Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampstead and Highgate
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1983–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras
Created from	Hampstead

Hampstead & Highgate was a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes the village of Hampstead and part of that of Highgate.

It was abolished in the 2010 general election; with the majority forming the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn; and part to the Holborn and St Pancras seat.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Gospel Oak, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn by excluding Highgate ward (which became part of Holborn & St Pancras) and including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent.

Some areas here were amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat always had an intellectual, artistic middle-class vote associated with the intelligentsia (see main page on Hampstead). It also contained Kilburn, with its large Irish community (also intelligentsia). The Labour incumbent in Hampstead and Highgate at the time of abolition, Glenda Jackson, retained the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn in 2010 with a majority of just 42.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[2]	Party
1983	Geoffrey Finsberg	Conservative
1992	Glenda Jackson	Labour
2010	Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hampstead and Highgate^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	14,615	38.3	-8.6
	Conservative	Piers Wauchope	10,886	28.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Fordham	10,293	27.0	+6.5
	Green	Siân Berry	2,013	5.3	+0.6
	UKIP	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 and Highgate^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	16,601	46.9	-10.5
	Conservative	Andrew Mennear	8,725	24.6	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UKIP	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hampstead and Highgate^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	25,275	57.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson	11,991	27.2
	Liberal Democrat	Bridget Fox	5,481	12.4
	Referendum Party	Monima Siddique	667	1.5	N/A
	Natural Law	Jonathan Leslie	147	0.3
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Ronnie Carroll	141	0.3	N/A
	UKIP	P. Prince	123	0.3	N/A
	Humanist	Robert Harris	105	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Rizz	101	0.2	+0.1
Majority			13,284
Turnout				67.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hampstead and Highgate^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	19,193	45.1	+7.6
	Conservative	Oliver Letwin	17,753	41.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	David H. Wrede	4,765	11.2	−8.1
	Green	Steven N. Games	594	1.4	+1.4
	Natural Law	Dr. Richard D. Prosser	86	0.2	+0.2
	Rainbow Ark Voters Association	A. Hall	44	0.1	−0.2
	Scallywagg	C.S. Wilson	44	0.1	−0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C Rizz	33	0.1	−0.2
Majority			1,440	3.4	−1.5
Turnout			42,512	72.7	+1.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hampstead and Highgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	19,236	42.50
	Labour	P.J. Turner	17,015	37.59
	Social Democratic	A. Sofer	8,744	19.32
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	137	0.30
	Humanist	S. Ellis	134	0.30
Majority			2,221	4.91
Turnout				71.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hampstead and Highgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	18,366	41.2	N/A
	Labour	John McDonnell	14,996	33.7	N/A
	Social Democratic	A. Sofer	11,030	24.8	N/A
	Poet	J. Stevenson	156	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,370	7.6	N/A
Turnout				66.94	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ Glenda Jackson sneaks home with majority of 42 Evening Standard, 7 May 2010
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hampstead and Highgate Constituency The Guardian
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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Coordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°10′23″W / 51.556°N 0.173°W / 51.556; -0.173