Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Finchley and Golders Green | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Finchley and Golders Green in Greater London.
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County | Greater London |
Electorate | 71,595 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Mike Freer (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Finchley, Hendon South |
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European Parliament constituency | London |
Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2010, its MP has been Mike Freer, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
1997-2010: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, East Finchley, Finchley, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, St Paul's, and Woodhouse.
2010-present: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, East Finchley, Finchley Church End, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, West Finchley, and Woodhouse.
The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. It was created in 1997 when the old constituency of Finchley absorbed most of the old constituency of Hendon South and lost some of its wards to the Chipping Barnet seat which covers Barnet; specifically this saw the removal of Friern Barnet and addition of Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb.
2007 Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended in their boundary report published in 2007 that parts of Golders Green ward and Finchley Church End ward be transferred to Finchley and Golders Green from the constituency of Hendon; that part of Woodhouse ward be transferred from Chipping Barnet; and that parts of Mill Hill ward and Coppetts ward be transferred to Hendon and Chipping Barnet respectively. These changes took effect at the 2010 general election.
History
Most of the constituency's territory was previously in the old constituency of Finchley represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher between 1959 and her retirement from the House of Commons in 1992; although boundary changes meant that she never again attained her large majority of 1959, and was re-elected by a 10-point margin in 1974, she was nonetheless returned by comfortable (9,000) majorities at General Elections throughout her premiership. Since the 1992 nominal result, the seat has been a national bellwether.
Members of Parliament
Event | Member[2] | Party | |
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1997 | Dr Rudi Vis | Labour | |
2010 | Mike Freer | Conservative |
According to Rallings and Thrasher, the boundary changes which came into force for the general election of 2010 meant that this seat notionally already had a Conservative majority, albeit a very small one.[3]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Freer[8] | 25,835 | 50.9 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Sarah Sackman[8] | 20,173 | 39.7 | +6.1 | |
UKIP | Richard King[9] | 1,732 | 3.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Davies[10] | 1,662 | 3.3 | −13.8 | |
Green | Adele Ward[11] | 1,357 | 2.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 5,662 | 11.2 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,759 | 70.0 | +8.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Freer | 21,688 | 46.0 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Alison Moore | 15,879 | 33.7 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Laura Edge | 8,036 | 17.0 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Susan Cummins | 817 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Donald Lyven | 737 | 1.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 5,809 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,157 | 61.1 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 17,487 | 40.5 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 16,746 | 38.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Elizabeth Garden | 7,282 | 16.9 | +4.8 | |
Green | Noel Lynch | 1,136 | 2.6 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Jeremy C. Jacobs | 453 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 110 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 741 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,214 | 61.9 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 20,205 | 46.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | John Leslie Marshall | 16,489 | 37.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah Teather | 5,266 | 12.1 | +0.8 | |
Green | Miss Miranda Jane Dunn | 1,385 | 3.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | John A. de Roeck | 330 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 3,716 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,675 | 57.3 | −12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.05 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rudi Vis | 23,180 | 46.1 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | John Leslie Marshall | 19,991 | 39.7 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan M. Davies | 5,670 | 11.3 | −1.2 | |
Referendum | Gary D. Shaw | 684 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Green | Ashley Gunstock | 576 | 1.1 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | David N.G. Barraclough | 205 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,189 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,306 | 69.7 | −7.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 20,890 | 53.2 | |||
Labour | 12,616 | 32.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 4,915 | 12.5 | |||
Green | 564 | 1.4 | |||
Natural Law | 182 | 0.5 | |||
Loony | 130 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 8,274 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 39,297 | 77.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
- Finchley (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor
- Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency), half of which was merged with Finchley
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
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- ↑ General Election 2010 - Finchley & Golders Green BBC News
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- ↑ https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/news/Election-results-in-Barnet.html 9Jul15
- ↑ total electorate 72,530 email from barnet Council 16Jul15
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000703
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Preceded by | UK Parliament constituency 1997 – present |
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with one unnamed parameter
- Politics of Barnet
- Parliamentary constituencies in London
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- Finchley
- Golders Green