Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hornsey and Wood Green Borough constituency |
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| Hornsey and Wood Green shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Lynne Featherstone |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Hornsey and Wood Green is a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Haringey 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 seat covers the western side of the London Borough of Haringey, including Wood Green, Muswell Hill and Crouch End.
[edit] History
Prior to the 1983 election, the areas of Hornsey and Wood Green had their own seats. At that boundary change however the Wood Green seat was broadly divided into two, with half being merged with the previous Hornsey seat and the rest being transferred to the neighbouring seat of Tottenham, to the east. A smaller part of the Hornsey constituency was also transferred to Tottenham at the same time.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | constituency created | ||
| 1983 | Sir Hugh Rossi | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Barbara Roche | Labour | |
| 2005 | Lynne Featherstone | Liberal Democrats | |
[edit] Political and psephological interest
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Hornsey and Wood Green is one of a handful of predominantly middle class parliamentary constituencies across the UK which returned a Conservative MP during the 1980s, swung to Labour in the 1990s, and was subsequently picked up by the Liberal Democrats in the 2005 general election. Other such seats include Birmingham Yardley, Bristol West, Cambridge, Cardiff Central, East Dunbartonshire, Falmouth and Camborne, Leeds North-West, and Manchester Withington. Some argue that this reflects changing positions of the parties themselves while others argue that the beliefs of the middle class itself have changed.
[edit] Election results
[edit] 1997-2005
| General Election 2005: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lynne Featherstone | 20,512 | 45.3 | +17.5 | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 18,117 | 38.3 | -11.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Forrest | 6,014 | 12.7 | -3.0 | |
| Green | Jayne Forbes | 2,377 | 5.0 | -0.1 | |
| UK Independence | Roy Freshwater | 310 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 2,395 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,330 | 61.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | 14.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 21,967 | 49.9 | -11.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lynne Featherstone | 11,353 | 25.8 | +14.5 | |
| Conservative | Jason Hollands | 6,921 | 15.7 | -6.2 | |
| Green | Jayne Forbes | 2,228 | 5.1 | +2.7 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Louise Christian | 1,106 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Ella Rule | 294 | 0.7 | -0.5 | |
| Reform 2000 | Erdil Ataman | 194 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,614 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 44,063 | 58.0 | -11.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 31,792 | 61.7 | +13.3 | |
| Conservative | H Hart | 11,293 | 21.9 | -17.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lynne Featherstone | 5,794 | 11.3 | +1.3 | |
| Green | H Jago | 1,214 | 2.4 | n/a | |
| Referendum Party | R Miller | 808 | 1.6 | n/a | |
| Socialist Labour | P Sikorski | 586 | 1.1 | n/a | |
| Majority | 20,499 | 39.8 | |||
| Turnout | 69.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 1983-1992
| General Election 1992: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 27,020 | 48.5 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Boff | 21,843 | 39.2 | -3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | P Dunphy | 5,547 | 9.9 | -5.2 | |
| Green | E Crosby | 1,051 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
| Others | 286 | 0.5 | n/a | ||
| Majority | 5,177 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 75.7 | +2.4 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Hugh Rossi | 25,397 | 43.0 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 23,681 | 40.0 | +5.0 | |
| Social Democrat | D Eden | 8,928 | 15.1 | -5.8 | |
| Green | E Crosby | 1,154 | 1.9 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 1,779 | 3.0 | -4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 73.3 | +2.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Hornsey and Wood Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Hugh Rossi | 22,323 | 42.5 | ||
| Labour | V Veness | 18,424 | 35.0 | ||
| Social Democrat | M Burrell | 10,995 | 20.9 | ||
| Green | P Lang | 854 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 3,899 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 71.2 | ||||
