Barnet and Camden (London Assembly constituency)

Barnet and Camden is a territorial constituency represented on the London Assembly by one assembly member (AM). The constituency was created in 2000 at the same time as the London Assembly and has elections every four years. It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Camden. The current assembly member is Anne Clarke of the Labour Party who was elected in 2021.

Barnet and Camden
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Barnet and Camden shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberAnne Clarke
PartyLabour
Last election2024
Next election2028

Constituency profile

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The constituency is a 'pie slice' pairing of the large Outer London borough of Barnet with the smaller Inner London borough of Camden. It stretches from Holborn in the south to the Greater London boundary in the north. It includes parts of central London, the inner city, suburban development and a semi-rural fringe.

The seat originally was a very marginal Conservative seat, being won by the party by less than 600 votes in 2000. The result was perhaps surprising as all of the area it covered, apart from the Chipping Barnet constituency, was represented by Labour MPs at the time.

It became reasonably safer in the 2004 and 2008 elections, but was lost to Labour on a swing of almost 12% in 2012.

Assembly members

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The constituency returns one assembly member and is one of fourteen territorial constituencies in London. Represented from its creation in 2000 until the 2012 election by Brian Coleman, a Conservative from Barnet, former Labour MP Andrew Dismore won it from him with a swing of nearly 12%. Dismore stepped down ahead of the 2021 election and was replaced by Anne Clarke, a Labour councillor in Barnet.

Year Member Party
2000 Brian Coleman Conservative
2012 Andrew Dismore Labour
2021 Anne Clarke Labour

Mayoral election results

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Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Year Member Party
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly elections

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2024 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Clarke 70,749 43.6   1.3 62,350 38.3
Conservative Julie Redmond 51,606 31.8   3.2 49,393 30.4
Green Kate Tokley 18,405 11.3   1.2 18,157 11.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Emery 12,335 7.6   0.4 11,751 7.2
Reform UK Raj Forhad 7,703 4.7   2.4 7,272 4.5
Rejoin EU 4,457 2.7
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 1,639 1.0 New
Animal Welfare 2,555 1.6
Britain First 1,632 1.0
SDP 1,295 0.8
CPA 1,282 0.8
Independent Laurence Fox 919 0.6
Communist 719 0.4
Independent Farah London 422 0.3
Heritage 315 0.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo 79 0.0
Majority 19,143 11.8   4.5
Valid Votes 162,437 162,598
Invalid Votes 1,218 1,108
Turnout 163,655 39.6   3.4 163,706 39.6
Labour hold Swing   2.3
2021 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Clarke 75,180 42.3  2.0
Conservative Roberto Weeden-Sanz 62,178 35.0  0.5
Green Kirsten De Keyser 22,180 12.5  3.3
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 14,172 8.0  1.9
Reform UK Mark Simpson 4,107 2.3 New
Majority 13,002 7.3  1.4
Total formal votes 177,817 98.4  0.4
Informal votes 2,821 1.6  0.4
Turnout 180,638 43.0  5.0
Labour hold Swing -1.4
2016 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 81,482 44.3 −0.4
Conservative Dan Thomas 65,242 35.5 +3.6
Green Stephen Taylor 16,996 9.2 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Zack Polanski 11,204 6.1 −2.2
UKIP Joseph Langton 9,057 4.9 +0.5
Majority 16,240 8.7 −4.1
Total formal votes 183,981 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 2,050 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 186,031 48.0 +10.0
Labour hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Dismore 74,677 44.7 +14.7
Conservative Brian Coleman 53,378 31.9 −9.2
Green Audrey Poppy 17,904 10.7 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Richards 13,800 8.3 −4.3
UKIP Michael Corby 7,331 4.4 +2.3
Majority 21,299 12.8 N/A
Total formal votes 167,090 98.4
Informal votes 2,671 1.6
Turnout 169,761 38.0 −9.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -11.9
2008 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 72,659 40.4 +7.0
Labour Nicky Gavron 52,966 29.4 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Russell 22,213 12.3 −4.3
Green Miranda Dunn 16,782 9.3 +0.9
UKIP Magnus Nielsen 3,678 2.0 −4.1
Christian (CPA) Clement Adebayo 3,536 2.0 New
English Democrat David Stevens 2,146 1.2 New
Left List Dave Hoefing 2,074 1.2 New
Veritas Graham Dare 510 0.3 New
Majority 19,693 11.0 +10.6
Turnout 180,007 47.8 +9.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.25
2004 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 47,640 33.4 +0.5
Labour Lucy Anderson 36,121 25.3 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Simpson 23,603 16.6 −1.0
Green Miranda Dunn 11,921 8.4 −3.3
UKIP Magnus Nielsen 8,685 6.1 +4.4
Respect Elisabeth Wheatley 5,150 3.6 New
Majority 11,519 8.1 +7.7
Turnout 135,034 39.4 −0.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.05
2000 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Coleman 41,583 32.9 N/A
Labour Helen Gordon 41,032 32.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies 22,295 17.6 N/A
Green Miranda Dunn 14,768 11.7 N/A
London Socialist Candy Udwin 3,488 2.8 N/A
UKIP Magnus Nielsen 2,115 1.7 N/A
Maharishi's Natural Programmes Diane Derksen 1,081 0.9 N/A
Majority 551 0.4 N/A
Turnout 136,384 35.0 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Overlapping constituencies

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The constituency includes all of the following Westminster seats:

Barnet and Camden also includes part of the following constituency:

References

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  1. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of London Assembly Elections, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: Barnet & Camden". news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ Greater London Authority Election Results
  8. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: Barnet and Camden, BBC News