Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Hornsey and Wood Green | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 79,878 (December 2010)[1] |
1983–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hornsey and Wood Green |
Replaced by | Hornsey and Friern Barnet |
Hornsey and Wood Green was a constituency[n 1] in Greater London created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Catherine West, of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the newly created seat of Hornsey and Friern Barnet, with the district of Wood Green to be included in the new Southgate and Wood Green constituency, and Highgate ward in the re-established seat of Hampstead and Highgate.[2]
Boundaries
[edit]1983–2010: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Archway, Bowes Park, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey Central, Hornsey Vale, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, South Hornsey, Woodside.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Bounds Green, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, Stroud Green, Woodside.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency covered the western part of the London Borough of Haringey, stretching from Highgate in the south west of the seat, through Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Wood Green in the north east corner of the seat.
More out-of-work benefits reliance (8.9%) exists in the seat than the London average (8.4%, which is compares to 6.4% nationally in April 2021) and among those aged 18 to 24 the percentage is 12.7% in the seat during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.[3][4] Women, living in the constituency, working full time at this time earned £102 per week more than men, earning 98% of the London average pay; whereas for men the figure was 79% of London's average pay and which was £50 below the national average.[4]
- Political history
The seat created in 1983 has had representation by the three largest English political parties at Westminster.
The win from the incumbent Liberal Democrat in 2015 by Labour Party's candidate was a strong swing and made the seat the 137th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[5]
- 2016 EU Referendum
In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the constituency is estimated to have voted between 66% and 82% to Remain in the EU.[6][7]
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1983 from the safe Conservative seat of Hornsey and the more Labour-inclined Wood Green. In those boundary changes the Wood Green seat was broadly divided into two, with half being merged with Hornsey and the rest being transferred to the neighbouring constituency of Tottenham, to the east — a very small part of the Hornsey seat was also transferred to Tottenham at the same time.
This was a Conservative Party seat until 1992 but by 1997 swung so heavily it suggested a Labour Party safe seat — Barbara Roche enjoyed a majority of over 20,000. The Liberal Democrats, however, supplanted those parties in the area, both at Parliamentary level where they won the seat in 2005 and held it until 2015; and in local terms.[n 3] At the 2015 election this seat had the lowest combined Conservative and UKIP percentage in England (11.45%).
The seat had a large swing to Labour of over 15% in the 2017 general election, similar to that of two years earlier, meaning it now has a history of political volatility; in five out of the last seven general elections, there have been swings to Labour or the Liberal Democrats of between 13 and 16%.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1983 | Hugh Rossi | Conservative | |
1992 | Barbara Roche | Labour | |
2005 | Lynne Featherstone | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | Catherine West | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine West | 35,126 | 57.5 | –7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawn Barnes | 15,884 | 26.0 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Ed McGuinness | 6,829 | 11.2 | –3.6 | |
Green | Jarelle Francis | 2,192 | 3.6 | +1.7 | |
Brexit Party | Daniel Corrigan | 763 | 1.2 | New | |
CPA | Helen Spiby-Vann | 211 | 0.3 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Salah Wakie | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 19,242 | 31.5 | –17.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,105 | 74.7 | –3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 81,814 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | –9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine West | 40,738 | 65.4 | +14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawn Barnes | 10,000 | 16.0 | −15.8 | |
Conservative | Emma Lane | 9,246 | 14.8 | +5.5 | |
Green | Sam Hall | 1,181 | 1.9 | −3.5 | |
Women's Equality | Nimco Ali | 551 | 0.8 | New | |
UKIP | Ruth Price | 429 | 0.6 | −1.6 | |
CPA | Helen Spiby-Vann | 93 | 0.1 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Anna Athow | 55 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 30,738 | 49.4 | +30.3 | ||
Turnout | 62,293 | 77.9 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 79,946 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine West[17] | 29,417 | 50.9 | +16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 18,359 | 31.8 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | Suhail Rahuja | 5,347 | 9.3 | −7.4 | |
Green | Gordon Peters | 3,146 | 5.4 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Clive Morrison[18] | 1,271 | 2.2 | New | |
CPA | Helen Spiby-Vann | 118 | 0.2 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Frank Sweeney | 82 | 0.1 | New | |
Hoi Polloi | Geoff Moseley | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,058 | 19.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,785 | 72.9 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 79,247 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 25,595 | 46.5 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Karen Jennings | 18,720 | 34.0 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Merrin | 9,174 | 16.7 | +4.0 | |
