Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

"Hampstead and Highgate" redirects here. For the "Ham and High" newspaper, see Hampstead & Highgate Express.

Hampstead and Highgate
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2005 general election
CountyGreater London
1983–2010
Number of membersOne
Replaced byHampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras
Created fromHampstead and St Pancras North[1]

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.

History

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.[2]

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.

In 2002, a Local Government Boundary Commission for England review abolished the Adelaide, Priory, South End and West End wards, whilst it combined Frognal and Fitzjohns into one ward. For the 2005 general election, the electoral wards used in this constituency were Belsize, Camden Town with Primrose Hill (part), Fortune Green, Frognal and Fitzjohns, Gospel Oak (part), Hampstead Town, Haverstock (part), Highgate (part), Kilburn, Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead.[3]

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. Hampstead and Kilburn largely replaced Hampstead and Highgate for the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember [4] Party
1983 Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative
1992 Glenda Jackson Labour
2010 Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn

Elections

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Hampstead and Highgate[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 18,366 41.2
Labour John McDonnell 14,996 33.7
SDP Anne Sofer 11,030 24.8
Independent J.V. Stevenson 156 0.4
Majority 3,370 7.5
Turnout 44,548 66.9
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Hampstead and Highgate[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 19,236 42.5 +1.3
Labour Philip Turner 17,015 37.6 +3.9
SDP Anne Sofer 8,744 19.3 −5.5
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 137 0.3 New
Humanist Sarah Ellis 134 0.3 New
Majority 2,221 4.9 -2.6
Turnout 45,266 71.5 +4.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Hampstead and Highgate[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 19,193 45.1 +7.5
Conservative Oliver Letwin 17,753 41.8 −0.7
Liberal Democrats David H. Wrede 4,765 11.2 −8.1
Green Steven N. Games 594 1.4 New
Natural Law Richard D. Prosser 86 0.2 New
Rainbow Ark Voters Association Anna Hall 44 0.1 New
Scallywagg Charles Scallywag Wilson 44 0.1 New
Rizz Party Captain Rizz 33 0.1 New
Majority 1,440 3.3 N/A
Turnout 42,512 72.7 +1.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.1
General election 1997: Hampstead and Highgate[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 25,275 57.4 +11.2
Conservative Elizabeth M. Gibson 11,991 27.2 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox 5,481 12.4 +1.4
Referendum Monima Siddique 667 1.5 New
Natural Law Jonathan Leslie 147 0.3 +0.1
Rainbow Dream Ticket Ronnie Carroll 141 0.3 New
UKIP P. Prince 123 0.3 New
Humanist Robert J. Harris 105 0.2 New
Rizz Party Captain Rizz 101 0.2 +0.1
Majority 13,284 30.2 +24.7
Turnout 44,031 67.9 -4.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2001: Hampstead and Highgate[11][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 16,601 46.9 −10.5
Conservative Karl Mennear 8,725 24.6 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Simpson 7,273 20.5 +8.1
Green Andrew Cornwell 1,654 4.7 New
Socialist Alliance Helen Cooper 559 1.6 New
UKIP Thomas McDermott 316 0.9 +0.6
Independent Sister Xnunoftheabove 144 0.4 New
ProLife Alliance Mary Teale 92 0.3 New
Independent Amos Klein 43 0.1 New
Majority 7,876 22.3 -7.9
Turnout 35,407 54.3 −13.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Hampstead and Highgate[12][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 14,615 38.3 −8.6
Conservative Piers Wauchope 10,886 28.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Ed T. 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 New
Majority 3,729 9.8 -12.5
Turnout 38,173 55.5 +1.2
Labour hold Swing −6.3

See also

References
  1. "'Hampstead and Highgate', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. Glenda Jackson sneaks home with majority of 42 Evening Standard, 7 May 2010
  3. "North London Ward Breakdown". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  5. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  9. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. Hampstead and Highgate Constituency The Guardian
  11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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