# Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 a 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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1945 | Hugh Lucas-Tooth | Conservative |
| 1970 | Peter Thomas | Conservative |
| 1987 | John Marshall | Conservative |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,057 | 5.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,123 | 75.35 |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,528 | 20.0 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,742 | 83.6 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 10,056 | 21.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,256 | 81.85 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: South Hendon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth | 25,354 | 62.96 |
| | Labour | Bernard Homa | 14,918 | 37.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,436 | 25.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,272 | 73.24 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,955 | 29.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,121 | 76.80 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hendon South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,011 | 18.2 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,323 | 73.7 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Hendon South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,056 | 10.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,929 | 72.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,189 | 16.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,594 | 65.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election February 1974: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,597 | 16.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,079 | 77.89 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,963 | 13.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,171 | 69.71 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1979: South Hendon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Thomas | 19,981 | 52.77 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Mantle | 11,231 | 26.99 | |
| | Liberal | Monroe Palmer | 5,799 | 15.32 | |
| | Ecology | Geoffrey Syer | 563 | 1.49 | New |
| | National Front | Albert Elder | 290 | 0.77 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,750 | 25.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,864 | 70.18 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 53,954 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1979 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Conservative | 20,224 | 52.3 |
| | Labour | 11,540 | 29.9 |
| | Liberal | 6,023 | 15.6 |
| | Others | 861 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 38,648 | |
| Electorate | Electorate | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,433 | 18.3 | –4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,210 | 65.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 53,929 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | –9.2 | |
General election 1987: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,124 | 32.0 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,820 | 63.8 | –1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,560 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.8 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: South Hendon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 12,047 | 34.4 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,037 | 72.4 | +8.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 48,401 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |