| Hendon South | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 48,401 (1992)[1] |
| 1945–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Hendon |
| Replaced by | Hendon; Finchley and Golders Green |
Hendon South was aconstituency in the formerMunicipal Borough of Hendon (in 1965 subsumed into theLondon Borough of Barnet) which returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the1945 general election, when the Hendon seat was split into two, and abolished for the1997 general election, with Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, and Golders Green wards going toFinchley and Golders Green, along with wards fromFinchley. Hendon and West Hendon wards were transferred to a new constituency:Hendon.


1945–1974: TheMunicipal Borough of Hendon wards of Central Hendon, Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, and Park.
1974–1997: TheLondon Borough of Barnet wards of Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, Hendon, and West Hendon.
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Hugh Lucas-Tooth | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Peter Thomas | Conservative | |
| 1987 | John Marshall | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 1979notional 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.2 | |||