Who will be my MP in…Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

Millions of voters in London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect a new government. The Standard looks at the key battleground and other places in the capital and has published an interactive map. Here we turn on the spotlight:

HORNSEY AND FRIEND BARNETT

Candidates for the main parties (in alphabetical order):

Dawn Barnes – Liberal Democrats

Naz Panju – Conservatives

Navdeep Singh – Reform Britain

Fabio Vollono – Green Party

Catherine West – Labor Party

summary:

This new largely suburban constituency occupies most of the former seat of Hornsey and Wood Green, which have changed colors over the years.

Hornsey and Wood Green was created in 1983 when it was won by the Conservatives who retained it in 1987.

Labor won it in 1992 and retained it in 1997 and 2001.

But then, after the backlash against Tony Blair’s government over the Iraq war, the constituency, which is more internationalist and socially liberal than many in the capital and beyond, went to the Lib Dems in 2005.

They held it until 2015 when there was a backlash against them after Nick Clegg took them into coalition with the Tories.

Labour’s Catherine West, who won the seat in 2015, held it in 2019 with a majority of 19,242.

Area: This constituency includes seven wards in Haringey, including Alexandra Park, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Harringay, Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Stroud Green and Friern Barnet in Barnet.

Not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Impact of boundary changes (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Despite significant boundary changes, the political makeup of this constituency has hardly changed, with Labor winning around 57% of the vote in 2019, with the Lib Dems around 26% and the Conservatives nearly 12%.

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Retention of work

Standard Evening View: The boundary change dice have certainly been rolled in this constituency, but it still looks very red.

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