Harrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North, Hendon South and Wembley North
Hendon (/ˈhɛndən/) is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by David Pinto-Duschinsky of the Labour Party.[n 2] It was created for the 1997 general election; an earlier version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1945.
History
1918–1945
The first incarnation of the constituency was created for the 1918 general election. By 1941, the estimated electorate reached 217,900.[2] For the 1945 general election, the areas of the constituency were thus divided between North and South new entities and contributions to other new seats, including the principal part of Harrow East. The 1918-1945 was a period of near-full adult franchise and saw the most significant adult population increase nationally within the constituency, this coincided with a period of major residential building locally.
Since 1997
In the boundary change legislation passed to implement the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1997 general election, the London Borough of Barnet's parliamentary representation was reduced from four seats to three and the Hendon North constituency was combined with a northern part of the Hendon South constituency, creating the present Hendon constituency. A south-eastern swathe of former Hendon South was placed into Finchley and Golders Green. Within 10% of the average electorate, the seat avoided malapportionment that would otherwise exist by way of two undersized constituencies.
Including the period of division of the present area (1945—97) the various general elections up to 1997 were won by Conservatives, except for the 1945 victory of Barbara Ayrton-Gould (Labour), in Hendon North (1945–50). The last Liberal or Liberal Democrat to serve the area of either Hendon seat was in 1910. Only these three parties have won the seat or its predecessors.
Constituency profile
The constituency has been a Conservative-Labour bellwether since 1997. Andrew Dismore won the seat in 1997 as part of a nationwide landslide victory for the Labour Party. Matthew Offord won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010 by only 106 votes. The 2015 result gave the seat the 37th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[3]
The constituency includes the most deprived areas of the generally affluent London Borough of Barnet - Colindale, West Hendon and Burnt Oak.[4] It is more ethnically diverse than the other Barnet constituencies and has a large Jewish population.[5]
Boundaries
Map of boundaries 1997 to 2024
1918-45
The constituency covered the Urban Districts of Hendon and Kingsbury, and the Rural District of Hendon.
No national reviews took place between the Representation of the People Act 1918 which enfranchised this constituency and the next such Act in 1945. Later national reviews took place by the newly established Boundary Commissions for the four countries of United Kingdom for the elections of 1950, 1974, 1983, 1997 and 2010. As can be seen from the map, during the early period the seat spanned the area made up of the present seat and primarily the two neighbours to east and west, Chipping Barnet and Harrow East.
1997–2024
The London Borough of Barnet wards of Burnt Oak, Colindale, Edgware, Hale, Hendon, Mill Hill, and West Hendon.
^A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
^As with all constituencies, Hendon elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The first incarnation of Hendon was among the vast majority after 1918 which elected one MP.
References
Specific
^"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^"Conservative Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^"Hendon Constituency Insight and Evidence Review" (PDF). Barnet Council.
^Harper, Lee (4 February 2019). "Tory activists campaign in Barnet, amid speculation about a snap General Election". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
^"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". The Boundary Commission for England. Hendon BC 71,496.
^"Map of Hendon Borough Constituency" (PDF). The Boundary Commission for England. Hendon BC 71,496.
^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
^"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency on 04 July 2024" (PDF). Barnet Council. 7 June 2024.
^"Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^"Shropshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^"Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
^"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"Election results in Barnet - barnet.gov.uk". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015. 9Jul15
^"Controversial UKIP candidate to challenge Hendon seat".
^"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Results Special". Daily Mirror. 2 May 1997. p. 45.