Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Finchley and Golders Green Borough constituency
Finchley and Golders Green shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Rudi Vis
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Result of 2005 3.2 Result of 2001 3.3 Result of 1997 3.4 Result of 1992: prediction of Finchley & Golders Green boundaries 4 Successors and predecessors 5 See also 6 Footnotes

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. The boundary changed in 1997 by absorbing most of Hendon South and losing some wards to Chipping Barnet.

Prior to boundary changes in 1997 the constituency was called Finchley and Friern Barnet. The 1997 changes removed Friern Barnet from the constituency and added Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb. The area was famous for once being represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was thought to be safely Tory.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 – 2010: Rudi Vis, Labour

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Freer

[edit] Result of 2005

General Election 2005: Finchley and Golders Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rudi Vis	17,487	40.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Andrew Mennear	16,746	38.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Garden	7,282	16.9	+4.8
	Green	Noel Lynch	1,136	2.6	−0.6
	UK Independence	Jeremy Jacobs	453	1.0	+0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	110	0.3	N/A
Majority			741	1.7
Turnout			43,214	61.9	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

[edit] Result of 2001

General Election 2001: Finchley and Golders Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rudi Vis	20,205	46.3	+0.2
	Conservative	John Marshall	16,489	37.8	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Teather	5,266	12.1	+0.8
	Green	Miranda Dunn	1,385	3.2	+2.0
	UK Independence	John de Roeck	330	0.8	+0.3
Majority			3,716	8.5
Turnout			43,675	57.3	-12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Result of 1997

General Election 1997: Finchley and Golders Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rudi Vis	23,180	46.1	+14.0
	Conservative	John Marshall	19,991	39.7	−13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Davies	5,670	11.3	−1.2
	Referendum Party	G. Shaw	684	1.4	N/A
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	576	1.1	−0.3
	UK Independence	D. Barraclough	205	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,189	6.4	N/A
Turnout				69.7	−7.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.7

[edit] Result of 1992: prediction of Finchley & Golders Green boundaries

General Election 1992: Finchley and Golders Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		20,890	53.2
	Labour		12,616	32.1
	Liberal Democrat		4,915	12.5
	Green		564	1.4
	Natural Law		182	0.5
	Loony		130	0.3
Majority			8,274	21.1
Turnout			39,297	77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Successors and predecessors

Preceded by Finchley	UK Parliament constituency 1997–	Succeeded by Current constituency
Preceded by Hendon South	UK Parliament constituency 1997–

[edit] See also

• Finchley (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor.
• Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency), half of which was merged with Finchley.
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

[edit] Footnotes

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party Labour Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham Conservative Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon Liberal Democrat Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham Respect Bethnal Green and Bow Independent Conservative Old Bexley and Sidcup London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1