Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hornsey and Wood Green
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
HornseyWoodGreen2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Hornsey and Wood Green in Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 79,878 (December 2010) [1]
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Hornsey and Wood Green
Replaced by Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Hornsey and Wood Green was a constituency [n 1] in Greater London created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Catherine West, of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the newly created seat of Hornsey and Friern Barnet , with the district of Wood Green to be included in the new Southgate and Wood Green constituency, and Highgate ward in the re-established seat of Hampstead and Highgate. [2]

Boundaries

Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1983–2010: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Archway, Bowes Park, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey Central, Hornsey Vale, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, South Hornsey, Woodside.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Bounds Green, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, Stroud Green, Woodside.

Constituency profile

The constituency covered the western part of the London Borough of Haringey, stretching from Highgate in the south west of the seat, through Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Wood Green in the north east corner of the seat.

More out-of-work benefits reliance (8.9%) exists in the seat than the London average (8.4%, which is compares to 6.4% nationally in April 2021) and among those aged 18 to 24 the percentage is 12.7% in the seat during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery. [3] [4] Women, living in the constituency, working full time at this time earned £102 per week more than men, earning 98% of the London average pay; whereas for men the figure was 79% of London's average pay and which was £50 below the national average. [4]

Political history

The seat created in 1983 has had representation by the three largest English political parties at Westminster.

The win from the incumbent Liberal Democrat in 2015 by Labour Party's candidate was a strong swing and made the seat the 137th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [5]

2016 EU Referendum

In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the constituency is estimated to have voted between 66% and 82% to Remain in the EU. [6] [7]

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from the safe Conservative seat of Hornsey and the more Labour-inclined Wood Green. In those boundary changes the Wood Green seat was broadly divided into two, with half being merged with Hornsey and the rest being transferred to the neighbouring constituency of Tottenham, to the east — a very small part of the Hornsey seat was also transferred to Tottenham at the same time.

This was a Conservative Party seat until 1992 but by 1997 swung so heavily it suggested a Labour Party safe seat — Barbara Roche enjoyed a majority of over 20,000. The Liberal Democrats, however, supplanted those parties in the area, both at Parliamentary level where they won the seat in 2005 and held it until 2015; and in local terms. [n 3] At the 2015 election this seat had the lowest combined Conservative and UKIP percentage in England (11.45%).

The seat had a large swing to Labour of over 15% in the 2017 general election, similar to that of two years earlier, meaning it now has a history of political volatility; in five out of the last seven general elections, there have been swings to Labour or the Liberal Democrats of between 13 and 16%.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
1983 Hugh Rossi Conservative
1992 Barbara Roche Labour
2005 Lynne Featherstone Liberal Democrats
2015 Catherine West Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Hornsey and Wood Green [9] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine West 35,126 57.5 –7.9
Liberal Democrats Dawn Barnes15,88426.0+10.0
Conservative Ed McGuinness6,82911.2–3.6
Green Jarelle Francis2,1923.6+1.7
Brexit Party Daniel Corrigan7631.2New
CPA Helen Spiby-Vann2110.3+0.2
Independent Salah Wakie1000.2New
Majority19,24231.5–17.9
Turnout 61,10574.7–3.2
Registered electors 81,814
Labour hold Swing –9.0
General election 2017: Hornsey and Wood Green [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine West 40,738 65.4 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Dawn Barnes10,00016.0−15.8
Conservative Emma Lane9,24614.8+5.5
Green Sam Hall1,1811.9−3.5
Women's Equality Nimco Ali 5510.8New
UKIP Ruth Price4290.6−1.6
CPA Helen Spiby-Vann930.1New
Workers Revolutionary Anna Athow550.1New
Majority30,73849.4+30.3
Turnout 62,29377.9+5.0
Registered electors 79,946
Labour hold Swing +15.1
General election 2015: Hornsey and Wood Green [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine West [17] 29,417 50.9 +16.9
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone 18,35931.8−14.7
Conservative Suhail Rahuja5,3479.3−7.4
Green Gordon Peters3,1465.4+3.1
UKIP Clive Morrison [18] 1,2712.2New
CPA Helen Spiby-Vann1180.2New
Workers Revolutionary Frank Sweeney820.1New
Hoi PolloiGeoff Moseley450.1New
Majority11,05819.1N/A
Turnout 57,78572.9+4.0
Registered electors 79,247
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +15.8
General election 2010: Hornsey and Wood Green [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone 25,595 46.5 +3.2
Labour Karen Jennings18,72034.0−4.3
Conservative Richard Merrin9,17416.7+4.0
Green Pete McAskie1,2612.3−2.7
Independent Stephane de Roche2010.4New
Independent Rohen Kapur910.2New
Majority6,87512.5+7.5
Turnout 55,04268.9+7.1
Registered electors 78,748
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Hornsey and Wood Green [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone 20,512 43.3 +17.5
Labour Barbara Roche 18,11738.3−11.6
Conservative Peter J. Forrest6,01412.7−3.0
Green Jayne E. Forbes2,3775.0−0.1
UKIP Roy A. Freshwater3100.7New
Majority2,3955.0N/A
Turnout 47,33061.8+3.8
Registered electors 76,630
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +14.6
General election 2001: Hornsey and Wood Green [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Roche 21,967 49.9 −11.8
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone 11,35325.8+14.5
Conservative Jason D. Hollands6,92115.7−6.2
Green Jayne E. Forbes2,2285.1+2.7
Socialist Alliance Louise Christian 1,1062.5New
Socialist Labour Ella J. Rule2940.7−0.4
Reform 2000 Erdil Ataman1940.4New
Majority10,61424.1−15.7
Turnout 44,06358.0−11.1
Registered electors 75,974
Labour hold Swing −13.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Hornsey and Wood Green [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Roche 31,792 61.7 +13.2
Conservative Helena D. Hart11,29321.9−17.3
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone 5,79411.3+1.4
Green Hilary J. Jago1,2142.4+0.5
Referendum Rachel Miller8081.6New
Socialist Labour Pat W. Sikorski5861.1New
Majority20,49939.8+30.5
Turnout 51,48769.1−6.6
Registered electors 74,537
Labour hold Swing +15.3
General election 1992: Hornsey and Wood Green [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Roche 27,020 48.5 +8.5
Conservative Andrew Boff 21,84339.2−3.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy 5,5479.9−5.2
Green Elizabeth Crosby1,0511.9±0.0
Natural Law P.R.G. Davies1970.35New
Revolutionary Communist William Massey890.16New
Majority5,1779.3N/A
Turnout 55,74775.7+2.4
Registered electors 73,491
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Hornsey and Wood Green [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Rossi 25,397 43.0 +0.5
Labour Barbara Roche 23,61840.0+5.0
SDP Douglas Eden8,92815.1−5.8
Green Elizabeth Crosby1,1541.9+0.3
Majority1,7793.0−4.5
Turnout 59,09773.3+2.1
Registered electors 80,594
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Hornsey and Wood Green [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Rossi 22,323 42.5
Labour Valerie A. Veness18,42435.0
SDP Michael I. Burrell10,99520.9
Ecology Peter S.I. Lang8541.6
Majority3,8997.5
Turnout 52,59671.2
Registered electors 73,870
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.
  3. ↑ At local level the London Borough of Haringey's Council was until the 2014 local elections split almost straight down the middle in political terms – the western part that forms this seat returning Liberal Democrat councillors, while the eastern part that forms Tottenham being solidly Labour. However, at the 2014 elections Labour gained a number of seats particularly in Stroud Green and Crouch End

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