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Hampstead & Highgate was a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes the village of Hampstead and part of that of Highgate.
It was abolished in the 2010 general election; with the majority forming the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn; and part to the Holborn and St Pancras seat.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. It will comprise those parts of the Borough of Camden currently in the (to be abolished) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, plus the Gospel Oak and Highgate wards and the Highgate ward in the Borough of Haringey.
History
Some areas here were amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat always had an intellectual, artistic middle-class vote associated with the intelligentsia (see main page on Hampstead). It also contained Kilburn, with its large Irish community. The Labour incumbent in Hampstead and Highgate at the time of abolition, Glenda Jackson, retained the new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn in 2010 with a majority of just 42.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.
1997–2010: The London Borough of Camden wards of Adelaide, Belsize, Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, Frognal, Gospel Oak, Hampstead Town, Highgate, Kilburn, Priory, South End, Swiss Cottage, and West End.
In 2002, a Local Government Boundary Commission for England review abolished the Adelaide, Priory, South End and West End wards, whilst it combined Frognal and Fitzjohns into one ward. For the 2005 general election, the electoral wards used in this constituency were Belsize, Camden Town with Primrose Hill (part), Fortune Green, Frognal and Fitzjohns, Gospel Oak (part), Hampstead Town, Haverstock (part), Highgate (part), Kilburn, Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn by excluding Highgate ward (which became part of Holborn & St Pancras) and including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent. Hampstead and Kilburn largely replaced Hampstead and Highgate for the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
| General election 1997: Hampstead and Highgate |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Glenda Jackson |
25,275 |
57.4 |
+11.2 |
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Gibson |
11,991 |
27.2 |
−13.5 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Bridget Fox |
5,481 |
12.4 |
+1.4 |
|
Referendum |
Monima Siddique |
667 |
1.5 |
New |
|
Natural Law |
Jonathan Leslie |
147 |
0.3 |
+0.1 |
|
Rainbow Dream Ticket |
Ronnie Carroll |
141 |
0.3 |
New |
|
UKIP |
P. Prince |
123 |
0.3 |
New |
|
Humanist |
Robert Harris |
105 |
0.2 |
New |
|
Rizz Party |
Captain Rizz |
101 |
0.2 |
+0.1 |
| Majority |
13,284 |
30.2 |
+24.7 |
| Turnout |
44,031 |
67.9 |
-4.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 2000s
See also
