Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)

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Holborn and St. Pancras is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom covering the southern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes districts of Camden Town, King's Cross, Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury.

Boundaries

The seat was created in 1983 as a successor to Holborn and St. Pancras South which had been in existence since 1950.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London the Boundary Commission for England has recommended the creation of a modified Holborn constituency, made from the following electoral wards in the London Borough of Camden:

• Bloomsbury, Camden Town with Primrose Hill, Cantelowes, Gospel Oak, Haverstock, Highgate, Holborn and Covent Garden, Kentish Town, King's Cross, Regent's Park, St Pancras and Somers Town.

Compared to the previous boundaries, this sees the addition of Gospel Oak and Highgate from the Hampstead and Highgate constituency. This was expected to make the deprivation levels soar with the addition of Gospel Oak but they stayed similar as Highgate, a very fashionable area was also added. (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 next election it is likely to have one of the highest electorates in London.

Members of Parliament

The seat has been held since 1983 by Frank Dobson for Labour, who had been elected in 1979 to the predecessor seat of Holborn & St. Pancras South. Dobson is now the longest serving Labour MP in London.

Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Natalie Bennett
	BNP	Robert Carlyle
	Labour	Frank Dobson
	Conservative	George Lee
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Shaw
Majority
Turnout

General Election 2005: Holborn & St Pancras

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	14,857	43.2	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Fraser	10,070	29.3	+11.3
	Conservative	Margot James	6,482	18.9	+2.0
	Green	Adrian 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 & St Pancras

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	16,770	53.9	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nat Green	5,595	18.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Roseanne Serrelli	5,258	16.9	−1.0
	Green	Rob Whitley	1,875	6.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Candy Udwin	971	3.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

External links

• Guardian Politics: Holborn and St Pancras
• 'Black hole of St. Pancras'