Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hornsey and Wood Green Borough constituency

Hornsey and Wood Green shown within Greater London
Created:	1983
MP:	Lynne Featherstone
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Hornsey and Wood Green is a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Haringey 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Political and psephological interest
5 Election results
- 5.1 1997-2005
- 5.2 1983-1992
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The seat covers the western side of the London Borough of Haringey, including Wood Green, Muswell Hill and Crouch End.

[edit] History

Prior to the 1983 election the area of Wood Green had its own seat. At that boundary change however that seat was divided between the previous Hornsey seat and the neighboring seat of Tottenham, to the east.

Two-thirds of the seat had been Hornsey. The Wood Green seat was split into two, and half was added to Hornsey, half to the neighbouring Tottenham constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
1983		constituency created
	1983	Sir Hugh Rossi	Conservative
	1992	Barbara Roche	Labour
	2005	Lynne Featherstone	Liberal Democrats

[edit] Political and psephological interest

Hornsey and Wood Green is one of a handful of predominantly middle class parliamentary constituencies across the UK which returned a Conservative MP during the 1980s, swung to Labour in the 1990s, and was subsequently picked up by the Liberal Democrats in the 2005 general election. Other such seats include Birmingham Yardley, Bristol West, Cambridge, Cardiff Central, East Dunbartonshire, Falmouth and Camborne, Leeds North-West, and Manchester Withington. Some argue that this reflects changing positions of the parties themselves while others argue that the beliefs of the middle class itself have changed.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997-2005

General Election 2005: Hornsey and Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	20,512	45.3	+17.5
	Labour	Barbara Roche	18,117	38.3	-11.6
	Conservative	Peter Forrest	6,014	12.7	-3.0
	Green	Jayne Forbes	2,377	5.0	-0.1
	UK Independence	Roy Freshwater	310	0.7	+0.7
Majority			2,395	5.1
Turnout			47,330	61.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	14.6

General Election 2001: Hornsey and Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	21,967	49.9	-11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	11,353	25.8	+14.5
	Conservative	Jason Hollands	6,921	15.7	-6.2
	Green	Jayne Forbes	2,228	5.1	+2.7
	Socialist Alliance	Louise Christian	1,106	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ella 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

General Election 1997: Hornsey and Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	31,792	61.7	+13.3
	Conservative	H Hart	11,293	21.9	-17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	5,794	11.3	+1.3
	Green	H Jago	1,214	2.4	n/a
	Referendum Party	R Miller	808	1.6	n/a
	Socialist Labour	P Sikorski	586	1.1	n/a
Majority			20,499	39.8
Turnout				69.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1983-1992

General Election 1992: Hornsey and Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	27,020	48.5	+8.5
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	21,843	39.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	P Dunphy	5,547	9.9	-5.2
	Green	E Crosby	1,051	1.9	0.0
	Others		286	0.5	n/a
Majority			5,177	9.3
Turnout				75.7	+2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1987: Hornsey and Wood Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Rossi	25,397	43.0	+0.5
	Labour	Barbara Roche	23,681	40.0	+5.0
	Social Democrat	D Eden	8,928	15.1	-5.8
	Green	E 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Rossi	22,323	42.5
	Labour	V Veness	18,424	35.0
	Social Democrat	M Burrell	10,995	20.9
	Green	P Lang	854	1.6
Majority			3,899	7.5
Turnout				71.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)

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