Barnet and Camden (London Assembly constituency)

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Barnet and Camden
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
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Barnet and Camden shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberAnne Clarke
Party Labour
Last election 2024
Next election2028

Barnet and Camden is a territorial constituency represented on the London Assembly by one assembly member (AM). The constituency was created in 2000 at the same time as the London Assembly and has elections every four years. It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Camden. The current assembly member is Anne Clarke of the Labour Party who was elected in 2021.

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Constituency profile

The constituency is a 'pie slice' pairing of the large Outer London borough of Barnet with the smaller Inner London borough of Camden. It stretches from Holborn in the south to the Greater London boundary in the north. It includes parts of central London, the inner city, suburban development and a semi-rural fringe.

The seat originally was a very marginal Conservative seat, being won by the party by less than 600 votes in 2000. The result was perhaps surprising as all of the area it covered, apart from the Chipping Barnet constituency, was represented by Labour MPs at the time.

It became reasonably safer in the 2004 and 2008 elections, but was lost to Labour on a swing of almost 12% in 2012.

Assembly members

The constituency returns one assembly member and is one of fourteen territorial constituencies in London. Represented from its creation in 2000 until the 2012 election by Brian Coleman, a Conservative from Barnet, former Labour MP Andrew Dismore won it from him with a swing of nearly 12%. Dismore stepped down ahead of the 2021 election and was replaced by Anne Clarke, a Labour councillor in Barnet.

YearMemberParty
2000 Brian Coleman Conservative
2012 Andrew Dismore Labour
2021 Anne Clarke Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearMemberParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly elections


2024 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Anne Clarke 70,74943.6Increase2.svg 1.362,35038.3
Conservative Julie Redmond51,60631.8Decrease2.svg 3.249,39330.4
Green Kate Tokley18,40511.3Decrease2.svg 1.218,15711.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Emery12,3357.6Decrease2.svg 0.411,7517.2
Reform UK Raj Forhad7,7034.7Increase2.svg 2.47,2724.5
Rejoin EU 4,4572.7
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin1,6391.0New
Animal Welfare 2,5551.6
Britain First 1,6321.0
SDP 1,2950.8
CPA 1,2820.8
Independent Laurence Fox 9190.6
Communist 7190.4
Independent Farah London4220.3
Heritage 3150.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo790.0
Majority19,14311.8Increase2.svg 4.5
Valid Votes162,437162,598
Invalid Votes1,2181,108
Turnout 163,65539.6Decrease2.svg 3.4163,70639.6
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 2.3
2021 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Clarke 75,180 42.3 Decrease2.svg2.0
Conservative Roberto Weeden-Sanz62,17835.0Decrease2.svg0.5
Green Kirsten De Keyser22,18012.5Increase2.svg3.3
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray14,1728.0Increase2.svg1.9
Reform UK Mark Simpson4,1072.3New
Majority13,0027.3Decrease2.svg1.4
Total formal votes177,81798.4Decrease2.svg0.4
Informal votes2,8211.6Increase2.svg0.4
Turnout 180,63843.0Decrease2.svg5.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.4
2016 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 81,482 44.3 −0.4
Conservative Dan Thomas65,24235.5+3.6
Green Stephen Taylor16,9969.2−1.5
Liberal Democrats Zack Polanski 11,2046.1−2.2
UKIP Joseph Langton9,0574.9+0.5
Majority16,2408.7−4.1
Total formal votes183,98198.8+0.4
Informal votes2,0501.2−0.4
Turnout 186,03148.0+10.0
Labour hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 74,677 44.7 +14.7
Conservative Brian Coleman 53,37831.9−9.2
Green Audrey Poppy17,90410.7+1.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Richards13,8008.3−4.3
UKIP Michael Corby7,3314.4+2.3
Majority21,29912.8N/A
Total formal votes167,09098.4
Informal votes2,6711.6
Turnout 169,76138.0−9.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -11.9
2008 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 72,659 40.4 +7.0
Labour Nicky Gavron 52,96629.4+4.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell22,21312.3−4.3
Green Miranda Dunn16,7829.3+0.9
UKIP Magnus Nielsen3,6782.0−4.1
Christian (CPA)Clement Adebayo3,5362.0New
English Democrat David Stevens2,1461.2New
Left List Dave Hoefing2,0741.2New
Veritas Graham Dare5100.3New
Majority19,69311.0+2.9
Turnout 180,00747.8+9.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.25
2004 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 47,640 33.4 +0.5
Labour Lucy Anderson36,12125.3−7.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Simpson23,60316.6−1.0
Green Miranda Dunn11,9218.4−3.3
UKIP Magnus Nielsen8,6856.1+4.4
Respect Elisabeth Wheatley5,1503.6New
Majority11,5198.1+7.7
Turnout 135,03439.4+4.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.05
2000 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 41,583 32.9 N/A
Labour Helen Gordon41,03232.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies22,29517.6N/A
Green Miranda Dunn14,76811.7N/A
London Socialist Candy Udwin3,4882.8N/A
UKIP Magnus Nielsen2,1151.7N/A
Maharishi's Natural ProgrammesDiane Derksen1,0810.9N/A
Majority5510.4N/A
Turnout 136,38435.0N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Overlapping constituencies

The constituency includes all of the following Westminster seats:

Barnet and Camden also includes part of the following constituency:

References

  1. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of London Assembly Elections, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: Barnet & Camden". news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Greater London Authority Election Results
  8. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: Barnet and Camden, BBC News
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