Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)

Hendon
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hendon in Greater London for the 2010 general election.
County	Greater London
Electorate	74,329 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Matthew Offord (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hendon North and parts of Hendon South
1918–1945
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Harrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North, Hendon South and Wembley North
Created from	Harrow
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Hendon /ˈhɛndᵿn/ is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Matthew Offord of the Conservative Party. An earlier version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1945.

The first incarnation of the constituency was created for the 1918 General Election. By 1941 the estimated electorate was the largest at 217,900. For the 1945 general election the areas of the constituency were thus divided between North and South new entities and contributions to other new seats, including the principal part of Harrow East. The 1918-1945 was a period of near-full adult franchise and saw the most significant adult population increase nationally within the constituency, this coincided with a period of major residential building locally.

In the boundary change legislation passed to implement the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1997 General Election the London Borough of Barnet's parliamentary representation was reduced from four seats to three and the Hendon North constituency was combined with a northern part of the Hendon South constituency, creating the present Hendon constituency. A south-eastern swathe of former Hendon South was placed into Finchley and Golders Green. Within 10% of the average , the seat avoided malapportionment that would otherwise exist by way of two undersized constituencies.