Hendon South
Former Borough constituency for the House 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 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 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

	Member^[2]	Party
1945	Hugh Lucas-Tooth	Conservative
1970	Peter Thomas	Conservative
1987	John Marshall	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: South Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	16,974	43.39
	Labour	Elaine Frances Burton	14,917	38.13
	Liberal	Alastair Cameron Forbes	7,232	18.49
Majority			2,057	5.26
Turnout			39,123	75.35
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: South Hendon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	24,917	52.2	+8.8
	Labour	Thomas Sargant	15,389	32.2	-5.9
	Liberal	Cyril James Hastings Tolley	7,436	15.6	-2.9
Majority			9,528	20.0	+14.7
Turnout			47,742	83.6	+8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: South Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	26,180	55.40
	Labour	Bernard Homa	16,124	34.12
	Liberal	Leonardo da Vinci MacLaren	4,952	10.48
Majority			10,056	21.28
Turnout			47,256	81.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: South Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff 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

General election 1959: South Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	22,971	55.86
	Labour	Peter Kingsley Archer	11,016	26.79
	Liberal	Peter Hasler Billenness	7,134	17.35	New
Majority			11,955	29.07
Turnout			41,121	76.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hendon South ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	18,452	48.1	-7.8
	Labour	Alec Grant	11,441	29.9	+3.1
	Liberal	Peter Hasler Billenness	8,430	22.0	+4.7
Majority			7,011	18.2	-10.9
Turnout			38,323	73.7	-3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Hendon South ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth	17,176	45.28
	Labour	Geoffrey J 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

General election 1970: South Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Mitchell Thomas	18,901	51.65
	Labour	Gladys Felicia 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

General election February 1974: South Hendon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Mitchell Thomas	17,795	44.40
	Liberal	Michael David 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

General election October 1974: South Hendon^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Mitchell Thomas	16,866	46.63
	Labour	RM Hadley	11,903	32.91
	Liberal	Michael David Colne	7,404	20.47
Majority			4,963	13.72
Turnout			36,171	69.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: South Hendon^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Mitchell Thomas	19,981	52.77
	Labour	Wendy Mantle^[9]	11,231	26.99
	Liberal	Monroe Edward 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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: South Hendon^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Mitchell Thomas	17,115	48.61
	Liberal	Monroe Edward Palmer	10,682	30.34
	Labour	Doreen Neall	7,415	21.06
Majority			6,433	18.27
Turnout			35,210	65.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: South Hendon^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	19,341	55.55
	Liberal	Monroe Edward Palmer	8,217	23.60
	Labour	Louise Christian	7,261	20.85
Majority			11,124	31.95
Turnout			34,820	63.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: South Hendon^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie Marshall	20,593	58.78
	Labour	L Lloyd	8,546	24.39
	Liberal Democrats	J Cohen	5,609	16.01
	Natural Law	J Leslie	289	0.82	New
Majority			12,047	34.39
Turnout			35,037	72.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

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".
^ 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".
^ "Politics Science Resources".
^ "Politics Science Resources".
^ ^a ^b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 9. ISBN 0102374805.
^ "Politics Science Resources".
^ "Politics Science Resources".
^ "Politics Science Resources".

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