Chipping Barnet (constituency)

Chipping Barnet
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Population111,973 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate78,038 (2024 general election)
Major settlementsHigh Barnet/Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Arkley, Brunswick Park.
Current constituency
Created1974 (1974)
Member of ParliamentDan Tomlinson (Labour Party)
SeatsOne
Created fromBarnet

Chipping Barnet is a constituency[n 1] created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Dan Tomlinson of the Labour Party.[n 2] It is part of the London Borough of Barnet, on the border with Hertfordshire.

Constituency profile

The Chipping Barnet constituency is located on the outskirts of Greater London within the Borough of Barnet. The area was traditionally part of Hertfordshire and consisted of the agricultural market town of Chipping Barnet (often shortened to simply Barnet).[2] Today the area is well-connected to central London by the Northern line of the London Underground and is predominantly commuter suburbia. The constituency also includes the neighbourhood of Whetstone and part of Edgware, which is separated from Barnet by a rural area. The constituency is predominantly affluent, particularly in Barnet and parts of Brunswick Park.[3] House prices are higher than the rest of London and more than double the national average.[4]

Residents of the constituency are generally older than the rest of London and, compared to national averages, have high levels of income, education and professional employment.[4] The constituency is ethnically diverse; 45% of residents are White British, 15% Other White, 17% Asian and 6% Black.[5] There is a large Jewish community (10%) concentrated in Edgware.[6] At the local borough council, Barnet and the residential areas to its east are represented by Labour Party councillors, whilst the more rural areas around Edgware, Totteridge and Woodside Park elected Conservatives. Voters in the constituency were generally supportive of remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 60% voted to remain compared to 48% nationwide.[4]

Boundaries

Historic

The seat was created from the parts of the former Barnet constituency which were in the London Borough of Barnet.

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.

Current

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:

The new boundaries reflect the local authority boundary review which came into effect in May 2022. The community of Friern Barnet was moved to the new constituency of Hornsey and Friern Barnet; to compensate, the Edgewarebury ward was transferred in from Hendon.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[9][10][11]Party
1974 Reginald Maudling Conservative
1979 Sydney Chapman Conservative
2005 Theresa Villiers Conservative
2024 Dan Tomlinson Labour

History

The seat was held by a Conservative after its creation for the February 1974 general election, and withstood the Labour landslide in 1997 by just over 2% (1,035 votes). However, this would come to a close after the 2024 general election, when Chipping Barnet was won by the Labour Party; it was the first time in the constituency's history that it was not represented by a Conservative MP.

At the 2019 general election, the seat was seen as an important potential gain for the Labour Party, due to Theresa Villiers' small majority and high-profile (as the Environment Secretary), in addition to the seat's vote to remain in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.[12][13][14][15] Nevertheless, Villiers retained the seat with a majority increased threefold, albeit still a small one.[16] Villiers finally lost her seat at the 2024 election to Labour's Dan Tomlinson, the first Labour MP to represent the constituency, and the area, in Parliament since 1945.

Elections

Election results 1974–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Chipping Barnet[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Tomlinson 21,585 42.4 −0.2
Conservative Theresa Villiers 18,671 36.7 −10.8
Reform Hamish Haddow 3,986 7.8 N/A
Green David Farbey 3,442 6.8 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Durrant 2,614 5.1 −4.7
Rejoin EU Richard Hewison 379 0.7 N/A
Independent Kay Lauer 182 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,914 5.7
Turnout 50,859 65.2 −11.50
Registered electors 78,038
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[18]
Party Vote %
Conservative27,77747.5
Labour23,56840.3
Liberal Democrats5,7459.8
Green1,2612.2
Others710.1
Turnout 58,422 76.7
Electorate 76,187
General election 2019: Chipping Barnet[19][20]
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 N/A
Majority 1,212 2.1 +1.5
Turnout 57,569 72.0 +0.2
Registered electors 79,960
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2017: Chipping Barnet[21][22][23]
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
General election 2015: Chipping Barnet[24][25]
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 [26] 2,381 4.5 −15.7
Independent Mehdi Akhavan 118 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,656 14.5 −9.1
Turnout 53,013 68.1 +3.0
Registered electors 77,807
Conservative hold Swing −4.5
General election 2010: Chipping Barnet[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 24,700 48.8 +2.9
Labour Damien Welfare 12,773 25.2 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barber 10,202 20.2 +4.9
UKIP James Fluss 1,442 2.8 +0.8
Green Kate Tansley 1,021 2.0 −0.8
Independent Philip Clayton 470 0.9 N/A
Majority 11,927 23.6 +9.5
Turnout 50,608 65.1 +2.3
Registered electors 75,120
Conservative hold Swing +5.77

