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Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°10′23″W / 51.556°N 0.173°W / 51.556; -0.173
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Hampstead and Highgate
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2024 general election
CountyGreater London
Electorate74,222 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentTulip Siddiq (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromHampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras, Hornsey and Wood Green
1983–2010
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromHampstead and St Pancras North[2]
Replaced byHampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras

Hampstead & Highgate is a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden, which includes the village of Hampstead and part of Highgate. Since 2024, it has been represented by Tulip Siddiq.

It was abolished in the 2010 general election, with the majority forming the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn, and part going into the Holborn and St Pancras seat.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[3]

History

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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. 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.[4]

Boundaries

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1983–2010 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.[5]

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.

Current

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Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency is composed of the following:

  • The London Borough of Camden wards of: Belsize; Fortune Green; Frognal; Gospel Oak; Hampstead Town; Highgate; Kilburn; Primrose Hill (polling districts TA and TC – polling district TB is in Holborn and St Pancras constituency); South Hampstead; West Hampstead.
  • The London Borough of Haringey ward of Highgate.[6]

It comprises those parts of the Borough of Camden currently in the abolished Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, plus the Gospel Oak and Highgate wards, transferred from Holborn and St Pancras, and the Highgate ward in the Borough of Haringey, transferred from Hornsey and Wood Green.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[7] Party
1983 Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative
1992 Glenda Jackson Labour
2010 Constituency abolished: see Hampstead and Kilburn
2024 Tulip Siddiq Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Hampstead and Highgate[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tulip Siddiq 23,432 48.3 +0.7
Conservative Don Williams 8,462 17.4 –5.8
Green Lorna Russell 6,630 13.7 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Emery 6,181 12.7 –11.6
Reform UK Catherine Becker 2,940 6.1 +4.8
Rejoin EU Christie Elan-Cane 532 1.1 N/A
Independent Jonathan Livingstone 373 0.8 N/A
Majority 14,970 30.8 +5.4
Turnout 48,550 60.7 –16.6
Registered electors 80,029
Labour hold Swing Increase3.3

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[9]
Party Vote %
Labour 27,338 47.6
Liberal Democrats 13,938 24.3
Conservative 13,296 23.2
Green 2,096 3.7
Brexit Party 719 1.3
Turnout 57,387 77.3
Electorate 74,222

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Hampstead and Highgate[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 14,615 38.3 −8.6
Conservative Piers Wauchope 10,886 28.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Ed 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 N/A
Majority 3,729 9.8 −12.5
Turnout 38,173 55.5 +1.2
Labour hold Swing −6.3
General election 2001: Hampstead and Highgate[12][11]
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 N/A
Socialist Alliance Helen Cooper 559 1.6 N/A
UKIP Thomas McDermott 316 0.9 +0.6

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Hampstead and Highgate[13][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 25,275 57.4 +11.2
Conservative Elizabeth Gibson 11,991 27.2 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox 5,481 12.4 +1.4
Referendum Monima Siddique 667 1.5 N/A
Natural Law Jonathan Leslie 147 0.3 +0.1
Rainbow Dream Ticket Ronnie Carroll 141 0.3 N/A
UKIP P. Prince 123 0.3 N/A
Humanist Robert Harris 105 0.2 N/A
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
General election 1992: Hampstead and Highgate[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Jackson 19,193 45.1 +7.5
Conservative Oliver Letwin 17,753 41.8 −0.7
Liberal Democrats David Wrede 4,765 11.2 −8.1
Green Stephen Games 594 1.4 N/A
Natural Law Richard Prosser 86 0.2 N/A
Rainbow Ark Voters Association Anna Hall 44 0.1 N/A
Scallywagg Charles Scallywag Wilson 44 0.1 N/A
Rizz Party Captain Rizz 33 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,440 3.3 N/A
Turnout 42,512 72.7 +1.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Hampstead and Highgate[16]
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 N/A
Humanist Sarah Ellis 134 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,221 4.9 −2.6
Turnout 45,266 71.5 +4.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Hampstead and Highgate[17]
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)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ "'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.
  3. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ Glenda Jackson sneaks home with majority of 42 Evening Standard, 7 May 2010
  5. ^ "North London Ward Breakdown". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  8. ^ "General election results". London Borough of Camden. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Hampstead and Highgate Constituency The Guardian
  12. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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