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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 the 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 2010 general 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[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Natalie Bennett
BNP Robert Carlyle
Labour Frank Dobson
Conservative George Lee
Liberal Democrats Jo Shaw
English Democrat Mikel Susperregi
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

References

  1. ^ unattributed (undated). "HOLBORN AND ST PANCRAS". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 2009-01-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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