Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Finchley and Golders Green
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Finchley and Golders Green in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 71,595 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Finchley, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Golders Green and Cricklewood
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Mike Freer (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Finchley, Hendon South

Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency [n 1] created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Mike Freer of the Conservative Party was first elected for the seat in 2010, [n 2] and in January 2024 he announced that he would not stand at the forthcoming general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

1997–2010: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, East Finchley, Finchley, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, St Paul's, and Woodhouse.

2010–2024: As above; less St Paul's, plus West Finchley and replacing Finchley with Finchley Church End.

The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill, Temple Fortune and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. It was created in 1997 largely replacing the abolished constituency of Finchley—plus major parts of abolished Hendon South, less some of its wards transferred to the Chipping Barnet seat which covers Barnet. Specifically the creation saw the removal of Friern Barnet and the addition of Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb.

2007 boundary review

Under a review of parliamentary representation, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended in a boundary report published in 2007 that:

These changes took effect at the 2010 general election.

2023 boundary review

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Finchley and Golders Green in 2023

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, [3] enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, [4] 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: Childs Hill, Cricklewood, East Finchley, Finchley Church End, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, West Finchley and Woodhouse. [5]

History

Most of this zone was in Finchley (abolished), created in 1918, most famously represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1959 to 1992; reshaping meant that she never re-won as large a majority as in 1959, and was re-elected by a 10 per cent margin in 1974. She nonetheless won 8,000 and 9,000 majorities, 20 per cent margins, at the three general elections throughout her premiership.

Since the nominal result at the 1992 general election, and officially from its creation, the seat has been a national bellwether.

The 2015 result gave the seat the 65th-most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. [6]

The 2019 result saw Labour's share of the vote decline by 19.6% as the party dropped to third place. This was the eighth-worst decline among the 630 Labour candidates. The Liberal Democrats, who came second in the seat for the first time, increased their vote share by 25.3%, the third-largest increase of their candidates. They were partly helped by the Green Party's choice to stand aside locally via the Unite to Remain electoral pact. [7] Despite the Conservative share of the vote going down 3%, their majority quadrupled from 2017.

Constituency profile

Hampstead Garden Suburb viewed from the Hampstead Heath Extension in Finchley & Golders Green. Visible on the skyline, from left to right, are the Grade I listed Free Church and St Jude's Church as well as the Henrietta Barnett School. Hampstead Heath, North-West.jpg
Hampstead Garden Suburb viewed from the Hampstead Heath Extension in Finchley & Golders Green. Visible on the skyline, from left to right, are the Grade I listed Free Church and St Jude's Church as well as the Henrietta Barnett School.

The area is relatively green and hilly for London and has many tube stations. Finchley and Golders Green were overwhelmingly built on in the first half of the 20th century when at the fringe of London. The area has since the heyday of the railways had little industry or large headquarters of its own, the non-commuting economy being in public service, high street retail, leisure and hospitality, domestic/commercial premises tradespeople, plus home-based media, digital economy and arts workers. Commuters take in many people in the financial, medical and legal professions and some people ancillary to central London's diverse economy.

In southern parts of the London Borough of Barnet, private and one-family housing still exceeds the London average; houses tend to have gardens exceeding their footprint, yet there are also many older, subdivided, townhouses and shared or modest-size family flats. The proportion of social and assured or supported rental housing is lower than the London average. Most residents have quite high incomes largely to meet the cost of mortgages and rent, are very well educated, and middle-class – it retains many Labour Party supporters in East and West Finchley. Over 20% of residents are Jewish, the highest of any seat. [8]

Members of Parliament

EventMember [9] Party
1997 Rudi Vis Labour
2010 Mike Freer Conservative

According to Rallings and Thrasher, the boundary changes which came into force for the general election of 2010 meant that this seat notionally already had a Conservative majority, albeit a very small one. [10]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Finchley and Golders Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Deane [11]
Green Steve Parsons [12]
Labour Sarah Sackman [13]
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hoyle [14]
Reform UK Timothy McGeever [15]
Workers Party Mez Roth [16]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Finchley and Golders Green [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Freer 24,162 43.8 ―3.2
Liberal Democrats Luciana Berger 17,60031.9+25.3
Labour Ross Houston13,34724.2―19.6
Majority6,56211.9+8.7
Turnout 55,10971.0―0.4
Registered electors 77,573
Conservative hold Swing ―14.2
General election 2017: Finchley and Golders Green [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Freer 24,599 47.0 ―3.9
Labour Jeremy Newmark22,94243.8+4.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies3,4636.6+3.3
Green Adele Ward9191.8―0.9
UKIP Andrew Price4620.9―2.5
Majority1,6573.2―8.0
Turnout 52,38971.4+1.4
Registered electors 73,329
Conservative hold Swing ―4.0
General election 2015: Finchley and Golders Green [21] [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Freer [24] 25,835 50.9 +4.9
Labour Sarah Sackman [24] 20,17339.7+6.0
UKIP Richard King [25] 1,7323.4+1.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies [26] 1,6623.3―13.7
Green Adele Ward [27] 1,3572.7+1.1
Majority5,66211.2―1.1
Turnout 50,75970.0+8.9
Registered electors 72,530
Conservative hold Swing ―0.6
General election 2010: Finchley and Golders Green [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Freer 21,688 46.0 +6.2
Labour Alison Moore 15,87933.7―5.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Edge8,03617.0―0.1
UKIP Susan Cummins8171.7+0.6
Green Donald Lyven7371.6―1.0
Majority5,80912.3+11.6
Turnout 47,15761.1
Registered electors 70,722
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Finchley and Golders Green [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rudi Vis 17,487 40.5 ―5.8
Conservative Andrew Mennear16,74638.8+1.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Garden 7,28216.9+4.8
Green Noel Lynch 1,1362.6―0.6
UKIP Jeremy Jacobs4531.0+0.2
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 1100.3New
Majority7411.7―6.8
Turnout 43,21461.9+4.6
Registered electors 70,000
Labour hold Swing ―3.4
General election 2001: Finchley and Golders Green [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rudi Vis 20,205 46.3 +0.2
Conservative John Marshall 16,48937.8―1.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Teather 5,26612.1+0.8
Green Miranda Dunn1,3853.2+2.1
UKIP John de Roeck3300.8+0.4
Majority3,7168.5+2.1
Turnout 43,67557.3―12.4
Registered electors 76,178
Labour hold Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Finchley and Golders Green [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rudi Vis 23,180 46.1
Conservative John Marshall 19,99139.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan M. Davies5,67011.3
Referendum Gary D. Shaw6841.4
Green Ashley Gunstock 5761.1
UKIP David N.G. Barraclough2050.4
Majority3,1896.4
Turnout 50,30669.7
Registered electors 72,357
Labour 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.

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