Glenda Jackson, former MP, Hampstead and Kilburn - TheyWorkForYou TheyWorkForYou Former MP, Hampstead and Kilburn Hampstead and Kilburn Labour Generally voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes Almost always voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes Generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes Generally voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes We have lots more plain English analysis of Glenda Jackson’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Glenda Jackson’s full vote analysis page for more. Recent appearances Business of the House: Ebola 12 Mar 2015 I thank the right hon. Lady for her statement, affording the House the opportunity to say thank you and to pay tribute to all those who have played their part in tackling this appalling disease, not least the staff of the isolation unit in the Royal Free hospital in my constituency and everyone in that hospital. I was delighted to hear that the Secretary of State is prioritising the next...

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Former Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election Also represented Hampstead and Highgate Patient and Public Involvement Forums Children: Day Care Other offices held in the past Member, Work and Pensions Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015) Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (6 May 1997 to 29 Jul 1999) Shadow Spokesperson (Transport) (1 Jan 1996 to 17 Mar 1997) Future MPs in this constituency Office of Communications Bill Committee (7 out of 8) Numerology Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Glenda Jackson’s speeches Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.

Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents. Has voted in 55.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip) People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs. This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 20–21 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score. 224 people are tracking this MP Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 540 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. General election 2015: A look at the Ham&High’s constituencies - Election - Hampstead Highgate Express General election 2015: A look at the Ham&High’s constituencies 14:06 21 January 2015 Voters will go to the ballot box on May 7. Picture: PA Wire/Rui Vieira.

PA Wire/Press Association Images With 106 days to go until the 2015 general election, residents across the Ham&High’s constituencies can expect to find politicians on their doorsteps from now until May. Tim Lamden looks at the battles ahead. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. Hampstead and Kilburn MP Glenda Jackson will stand down in May. Picture: Nigel Sutton. Hampstead & Kilburn Hampstead and Kilburn is the most marginal constituency in Great Britain having been decided by just 42 votes when Labour’s Glenda Jackson clinched victory over Conservative Chris Philp in 2010. Liberal Democrat Ed Fordham was less than 1,000 votes short of the 2010 winner - making this constituency a genuine three-way marginal. Frank Dobson will retire as Holborn and St Pancras MP in May. Picture: Mark Hakansson. Double Oscar winner Ms Jackson will retire this year having consistently served as MP since 1992 when the constituency was known as Hampstead and Highgate.

Former Camden councillor Tulip Siddiq is the bookies’ favourite to retain the seat for Labour in May and recent polling shows her party is in the ascendancy. But Hampstead councillor Simon Marcus, well-known locally, will be active for the Tories on the doorstep throughout - reminding the estimated 4,783 constituents set to be hit by the controversial mansion tax of the thousands of pounds a Labour government will take from them. Lib Dem candidate Maajid Nawaz, a counterterrorism expert, will hope to avoid the bludgeoning his party took in last May’s local elections. Finchley & Golders Green Conservative MP Mike Freer will defend his Finchley and Golders Green seat for the first time in May having comfortably beaten Barnet Labour leader Cllr Alison Moore to the seat in 2010. Mr Freer’s victory followed the departure of long-serving Labour MP Rudi Vis who stepped down at the 2010 election after 13 years in office. Barrister Sarah Sackman will challenge Mr Freer in May as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Finchley and Golders Green.

The 30-year-old is well-regarded among Labour figures and is expected to give Mr Freer a run for his money. But Mr Freer, a former Barnet Council leader, is renowned as a hard-working constituency MP and will do all he can to draw on his grassroots support to push him over the line. Holborn & St Pancras Four months from the election, one of the fiercest battles has already been won in Holborn and St Pancras with the selection of Sir Keir Starmer as Labour’s parliamentary candidate in the constituency. The former director of public prosecutions beat off competition from four fellow Labour members, including Camden Council leader Cllr Sarah Hayward, to be selected as Labour’s candidate to replace outgoing veteran MP Frank Dobson. Mr Dobson is retiring after 36 years as Holborn and St Pancras MP in May and Sir Keir is fully expected to stroll into his shoes courtesy of Labour’s 10,000-majority in the constituency. But Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, standing for the party in her home constituency, will be looking to cut Labour’s majority and make ground off the back of the Liberal Democrats’ demise.

Conservative candidate Will Blair would surely consider a second place finish ahead of the Greens as success and Ms Bennett will be gunning to finish ahead of the Tories. Lib Dem Jill Fraser, standing for the second time in Holborn and St Pancras, came second in the 2005 general election, just 4,000 votes behind Mr Dobson. It will be an arduous task to replicate that in May. Hornsey & Wood Green Labour has a 7,000-majority to overturn if it is to take Hornsey and Wood Green from the Liberal Democrats in May and the feeling is former Islington Council leader Catherine West can do it. Incumbent MP Lynne Featherstone is a popular figure locally but she risks being caught up in a national tide against the Lib Dems. In the wake of May’s council elections in Haringey, in which 60 per cent of Lib Dem seats were wiped out by Labour, council leader Cllr Claire Kober declared that “the people of Hornsey and Wood Green have firmly put Lynne Featherstone on notice”. Australian-born Ms West is focussing all her efforts on getting the message out and will certainly not fail for a lack of effort.

