Hendon North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hendon North was a constituency in the former Municipal Borough of Hendon (later subsumed into the London Borough of Barnet) which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1945 general election as the existing Hendon constituency was too large (the estimated electorate in 1941 was 217,900 ^[1]), and lasted until the 1997 general election when the London Borough of Barnet's Parliamentary representation was reduced from four seats to three.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Elections 2.1 Elections in the 1990s 2.2 Elections in the 1980s 2.3 Elections in the 1970s 2.4 Elections in the 1960s 2.5 Elections in the 1950s 3 Notes and references

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1945	Barbara Ayrton-Gould	Labour
	1950	Ian Orr-Ewing	Conservative
	1970	John Gorst	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Hendon North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	20,569	53.2
	Labour	D Hill	13,447	34.8
	Liberal Democrat	P Kemp	4,136	10.7
	Green	P Duncan	430	1.1
	Natural Law	P Orr	95	0.2
Majority			7,122	18.4
Turnout			38,677	75.08

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hendon North [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	20,155	55.6
	Labour	J Manson	9,223	25.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	E Davies	6,859	18.9
Majority			10,932	30.2
Turnout			36,237	65.8

General Election 1983: Hendon North[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	18,499	49.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	K Craig	9,474	25.6
	Labour	A M Williams	8,786	23.7
	Nationalist Party	Bernard Franklin	194	0.5
	Independent	R Clayton	116	0.3
Majority			9,025	24.3
Turnout			37,068	68.01

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Hendon North [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	20,766	52.1
	Labour	F Cooper	14,374	36.0
	Liberal	C Perkin	4,113	10.3
	National Front	Bernard Franklyn	638	1.6
Majority			6,392	16.0

General Election 1970: Hendon North [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	18,192	49.3
	Labour	A A M Irvine	15,013	40.7
	Liberal	M G Cass	3,704	10.0
Majority			3,179	8.6

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Hendon North [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir C I Orr-Ewing	17,784	44.3
	Labour	A R Jinkinson	16,660	41.5
	Liberal	J H Holmes	5,719	14.2
Majority			1,124	2.8

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Hendon North [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir C I Orr-Ewing	20,755	44.4
	Labour	B Ayrton-Gould	18,500	39.6
	Liberal	E Martell	6,575	14.1
	Communist Party	M Pollitt	918	2.0
Majority			2,225	4.8

Notes and references