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 Andrew Dismore of the Labour Party who was elected in 2012.

Barnet and Camden

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Barnet and Camden shown within London
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member	Andrew Dismore
Party	Labour
Last election	2016
Next election	2021

Constituency profile

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

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

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Brian Coleman	Conservative
	2012	Andrew Dismore	Labour

Election results

Elections are held every four years, with the first taking place in 2000.

2021 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marisha Ray[2]
	Conservative	Roberto Weeden-Sanz
	Labour	Anne Clarke[3]

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%	+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
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	N/A
	English Democrat	David Stevens	2,146	1.2	N/A
	Left List	Dave Hoefing	2,074	1.2	N/A
	Veritas	Graham Dare	510	0.3	N/A
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	N/A
Majority			11,519	8.5	+8.1
Turnout			135,034
	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

The constituency includes all of the following Westminster seats:

• Chipping Barnet - Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
• Finchley and Golders Green - Mike Freer (Conservative)
• Hendon - Matthew Offord (Conservative)
• Holborn and St. Pancras - Keir Starmer (Labour)

Barnet and Camden also includes part of the following constituency:

• Hampstead and Kilburn - Tulip Siddiq (Labour)

References

1. https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/Barnet%20%26%20Camden.pdf
2. http://camdennewjournal.com/article/london-elections-lib-dems-select-marisha-ray-to-stand-in-camden-and-barnet
3. https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/barnet-and-camden-labour-anne-clarke-for-2020-london-assembly-election-1-6526531
4. https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/Barnet%20%26%20Camden.pdf
6. BBC Election 2008: results
7. Greater London Authority Election Results
8. London & Local Elections 2000: Barnet and Camden, BBC News