Hampstead and Kilburn
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 15659 (36.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 14525 (34.1%)
Conservative: 10125 (23.8%)
Other: 2289 (5.4%)
Majority: 1134 (2.7%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 10886 (28.5%)
Labour: 14615 (38.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 10293 (27%)
Green: 2013 (5.3%)
UKIP: 275 (0.7%)
Other: 91 (0.2%)
Majority: 3729 (9.8%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 8725 (24.6%)
Labour: 16601 (46.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 7273 (20.5%)
UKIP: 316 (0.9%)
Green: 1654 (4.7%)
Other: 838 (2.4%)
Majority: 7876 (22.2%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 11991 (27.2%)
Labour: 25275 (57.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 5481 (12.4%)
Referendum: 667 (1.5%)
Other: 617 (1.4%)
Majority: 13284 (30.2%)
Boundary changes: major changes resulting from the reduction in the number of seats allocated to Brent. Hampstead and Kilburn takes in the majority of the old Hampstead and Highgate constituency along with a large proportion of Brent East and part of Queen`s Park, currently in Brent South.
Profile: A cross borough seat, taking in three wards from Sarah Teather`s abolished Brent East seat, won by the Liberal Democrats on a huge swing in in high-profile 2003 by-election (Teather herself follows the rest of her seat into Brent Central) and seven Camden wards.
Hampstead itself is stereotypically, but not entirely inaccurately, portrayed as the home of the chattering classes and the liberal intelligensia – although the extreme house prices mean it is increasingly the home to city financiers, celebrities and business entrepreneurs. The desirable location, Hampstead Heath and direct transport links into central London and to Canary Wharf mean the rest of the seat is rapidly gentrifying and house prices rocketing as young professionals move into the area.
Kilburn is a more socially deprived area with a large proportion of social housing and large Irish and Caribbean communities. However, gentrification is having its effect even here and the large South Kilburn council estate is in the process of being redeveloped.
Outgoing MP: Glenda Jackson(Labour) born 1936, Birkenhead. Educated at RADA, Glenda Jackson is an acclaimed actress who won two Best Actress oscars, for Women in Love in 1970 and A Touch of Class in 1973. She received the CBE in 1978. She retired from acting to enter politics, and was first elected as MP for Hampstead & Highgate in 1992. She served as a junior minister under Tony Blair, but stepped down to contest the nomination for Labour candidate for London mayor. She is identifed as a figure on the left of the party and has openly criticised the conduct of Tony Blair (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Chris Philp (Conservative) born London. Educated at Oxford University. Currently running a business re-developing parts of the former Yugoslavia, he previously founded Clearstone (a haulage training company) and Blueheath (a distribution company that was floated in 2004). Was chosen as Ernst & Young`s “Entrepreneur of the Future” in 2003. Elected as a Camden councillor in 2006, defeating the Labour group leader. Former Chairman of the Bow Group.Glenda Jackson(Labour) born 1936, Birkenhead. Educated at RADA, Glenda Jackson is an acclaimed actress who won two Best Actress oscars, for Women in Love in 1970 and A Touch of Class in 1973. She received the CBE in 1978. She retired from acting to enter politics, and was first elected as MP for Hampstead & Highgate in 1992. She served as a junior minister under Tony Blair, but stepped down to contest the nomination for Labour candidate for London mayor. She is identifed as a figure on the left of the party and has openly criticised the conduct of Tony Blair (more information at They work for you)
Ed Fordham (Liberal Democrat) born 1971, Surrey. Educated at Spalding Grammar School and the University of Nottingham. Previously Liberal Democrat campaigns officer in the South West, currently a senior officer in the LGA. Contested Hampstead and Highgate 2005, Stoke on Trent Central 1997. 
Beatrix Campbell (Green) Magnus Nielsen (UKIP)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 114792
Male: 47.8%
Female: 52.2%
Under 18: 16.9%
Over 60: 14.9%
Born outside UK: 40.2%
White: 72.6%
Black: 11.3%
Asian: 8%
Mixed: 3.9%
Other: 4.2%
Christian: 48.6%
Hindu: 2.8%
Jewish: 8.1%
Muslim: 8.3%
Full time students: 7.7%
Graduates 16-74: 50.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 15%
Owner-Occupied: 43.3%
Social Housing: 25.7% (Council: 15.7%, Housing Ass.: 10%)
Privately Rented: 27.3%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.6%
David, out of interest which seats will those 75 be and which will they gain and loose?
Hampstead was Tory until 1992, except 1966-1970. The Hampstead Town ward used to be safely conservative.
I don’t want to clog up this thread with a long list of gains and loses but simply point out that the national LD share of the vote is not a true indicator of their seat potential. This is because they target more than Labour and Conservative can possibly do given that they don’t need to win nearly so many seats in order to be judged a success.
This seat is one of the 8 I think the Liberals will gain from Labour on 06 May 2010. Glenda Jackson has done nothing wrong but the political demographics may be about to unseat her. Pity in a way, but this is a cruel game.
Has Glenda Jackson been doing very much over the last few years?
She gives the impression of being semi-retired, but maybe that is just because she was quite prominent in the late 90s and early 2000s and is more behind the scenes now.
I must say, I was a little surprised to learn she is standing again.
Matt February 27th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
“Maybe Tamsin Omond wanted to be the Green candidate here but was rebuffed, so is standing as an Independant”
Naah. I don’t think she saught selection for the Green Party – she wasn’t on the ballot in the Green Party’s selection last July, and Green Party standard procedures suggest that if she was a member and had managed to persuade a reasonable number of ordinary members in the constituency to sign a nomination paper she would have been.
So why is Ms Omond standing as an independent then?
Maybe she doesn’t agree with key parts of the Green Party policy for this election – a major push for fairness, creating large numbers of jobs, avoiding spending cuts, improving the NHS?
Well I for one am opposed to fairness, job creation and improving the NHS, so clearly the Green Party is not the party for me!
Aside from your slightly “motherhood and apple pie” characterisation of Green Party policy, Ben, I would be interested to hear what disagreements with the current Green platform lie behind Ms Omond’s candidacy.
I haven’t got a clue. There are other possible explanations – perhaps she prefers to be the biggest fish in her own party, rather than one of the larger fish in the Green Party?
Having now read up a bit on Ms Omond I notice she has a massive ego and an equally large talent for self publicity. In my view the Green Party are better off without her candidacy.