Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Holborn and St. Pancras Borough constituency |
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| Holborn and St. Pancras shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Frank Dobson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Holborn and St. Pancras is a parliamentary constituency covering the southern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes districts of Camden Town, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury.
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[edit] Boundaries
The seat was created in 1983 as a successor to the Holborn and St. Pancras South which had been in existence since 1950.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London the Boundary Commission for England has recommended the creation of a modified Holborn constituency, made from the following electoral wards in the London Borough of Camden:
- Bloomsbury, Camden Town with Primrose Hill, Cantelowes, Gospel Oak, Haverstock, Highgate, Holborn and Covent Garden, Kentish Town, King's Cross, Regent's Park, St Pancras and Somers Town.
[edit] Members of Parliament
The seat has been held since 1983 by Frank Dobson for Labour, who had been elected in 1979 to the predecessor seat of Holborn & St. Pancras South.
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Holborn & St Pancras | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Dobson | 14.857 | 43.2 | -10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 10.070 | 29.3 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Margot James | 6.482 | 18.9 | +2.0 | |
| Green | Adrian Oliver | 2.798 | 8.1 | +2.1 | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 152 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 4.787 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 34.359 | 50.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Holborn & St Pancras | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank Dobson | 16,770 | 53.9 | -11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nat Green | 5,595 | 18.0 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | Roseanne Serelli | 5,258 | 16.9 | -1.0 | |
| Green | Rob Whitley | 1,875 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Candy Udwin | 971 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Joti Brar | 359 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Magnus Nielsen | 301 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,175 | 35.9 | |||
| Turnout | 31,129 | 49.6 | -10.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
