Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Population111,973 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate76,455 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlementsHigh Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, Arkley, Brunswick Park, Colney Hatch
Current constituency
Created1974 (1974)
Member of ParliamentTheresa Villiers (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromBarnet

Chipping Barnet is a constituency[n 1] created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party.[n 2] It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.

Villiers was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Prime Minister David Cameron from 2012 to 2016, when she was dismissed upon incoming Prime Minister Theresa May taking office. Boris Johnson appointed her as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2019 before she was sacked in February 2020.

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.[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]

Boundaries

Map of present boundaries

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

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.

2023 boundary review

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be composed of the following London Borough of Barnet wards: Barnet Vale, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Edgwarebury, High Barnet, Totteridge & Woodside, Underhill and Whetstone.[5][6]

The contents reflect the local government boundary review for Barnet which came into effect in May 2022; the boundaries will be adjusted to include the Edgwarebury ward, currently in the Hendon seat, offset by the transfer of Friern Barnet to the new constituency of Hornsey and Friern Barnet.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[7][8][9] Party
Feb 1974 Reginald Maudling Conservative
1979 Sydney Chapman
2005 Theresa Villiers

Elections

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% (1,035 votes).

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]

The proposed boundaries for the next general election are estimated to increase the notional Conservative majority to 5,015 votes.[15]

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers[16]
Labour Dan Tomlinson [17]
Green David Farbey
Reform UK Hamish Haddow[18]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Chipping Barnet[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,745 44.7 -1.6
Labour Emma Whysall 24,533 42.6 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Isabelle Parasram 5,932 10.3 +4.9
Green Gabrielle Bailey 1,288 2.2 -0.3
Advance John Sheffield 71 0.1 New
Majority 1,212 2.1 +1.5
Turnout 57,569 72.0 +0.2
Registered electors 79,960
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2017: Chipping Barnet[21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,679 46.3 −2.3
Labour Emma Whysall 25,326 45.7 +11.6
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 3,012 5.4 +0.9
Green Phil Fletcher 1,406 2.5 −2.2
Majority 353 0.6 −13.9
Turnout 55,423 71.8 +3.7
Registered electors 77,218
Conservative hold Swing −6.9
General election 2015: Chipping Barnet[24][25]
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 Democrats Marisha Ray [26] 2,381 4.5 –15.7
Independent Mehdi Akhavan 118 0.2 New
Majority 7,656 14.5 -9.1
Turnout 53,013 68.1 +3.0
Registered electors 77,807
Conservative hold Swing –4.5
General election 2010: Chipping Barnet[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 24,700 48.8 +2.9
Labour Damien Welfare 12,773 25.2 –8.6
Liberal Democrats 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 New
Majority 11,927 23.6 +9.5
Turnout 50,608 65.1 +2.3
Registered electors 75,120
Conservative hold Swing +5.77

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Chipping Barnet[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 19,744 46.6 +0.2
Labour Pauline A. Coakley-Webb 13,784 32.5 –7.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,671 15.7 +2.1
Green Audrey M. Poppy 1,199 2.8 New
UKIP Victor Kaye 924 2.2 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 59 0.1 New
Majority 5,960 14.1 +7.7
Turnout 42,381 64.1 +3.7
Registered electors 66,222
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
General election 2001: Chipping Barnet[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 19,702 46.4 +3.4
Labour Damien Welfare 17,001 40.0 –0.9
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 5,753 13.6 +1.2
Majority 2,701 6.4 +4.3
Turnout 42,456 60.4 –11.3
Registered electors 70,239
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Chipping Barnet[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 21,317 43.0 -14.0
Labour Geoff N. Cooke 20,282 40.9 +15.0
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,121 12.4 -3.7
Referendum Victor G. Ribekow 1,190 2.4 New
Monster Raving Loony Brian L. Miskin 253 0.5 New
ProLife Alliance Brian D. Scallan 243 0.5 New
Natural Law Diane Derksen 159 0.3 -0.2
Majority 1,035 2.1 -29.0
Turnout 49,565 71.7 -6.9
Registered electors 69,088
Conservative hold Swing -14.5
General election 1992: Chipping Barnet[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,589 57.0 −0.9
Labour Alan J. Williams 11,638 25.9 +6.9
Liberal Democrats David H. Smith 7,247 16.1 −6.9
Natural Law Diane Derksen 222 0.5 New
Funstermentalist Christopher V. Johnson 213 0.5 New
Majority 13,951 31.1 −3.8
Turnout 44,909 78.6 +8.6
Registered electors 57,153
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Chipping Barnet[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 24,686 57.9 +1.8
Liberal James Skinner 9,815 23.0 −3.1
Labour David Perkin 8,115 19.0 +3.0
Majority 14,871 34.9 +4.9
Turnout 42,616 70.0 −0.7
Registered electors 60,876
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Chipping Barnet[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 23,164 56.1 -1.0
Liberal Christopher Perkin 10,771 26.1 +10.5
Labour Nigel Smith 6,599 16.0 -9.3
Ecology E. Parry 552 1.3 New
Independent J. Hopkins 195 0.5 New
Majority 12,393 30.0 -1.8
Turnout 41,281 70.7 -4.9
Registered electors 58,423
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,154 57.1 +9.8
Labour Peter Dawe[35] 11,147 25.3 –3.1
Liberal David Ive[35] 6,867 15.6 –5.8
National Front Ronald Cole[35] 865 2.0 –0.9
Majority 14,007 31.8 +12.9
Turnout 44,033 75.6 +2.0
Registered electors 58,254
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 19,661 47.3 –0.7
Labour John 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 New
Majority 7,866 18.9 -2.6
Turnout 41,547 73.6 -8.6
Registered electors 56,487
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 22,094 48.0
Labour John Mills 12,183 26.5
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 11,714 25.5
Majority 9,911 21.5
Turnout 45,991 82.2
Registered electors 55,984
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  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.

References

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