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Chipping Barnet[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theresa Villiers 19,744 46.6 +0.2
Labour Pauline A. Coakley-Webb 13,784 32.5 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,671 15.7 +2.1
Green Audrey M. Poppy 1,199 2.8 N/A
UKIP Victor Kaye 924 2.2 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 59 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,960 14.1 +7.7
Turnout 42,381 64.1 +3.7
Registered electors 66,222
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
General election 2001: Chipping Barnet[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 19,702 46.4 +3.4
Labour Damien Welfare 17,001 40.0 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 5,753 13.6 +1.2
Majority 2,701 6.4 +4.3
Turnout 42,456 60.4 −11.3
Registered electors 70,239
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Chipping Barnet[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 21,317 43.0 −14.0
Labour Geoff N. Cooke 20,282 40.9 +15.0
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 6,121 12.4 −3.7
Referendum Victor G. Ribekow 1,190 2.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Brian L. Miskin 253 0.5 N/A
ProLife Alliance Brian D. Scallan 243 0.5 N/A
Natural Law Diane Derksen 159 0.3 −0.2
Majority 1,035 2.1 −29.0
Turnout 49,565 71.7 −6.9
Registered electors 69,088
Conservative hold Swing −14.5
General election 1992: Chipping Barnet[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,589 57.0 −0.9
Labour Alan J. Williams 11,638 25.9 +6.9
Liberal Democrats David H. Smith 7,247 16.1 −6.9
Natural Law Diane Derksen 222 0.5 N/A
Funstermentalist Christopher V. Johnson 213 0.5 N/A
Majority 13,951 31.1 −3.8
Turnout 44,909 78.6 +8.6
Registered electors 57,153
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Chipping Barnet[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 24,686 57.9 +1.8
Liberal James Skinner 9,815 23.0 −3.1
Labour David Perkin 8,115 19.0 +3.0
Majority 14,871 34.9 +4.9
Turnout 42,616 70.0 −0.7
Registered electors 60,876
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Chipping Barnet[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 23,164 56.1 −1.0
Liberal Christopher Perkin 10,771 26.1 +10.5
Labour Nigel Smith 6,599 16.0 −9.3
Ecology E. Parry 552 1.3 N/A
Independent J. Hopkins 195 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,393 30.0 −1.8
Turnout 41,281 70.7 −4.9
Registered electors 58,423
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Chapman 25,154 57.1 +9.8
Labour Peter Dawe[35] 11,147 25.3 −3.1
Liberal David Ive[35] 6,867 15.6 −5.8
National Front Ronald Cole[35] 865 2.0 −0.9
Majority 14,007 31.8 +12.9
Turnout 44,033 75.6 +2.0
Registered electors 58,254
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 19,661 47.3 −0.7
Labour John Mills 11,795 28.4 +1.9
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 8,884 21.4 −4.1
National Front Ronald Arthur Cole 1,207 2.9 N/A
Majority 7,866 18.9 −2.6
Turnout 41,547 73.6 −8.6
Registered electors 56,487
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Chipping Barnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Maudling 22,094 48.0
Labour John Mills 12,183 26.5
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 11,714 25.5
Majority 9,911 21.5
Turnout 45,991 82.2
Registered electors 55,984
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Chipping Barnet: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 'Parishes: Barnet', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2 Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 329-337. British History Online. accessed 5 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Chipping+Barnet
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  6. ↑ "2021 census results: Religion in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Chipping Barnet borough constituency". Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Boundary Commission for England - Final Recommendations for the London Region: Chipping Barnet Borough Constituency - Electorate 75,761" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Barnet Chipping Barnet 1974-1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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  11. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  12. ↑ Langford, Eleanor (11 December 2019). "Dominic Raab tops list of big-name MPs who could lose their seat on Thursday". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Gallagher, Paul (15 November 2019). "General election 2019: Chipping Barnet voters hold their nose, put off by anti-Semitism and Brexit". i. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. ↑ Smyth, Chris; Zeffman, Henry (30 November 2019). "Shadow of Jeremy Corbyn hangs over Labour canvassers". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  15. ↑ Murphy, Joe (12 December 2019). "Key London election seats and times results will be announced: your guide to tonight". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020. Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers has been nursing a tiny majority of 353 (0.6 per cent). If Labour can't finish her off, then Corbyn is in trouble.
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  17. ↑ "Chipping Barnet - General election results 2024 - BBC News". BBC.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the Chipping Barnet Parliamentary Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). London Borough of Barnet. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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  28. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  30. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  31. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  32. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  33. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  34. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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