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.

Hendon North constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945-50.

Boundaries

1945-1974: The Municipal Borough of Hendon wards of Burnt Oak, Edgware, Mill Hill, and West Hendon.

1974-1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Burnt Oak, Colindale, Edgware, Hale, and Mill Hill.

Members of Parliament

	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 1974: Hendon North ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Michael Gorst	16,299
	Labour	Champion	14,549
	Liberal	Senior	5,822
Majority			1,750		0.8%

General Election 1970: Hendon North ^[8]
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 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Charles Ian 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 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Charles Ian Orr-Ewing	20,755	44.4
	Labour	Barbara Ayrton-Gould	18,500	39.6
	Liberal	Edward Martell	6,575	14.1
	Communist Party	M Pollitt	918	2.0
Majority			2,225	4.8

Notes and references

↑ The Guinness Book Of Records 1980
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1994
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1990
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm
↑ UK General Election results May 1979 at politicsresources.net
↑ UK General Election results October 1974 at politicsresources.net
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1972
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1965
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1951

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

Coordinates: 51°37′N 0°15′W / 51.62°N 0.25°W / 51.62; -0.25