Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)

Holborn and St. Pancras
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Holborn and St. Pancras in Greater London for the 2010 general election.
County	Greater London
Electorate	85,243 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Keir Starmer (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	St Pancras North and Holborn & St Pancras South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Holborn and St. Pancras (/həʊbɜːn ænd sənt 'pænkɹəs/; /ənd/) is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom^{[n 2]} since 2015 by Keir Starmer of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

The seat is composed of all but a small western portion of the London Borough of Camden and extends from most of Covent Garden and Bloomsbury in the heart of the West End of London through other areas of NW1, north and in elevation terms upwards through trendy and economically diverse Camden Town to the affluent suburb of Highgate in a long strip.

Kings Cross, St. Pancras and Euston railway stations are all in the seat.^[2]

Historically, the Bloomsbury, Holborn and Covent Garden and Highgate wards have elected Conservatives councillors. In recent years, however, these wards swung heavily against them and have become safe Labour wards. Despite the contrast with wealth and poverty, this constituency does not have a single Conservative councilor. The constituency is considered a safe Labour seat.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The London Borough of Camden wards of Bloomsbury, Brunswick, Camden, Castlehaven, Caversham, Chalk Farm, Gospel Oak, Grafton, Holborn, King’s Cross, Regent’s Park, St John's, St Pancras, and Somers Town.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Camden wards of Bloomsbury, Brunswick, Camden, Castlehaven, Caversham, Chalk Farm, Grafton, Holborn, King’s Cross, Regent’s Park, St John's, St Pancras, and Somers Town.

2010–present: The London Borough of Camden wards of Bloomsbury, Camden Town with Primrose Hill, Cantelowes, Gospel Oak, Haverstock, Highgate, Holborn and Covent Garden, Kentish Town, King's Cross, Regent's Park, and St Pancras and Somers Town.

The seat was created in 1983 as a successor to Holborn and St. Pancras South which had been in existence since 1950. It covers the southern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes the districts of Camden Town, King's Cross, Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury.

Boundary review for the 2010 election

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of a modified Holborn and St. Pancras constituency. To effect this change, parts of Highgate ward, Gospel Oak ward, Haverstock ward and Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward were transferred from the former constituency of Hampstead and Highgate.

Gospel Oak, particularly towards Kentish Town, has high deprivation levels, but neighbouring Highgate ward has low deprivation levels, producing little change overall. (Gospel Oak had previously been part of the constituency, but had been moved to Hampstead and Highgate at the last review.) The electorate of the new seat would have been 85,188 if it had existed at the 2005 General Election the figure has since risen further and at the 2010 general election, it now has one of the highest electorates in London.

Members of Parliament

The seat was held from 1983 to 2015 by Frank Dobson for Labour, who had been elected in 1979 to the predecessor seat of Holborn & St. Pancras South. Dobson was the longest serving Labour MP in London, until he was replaced by Keir Starmer in the General Election 2015.

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1983	Frank Dobson	Labour
	2015	Keir Starmer	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

A sign with directions to a polling station on the edge of Hampstead Heath, Holborn and St Pancras constituency, 7 May 2015

General Election 2015: Holborn and St Pancras^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keir Starmer^[6]	29,062	52.9	+6.8
	Conservative	Will Blair^[7]	12,014	21.9	+1.5
	Green	Natalie Bennett^[7]	7,013	12.8	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Fraser^[8]	3,555	6.5	−21.4
	UKIP	Maxine Spencer^[9]	2,740	5.0	+3.9
	CISTA	Shane O'Donnell^[10]	252	0.5	N/A
	Animal Welfare	Vanessa Hudson^[11]	173	0.3	N/A
	Socialist Equality	David O'Sullivan^[12]^[13]	108	0.2	N/A
Majority			17,048	31.0	+13.1
Turnout			54,917	63.3	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election 2010: Holborn and St Pancras^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	25,198	46.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Shaw	15,256	27.9	+1.8
	Conservative	George Lee	11,134	20.4	−0.5
	Green	Natalie Bennett	1,480	2.7	−4.8
	BNP	Robert Carlyle	779	1.4	N/A
	UKIP	Max Spencer	587	1.1	N/A
	Independent	John Chapman	96	0.2	N/A
	English Democrats	Mikel Susperregi	75	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Iain Meek	44	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,942	17.9
Turnout			54,649	62.9	+9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.4

