Barnet | |
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Former electoral division for the Greater London Council | |
District | London Borough of Barnet |
Population | 314,530 (1969 estimate) |
Electorate |
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Area | 22,123.8 acres (89.532 km2) |
Former electoral division | |
Created | 1965 |
Abolished | 1973 |
Member(s) | 4 |
Replaced by | Chipping Barnet, Finchley, Hendon North and Hendon South |
Barnet was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected four councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
It was planned to use the same boundaries as the Westminster Parliament constituencies for election of councillors to the Greater London Council (GLC), as had been the practice for elections to the predecessor London County Council, but those that existed in 1965 crossed the Greater London boundary. Until new constituencies could be settled, the 32 London boroughs were used as electoral areas which therefore created a constituency called Barnet.
The electoral division was replaced from 1973 by the single-member electoral divisions of Chipping Barnet, Finchley, Hendon North and Hendon South. [1]
The Barnet constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1964, [2] 1967 [3] and 1970. [4] Four councillors were elected at each election using first-past-the-post voting. [5]
The first election was held on 9 April 1964, a year before the council came into its powers. The electorate was 217,308 and four Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 117,003 people voting, the turnout was 53.8%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Blair Black | 52,807 | |||
Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott | 51,939 | |||
Conservative | Joseph Henry Haygarth | 51,612 | |||
Conservative | Reginald Marks | 51,053 | |||
Labour | N. Birch | 34,303 | |||
Labour | B. R. Scharf | 33,230 | |||
Labour | C. H. F. Reynolds | 32,212 | |||
Labour | F. B. Groves | 31,538 | |||
Liberal | J. Webb | 25,496 | |||
Liberal | M. Medway | 25,463 | |||
Liberal | P. H. Billenness | 24,209 | |||
Liberal | O. C. Williams | 24,104 | |||
Communist | R. T. Gooding | 4,308 | |||
Communist | J. W. Pinder | 3,409 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The second election was held on 13 April 1967. The electorate was 217,344 and four Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 101,905 people voting, the turnout was 46.9 %. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Reginald Marks | 58,697 | |||
Conservative | Peter Blair Black | 58,235 | |||
Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott | 57,666 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Sidney Peacock | 57,011 | |||
Labour | B. R. Scharf | 24,136 | |||
Labour | A. E. Tomlinson | 23,520 | |||
Labour | T. J. K. Sims | 22,536 | |||
Labour | B. S. Warman | 21,735 | |||
Liberal | P. H. Billenness | 15,626 | |||
Liberal | C. A. Roberts | 14,346 | |||
Liberal | P. W. Meyer | 14,297 | |||
Liberal | D. T. Baron | 14,281 | |||
Communist | A. B. Beyer | 3,342 | |||
Union Movement | A. E. Brown | 2,719 | |||
Communist | J. W. Pinder | 2,216 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The third election was held on 9 April 1970. The electorate was 231,351 and four Conservative Party councillors were elected. With 83,144 people voting, the turnout was 35.9%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Blair Black | 50,021 | |||
Conservative | Reginald Marks | 49,440 | |||
Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott | 49,410 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Sidney Peacock | 49,224 | |||
Labour | J. W. Buck | 20,006 | |||
Labour | D. H. T. Hammond | 19,931 | |||
Labour | R. Robinson | 19,825 | |||
Labour | P. Stephenson | 19,100 | |||
Liberal | M. G. Cass | 10,042 | |||
Liberal | M. G. Snow | 9,707 | |||
Liberal | M. E. Palmer | 9,460 | |||
Liberal | L. W. Watkins | 9,163 | |||
Homes before Roads | D. M. Luck | 1,352 | |||
Communist | J. W. Pinder | 1,256 | |||
Homes before Roads | A. Aarons | 1,156 | |||
Communist | G. T. G. Jeffrey | 1,145 | |||
Homes before Roads | E. C. Foley | 1,145 | |||
Homes before Roads | J. A. Wonham | 739 | |||
Union Movement | A. E. G. White | 307 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on 19 October 1972, following the death of Arthur Sidney Peacock. The electorate was 219,084 and one Conservative Party councillor was elected. With 20,813 voting, the turnout was 9.5%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rita Maisie Levy | 13,716 | |||
Labour | A. E. Tomlinson | 5,585 | |||
Independent | F. Davis | 1,512 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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