Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	76,455 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	High Barnet or Barnet, New Barnet and Whetstone,
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Barnet
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Chipping Barnet is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

1 Constituency Profile
2 Boundaries
- 2.1 2007 Boundary review
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and References

Constituency Profile[edit]

It has been held by a Conservative since its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by 1035 votes.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency was created in 1974 from the former seat of Barnet. It covers the north-eastern third of the London Borough of Barnet including High Barnet, Arkley, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Whetstone, Friern Barnet and parts of Cockfosters, Southgate and Muswell Hill. Chipping Barnet is made up of seven electoral wards from the London Borough of Barnet:

Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, Underhill

2007 Boundary review[edit]

Following their review of parliamentary representation, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that parts of Underhill ward and Coppetts ward be transferred to Chipping Barnet from the constituencies of Hendon and Finchley and Golders Green respectively. It also recommended that a small part of Mill Hill ward be transferred from Chipping Barnet to Hendon.

Members of Parliament[edit]

	Member^[2]	Party
Feb 1974	Reginald Maudling	Conservative
1979	Sir Sydney Chapman	Conservative
2005	Theresa Villiers	Conservative

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General Election 2010: Chipping Barnet^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	24,700	48.8	+2.9
	Labour	Damien Welfare	12,773	25.2	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barber	10,202	20.2	+4.9
	UKIP	James Fluss	1,442	2.8	+0.8
	Green	Kate Tansley	1,021	2	-0.8
	Independent	Philip Clayton	470	0.9	+0.9
Majority			11,927	23.6
Turnout			50,608	65.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2005: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	19,744	46.6	+0.2
	Labour	Pauline Coakley-Webb	13,784	32.5	–7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Hooker	6,671	15.7	+2.1
	Green	Audrey Poppy	1,199	2.8	+2.8
	UKIP	Victor Kaye	924	2.2	+2.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	59	0.1	+0.1
Majority			5,960	14.1
Turnout			42,381	64.1	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 2001: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	19,702	46.4	+3.4
	Labour	Damien Welfare	17,001	40.0	–0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Hooker	5,753	13.6	+1.2
Majority			2,701	6.4
Turnout			42,456	60.4	–11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election 1997: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	21,317	43.01
	Labour	G. Cooke	20,282	40.92
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Hooker	6,121	12.35
	Referendum Party	V. Ribekow	1,190	2.40
	Monster Raving Loony	B. Miskin	253	0.51
	Pro Life	B. Scallan	243	0.49
	Natural Law	D. Derksen	159	0.32
Majority			1,035	2.09
Turnout				71.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	25,589	56.98
	Labour	A. Williams	11,638	25.91
	Liberal Democrat	D. Smith	7,247	16.14
	Natural Law	D. Derksen	222	0.49
	Funstermentalist	C. Johnson	213	0.47
Majority			13,951	31.07
Turnout				78.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

General Election 1987: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	24,686	57.93
	Liberal	J. Skinner	9,815	23.03
	Labour	D. Perkin	8,115	19.04
Majority			14,871	34.90
Turnout				70.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	23,164	56.11
	Liberal	C. Perkin	10,771	26.09
	Labour	N.J.M. Smith	6,599	15.99
	Ecology	E. Parry	552	1.34
	Independent	J. Hopkins	195	0.47
Majority			12,393	30.02
Turnout				70.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General Election 1979: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Chapman	25,154	57.13
	Labour	P.J. Dawe	11,147	25.32
	Liberal	D. Ive	6,867	15.60
	National Front	R. Cole	865	1.96
Majority			14,007	31.81
Turnout				75.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Maudling	19,661	47.32
	Labour	J.A.D. Mills	11,795	28.39
	Liberal	N. Wyn Ellis	8,884	21.38
	National Front	R. Cole	1,207	2.91
Majority			7,866	18.93
Turnout				73.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Maudling	22,094	48.04
	Labour	J.A.D. Mills	12,183	26.49
	Liberal	N. Wyn Ellis	11,714	25.47
Majority			9,911	21.55
Turnout				82.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and References[edit]

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ http://www.barnet.gov.uk/chipping-barnet-constituency-candidates2010.pdf

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