Finchley & Golders Green BBC News
- ↑ "Finchley & Golders Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ↑ House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf] House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report Check
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(help) - ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-08-21. 9Jul15
- ↑ total electorate 72,530 email from barnet Council 16Jul15
- ↑ "Finchley & Golders Green parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- 1 2 "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- ↑ "Richard King, UKIP PPC for Finchley and Golders Green". ukipbarnet.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
- ↑ James Caven. "'We aren't going away': Lib Dems choose candidate for Finchley and Golders Green". Times Series.
- ↑ "Our candidates – Barnet Green Party". barnetgreenparty.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ BBC News|Election 2010|Constituency|Finchley & Golders Green news.bbc.co.uk, retrieved 27 July 2012
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Finchley |
UK Parliament constituency 1997 – present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Hendon South |