Ms Featherstone, a coalition government minister who has served Hornsey and Wood Green since 2005, has personal wealth to draw on which will ensure a well-oiled campaign machine. But the odds are stacking up against her with bookies and pollsters pointing to a Catherine West victory come May. Westminster North Westminster North has been a Labour stronghold since the constituency was established in 2010. Incumbent MP Karen Buck has sat in the Commons since being elected in 1997, firstly in the now-defunct Regent’s Park and Kensington North constituency, the predecessor of Westminster North. The former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport in Tony Blair’s government, and shadow minister for education between 2011 and 2013, is currently Ed Miliband’s Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Despite the strong odds for a Labour hold – a Conservative victory is currently attracting odds of around 5/1 against Labour victory at 1/10 – the number of well-off voters meant Ms Buck had a relatively modest cushion of 2,126 votes, or 5.4 per cent, at the ballot box in 2010, not too dissimilar from the result she achieved in 2005. Glenda Jackson - Biography - IMDb Glenda Jackson Biography Showing all 67 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (26) | Personal Quotes (31) | Salary (3) Overview (3) 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Mini Bio (1) Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson has. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she is known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in Birkenhead, where her father was a bricklayer and her mother was a cleaning lady.

When she was very young, her father was recruited into the Navy, where he worked aboard a minesweeper. She graduated from school at 16 and worked for a while in a pharmacy. However, she found this boring and dead-end and wanted better for herself. Her life changed forever when she was accepted into the prestigious Royal Acadamy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at the age of 18. Her work impressed all who observed it. In addition, she married Roy Hodges at 22. Her first work came on the stage, where she won a role in an adaptation of "Separate Tables", and made a positive impression on critics and audiences alike. This led to film roles, modest at first, but she approached them with great determination. She first came to the public's notice when she won a supporting role in the controversial film Marat/Sade (1967), and is acknowledged to have stolen the show. She quickly became a member of Britian's A-List. Her first starring role came in the offbeat drama Negatives (1968), in which she out-shone the oddball material.

The following year, controversial director Ken Russell gave her a starring role in his adaptation of the 1920s romance Women in Love (1969), in which she co-starred with Oliver Reed . The beautifully photographed film was a major success, and Jackson's performance won her an Academy Award for Best Actress. In the process, she became an international celebrity, known world-wide, yet she didn't place as much value on the status and fame as most do. She did, however, become a major admirer of Russell (who had great admiration for her in return) and acted in more of his films. She starred in the controversial The Music Lovers (1970), even though it required her to do a nude scene, something that made her very uncomfortable. The film was not a success, but she agreed to do a cameo appearance in his next film, The Boy Friend (1971). Although her role as an obnoxious actress was very small, she once again performed with great aplomb. 1971 turned out to be a key year for her.

She took a risk by appearing in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), as a divorced businesswoman in a dead-end affair with a shallow bisexual artist, but the film turned out to be another major success. Also, she accepted the starring role in the British Broadcasting Corporation's much anticipated biography of Queen Elizabeth I, and her performance in the finished film, Elizabeth R (1971), was praised not only by critics and fans, but is cited by historians as the most accurate portrayal of the beloved former queen ever seen. The same year, she successfully played the role of Queen Elizabeth I again in the historical drama Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). That same year, she appeared in the popular comedy series The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) in a skit as Queen Cleopatra, which is considered on of the funniest TV skits in British television, and also proof that she could do comedy just as well as costume melodrama. One who saw and raved about her performance was director Melvin Frank , who proceeded to cast her in the romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973), co-starring George Segal .

The two stars had a chemistry which brought out the best in each other, and the film was not only a major hit in both the United States and Great Britian, but won her a second Academy Award. She continued to impress by refusing obvious commercial roles and seeking out serious artistic work. She gave strong performances in The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) and The Incredible Sarah (1976), in which she portrayed the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt . However, some of her films didn't register with the public, like The Triple Echo (1972), The Maids (1975), and Nasty Habits (1977). In addition, her marriage fell apart in 1976. But her career remained at the top and in 1978 she was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire. That year, she made a comeback in the comedy House Calls (1978), co-starring Walter Matthau . The success of this film which led to a popular television spin-off in the United States the following year.

In 1979, she and Segal re-teamed in Lost and Found (1979), but they were unable to overcome the routine script. She again co-starred with Oliver Reed in The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978), but the film was another disappointment. During the 1980s, she appeared in Hopscotch (1980) also co-starring Walter Matthau , and HealtH (1980) with Lauren Bacall , with disappointing results, although Jackson herself was never blamed. Her performance in the TV biography Sakharov (1984), in which she played Yelena Bonner , devoted wife of imprisoned Russian nuclear scientist Andrei Sakharov opposite Jason Robards , won rave reviews. However, the next film Turtle Diary (1985), was only a modest success, and the ensemble comedy Beyond Therapy (1987) was a critical and box office disaster and Jackson herself got some of the worst reviews of her career. As the 1980s ended, Jackson continued to act, but became more focused on public affairs. She grew up in a household that was staunchly supportive of the Labour Party.

