# Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)

Holborn and St Pancras (/ˈhoʊbən ən sənt ˈpæŋkrəs/) is a parliamentary constituency 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.

## 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.
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.

### 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). 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

#### 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. 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.
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

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 | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1983 | Frank Dobson | Labour | Secretary of State for Health (1997–1999) |
| | 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

General election 2024: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keir Starmer | 18,884 | 48.9 | −17.4 |
| | Independent | Andrew Feinstein | 7,312 | 18.9 | N/A |
| | Green | David Stansell | 4,030 | 10.4 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Mehreen Malik | 2,776 | 7.2 | −8.0 |
| | Reform UK | David Roberts | 2,371 | 6.1 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlie Clinton | 2,236 | 5.8 | −6.5 |
| | Independent | Wais Islam | 636 | 1.6 | N/A |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Nick the Incredible Flying Brick | 162 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | John Poynton | 75 | 0.2 | −0.1 |
| | Socialist Equality | Tom Scripps | 61 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Senthil Kumar | 40 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | No description | Bobby Smith | 19 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,572 | 30.0 | −21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,602 | 54.1 | −5.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 71,300 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Labour | 29,537 | 66.3 |
| | Conservative | 6,771 | 15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 5,473 | 12.3 |
| | Green | 1,790 | 4.0 |
| | Brexit Party | 836 | 1.9 |
| | Others | 175 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 44,582 | 59.1 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 75,475 |
General election 2019: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keir Starmer | 36,641 | 64.5 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Hayward | 8,878 | 15.6 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Kirk | 7,314 | 12.9 | +6.1 |
| | Green | Kirsten De Keyser | 2,746 | 4.8 | +1.4 |
| | Brexit Party | Hector Birchwood | 1,032 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Mohammad Bhatti | 138 | 0.2 | −1.0 |
| | Socialist Equality | Thomas Scripps | 37 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,763 | 48.9 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,786 | 65.1 | −1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,236 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.4 | |
General election 2017: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keir Starmer | 41,343 | 70.1 | +17.2 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 10,834 | 18.4 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Crosher | 4,020 | 6.8 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Siân Berry | 1,980 | 3.4 | −9.4 |
| | UKIP | Giles Game | 727 | 1.2 | −3.8 |
| | English Democrat | Janus Polenceus | 93 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,509 | 51.7 | +20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,997 | 67.0 | +3.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,088 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
General election 2015: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keir Starmer | 29,062 | 52.9 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Will Blair | 12,014 | 21.9 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Natalie Bennett | 7,013 | 12.8 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 3,555 | 6.5 | −21.4 |
| | UKIP | Maxine Spencer | 2,740 | 5.0 | +3.9 |
| | CISTA | Shane O'Donnell | 252 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 173 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Socialist Equality | David O'Sullivan | 108 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,048 | 31.0 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,917 | 63.3 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 86,764 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
General election 2010: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 25,198 | 46.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Shaw | 15,256 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | George Lee | 11,134 | 20.4 |
| | Green | Natalie Bennett | 1,480 | 2.7 |
| | BNP | Robert Carlyle | 779 | 1.4 |
| | UKIP | Max Spencer | 587 | 1.1 |
| | Independent | John Chapman | 96 | 0.2 |
| | English Democrat | Mikel Susperregi | 75 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | Iain Meek | 44 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,942 | 17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,649 | 62.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 86,563 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 14,857 | 43.2 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 10,070 | 29.3 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | Margot James | 6,482 | 18.9 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Adrian J. Oliver | 2,798 | 8.1 | +2.1 |
| | Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 152 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,787 | 13.9 | −22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,359 | 50.4 | +0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 68,327 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −11.0 | |
General election 2001: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 16,770 | 53.9 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathaniel Green | 5,595 | 18.0 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Roseanne Serrelli | 5,258 | 16.9 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Robert Whitley | 1,875 | 6.0 | N/A |
| | Socialist Alliance | Candy Udwin | 971 | 3.1 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Novjot (Joti) Brar | 359 | 1.2 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Magnus Nielsen | 301 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,175 | 35.9 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,129 | 49.6 | −10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 62,722 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −8.3 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 24,707 | 65.0 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Julian L. Smith | 6,804 | 17.9 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justine McGuiness | 4,758 | 12.5 | −1.4 |
| | Referendum | Julia T.G. Carr | 790 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | Natural Law | Timothy P.J. Bedding | 191 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Stephen Smith | 173 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Brigid Conway | 171 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Rainbow Dream Ticket | Martin Rosenthal | 157 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Peter Rice-Evans | 140 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | ProLife Alliance | Bruno F. Quintavalle | 114 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,903 | 47.1 | +20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,005 | 60.3 | −2.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 63,037 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.5 | |
General election 1992: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 22,243 | 54.8 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew J. McHallam | 11,419 | 28.1 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Horne-Roberts | 5,476 | 13.5 | −4.1 |
| | Green | Paul A. Wolf-Light | 959 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Natural Law | Mark K. Hersey | 212 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Socialist (GB) | Richard Headicar | 175 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Nigel Lewis | 133 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,824 | 26.7 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,617 | 62.7 | −1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 64,480 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 22,966 | 50.6 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Luff | 14,113 | 31.1 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal | Simon McGrath | 7,994 | 17.6 | −3.8 |
| | Red Front | Michael Gavan | 300 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,853 | 19.5 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,373 | 64.3 | +4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 70,589 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1983: Holborn and St Pancras :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 20,486 | 47.5 | |
| | Conservative | Tony Kerpel | 13,227 | 30.7 | |
| | Liberal | William Jones | 9,242 | 21.4 | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | R. Price | 155 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,259 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,110 | 60.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 71,604 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |