Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Hampstead and Kilburn in Greater London.
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| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 78,552 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of parliament | Tulip Siddiq (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Brent East, Brent South, Hampstead and Highgate |
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| European Parliament constituency | London |
Coordinates: 51°32′56″N 0°11′38″W / 51.549°N 0.194°W
Hampstead and Kilburn is a constituency created in 2010 and currently represented in the British House of Commons by Tulip Siddiq of the Labour Party.Glenda Jackson was the MP from 2010 to 2015, having served for the predecessor seat since 1992.
The constituency was created for the 2010 general election in which it was won by Labour's Glenda Jackson with a majority of 42 votes being the most marginal result in England; one smaller majority nationally was achieved, in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Hampstead and Kilburn was in 2010 the closest three-way marginal seat as the third-placed candidate obtained 841 fewer votes than the winner, approximately 1% of the electorate. In January 2013, Glenda Jackson announced that she would not seek re-election, one of 37 of her party's MPs who did so in the 2015 General Election.
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