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Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Chipping Barnet Borough constituency |
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| Chipping Barnet shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1945 |
| MP: | Theresa Villiers |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom's House of Commons. It is strongly Conservative and withstood the Labour landslide of 1997.
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The constituency covers the north-eastern third of the London Borough of Barnet including High Barnet, Arkley, New Barnet, East Barnet, Totteridge, Whetstone, Friern Barnet and parts of Cockfosters and Southgate.
- Previous constituency: Barnet (1945–1974)
- 1974 — 1979: Reginald Maudling, Conservative (renamed to Chipping Barnet in 1974)
- 1979 — 2005: Sir Sydney Chapman, Conservative
- 2005 — present: Theresa Villiers, Conservative
| General Election 2005: Chipping Barnet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers | 19,744 | 46.6 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Pauline Coakley-Webb | 13,784 | 32.5 | -7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sean Hooker | 6,671 | 15.7 | +2.1 | |
| Green | Audrey Poppy | 1,199 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| UK Independence | Victor Kaye | 924 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 59 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 5,960 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 42,381 | 64.1 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Chipping Barnet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sydney Chapman | 19,702 | 46.4 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | Damien Welfare | 17,001 | 40.0 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sean Hooker | 5,753 | 13.6 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 2,701 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 42,456 | 60.4 | -11.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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