Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Hornsey and Wood Green
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hornsey and Wood Green in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	79,878 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Catherine West (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hornsey and Wood Green
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hornsey and Wood Green is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the London Borough of Haringey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Catherine West, of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

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, and Woodside.

2010-present: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Bounds Green, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, Stroud Green, and Woodside.

Constituency profile

The constituency takes in the western part of the London Borough of Haringey, stretching from Highgate in the south west of the seat, through the mainly affluent Muswell Hill, through Crouch End and on to the more deprived Wood Green in the north east corner of the seat.

This is a fashionable and trendy area, though there are also concentrated pockets of former and current council housing and unemployment overall, leading to more social housing reliance than the London average.^[2]

The area has long had a diverse population, ethnically, including Jewish, Cypriot, Muslim and Afro-Caribbean communities and the constituency includes Alexandra Palace.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from abolished Hornsey and 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.

Since its creation the seat has been successively represented by Members of Parliament from all three main British political parties in general elections. 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%).

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Hugh Rossi	Conservative
1992	Barbara Roche	Labour
2005	Lynne Featherstone	Liberal Democrat
2015	Catherine West	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Hornsey and Wood Green^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Catherine West^[6]	29,417	50.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Featherstone	18,359	31.8	-14.7
	Conservative	Suhail Rahuja	5,347	9.3	-7.4
	Green	Gordon Peters	3,146	5.4	+3.2
	UKIP	Clive Morrison^[7]	1,271	2.2	n/a
	Christian Peoples	Helen Spiby-Vann	118	0.2	n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Frank Sweeney	82	0.1	n/a
	Hoi Polloi	Geoff Moseley	45	0.1	n/a
Majority			11,058	19.1
Turnout			57,785	72.9	+4.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	15.8

General Election 2010: Hornsey and Wood Green^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
	Independent	Rohen Kapur	91	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,875	12.5
Turnout			55,042	68.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	3.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hornsey and Wood Green^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
Majority			2,395	5.1
Turnout			47,330	61.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	14.6

General Election 2001: Hornsey and Wood Green^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Roche	21,967	49.9	−11.9
	Liberal Democrat	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 H. Christian	1,106	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ella J. Rule	294	0.7	−0.5
	Reform 2000	Erdil Ataman	194	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,614	24.1
Turnout			44,063	58.0	−11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hornsey and Wood Green^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Roche	31,792	61.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Helena D. Hart	11,293	21.9	−17.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Featherstone	5,794	11.3	+1.3
	Green	Hilary J. Jago	1,214	2.4	+0.5
	Referendum	Rachel Miller	808	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Pat W. Sikorski	586	1.1	N/A
Majority			20,499	39.8	+30.5
Turnout			51,487	69.1
	Labour hold		Swing	13.2

General Election 1992: Hornsey and Wood Green^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Barbara Roche	27,020	48.5	+8.5
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	21,843	39.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter G.Dunphy	5,547	9.9	−5.2
	Green	Elizabeth Magdalene Crosby	1,051	1.9	0.0
	Natural Law	P.R.G. Davies	197	0.35	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	William Massey	89	0.16	N/A
Majority			5,177	9.3
Turnout			55,747	75.7	+2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hornsey and Wood Green^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	25,397	43.0	+0.5
	Labour	Barbara Roche	23,618	40.0	+5.0
	Social Democratic	Douglas Eden	8,928	15.1	−5.8
	Green	Elizabeth Magdalene Crosby	1,154	1.9	+0.3
Majority			1,779	3.0	−4.5
Turnout				73.3	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hornsey and Wood Green^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	22,323	42.5	N/A
	Labour	Valerie A. Veness	18,424	35.0	N/A
	Social Democratic	Michael I. Burrell	10,995	20.9	N/A
	Green	Peter S.I. Lang	854	1.6	N/A
Majority			3,899	7.5	N/A
Turnout			52,596	71.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2001 Census
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://voting.haringey.gov.uk/#a-hwg 19Aug15
↑ /http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/hornseyandwoodgreen/
↑ http://www.hamhighbroadway.co.uk/home/election-2015/ukip_s_clive_morrison_i_will_blow_my_whistle_to_stamp_out_racists_in_the_party_1_4006256
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Hornsey and Wood Green: Constituency
↑ "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.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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Conservative (26)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (2)	Carshalton and Wallington Richmond Park

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°35′24″N 0°07′59″W / 51.590°N 0.133°W / 51.590; -0.133

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