Holborn and St Pancras
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Holborn and St Pancras (Template:IPAc-en) is a parliamentary constituency<ref group="n">A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)</ref> in Greater London that was created in 1983. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref group="n">As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at most every five years.</ref>
Constituency profile
The seat of Holborn and St Pancras as drawn in 2010 is composed of all but a small western portion of the London Borough of Camden and extends from most of Covent Garden and Bloomsbury in the heart of the West End of London through other areas of the NW1 postal district, north, and in elevation terms upwards through fashionable and economically diverse Camden Town to the affluent suburb of Highgate in a long strip. Gospel Oak, particularly towards Kentish Town, has high deprivation levels, but the neighbouring Highgate ward has low deprivation levels.
The southern part of the seat includes the University of London and several teaching hospitals, so the constituency has a large student population.
King's Cross, St Pancras International, and Euston railway termini are in the seat.<ref name=os>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
During the 20th century, the Bloomsbury, Holborn, Covent Garden, and Highgate wards overwhelmingly elected Conservative councillors. Since 2000, the wards forming the seat in its three revised forms have all swung against the Conservative Party. The 2014 local government elections (for a standard four-year term) produced one Green Party councillor for the Highgate ward; the remaining 32 councillors whose wards fall within the seat (as redrawn in 2010) are members of the Labour Party.<ref>directory Londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 31-01-2017</ref>
Political history
Labour Party MPs have served this constituency since its creation in 1983. The majorities achieved have been varied, from a relatively marginal 13.9% in 2005 (making it within the lowest 150 seats for the party in that year by percentage of majority) to a landslide 51.7% in 2017. The 2015 result ranked the seat as the 77th safest of the party's 232 seats (by percentage majority).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its predecessor seats have been in Labour hands for all but one term since 1945, and without interruption since 1964.
Boundaries
Historic
The seat was created in 1983 as a primary successor to Holborn and St Pancras South, which was created in 1950. The seat covers the southern half of the London Borough of Camden, including all or most of Camden Town, King's Cross, Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury.
The constituency has contained the following wards of the London Borough of Camden:
- 1983–1997
Bloomsbury, Brunswick, Camden, Castlehaven, Caversham, Chalk Farm, Gospel Oak, Grafton, Holborn, King's Cross, Regent's Park, St John's, St Pancras, and Somers Town.
- 1997–2010
As above, less Gospel Oak Template:Maplink
- 2010–2024
Bloomsbury, Camden Town with Primrose Hill, Cantelowes, Gospel Oak, Haverstock, Highgate, Holborn and Covent Garden, Kentish Town, King's Cross, Regent's Park, and St Pancras and Somers Town. (Wards renamed and redrawn before 2010 election.)
The Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England was implemented nationally in 2010.<ref>Template:Cite book. Contains list of boundary changes in England.</ref> Parts of Highgate, Gospel Oak, Haverstock, and Camden Town with Primrose Hill wards were transferred from the former constituency of Hampstead and Highgate. The electorate of the new seat would have been 85,188 if it had existed in that form at the 2005 general election. The electorate has since risen further, and at the 2010 general election it had among the five largest electorates in London.
Current
Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following London Borough of Camden wards:
- Bloomsbury; Camden Square; Camden Town; Haverstock; Holborn and Covent Garden; Kentish Town North; Kentish Town South; King's Cross; Primrose Hill (part); Regent's Park; St. Pancras and Somers Town.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The contents reflect the local government boundary review for Camden which came into effect in May 2022. In order to bring the electorate within the permitted electoral range, the Highgate and Gospel Oak wards were transferred to the re-established constituency of Hampstead and Highgate.
Members of Parliament
.jpg){kind=link}
The seat was held from 1983 to 2015 by Frank Dobson of the Labour Party, who had been elected in 1979 to the predecessor seat of Holborn & St Pancras South. Dobson was the longest-serving Labour MP in London until he stood down in 2015. The constituency has been represented by Keir Starmer since the 2015 general election. Starmer has served as Leader of the Labour Party (consequently Leader of the Opposition until his 2024 election victory) since April 2020 and the Prime Minister since July 2024.
| Election | Member<ref name="rayment">Template:Rayment-hc</ref> | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | 1983 | Frank Dobson | Labour | Secretary of State for Health (1997–1999) |
| Template:Party color cell | 2015 | Keir Starmer | Labour | Leader of the Labour Party (2020–present) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2024–present) |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | ||
| Template:Party color cell | Labour | 29,537 | 66.3 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Conservative | 6,771 | 15.2 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Liberal Democrats | 5,473 | 12.3 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Green | 1,790 | 4.0 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Brexit Party | 836 | 1.9 | |
| Template:Party color cell | Others | 175 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | 44,582 | 59.1 | ||
| Electorate | 75,475 | |||
<section begin="General Election 2019"/> Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end<section end="General Election 2019"/>
<section begin="General Election 2017"/> Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end<section end="General Election 2017"/>
<section begin="General Election 2015"/> Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end<section end="General Election 2015"/>
Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end
Elections in the 2000s
Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end
Elections in the 1990s
Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end
Elections in the 1980s
Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box registered electors Template:Election box new seat win Template:Election box end
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Guardian Politics: Holborn and St Pancras Template:Webarchive
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Holborn and St Pancras UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Holborn and St Pancras UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Holborn and St Pancras UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
Template:S-start Template:S-par Template:S-bef Template:S-ttl Template:S-aft Template:S-bef Template:S-ttl Template:S-aft Template:S-end Template:Constituencies in London Template:Historic constituencies in London Template:Keir Starmer Template:Authority control Template:Coord