Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chipping Barnet Borough constituency
Chipping Barnet shown within Greater London
Created:	1945
MP:	Theresa Villiers
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom's House of Commons. It is strongly Conservative and withstood the Labour landslide of 1997.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 External links 5.1 2005 candidates' websites

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the north-eastern third of the London Borough of Barnet including High Barnet, Arkley, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Whetstone, Friern Barnet and parts of Cockfosters and Southgate.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Previous constituency: Barnet (1945–1974)
• 1974 — 1979: Reginald Maudling, Conservative (renamed to Chipping Barnet in 1974)
• 1979 — 2005: Sir Sydney Chapman, Conservative
• 2005 — present: Theresa Villiers, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	19,744	46.6	+0.2
	Labour	Pauline Coakley-Webb	13,784	32.5	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Hooker	6,671	15.7	+2.1
	Green	Audrey Poppy	1,199	2.8	+2.8
	UK Independence	Victor Kaye	924	2.2	+2.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	59	0.1	+0.1
Majority			5,960	14.1
Turnout			42,381	64.1	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

General Election 2001: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	19,702	46.4	+3.4
	Labour	Damien Welfare	17,001	40.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Hooker	5,753	13.6	+1.2
Majority			2,701	6.4
Turnout			42,456	60.4	-11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] External links

[edit] 2005 candidates' websites

• Pauline Coakley-Webb - Labour
• Sean Hooker - Liberal Democrat
• Theresa Villiers - Conservative

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party Labour Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham Conservative Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon Liberal Democrat Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham Respect Bethnal Green and Bow Independent Conservative Old Bexley and Sidcup London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1

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