Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)


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Chipping Barnet is a constituency[n 1] created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Dan Tomlinson of the Labour Party.[n 2] It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map

Interactive map of boundaries from 2024

Boundary within Greater London

CountyGreater London
Population111,973 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate76,187 (2023)[2]
Major settlementsHigh Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, Arkley, Brunswick Park.
Current constituency
Created1974
Member of ParliamentDan Tomlinson (Labour Party)
SeatsOne
Created fromBarnet

Constituency profile

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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.[citation needed]

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]

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

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]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[7][8][9] Party
1974 Reginald Maudling Conservative
1979 Sydney Chapman Conservative
2005 Theresa Villiers Conservative
2024 Dan Tomlinson Labour
 
Chipping Barnet votes by political party in the 1974-2019 general elections. Con = Conservative, Lab = Labour, LbD = Liberal/Liberal Democrat, Grn = Green Party, NFt = National Front, UKI = UK Independence Party, Oth = Other, Ind = Independent

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.[10][11][12][13] Nevertheless, Villiers retained the seat with a majority increased threefold, albeit still a small one.[14]

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[16]
Party Vote %
Conservative 27,777 47.5
Labour 23,568 40.3
Liberal Democrats 5,745 9.8
Green 1,261 2.2
Others 71 0.1
Turnout 58,422 76.7
Electorate 76,187

Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1970s

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  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ^ 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.
  1. ^ "Chipping Barnet: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ 'Parishes: Barnet', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2 Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 329-337. British History Online. accessed 5 February 2017.
  4. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Chipping+Barnet
  5. ^ "Chipping Barnet borough constituency". Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
  6. ^ "Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations for the London Region: Chipping Barnet Borough Constituency - Electorate 75,761" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
  7. ^ "Barnet Chipping Barnet 1974-1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Chipping Barnet 1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  9. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  10. ^ Langford, Eleanor (11 December 2019). "Dominic Raab tops list of big-name MPs who could lose their seat on Thursday". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. ^ Gallagher, Paul (15 November 2019). "General election 2019: Chipping Barnet voters hold their nose, put off by anti-Semitism and Brexit". i. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  12. ^ Smyth, Chris; Zeffman, Henry (30 November 2019). "Shadow of Jeremy Corbyn hangs over Labour canvassers". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  13. ^ Murphy, Joe (12 December 2019). "Key London election seats and times results will be announced: your guide to tonight". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 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.
  14. ^ "Chipping Barnet Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Chipping Barnet - General election results 2024 - BBC News". BBC.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the Chipping Barnet Parliamentary Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). London Borough of Barnet. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Chipping Barnet parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  20. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Results: 8 June 2017". www.barnet.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  22. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Election results in Barnet - barnet.gov.uk". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015. 9Jul15
  24. ^ "Lib Dems select candidate to contest Chipping Barnet". Times Series. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  25. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  26. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  27. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  29. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  30. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  31. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  32. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  33. ^ a b c Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 8. ISBN 0102374805.

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