Green | Pete McAskie | 1,261 | 2.3 | −2.7 | |
Independent | Stephane de Roche | 201 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Rohen Kapur | 91 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,875 | 12.5 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,042 | 68.9 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 78,748 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 20,512 | 43.3 | +17.5 | |
Labour | Barbara Roche | 18,117 | 38.3 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Peter J. Forrest | 6,014 | 12.7 | −3.0 | |
Green | Jayne E. Forbes | 2,377 | 5.0 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Roy A. Freshwater | 310 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,395 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,330 | 61.8 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 76,630 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +14.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Roche | 21,967 | 49.9 | −11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 11,353 | 25.8 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Jason D. Hollands | 6,921 | 15.7 | −6.2 | |
Green | Jayne E. Forbes | 2,228 | 5.1 | +2.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | Louise Christian | 1,106 | 2.5 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Ella J. Rule | 294 | 0.7 | −0.4 | |
Reform 2000 | Erdil Ataman | 194 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,614 | 24.1 | −15.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,063 | 58.0 | −11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 75,974 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −13.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Roche | 31,792 | 61.7 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Helena D. Hart | 11,293 | 21.9 | −17.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 5,794 | 11.3 | +1.4 | |
Green | Hilary J. Jago | 1,214 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
Referendum | Rachel Miller | 808 | 1.6 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Pat W. Sikorski | 586 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 20,499 | 39.8 | +30.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,487 | 69.1 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 74,537 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Roche | 27,020 | 48.5 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Boff | 21,843 | 39.2 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Dunphy | 5,547 | 9.9 | −5.2 | |
Green | Elizabeth Crosby | 1,051 | 1.9 | ±0.0 | |
Natural Law | P.R.G. Davies | 197 | 0.35 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | William Massey | 89 | 0.16 | New | |
Majority | 5,177 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,747 | 75.7 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,491 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Rossi | 25,397 | 43.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Barbara Roche | 23,618 | 40.0 | +5.0 | |
SDP | Douglas Eden | 8,928 | 15.1 | −5.8 | |
Green | Elizabeth Crosby | 1,154 | 1.9 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,779 | 3.0 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 59,097 | 73.3 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 80,594 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Rossi | 22,323 | 42.5 | ||
Labour | Valerie A. Veness | 18,424 | 35.0 | ||
SDP | Michael I. Burrell | 10,995 | 20.9 | ||
Ecology | Peter S.I. Lang | 854 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 3,899 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,596 | 71.2 | |||
Registered electors | 73,870 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
- ^ At local level the London Borough of Haringey's Council was until the 2014 local elections split almost straight down the middle in political terms – the western part that forms this seat returning Liberal Democrat councillors, while the eastern part that forms Tottenham being solidly Labour. However, at the 2014 elections Labour gained a number of seats particularly in Stroud Green and Crouch End
References
[edit]- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
- ^ Hanretty, Chris (17 March 2017). "Areal interpolation and the UK's referendum on EU membership" (PDF). Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. 27 (4): 466–483. doi:10.1080/17457289.2017.1287081. ISSN 1745-7289. S2CID 55141642.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Martin (6 February 2017). "Voting data sheds light on referendum". BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- ^ Etheridge, Zina (15 November 2019). "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll. Election of a Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green" (PDF). Haringey London Borough Council.
- ^ "Hornsey & Wood Green parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. 13 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.
- ^ "Hornsey & Wood Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "General Election 2017 in Haringey – Results". London Borough of Haringey. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Haringey votes - Haringey Elections website". voting.haringey.gov.uk.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Ukip's Clive Morrison: 'I will blow my whistle to stamp out racists in the party' - Election 2015 - Hampstead & Highgate Express - Broadway". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics". the Guardian.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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External links
[edit]- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Hornsey and Wood Green UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Hornsey and Wood Green UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK