Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London
County Greater London
Population111,973 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 76,455 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements High Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, Arkley, Brunswick Park, Colney Hatch
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Barnet

Chipping Barnet is a constituency [n 1] created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party. [n 2] It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.

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Villiers was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Prime Minister David Cameron from 2012 to 2016, when she was dismissed upon incoming Prime Minister Theresa May taking office. Boris Johnson appointed her as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2019 before she was sacked in February 2020.

Constituency profile

Barnet was once an elevated narrow projection of Hertfordshire into the county of Middlesex, and consisted of an agricultural market town. [3] The town became well connected to central London by the London Underground network and is today commuter suburbia, with many of its properties semi-detached with substantial gardens as well as having many small parks and nature reserves. The area has few tower blocks for social housing.[ citation needed ]

Electoral Calculus categorises the seat with a "Kind Yuppies" demographic, indicating well-educated younger voters who could vote for either the Conservatives or Labour but opposed Brexit. [4]

Boundaries

Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

1974–1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Arkley, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Hadley, and Totteridge.

1997–2010: As above plus Friern Barnet.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, and Underhill.

The seat was created from the parts of the former Barnet constituency which were in the London Borough of Barnet.

2023 boundary review

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Chipping Barnet in 2023

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, 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: Barnet Vale, Brunswick Park, East Barnet, Edgwarebury, High Barnet, Totteridge & Woodside, Underhill and Whetstone. [5] [6]

The contents reflect the local government boundary review for Barnet which came into effect in May 2022; the boundaries will be adjusted to include the Edgwarebury ward, currently in the Hendon seat, offset by the transfer of Friern Barnet to the new constituency of Hornsey and Friern Barnet.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] [8] [9] Party
Feb 1974 Reginald Maudling Conservative
1979 Sydney Chapman
2005 Theresa Villiers

Elections

It has been held by a Conservative since its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by just over 2% (1,035 votes).

In the 2019 general election, the seat was seen as an important potential gain for the Labour Party, due to Villiers' small majority and high-profile (as the Environment Secretary) and the seat's vote to remain in the 2016 European Union membership referendum. [10] [11] [12] [13] Nevertheless, Villiers retained the seat with a majority increased threefold, albeit still a small one. [14]

The proposed boundaries for the next general election are estimated to increase the notional Conservative majority to 5,015 votes. [15]

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Chipping Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers [16]
Labour Dan Tomlinson [17]
Green David Farbey [18]
Reform UK Hamish Haddow [19]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Chipping Barnet [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,745 44.7 -1.6
Labour Emma Whysall24,53342.6-3.1
Liberal Democrats Isabelle Parasram5,93210.3+4.9
Green Gabrielle Bailey1,2882.2-0.3
Advance John Sheffield710.1New
Majority1,2122.1+1.5
Turnout 57,56972.0+0.2
Registered electors 79,960
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2017: Chipping Barnet [22] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,679 46.3 −2.3
Labour Emma Whysall25,32645.7+11.6
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray3,0125.4+0.9
Green Phil Fletcher1,4062.5−2.2
Majority3530.6−13.9
Turnout 55,42371.8+3.7
Registered electors 77,218
Conservative hold Swing −6.9
General election 2015: Chipping Barnet [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 25,759 48.6 –0.2
Labour Amy Trevethan18,10334.1+8.9
UKIP Victor Kaye4,1517.8+5.0
Green Audrey Poppy2,5014.7+2.7
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray [27] 2,3814.5–15.7
Independent Mehdi Akhavan1180.2New
Majority7,65614.5-9.1
Turnout 53,01368.1+3.0
Registered electors 77,807
Conservative hold Swing –4.5
General election 2010: Chipping Barnet [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 24,700 48.8 +2.9
Labour Damien Welfare12,77325.2–8.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barber10,20220.2+4.9
UKIP James Fluss1,4422.8+0.8
Green Kate Tansley1,0212.0–0.8
Independent Philip Clayton4700.9New
Majority11,92723.6+9.5
Turnout 50,60865.1+2.3
Registered electors 75,120
Conservative hold Swing +5.77

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Chipping Barnet [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 19,744 46.6 +0.2
Labour Pauline A. Coakley-Webb13,78432.5–7.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker6,67115.7+2.1
Green Audrey M. Poppy1,1992.8New
UKIP Victor Kaye9242.2New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 590.1New
Majority5,96014.1+7.7
Turnout 42,38164.1+3.7
Registered electors 66,222
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
General election 2001: Chipping Barnet [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 19,702 46.4 +3.4
Labour Damien Welfare17,00140.0–0.9
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker5,75313.6+1.2
Majority2,7016.4+4.3
Turnout 42,45660.4–11.3
Registered electors 70,239
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Chipping Barnet [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 21,317 43.0 -14.0
Labour Geoff N. Cooke20,28240.9+15.0
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker6,12112.4-3.7
Referendum Victor G. Ribekow1,1902.4New
Monster Raving Loony Brian L. Miskin2530.5New
ProLife Alliance Brian D. Scallan2430.5New
Natural Law Diane Derksen1590.3-0.2
Majority1,0352.1-29.0
Turnout 49,56571.7-6.9
Registered electors 69,088
Conservative hold Swing -14.5
General election 1992: Chipping Barnet [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,589 57.0 −0.9
Labour Alan J. Williams11,63825.9+6.9
Liberal Democrats David H. Smith7,24716.1−6.9
Natural Law Diane Derksen2220.5New
FunstermentalistChristopher V. Johnson2130.5New
Majority13,95131.1−3.8
Turnout 44,90978.6+8.6
Registered electors 57,153
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Chipping Barnet [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 24,686 57.9 +1.8
Liberal James Skinner9,81523.0−3.1
Labour David Perkin8,11519.0+3.0
Majority14,87134.9+4.9
Turnout 42,61670.0−0.7
Registered electors 60,876
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Chipping Barnet [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 23,164 56.1 -1.0
Liberal Christopher Perkin10,77126.1+10.5
Labour Nigel Smith6,59916.0-9.3
Ecology E. Parry5521.3New
Independent J. Hopkins1950.5New
Majority12,39330.0-1.8
Turnout 41,28170.7-4.9
Registered electors 58,423
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Chipping Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,154 57.1 +9.8
Labour Peter Dawe [36] 11,14725.3–3.1
Liberal David Ive [36] 6,86715.6–5.8
National Front Ronald Cole [36] 8652.0–0.9
Majority14,00731.8+12.9
Turnout 44,03375.6+2.0
Registered electors 58,254
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 19,661 47.3 –0.7
Labour John Mills 11,79528.4+1.9
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 8,88421.4–4.1
National Front Ronald Arthur Cole1,2072.9New
Majority7,86618.9-2.6
Turnout 41,54773.6-8.6
Registered electors 56,487
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 22,094 48.0
Labour John Mills 12,18326.5
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 11,71425.5
Majority9,91121.5
Turnout 45,99182.2
Registered electors 55,984
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.

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