Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Population	111,973 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	76,455 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	High Barnet or Barnet
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Barnet
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Chipping Barnet is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

It has been held by a Conservative since its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by just over 2% (1035 votes).

Boundaries

1974-1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Arkley, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Hadley, and Totteridge.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Arkley, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Friern Barnet, Hadley, and Totteridge.

2010-present: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, and Underhill.

For the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that parts of Underhill ward and Coppetts ward be transferred to Chipping Barnet from the constituencies of Hendon and Finchley and Golders Green respectively. It also recommended that a small part of Mill Hill ward be transferred from Chipping Barnet to Hendon.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]^[4]^[5]	Party	Notes
Feb 1974	Reginald Maudling	Conservative	Previously MP for Barnet from 1950. Died in office February 1979; no by-election held due to imminent general election
1979	Sir Sydney Chapman	Conservative
2005	Theresa Villiers	Conservative	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2012-2016

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Chipping Barnet^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	25,759	48.6	–0.2
	Labour	Amy Trevethan	18,103	34.1	+8.9
	UKIP	Victor Kaye	4,151	7.8	+5.0
	Green	Audrey Poppy	2,501	4.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Marisha Ray ^[8]	2,381	4.5	–15.7
	Independent	Mehdi Akhavan	118	0.2	+0.2
Majority			7,656	14.4	–9.2
Turnout			53,013	68.1	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.5

General Election 2010: Chipping Barnet^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	24,700	48.8	+2.9
	Labour	Damien Francis John Welfare	12,773	25.2	–8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barber	10,202	20.2	+4.9
	UKIP	James Fluss	1,442	2.8	+0.8
	Green	Kate Tansley	1,021	2.0	–0.8
	Independent	Philip Clayton	470	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,927	23.6
Turnout			50,608	65.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Chipping Barnet^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	19,744	46.6	+0.2
	Labour	Mrs. Pauline A. Coakley-Webb	13,784	32.5	–7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sean James Hooker	6,671	15.7	+2.1
	Green	Miss Audrey M. Poppy	1,199	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Victor Kaye	924	2.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	59	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,960	14.1
Turnout			42,381	64.1	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 2001: Chipping Barnet^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	19,702	46.4	+3.4
	Labour	Damien Francis John Welfare	17,001	40.0	–0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sean James Hooker	5,753	13.6	+1.2
Majority			2,701	6.4
Turnout			42,456	60.4	–11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Chipping Barnet^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	21,317	43.0
	Labour	Geoff N. Cooke	20,282	40.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sean James Hooker	6,121	12.4
	Referendum	Victor G. Ribekow	1,190	2.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Brian L. Miskin	253	0.5
	ProLife Alliance	Brian D. Scallan	243	0.5
	Natural Law	Mrs. Diane Derksen	159	0.3
Majority			1,035	2.1
Turnout			49,565	71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Chipping Barnet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	25,589	57.0
	Labour	Alan J. Williams	11,638	25.9
	Liberal Democrat	David H. Smith	7,247	16.1
	Natural Law	Mrs. Diane Derksen	222	0.5
	Funstermentalist	Christopher V. Johnson	213	0.5
Majority			13,951	31.1
Turnout				78.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Chipping Barnet^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	24,686	57.93
	Liberal	James Steuart Skinner	9,815	23.03
	Labour	David George Perkin	8,115	19.04
Majority			14,871	34.90
Turnout				70.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Chipping Barnet^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	23,164	56.11
	Liberal	C. Perkin	10,771	26.09
	Labour	N.J.M. Smith	6,599	15.99
	Ecology	E. Parry	552	1.34
	Independent	J. Hopkins	195	0.47
Majority			12,393	30.02
Turnout				70.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	25,154	57.1	+9.8
	Labour	P.J. Dawe	11,147	25.3	–3.1
	Liberal	D. Ive	6,867	15.6	–5.8
	National Front	R. Cole	865	2.0	–0.9
Majority			14,007	31.8
Turnout				75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Reginald Maudling	19,661	47.3	–0.7
	Labour	John Angus Donald Mills	11,795	28.4	+1.9
	Liberal	Nesta Wyn Ellis	8,884	21.4	–4.1
	National Front	Ronald Arthur Cole	1,207	2.9	N/A
Majority			7,866	18.9
Turnout				73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Reginald Maudling	22,094	48.0	N/A
	Labour	John Angus Donald Mills	12,183	26.5	N/A
	Liberal	Nesta Wyn Ellis	11,714	25.5	N/A
Majority			9,911	21.6	N/A
Turnout				82.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Chipping Barnet: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Barnet Chipping Barnet 1974-1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ "Chipping Barnet 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/news/Election-results-in-Barnet.html 9Jul15
↑ http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/11873975.Lib_Dems_select_candidate_to_contest_Chipping_Barnet/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.barnet.gov.uk/chipping-barnet-constituency-candidates2010.pdf
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Chipping Barnet — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (26)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (2)	Carshalton and Wallington Richmond Park

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°38′24″N 0°11′38″W / 51.640°N 0.194°W / 51.640; -0.194

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