note that the 2010 "swings" are based on the notional result for 2005 in the new boundaries.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Holborn and St Pancras
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	14,857	43.2	−10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Fraser	10,070	29.3	+11.3
	Conservative	Margot James	6,482	18.9	+2.0
	Green	Adrian J. Oliver	2,798	8.1	+2.1
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	152	0.4	+0.4
Majority			4,787	13.9
Turnout			34,359	50.4	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.0

General Election 2001: Holborn and St Pancras
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	16,770	53.9	−11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nathaniel Jacob Green	5,595	18.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Miss Roseanne Serrelli	5,258	16.9	−1.0
	Green	Robert Edward Whitley	1,875	6.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Mrs. Candy Udwin	971	3.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Miss Novjot (Joti) Brar	359	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Magnus Nielsen	301	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,175	35.9
Turnout			31,129	49.6	−10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Holborn and St. Pancras
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	24,707	65.0	+10.8
	Conservative	Julian L. Smith	6,804	17.9	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Justine McGuiness	4,758	12.5	−1.4
	Referendum	Mrs. Julia T.G. Carr	790	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Timothy P.J. Bedding	191	0.5	+0.0
	Independent	Stephen Smith	173	0.5	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Mrs. Brigid Conway	171	0.4	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Martin Rosenthal	157	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Prof. Peter Rice-Evans	140	0.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Bruno F. Quintavalle	114	0.3	N/A
Majority			17,903	47.1
Turnout			38,005	60.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Holborn and St. Pancras^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	22,243	54.8	+4.1
	Conservative	Andrew J. McHallam	11,419	28.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Jennifer Horne-Roberts	5,476	13.5	−4.1
	Green	Paul A. Wolf-Light	959	2.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark K. Hersey	212	0.5	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Richard Headicar	175	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Nigel Lewis	133	0.3	N/A
Majority			10,824	26.6	+7.1
Turnout			40,617	62.7	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Holborn and St. Pancras
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	22,966	50.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Peter Luff	14,113	31.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Simon McGrath	7,994	17.6	−3.8
	Red Front	Michael James Gavan	300	0.7	N/A
Majority			8,853	19.5
Turnout			45,373	64.3	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Holborn and St. Pancras
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	20,486	47.5	N/A
	Conservative	A. Kerpel	13,227	30.7	N/A
	Liberal	W.T. Jones	9,242	21.4	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Price	155	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,259	16.8	N/A
Turnout			43,110	60.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Ordnance survey website
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ election result http://camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/parliamentary-election-2015-results.en 3Aug15
↑ "Keir Starmer selected as candidate for Holborn and St Pancras". LabourList. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
1 2 "UK ELECTION RESULTS: HOLBORN & ST PANCRAS 2015". Electionresults.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
↑ "Lib Dems pick Jill Fraser to stand in Holborn and St Pancras". Camden New Journal. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
↑ "UK Polling Report". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
↑ Quinn, Ben (25 February 2015). "New UK political party wants to make cannabis an election issue". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ "UK Polling Report". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
↑ "Socialist Equality Party (UK) 2015 General Election manifesto: No to war and austerity! Fight for socialism! – World Socialist Web Site". Wsws.org. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
↑ "London: SEP candidate exposes false housing promises of Labour and Greens – World Socialist Web Site". Wsws.org. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
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↑ BBC News: Holborn & St Pancras
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

External links

Guardian Politics: Holborn and St Pancras

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Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°32′06″N 0°08′06″W / 51.535°N 0.135°W / 51.535; -0.135

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