Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

Hampstead and Highgate
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hampstead and Highgate in Greater London for the 2024 general election
County	Greater London
Electorate	74,222 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Tulip Siddiq (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Hampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras, Hornsey and Wood Green
1983–2010
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Hampstead and St Pancras North[2]
Replaced by	Hampstead and Kilburn, Holborn and St Pancras

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

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

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

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

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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	3.3

Elections in the 2010s

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

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

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

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

References

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. 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.

External links

• Hampstead and Highgate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Hampstead and Highgate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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