Hampstead and Kilburn is a
constituency
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created in
2010
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and currently represented in the
House of Commons
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by
Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq ( bn, টিউলিপ রেজওয়ানা সিদ্দীক; born 16 September 1982) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and ...
of the
Labour Party.
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for ...
was the MP from 2010 to 2015, having served for the
predecessor seat since
1992
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.
Constituency profile
The seat covers Hampstead and West Hampstead, which are known for their large houses and affluent population, and to the west, the more working-class areas of Kilburn and Queen's Park.
History
The constituency was created for the
2010 general election in which it was won by
Labour
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's
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for ...
with a majority of 42 votes being the most
marginal result in England; one smaller majority nationally was achieved, in
Fermanagh and South Tyrone,
Northern Ireland
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. Hampstead and Kilburn was in 2010 the closest three-way marginal seat as the third-placed candidate obtained 841 fewer votes than the winner, approximately 1% of the electorate. In January 2013, Jackson announced that she would not seek re-election, one of 37 of her party's MPs who did so in the
2015 general election.
The seat was won by Labour candidate Tulip Siddiq. The 2015 result made the seat the 10th
narrowest result of the party's 232 seats (by majority percentage). Comparing the 2015 election to the 2010 election, the
Liberal Democrat
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Former parties ...
share of the vote fell by 25.6%, which compared to a national negative swing for the party of 15.2%.
In the
2016 referendum, in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, the
constituency voted to remain by 76.6%.
In 2017, Labour significantly increased its majority to 26.6%, winning nearly 60% of votes cast.
Boundaries
The constituency covers a north-western portion of the
London Borough of Camden
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and an easternmost portion of
London Borough of Brent
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and has electoral wards:
*
Belsize,
Fortune Green
Fortune Green is a small area in West Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
Lying on the south-west side of the Finchley Road, Hampstead town council decided to build its overflow cemetery there in the 1840s. A guide to Hampstead Cemetery, with sh ...
,
Frognal and Fitzjohns,
Hampstead Town,
Kilburn (Camden),
Swiss Cottage
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,
West Hampstead
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in ''the
London Borough of Camden
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''
*
Brondesbury Park
Brondesbury Park is a suburb and electoral ward of the London Borough of Brent. It is the part of Brondesbury which is not interwoven with Kilburn, London, Kilburn due to the naming of a major tube station (Kilburn tube station, Kilburn) and is ...
, Kilburn (Brent),
Queens Park in ''the
London Borough of Brent
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''
Boundary review
Due to the
Boundary Commission
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's
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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, the number of constituencies across the two boroughs fell from five to four. The seat of Hampstead and Kilburn is a new creation resulting from these changes.
;Former wards
Hampstead Town, Belsize, Swiss Cottage, Frognal and Fitzjohns, Fortune Green, West Hampstead, and Kilburn (Camden) were transferred from the former constituency of
Hampstead and Highgate. Brondesbury Park, Kilburn (Brent) and part of Queens Park wards were transferred from the former constituency of
Brent East. A small part of Queens Park ward was transferred from the former constituency of
Brent South
Brent South was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament; the areas of the constituency chiefly fell into the new Brent Central for the 2010 general election which was the date of its abolition. It elected one member (MP) by ...
.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
:
* Independent candidate
The Eurovisionary Carroll died following the close of nominations for the 2015 general election. Under current rules, the election proceeded with his name on the ballot paper and would have been rerun had he won.
:
* ''Served as MP for
Hampstead and Highgate 1992–2010''
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in London
The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
Constituencie ...
*
Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 – Hampstead and Kilburn
Notes
References
External links
Politics Resources(Election results from 1922 onwards)
(Election results from 1955 onwards)
Hampstead and Kilburn Labour PartyHampstead and Kilburn ConservativesHampstead and Kilburn Lib Dems
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Hampstead
Parliamentary constituencies in London
Hampstead and Kilburn
Politics of the London Borough of Camden