Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hampstead and Highgate Borough constituency
Hampstead and Highgate shown within Greater London
Created:	1983
MP:	Glenda Jackson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

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

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 that of Highgate.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn by excluding Highgate ward (now to be part of Holborn & St Pancras) and including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent.

Some areas here are amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat has a somewhat intellectual middle-class vote,^{[citation needed]} which the Tories cannot always take as voting for them; it also has Kilburn, with its large Irish community. Glenda Jackson has yet to announce whether she intends to seek re-election in the new seat. She was never one of former Prime Minister Tony Blair's greatest supporters either, with an often critical and independent attitude to New Labour.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: Geoffrey Finsberg, Conservative
• 1992 – present: Glenda Jackson, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hampstead and Highgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	14,615	38.3	-8.6
	Conservative	Piers Wauchope	10,886	28.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Fordham	10,293	27.0	+6.5
	Green	Siân Berry	2,013	5.3	+0.6
	UK Independence	Magnus Nielsen	275	0.7	-0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	91	0.2	+0.2
Majority			3,729	9.8
Turnout			38,173	55.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	6.3

General Election 2001: Hampstead and Highgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	16,601	46.9	-10.5
	Conservative	Andrew Mennear	8,725	24.6	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UK Independence	Brian McDermott	316	0.9	+0.6
	Independent	Sister Xnunoftheabove	144	0.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Chadwick Teale	92	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Amos Klein	43	0.1	-0.1
Majority			7,876	22.3
Turnout			35,407	54.3	-13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hampstead and Highgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	25,275	57.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson	11,991	27.2
	Liberal Democrat	Bridget Fox	5,481	12.4
	Referendum Party	M. Siddique	667	1.5	N/A
	Natural Law	J. Leslie	147	0.3
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Ronnie Carroll	141	0.3	N/A
	UK Independence	P. Prince	123	0.3	N/A
	Humanist Party	R. Harris	105	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Rizz	101	0.2	+0.1
Majority			13,284
Turnout				67.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hampstead and Highgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Jackson	19,193	45.1
	Conservative	Oliver Letwin	17,753	41.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Wrede	4,765	11.2
	Green	Stephen Games	594	1.4
	Natural Law	R. Prosser	86	0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	A. Hall	44	0.1	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Wilson	44	0.1	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Rizz	33	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,440
Turnout				73.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Aristole: Hampstead and Highgate, The Guardian

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