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| Chipping Barnet | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Chipping Barnet in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 111,973 (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 |
| Member of Parliament | Theresa Villiers (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| 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.
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
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
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries of the constituency from the 2024 general election 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
| Election | Member[7][8][9] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Reginald Maudling | Conservative | |
| 1979 | Sydney Chapman | ||
| 2005 | Theresa Villiers | ||
Elections
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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 2024 general election are estimated to increase the notional Conservative majority to 5,015 votes.[15]
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | David Farbey[16] | ||||
| Reform UK | Hamish Haddow[17] | ||||
| Labour | Dan Tomlinson[18] | ||||
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers[19] | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers | 25,745 | 44.7 | -1.6 | |
| Labour | Emma Whysall | 24,533 | 42.6 | -3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Isabelle Parasram | 5,932 | 10.3 | +4.9 | |
| Green | Gabrielle Bailey | 1,288 | 2.2 | -0.3 | |
| Advance | John Sheffield | 71 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,212 | 2.1 | +1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 57,569 | 72.0 | +0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,960 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers | 25,679 | 46.3 | −2.3 | |
| Labour | Emma Whysall | 25,326 | 45.7 | +11.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marisha Ray | 3,012 | 5.4 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Phil Fletcher | 1,406 | 2.5 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 353 | 0.6 | −13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 55,423 | 71.8 | +3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,218 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers | 25,759 | 48.6 | –0.2 | |
| Labour | Amy Trevethan | 18,103 | 34.1 | +8.9 | |
| UKIP | Victor Kaye | 4,151 | 7.8 | +5.0 | |
| Green | Audrey Poppy | 2,501 | 4.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marisha Ray [27] | 2,381 | 4.5 | –15.7 | |
| Independent | Mehdi Akhavan | 118 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 7,656 | 14.5 | -9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 53,013 | 68.1 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,807 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –4.5 | |||