Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) explained
Chipping Barnet is a constituency created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Dan Tomlinson of the Labour Party. It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.
Constituency profile
Barnet was once an elevated narrow projection of Hertfordshire into the county of Middlesex, and consisted of an agricultural market town.[3] The town became well connected to central London by the London Underground network and is today commuter suburbia, with many of its properties semi-detached with substantial gardens as well as having many small parks and nature reserves. The area has few tower blocks for social housing.
Electoral Calculus categorises the seat with a "Kind Yuppies" demographic, indicating well-educated younger voters who could vote for either the Conservatives or Labour but opposed Brexit.[4]
Boundaries
1974–1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Arkley, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Hadley, and Totteridge.
The seat was created from the parts of the former Barnet constituency which were in the London Borough of Barnet.
1997–2010: As above plus Friern Barnet.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, and Underhill.
2024–present: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Barnet Vale, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Edgwarebury, High Barnet, Totteridge & Woodside, Underhill and Whetstone.[5] [6]
Adjusted to include the Edgwarebury ward, previously in the Hendon seat, offset by the transfer of Friern Barnet to the new constituency of Hornsey and Friern Barnet.
Members of Parliament
History
It was held by a Conservative since its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by just over 2% (1,035 votes). However, this would come to a close after the 2024 general election, when Chipping Barnet was won by the Labour Party; it was the first time in the constituency's history that it was not represented by a Conservative MP.
In the 2019 general election, the seat was seen as an important potential gain for the Labour Party, due to Villiers' small majority and high-profile (as the Environment Secretary) and the seat's vote to remain in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.[9] [10] [11] [12] Nevertheless, Villiers retained the seat with a majority increased threefold, albeit still a small one.[13]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[14] |
|---|
| Party | Vote | % |
|---|
| | 27,777 | 47.5 |
| | 23,568 | 40.3 |
| | 5,745 | 9.8 |
| | 1,261 | 2.2 |
| Others | 71 | 0.1 |
|
| Turnout | 58,422 | 76.7 |
| Electorate | 76,187 | |
Elections in the 1970s
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Chipping Barnet: Usual Resident Population, 2011 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . 23 February 2015 . 23 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223230838/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507820&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 . live .
- Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London . Boundary Commission for England . 19 June 2024 . dmy .
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol2/pp329-337 'Parishes: Barnet', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2
- Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Chipping+Barnet
- Web site: Chipping Barnet borough constituency. Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
- Web site: Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations for the London Region: Chipping Barnet Borough Constituency - Electorate 75,761. Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
- Web site: Barnet Chipping Barnet 1974-1983-. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 23 February 2015. 27 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140427051201/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/constituencies/barnet-chipping-barnet. live.
- Web site: Chipping Barnet 1983-. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 23 February 2015. 28 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828010730/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/constituencies/chipping-barnet. live.
- Web site: Dominic Raab tops list of big-name MPs who could lose their seat on Thursday . Langford . Eleanor . 11 December 2019 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208213414/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/politics/opinion-polls/news/108499/dominic-raab-tops-list-big-name-mps-who-could-lose-their . live . 8 February 2020 . 8 February 2020.
- Web site: General election 2019: Chipping Barnet voters hold their nose, put off by anti-Semitism and Brexit . Gallagher . Paul . 15 November 2019 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208213536/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-chipping-barnet-theresa-villiers-marginal-1044820 . live . 8 February 2020 . 8 February 2020.
- Web site: Shadow of Jeremy Corbyn hangs over Labour canvassers . Smyth . Chris . Zeffman . Henry . 30 November 2019 . . limited . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208213915/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shadow-of-jeremy-corbyn-hangs-over-labour-canvassers-flm5b7xt5 . live . 8 February 2020 . 8 February 2020.
- Web site: Key London election seats and times results will be announced: your guide to tonight . Murphy . Joe . 12 December 2019 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208214430/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-election-seats-times-results-tonight-a4311916.html . live . 8 February 2020 . 8 February 2020 . Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers has been nursing a tiny majority of 353 (0.6 per cent). If Labour can’t finish her off, then Corbyn is in trouble..
- Web site: Chipping Barnet Parliamentary constituency . . 2019 . . live . 8 February 2020 . 8 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208214823/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000636 .
- Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.
