Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hendon South 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, when the existing Hendon constituency was split into two parts, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

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

The constituency included the wards of Childs Hill, Golders Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb, and West Hendon. At the 1997 redistribution the wards of Childs Hill, Golders Green, and Hampstead Garden Suburb were transferred to the new constituency of Finchley and Golders Green along with wards from the old Finchley constituency, while West Hendon was transferred to the new Hendon constituency.

Boundaries

1945-1974: The Municipal Borough of Hendon wards of Central Hendon, Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, and Golders Green Park.

1974-1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, Hendon, and West Hendon.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1945	Hugh Lucas-Tooth	Conservative
1970	Peter Thomas	Conservative
1987	John Marshall	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: South Hendon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro-Lucas-Tooth	24,917	52.2
	Labour	Thomas Sargant	15,389	32.2
	Liberal	Cyril James Hastings Tolley	7,436	15.6
Majority			9,528	20.0
Turnout				83.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election February 1974: South Hendon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thomas	17,795	44.4
	Liberal	Michael David Colne	11,198	27.94
	Labour	RM Hadley	11,088	27.66
Majority			6,597	16.46
Turnout			40,079	77.89

General Election October 1974: South Hendon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thomas	16,866	46.63
	Labour	RM Hadley	11,903	32.91
	Liberal	Michael David Colne	7,404	20.47
Majority			4,963	13.72
Turnout			36,171	69.71

General Election 1979: South Hendon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thomas	19,981	52.77
	Labour	WP Mantle	11,231	26.99
	Liberal	Monroe Palmer	5,799	15.32
	Ecology	G Syer	563	1.49
	National Front	Albert Elder	290	0.77
Majority			8,750	23.11
Turnout			37,864	70.18

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: South Hendon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thomas	17,115	48.61
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Monroe Palmer	10,682	30.34
	Labour	DN Neall	7,415	21.06
Majority			6,433	18.27
Turnout			35,210	65.29

General Election 1987: South Hendon^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	19,341	55.55
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Monroe Palmer	8,217	23.6
	Labour	L Christian	7,261	20.85
Majority			11,124	31.95
Turnout			34,820	63.82

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: South Hendon^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	20,593	58.78
	Labour	L Lloyd	8,546	24.39
	Liberal Democrat	J Cohen	5,609	16.01
	Natural Law	J Leslie	289	0.82
Majority			12,047	34.38
Turnout			35,037	72.39

Notes and references

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°34′N 0°11′W / 51.56°N 0.19°W / 51.56; -0.19