Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

Chipping Barnet is a constituency[n 1] created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party. Villiers was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 until 2016 under the leadership of Prime Minister David Cameron before she was dismissed when the incoming Prime Minister Theresa May took office. Boris Johnson appointed her as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2019 before she was sacked in February 2020.[n 2] It is part of the London Borough of Barnet.

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Population111,973 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate76,455 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlementsHigh Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, Arkley, Brunswick Park, Colney Hatch
Current constituency
Created1974 (1974)
Member of ParliamentTheresa Villiers (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromBarnet

Constituency profile

The constituency is slightly more elevated than the surrounding areas. Barnet was once a narrow projection of Hertfordshire into the county of Middlesex, and consisted of an agricultural market town.[3] The town became well connected to central London by the London Underground network and is today prime suburbia, with many of its properties semi-detached with substantial gardens as well as having many small parks and nature reserves. The area has few tower blocks for social housing.

It has been held by a Conservative since its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by just over 2% (1,035 votes). The 2015 result gave the seat the 92nd most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[4] In 2017, the Conservatives came closer than ever before to losing Chipping Barnet, with incumbent Theresa Villiers retaining the seat by just 353 votes, with Labour now holding the majority of councillors in the constituency, in Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, and Underhill.[5] However, as of the 2018 Barnet London Borough Council elections, the Conservatives now hold a majority of councillors in Brunswick Park, High Barnet, Oakleigh, and Totteridge.[6]

In the 2019 general election, the seat was seen as an important potential gain for the Labour Party, due to Villiers' small majority and high profile (as the Environment Secretary) and the seat's vote to remain in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.[7][8][9][10] Nevertheless, Villiers retained the seat with an increased majority, albeit a very small one.[11]

Boundaries

1974–1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Arkley, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Hadley, and Totteridge.

1997–2010: As above plus Friern Barnet.

2010–present: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, and Underhill.

For the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that parts of Underhill ward and Coppetts ward be transferred to Chipping Barnet from the constituencies of Hendon and Finchley and Golders Green respectively. It also recommended that a small part of Mill Hill ward be transferred from Chipping Barnet to Hendon.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[12][13][14]PartyNotes
Feb 1974 Reginald Maudling Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer 1962–1964
Home Secretary 1970–1972
Died February 1979, seat remained vacant until general election in May.
1979 Sydney Chapman
2005 Theresa Villiers Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2012-2016)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2019-2020)

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Chipping Barnet[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,745 44.7 -1.6
Labour Emma Whysall 24,533 42.6 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Isabelle Parasram 5,932 10.3 +4.9
Green Gabrielle Bailey 1,288 2.2 -0.3
Advance John Sheffield 71 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,212 2.1 +1.5
Turnout 57,569 72.0 +0.2
Registered electors 79,960
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2017: Chipping Barnet[16][17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,679 46.3 −2.3
Labour Emma Whysall 25,326 45.7 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 3,012 5.4 +0.9
Green Phil Fletcher 1,406 2.5 −2.2
Majority 353 0.6 −13.8
Turnout 55,423 71.8 +3.7
Registered electors 77,218
Conservative hold Swing −6.9
General election 2015: Chipping Barnet[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,759 48.6 –0.2
Labour Amy Trevethan 18,103 34.1 +8.9
UKIP Victor Kaye 4,151 7.8 +5.0
Green Audrey Poppy 2,501 4.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray [21] 2,381 4.5 –15.7
Independent Mehdi Akhavan 118 0.2 +0.2
Majority 7,656 14.4 9.1
Turnout 53,013 68.1 +3.0
Registered electors 77,807
Conservative hold Swing –4.5
General election 2010: Chipping Barnet[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 24,700 48.8 +2.9
Labour Damien Welfare 12,773 25.2 –8.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barber 10,202 20.2 +4.9
UKIP James Fluss 1,442 2.8 +0.8
Green Kate Tansley 1,021 2.0 –0.8
Independent Philip Clayton 470 0.9 N/A
Majority 11,927 23.6 +9.5
Turnout 50,608 65.1 +2.3
Registered electors 75,120
Conservative hold Swing +5.77

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Chipping Barnet[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 19,744 46.6 +0.2
Labour Pauline A. Coakley-Webb 13,784 32.5 –7.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,671 15.7 +2.1
Green Audrey M. Poppy 1,199 2.8 N/A
UKIP Victor Kaye 924 2.2 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 59 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,960 14.1 +7.7
Turnout 42,381 64.1 +3.7
Registered electors 66,222
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
General election 2001: Chipping Barnet[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 19,702 46.4 +3.4
Labour Damien Welfare 17,001 40.0 –0.9
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 5,753 13.6 +1.2
Majority 2,701 6.4 +4.3
Turnout 42,456 60.4 –11.3
Registered electors 70,239
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Chipping Barnet[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 21,317 43.0 -14.0
Labour Geoff N. Cooke 20,282 40.9 +15.0
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,121 12.4 -3.7
Referendum Victor G. Ribekow 1,190 2.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Brian L. Miskin 253 0.5 N/A
ProLife Alliance Brian D. Scallan 243 0.5 N/A
Natural Law Diane Derksen 159 0.3 -0.2
Majority 1,035 2.1 -29.0
Turnout 49,565 71.7 -6.9
Registered electors 69,088
Conservative hold Swing -14.5
General election 1992: Chipping Barnet[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,589 57.0 −0.9
Labour Alan J. Williams 11,638 25.9 +6.9
Liberal Democrats David H. Smith 7,247 16.1 −6.9
Natural Law Diane Derksen 222 0.5 N/A
Funstermentalist Christopher V. Johnson 213 0.5 N/A
Majority 13,951 31.1 −3.8
Turnout 44,909 78.6 +8.6
Registered electors 57,153
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Chipping Barnet[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 24,686 57.9 +1.8
Liberal James Skinner 9,815 23.0 −3.1
Labour David Perkin 8,115 19.0 +3.0
Majority 14,871 34.9 +4.9
Turnout 42,616 70.0 −0.7
Registered electors 60,876
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Chipping Barnet[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 23,164 56.1 -1.0
Liberal C. Perkin 10,771 26.1 +10.5
Labour N.J.M. Smith 6,599 16.0 -9.3
Ecology E. Parry 552 1.3 N/A
Independent J. Hopkins 195 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,393 30.0 -1.8
Turnout 41,281 70.7 -4.9
Registered electors 58,423
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,154 57.1 +9.8
Labour P.J. Dawe 11,147 25.3 –3.1
Liberal D. Ive 6,867 15.6 –5.8
National Front R. Cole 865 2.0 –0.9
Majority 14,007 31.8 +12.9
Turnout 44,033 75.6 +2.0
Registered electors 58,254
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 19,661 47.3 –0.7
Labour John Mills 11,795 28.4 +1.9
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 8,884 21.4 –4.1
National Front Ronald Arthur Cole 1,207 2.9 N/A
Majority 7,866 18.9 -2.7
Turnout 41,547 73.6 -8.6
Registered electors 56,487
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 22,094 48.0 N/A
Labour John Mills 12,183 26.5 N/A
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 11,714 25.5 N/A
Majority 9,911 21.5 N/A
Turnout 45,991 82.2 N/A
Registered electors 55,984
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. 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.
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