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Encyclopedia > Holborn and St. Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)

Holborn & St. Pancras is a parliamentary constituency covering the southern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes districts of Camden Town, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury. The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... Camden Town is a place in the London Borough of Camden, north London. ... Kentish Town is a place in London in the London Borough of Camden. ... The Bloomsbury, a corner pub Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the Borough of Camden, named after early landowner William de Blemund who acquired the land in 1201. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency
5 External link

Boundaries

For the subsequent General Election, the wards of Highgate and Gospel Oak, presently in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency will be added, creating a Holborn & Highgate constituency. Highgate is a village in north London. ... Gospel Oak is an inner suburb of north London below Hampstead Heath. ... Hampstead & Highgate is a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes the villages of Hampstead and Highgate. ...

Member of Parliament

The seat has been held since 1979 by Frank Dobson for Labour. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Right Honourable Frank Gordon Dobson (born March 15, 1940) is a British politician and member of Parliament for Holborn and St. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...


Election results

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
Vote For Yourself 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 Serelli 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 Party 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

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Frank Gordon Dobson (born March 15, 1940) is a British politician and member of Parliament for Holborn and St. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Margot James is the prospective parliamentary candidate of the Conservative Party (United Kingdom) for the constituency Holborn & St Pancras in the UK general election, 2005/06. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... Rainbow George Weiss (born 1941) is a fringe UK politician, standing in 13 different constituencies at the 2005 General Election. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Frank Gordon Dobson (born March 15, 1940) is a British politician and member of Parliament for Holborn and St. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

External link

  • Guardian Politics: Holborn and St Pancras (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,9338,-1024,00.html)

 

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