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Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Finchley and Golders Green Borough constituency |
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| Finchley and Golders Green shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Rudi Vis |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Finchley and Golders Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency covers Finchley, Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. The boundary changed in 1997 by absorbing most of Hendon South and losing some wards to Chipping Barnet.
Prior to boundary changes in 1997 the constituency was called Finchley and Friern Barnet. The 1997 changes removed Friern Barnet from the constituency and added Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb.The area was famous for once being represented by former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was thought to be safely Tory.
| General Election 2005: Finchley and Golders Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rudi Vis | 17,487 | 40.5 | −5.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Mennear | 16,746 | 38.8 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sue Garden | 7,282 | 16.9 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Noel Lynch | 1,136 | 2.6 | −0.6 | |
| UK Independence | Jeremy Jacobs | 453 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 110 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 741 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 43,214 | 61.9 | +4.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Finchley and Golders Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rudi Vis | 20,205 | 46.3 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | John Marshall | 16,489 | 37.8 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sarah Teather | 5,266 | 12.1 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Miranda Dunn | 1,385 | 3.2 | +2.0 | |
| UK Independence | John de Roeck | 330 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 3,716 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,675 | 57.3 | -12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Finchley and Golders Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rudi Vis | 23,180 | 46.1 | +14.0 | |
| Conservative | John Marshall | 19,991 | 39.7 | −13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Davies | 5,670 | 11.3 | −1.2 | |
| Referendum Party | G. Shaw | 684 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Ashley Gunstock | 576 | 1.1 | −0.3 | |
| UK Independence | D. Barraclough | 205 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,189 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 69.7 | −7.9 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.7 | |||
| General Election 1992: Finchley and Golders Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 20,890 | 53.2 | |||
| Labour | 12,616 | 32.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 4,915 | 12.5 | |||
| Green | 564 | 1.4 | |||
| Natural Law | 182 | 0.5 | |||
| Loony | 130 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 8,274 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 39,297 | 77.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by Finchley |
UK Parliament constituency 1997– |
Succeeded by Current constituency |
| Preceded by Hendon South |
UK Parliament constituency 1997– |
- Finchley (UK Parliament constituency), approximate predecessor.
- Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency), half of which was merged with Finchley.
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London