Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Finchley and Golders Green
Borough constituency
Finchley and Golders Green shown within Greater London
Created: 1997
MP: Rudi Vis
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater London
EP constituency: 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.

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[edit] 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 Hendon South and losing some wards to 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Freer

[edit] Result of 2005

General Election 2005: Finchley and Golders Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rudi Vis 17,487 40.5 −5.8
Conservative Andrew Mennear 16,746 38.8 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Sue Garden 7,282 16.9 +4.8
Green Noel Lynch 1,136 2.6 −0.6
UK Independence Jeremy Jacobs 453 1.0 +0.2
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 110 0.3 N/A
Majority 741 1.7
Turnout 43,214 61.9 +4.6
Labour hold Swing −3.4

[edit] Result of 2001

General Election 2001: Finchley and Golders Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
UK Independence John de Roeck 330 0.8 +0.3
Majority 3,716 8.5
Turnout 43,675 57.3 -12.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Result of 1997

General Election 1997: Finchley and Golders Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rudi Vis 23,180 46.1 +14.0
Conservative John Marshall 19,991 39.7 −13.5
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Davies 5,670 11.3 −1.2
Referendum Party G. Shaw 684 1.4 N/A
Green Ashley Gunstock 576 1.1 −0.3
UK Independence D. Barraclough 205 0.4 N/A
Majority 3,189 6.4 N/A
Turnout 69.7 −7.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.7

[edit] Result of 1992: prediction of Finchley & Golders Green boundaries

General Election 1992: Finchley and Golders Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 20,890 53.2
Labour 12,616 32.1
Liberal Democrat 4,915 12.5
Green 564 1.4
Natural Law 182 0.5
Loony 130 0.3
Majority 8,274 21.1
Turnout 39,297 77.6
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Successors and predecessors

Preceded by
Finchley
UK Parliament constituency
1997–
Succeeded by
Current constituency
Preceded by
Hendon South
UK Parliament constituency
1997–

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Finchley and Golders Green, UKPollingReport
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