Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hampstead and Highgate Borough constituency |
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| Hampstead and Highgate shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Glenda Jackson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | 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 villages of Hampstead and Highgate.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn, which also includes three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent.
Some areas here are amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat has a somewhat intellectual middle-class vote, which the Tories cannot always take as voting for them; it also has Kilburn, with its large Irish community. It could be predicted following the 2005 result that it may become a genuine three-way marginal. Glenda Jackson's high public profile may help her here in future contests, though she has yet to announce whether she intends to seek re-election in the new seat. She has never been one of Tony Blair's greatest supporters either, with an often critical and independent attitude to New Labour.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1992: Geoffrey Finsberg, Conservative
- 1992 – present: Glenda Jackson, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Hampstead & Highgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Glenda Jackson | 14,615 | 38.3 | -8.6 | |
| Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 10,886 | 28.5 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Fordham | 10,293 | 27.0 | +6.5 | |
| Green | Siân Berry | 2,013 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
| UK Independence | Magnus Nielsen | 275 | 0.7 | -0.2 | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 91 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 3,729 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 38,173 | 55.5 | +1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 6.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Hampstead & Highgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Glenda Jackson | 16,601 | 46.9 | -10.5 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 8,725 | 24.6 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Simpson | 7,273 | 20.5 | +8.1 | |
| Green | Andrew Cornwell | 1,654 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Helen Cooper | 559 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Brian McDermott | 316 | 0.9 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Sister Xnunoftheabove | 144 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Chadwick Teale | 92 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Amos Klein | 43 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 7,876 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,407 | 54.3 | -13.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
