Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency) Facts for Kids

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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.

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.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. It will comprise those parts of the Borough of Camden currently in the (to be abolished) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, plus the Gospel Oak and Highgate wards and the Highgate ward in the Borough of Haringey.

History
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Elections
See also

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. 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.

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.

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

	Member	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
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
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
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	New
	Natural Law	Richard 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
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	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 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
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
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	New
Majority			3,729	9.8	-12.5
Turnout			38,173	55.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.3

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