Hendon South was a constituency in the former Municipal Borough of Hendon (in 1965 subsumed into the London Borough of Barnet) which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1945 general election, when the Hendon seat was split into two, and abolished for the 1997 general election, with Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, and Golders Green wards going to Finchley and Golders Green, along with wards from Finchley. Hendon and West Hendon wards were transferred to a new constituency: Hendon.


Boundaries
1945–1974: The Municipal Borough of Hendon wards of Central Hendon, Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, and Park.
1974–1997: The London Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, Hendon, and West Hendon.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Hugh Lucas-Tooth | Conservative | |
1970 | Peter Thomas | Conservative | |
1987 | John Marshall | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 16,974 | 43.39 | ||
Labour | Elaine Burton | 14,917 | 38.13 | ||
Liberal | Alastair Forbes | 7,232 | 18.49 | ||
Majority | 2,057 | 5.26 | |||
Turnout | 39,123 | 75.35 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 24,917 | 52.2 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Thomas Sargant | 15,389 | 32.2 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Cyril Tolley | 7,436 | 15.6 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 9,528 | 20.0 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,742 | 83.6 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 26,180 | 55.40 | ||
Labour | Bernard Homa | 16,124 | 34.12 | ||
Liberal | Leon MacLaren | 4,952 | 10.48 | ||
Majority | 10,056 | 21.28 | |||
Turnout | 47,256 | 81.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 25,354 | 62.96 | ||
Labour | Bernard Homa | 14,918 | 37.04 | ||
Majority | 10,436 | 25.92 | |||
Turnout | 40,272 | 73.24 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 22,971 | 55.86 | ||
Labour | Peter Archer | 11,016 | 26.79 | ||
Liberal | Peter Billenness | 7,134 | 17.35 | New | |
Majority | 11,955 | 29.07 | |||
Turnout | 41,121 | 76.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 18,452 | 48.1 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Alec Grant | 11,441 | 29.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Peter Billenness | 8,430 | 22.0 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 7,011 | 18.2 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,323 | 73.7 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 17,176 | 45.28 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Samuel | 13,120 | 34.59 | ||
Liberal | Lawrence Young | 7,633 | 20.12 | ||
Majority | 4,056 | 10.69 | |||
Turnout | 37,929 | 72.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas | 18,901 | 51.65 | ||
Labour | Gladys Dimson | 12,712 | 34.74 | ||
Liberal | Lawrence Young | 4,981 | 13.61 | ||
Majority | 6,189 | 16.91 | |||
Turnout | 36,594 | 65.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas | 17,795 | 44.40 | ||
Liberal | Michael Colne | 11,198 | 27.94 | ||
Labour | RM Hadley | 11,088 | 27.66 | ||
Majority | 6,597 | 16.46 | |||
Turnout | 40,079 | 77.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas | 16,866 | 46.63 | ||
Labour | RM Hadley | 11,903 | 32.91 | ||
Liberal | Michael Colne | 7,404 | 20.47 | ||
Majority | 4,963 | 13.72 | |||
Turnout | 36,171 | 69.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas | 19,981 | 52.77 | ||
Labour | Wendy Mantle[9] | 11,231 | 26.99 | ||
Liberal | Monroe Palmer | 5,799 | 15.32 | ||
Ecology | Geoffrey Syer[9] | 563 | 1.49 | New | |
National Front | Albert Elder | 290 | 0.77 | New | |
Majority | 8,750 | 25.78 | |||
Turnout | 37,864 | 70.18 | |||
Registered electors | 53,954 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1979 notional result[10] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 20,224 | 52.3 | |
Labour | 11,540 | 29.9 | |
Liberal | 6,023 | 15.6 | |
Others | 861 | 2.2 | |
Turnout | 38,648 | ||
Electorate |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thomas | 17,115 | 48.6 | –3.7 | |
Liberal | Monroe Palmer | 10,682 | 30.3 | +14.8 | |
Labour | Doreen Neall | 7,415 | 21.1 | –8.8 | |
Majority | 6,433 | 18.3 | –4.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,210 | 65.3 | |||
Registered electors | 53,929 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Marshall | 19,341 | 55.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Monroe Palmer | 8,217 | 23.6 | –6.7 | |
Labour | Louise Christian | 7,261 | 20.9 | –0.2 | |
Majority | 11,124 | 32.0 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,820 | 63.8 | –1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 54,560 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Marshall | 20,593 | 58.8 | +3.2 | |
Labour | L Lloyd | 8,546 | 24.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Cohen | 5,609 | 16.0 | –4.8 | |
Natural Law | J Leslie | 289 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,047 | 34.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,037 | 72.4 | +8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 48,401 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Notes and references
- ^ "'Hendon South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWebProject. Cognitive Computing Limited. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 9. ISBN 0102374805.
- ^ "BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979". election.demon.co.uk. BBC/ITN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
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