Hornsey and Friern Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Hornsey and Friern Barnet in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 70,565 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Catherine West (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Hornsey and Wood Green, Tottenham & Chipping Barnet

Hornsey and Friern Barnet is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3]

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Boundaries

Hornsey and Friern Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is composed of the following:

It comprises the following areas: [5]

Constituency profile

The constituency is a mostly suburban area in North London. Its residents are more educated and have a higher income than the average in both London and the United Kingdom. [6] 72% of the residents belong to the ABC1 social grade, in contrast with 59% in London and 56% in Great Britain. [6] The proportion of White residents (70%) is higher than the London average (54%) whereas the proportion of Christians (37%) is lower. [6] Around 19% voted to leave in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum which is much lower than the London average (40%). [6] The constituency is more pro-globalism and more socially liberal than the average constituency in London, and much more than the average constituency in the United Kingdom. [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Hornsey and Friern Barnet [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine West 28,535 58.7 +1.4
Green Fabio Vollono7,06014.5+10.7
Liberal Democrats Dawn Barnes6,09912.5−13.1
Conservative Naz Panju4,0118.2−3.6
Reform UK Navdeep Singh1,9894.1+3.2
Workers Party Dino Philippos7661.6N/A
CPA Helen Spiby-Vann1820.4N/A
Majority21,47544.2+12.6
Turnout 48,92970.0−4.8
Registered electors 69,885
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote
Labour 30,07757.3
Liberal Democrats 13,47025.6
Conservative 6,20011.8
Green 1,9833.8
Brexit Party 4940.9
Others3110.6
Turnout52,53574.4
Electorate70,565

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stationers Park</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catherine West</span> British politician (born 1966)

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