Barnet and Camden (London Assembly constituency)

Barnet and Camden is a territorial constituency represented on the London Assembly by one assembly member (AM). The constituency was created in 2000 at the same time as the London Assembly and has elections every four years. It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Camden. The current assembly member is Anne Clarke of the Labour Party who was elected in 2021.

Constituency profile

The constituency is a 'pie slice' pairing of the large Outer London borough of Barnet with the smaller Inner London borough of Camden. It stretches from Holborn in the south to the Greater London boundary in the north. It includes parts of central London, the inner city, suburban development and a semi-rural fringe.

The seat originally was a very marginal Conservative seat, being won by the party by less than 600 votes in 2000. The result was perhaps surprising as all of the area it covered, apart from the Chipping Barnet constituency, was represented by Labour MPs at the time.

It became reasonably safer in the 2004 and 2008 elections, but was lost to Labour on a swing of almost 12% in 2012.

Assembly members

The constituency returns one assembly member and is one of fourteen territorial constituencies in London. Represented from its creation in 2000 until the 2012 election by Brian Coleman, a Conservative from Barnet, former Labour MP Andrew Dismore won it from him with a swing of nearly 12%. Dismore stepped down ahead of the 2021 election and was replaced by Anne Clarke, a Labour councillor in Barnet.

Member	Party
2000	Brian Coleman	Conservative
2012	Andrew Dismore	Labour
2021	Anne Clarke	Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Member	Party
2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
2004	Steven Norris	Conservative
2008	Boris Johnson	Conservative
2012	Boris Johnson	Conservative
2016	Sadiq Khan	Labour
2021	Sadiq Khan	Labour
2024	Sadiq Khan	Labour

Assembly elections

2024 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Constituency	List
Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	70,749	43.6	1.3	62,350	38.3
	Conservative	Julie Redmond	51,606	31.8	3.2	49,393	30.4
	Green	Kate Tokley	18,405	11.3	1.2	18,157	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Emery	12,335	7.6	0.4	11,751	7.2
	Reform	Raj Forhad	7,703	4.7	2.4	7,272	4.5
	Rejoin EU	4,457	2.7
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	1,639	1.0	New
	Animal Welfare	2,555	1.6
	Britain First	1,632	1.0
	SDP	1,295	0.8
	CPA	1,282	0.8
	Independent	Laurence Fox	919	0.6
	Communist	719	0.4
	Independent	Farah London	422	0.3
	Heritage	315	0.2
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo	79	0.0
Majority	19,143	11.8	4.5
Valid votes	162,437		162,598
Invalid votes	1,218		1,108
Turnout	163,655	39.6	3.4	163,706	39.6
	Labour hold	Swing	2.3

2021 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	75,180	42.3	2.0
	Conservative	Roberto Weeden-Sanz	62,178	35.0	0.5
	Green	Kirsten De Keyser	22,180	12.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marisha Ray	14,172	8.0	1.9
	Reform	Mark Simpson	4,107	2.3	New
Majority	13,002	7.3	1.4
Total formal votes	177,817	98.4	0.4
Informal votes	2,821	1.6	0.4
Turnout	180,638	43.0	5.0
	Labour hold	Swing	1.4

2016 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Dismore	81,482	44.3	−0.4
	Conservative	Dan Thomas	65,242	35.5	+3.6
	Green	Stephen Taylor	16,996	9.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Zack Polanski	11,204	6.1	−2.2
	UKIP	Joseph Langton	9,057	4.9	+0.5
Majority	16,240	8.7	−4.1
Total formal votes	183,981	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes	2,050	1.2	−0.4
Turnout	186,031	48.0	+10.0
	Labour hold	Swing

2012 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Dismore	74,677	44.7	+14.7
	Conservative	Brian Coleman	53,378	31.9	−9.2
	Green	Audrey Poppy	17,904	10.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Richards	13,800	8.3	−4.3
	UKIP	Michael Corby	7,331	4.4	+2.3
Majority	21,299	12.8	N/A
Total formal votes	167,090	98.4
Informal votes	2,671	1.6
Turnout	169,761	38.0	−9.8
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing	-11.9

2008 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coleman	72,659	40.4	+7.0
	Labour	Nicky Gavron	52,966	29.4	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Russell	22,213	12.3	−4.3
	Green	Miranda Dunn	16,782	9.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Magnus Nielsen	3,678	2.0	−4.1
	Christian (CPA)	Clement Adebayo	3,536	2.0	New
	English Democrat	David Stevens	2,146	1.2	New
	Left List	Dave Hoefing	2,074	1.2	New
	Veritas	Graham Dare	510	0.3	New
Majority	19,693	11.0	+2.9
Turnout	180,007	47.8	+9.4
	Conservative hold	Swing	+1.25

2004 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coleman	47,640	33.4	+0.5
	Labour	Lucy Anderson	36,121	25.3	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Simpson	23,603	16.6	−1.0
	Green	Miranda Dunn	11,921	8.4	−3.3
	UKIP	Magnus Nielsen	8,685	6.1	+4.4
	Respect	Elisabeth Wheatley	5,150	3.6	New
Majority	11,519	8.1	+7.7
Turnout	135,034	39.4	+4.4
	Conservative hold	Swing	+4.05

2000 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coleman	41,583	32.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Helen Gordon	41,032	32.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Davies	22,295	17.6	N/A
	Green	Miranda Dunn	14,768	11.7	N/A
	London Socialist	Candy Udwin	3,488	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Magnus Nielsen	2,115	1.7	N/A
	Maharishi's Natural Programmes	Diane Derksen	1,081	0.9	N/A
Majority	551	0.4	N/A
Turnout	136,384	35.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Overlapping constituencies

The constituency includes all of the following Westminster seats:

Chipping Barnet - Dan Tomlinson (Labour)
Finchley and Golders Green - Sarah Sackman (Labour)
Hendon - David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour)
Holborn and St. Pancras - Keir Starmer (Labour)

Barnet and Camden also includes part of the following constituency:

Hampstead and Kilburn - Tulip Siddiq (Labour)