Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)

Hendon /ˈhɛndən/ is a constituency in London. It was created in 1997 and has been represented since 2010 by Matthew Offord of the Conservative Party.[n 1] An earlier version of the seat existed between 1918-45.[n 2]

Hendon
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hendon in Greater London for the 2010 general election
CountyGreater London
Electorate74,329 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsHendon, Colindale, Burnt Oak, Mill Hill, Edgware
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentMatthew Offord (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromHendon North and parts of Hendon South
1918–1945
Number of membersOne
Replaced byHarrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North, Hendon South and Wembley North
Created fromHarrow

History

1918-1945

The first incarnation of the constituency was created for the 1918 general election. By 1941, the estimated electorate reached 217,900.[2] For the 1945 general election, the areas of the constituency were thus divided between North and South new entities and contributions to other new seats, including the principal part of Harrow East. The 1918-1945 was a period of near-full adult franchise and saw the most significant adult population increase nationally within the constituency, this coincided with a period of major residential building locally.

Since 1997

In the boundary change legislation passed to implement the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1997 general election, the London Borough of Barnet's parliamentary representation was reduced from four seats to three and the Hendon North constituency was combined with a northern part of the Hendon South constituency, creating the present Hendon constituency. A south-eastern swathe of former Hendon South was placed into Finchley and Golders Green. Within 10% of the average electorate, the seat avoided malapportionment that would otherwise exist by way of two undersized constituencies.

Including the period of division of the present area (1945—97) the various general elections up to 1997 were won by Conservatives, except for the 1945 victory of Barbara Ayrton-Gould (Labour), in Hendon North (1945–50). The last Liberal or Liberal Democrat to serve the area of either Hendon seat was in 1910. Only these three parties have won the seat or its predecessors.

Constituency profile

The constituency has been a Conservative-Labour bellwether since 1997. Andrew Dismore won the seat in 1997 as part of a nationwide landslide victory for the Labour Party. Matthew Offord won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010 by only 106 votes. The 2015 result gave the seat the 37th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[3]

The constituency includes the most deprived areas of the generally affluent London Borough of Barnet - Colindale, West Hendon and Burnt Oak.[4] It is more ethnically diverse than the other Barnet constituencies and has a large Jewish population.[5]

Boundaries
Hendon in Middlesex 1918-45

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Hendon and Kingsbury, and the Rural District of Hendon.

1997–present: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Burnt Oak, Colindale, Edgware, Hale, Hendon, Mill Hill, and West Hendon.

1918-45

No national reviews took place between the Representation of the People Act 1918 which enfranchised this constituency and the next such Act in 1945. Later national reviews took place by the newly established Boundary Commissions for the four countries of United Kingdom for the elections of 1950, 1974, 1983, 1997 and 2010. As can be seen from the map, during the early period the seat spanned the area made up of the present seat and primarily the two neighbours to east and west, Chipping Barnet and Harrow East.

2010 review

Under the Fifth Review of Westminster Constituencies, looking at the population subset North London, and as a consequence of abolishing ward-sharing, Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's recommendation that the shared part of Underhill be transferred to the constituency of Chipping Barnet, parts of the wards Golders Green and Finchley Church End be transferred to Finchley and Golders Green and that shared parts of Mill Hill ward be received from the named seats (to the north-east and south-east).

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[6] Party
1918 Philip Cunliffe-Lister Conservative
1935 Reginald Blair Conservative
1945 constituency abolished: see Hendon North and Hendon South
1997 constituency recreated
1997 Andrew Dismore Labour
2010 Matthew Offord Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Hendon[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Offord 26,878 48.8 0.8
Labour David Pinto-Duschinsky 22,648 41.1 4.9
Liberal Democrats Clareine Enderby 4,628 8.4 4.6
Green Portia Vincent-Kirby 921 1.7 0.6
Majority 4,230 7.7 5.6
Turnout 55,075 66.6 1.6
Registered electors 82,661
Conservative hold Swing 2.8
General election 2017: Hendon[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Offord 25,078 48.0 1.0
Labour Mike Katz 24,006 46.0 4.5
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Hill 1,985 3.8 1.6
Green Carmen Legarda 578 1.1 0.9
UKIP Sabriye Warsame 568 1.1 4.1
Majority 1,072 2.0 5.4
Turnout 52,185 68.2 4.9
Registered electors 76,522
Conservative hold Swing 2.7
General election 2015: Hendon[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Offord 24,328 49.0 +6.7
Labour Andrew Dismore 20,604 41.5 −0.6
UKIP Raymond Shamash[12] 2,595 5.2 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Hill 1,088 2.2 −10.2
Green Ben Samuel 1,015 2.0 +0.9
Majority 3,724 7.5 +7.3
Turnout 49,630 65.9 +7.1
Registered electors 75,285
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Hendon
General election 2010: Hendon[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Offord 19,635 42.3 +5.2
Labour Andrew Dismore 19,529 42.1 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Harris 5,734 12.4 −1.7
UKIP Robin Lambert 958 2.1 +0.5
Green Andrew Newby 518 1.1 −0.7
Majority 106 0.2 N/A
Turnout 46,374 58.8 +0.5
Registered electors 72,943
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.1

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Hendon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 18,596 44.4 −8.1
Conservative Richard Evans 15,897 38.0 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe 5,831 13.9 +2.3
Green David G. Williams 754 1.8 +1.8
UKIP Melvyn Smallman 637 1.5 +0.5
Rainbow Dream Ticket George Weiss 68 0.2 +0.2
Progressive Democratic Party Michael Stewart 56 0.1 −0.2
Majority 2,699 6.4 -11.7
Turnout 41,839 58.3 +6.1
Registered electors 71,924
Labour hold Swing −6.5
General election 2001: Hendon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 21,432 52.5 +3.1
Conservative Richard Evans 14,015 34.3 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Wayne Casey 4,724 11.6 +0.7
UKIP Craig Crosbie 409 1.0 +0.5
Workers Revolutionary Stella Taylor 164 0.4 +0.1
Progressive Democratic Party Michael Stewart 107 0.3 N/A
Majority 7,417 18.2 +5.9
Turnout 40,851 52.2 −13.4
Registered electors 78,213
Labour hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Hendon[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 24,683 49.3 N/A
Conservative John Gorst 18,528 37.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Wayne Casey 5,427 10.8 N/A
Referendum Stanley Rabbow 978 2.0 N/A
UKIP B.P. Wright 267 0.5 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Stella Taylor 153 0.3 N/A
Majority 6,155 12.3 N/A
Turnout 50,036 65.7 N/A
Registered electors 76,264
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1935: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Blair 69,762 65.78 +15.47
Labour Amber Blanco White 28,375 26.75 +8.0
Liberal Basil Goldstone 7,920 7.47 N/A
Majority 41,387 39.02 -23.47
Turnout 106,057 64.35 -7.38
Registered electors 164,802
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Cunliffe-Lister 66,305 81.25 +28.95
Labour Amber Blanco White 15,305 18.75 -6.75
Majority 51,000 62.49 +35.69
Turnout 81,610 71.73 -0.27
Registered electors 113,780
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s
Corbett Ashby
General election 1929: Hendon[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Cunliffe-Lister 31,758 52.3 -11.5
Labour Robert Lyons 15,434 25.5 +8.0
Liberal Margery Corbett Ashby 13,449 22.2 +3.5
Majority 16,324 26.8 -18.3
Turnout 60,641 72.0 -2.9
Registered electors 84,212
Unionist hold Swing -9.8
General election 1924: Hendon [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Lloyd-Graeme 19,183 63.8 +11.9
Liberal Archibald John Blue 5,618 18.7 -9.9
Labour J. Allen Skinner 5,267 17.5 -2.0
Majority 13,565 45.1 +21.8
Turnout 30,068 74.9 +7.6
Registered electors 40,163
Unionist hold Swing +10.9
General election 1923: Hendon [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Lloyd-Graeme 13,278 51.9 -10.9
Liberal J. M. Robertson 7,324 28.6 +8.2
Labour Charles Latham 5,005 19.5 +2.7
Majority 5,954 23.3 -19.1
Turnout 25,607 67.3 -8.5
Registered electors 38,065
Unionist hold Swing -9.6
General election 1922: Hendon [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Lloyd-Graeme 17,402 62.8 -10.6
Liberal Douglas Young 5,650 20.4 N/A
Labour Charles Latham 4,669 16.8 +0.7
Majority 11,752 42.4 -14.9
Turnout 27,721 75.8 +16.4
Registered electors 36,558
Unionist hold Swing -5.7

Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Hendon [18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Philip Lloyd-Graeme 14,431 73.4 N/A
Labour Frank Bailey 3,159 16.1 N/A
Women's Parliamentary League Edith How-Martyn 2,067 10.5 N/A
Majority 11,272 57.3 N/A
Turnout 19,657 59.4 N/A
Registered electors 33,117
Unionist win (new seat)

See also

Notes
  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, Hendon (created 1997) elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The first incarnation of Hendon was among the vast majority after 1918 which elected one MP.

References
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  5. Harper, Lee (4 February 2019). "Tory activists campaign in Barnet, amid speculation about a snap General Election". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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