She had disliked the policies of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , even though she admired some of her personal attributes, and strongly disapproved of Thatcher's successor, John Major . She was unhappy with the direction of British government policies, and in 1992 ran for Parliament. Although running in an area (Hampstead and Highgate) which was not heavily supportive of her party, she won by a slim margin and immediately became its most famous newly elective member. However, those who expected that she would rest on her laurels and fame were mistaken. She immediately took an interest in transportation issues, and in 1997 was appointed Junior Transportation Minister by Prime Minister Tony Blair . However, she was critical of some of Blair's policies and is considered an intra-party opponent of Blair's moderate faction. She is considered a traditional Labour Party activist, but is not affiliated with the faction known as The Looney Left. In 2000, she ran for Mayor of London, but lost the Labour nomination to fellow MP Frank Dobson , an ally of Blair's, who then lost the election to an independent candidate, Ken Livingstone .

In 2005, she ran again and won the nomination, but lost to Livingstone, winning 38% of the vote. When Blair announced he would not seek reelection as Prime Minister in 2006, Jackson's name was mentioned as a possible successor, although she didn't encourage this speculation. - IMDb Mini Biography By: annynomous Spouse (1) (1958 - 26 January 1976) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (2) Good diction and strong speaking voice. Trivia (26) Only British Member of Parliament to win an Oscar. She had her appendix removed in October of 1999. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. She was hospitalized after breaking her wrist and hip in a fall on the way to give a speech on March 22, 2002. She was able to give most of her speech before the pain forced her to go to the hospital. Named after actress Glenda Farrell .

In The Rainbow (1989) she plays the mother of the character she had played twenty years earlier in Women in Love (1969) . Retired from acting in 1992 to run for Parliament in the Labour Party. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for London Transport from 1997 to 1999. Has a theatre named after her. She was awarded the 1984 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her best performance in Strange Interlude. An Associate Member of RADA.

Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award four times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), in 1966 for portraying Charlotte Corday in Peter Weiss ' "Marat/Sade," a performance recreated in the film version of the same title, Marat/Sade (1967); and, as Best Actress (Play): in 1981 for "Rose;" in 1985 for playing Nina Leeds in a revival of Eugene O'Neill 's "Strange Interlude," a role she recreated in a television version of the same title, American Playhouse: Strange Interlude (1988); and in 1988 for playing Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." She has yet to win. She learned her craft (in part, at least) as a member of the Dundee Repertory Company in the early 1960s alongside Edward Fox , Michael Culver and Nicol Williamson . She was not present to receive either of her Oscars. Prior to military service, her father worked as a bricklayer. Member of Parliament representing the Hampstead and Highgate constituency in north London from 1992 to 2010.

She played Queen Elizabeth I in both Elizabeth R (1971) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Gave birth to her only child at age 32, a son Daniel Pearce Jackson Hodges (political blogger Dan Hodges ) in March 1969. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Roy Hodges. The first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for a role in which she appeared significantly 'nude' (Women in Love, 1969). She's the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for an adaptation of a Henrik Ibsen play ( Hedda (1975)). Member of Parliament representing the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in north London from 2010 to 2015. Is one of 14 Best Actress Oscar winners to have not accepted their Academy Award in person. Jackson was not present to accept either win (for Women in Love (1969) or A Touch of Class (1973)).

The others are Katharine Hepburn , Claudette Colbert , Joan Crawford , Judy Holliday , Vivien Leigh , Anna Magnani , Ingrid Bergman , Sophia Loren , Anne Bancroft , Patricia Neal , Elizabeth Taylor , Maggie Smith and Ellen Burstyn . Along with Vivien Leigh , she is one of only two British actresses to have won an Academy Award on two occasions: Leigh won Best Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) while Jackson won Best Actress for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973). Although Elizabeth Taylor - who won Best Actress for BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - was born in London, her parents were American and she was raised in the United States from the age of three. Is one of 14 actresses to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for the same performance; hers being for A Touch of Class (1973).

The others, in chronological order, are: Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950), Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (1964), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Cher for Moonstruck (1987), 'Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007), and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Born on the same day as Albert Finney . Personal Quotes (31) I had no real ambition about acting. But I knew there had to be something better than the bloody chemist's shop. [on her Oscars] My mother polishes them to within an inch of their lives until the metal shows.

That sums up the Academy Awards - all glitter on the outside and base metal coming through. Nice presents for a day. But they don't make you any better. If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem. An actor can do "Hamlet" right through to "Lear", men of every age and every step of spiritual development. Where's the equivalent for women? I don't fancy hanging around to play Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet". Life's too short. [speaking in 1974] Ideally, one would love to work in England. But if no one in England is going to take their courage in both hands and dig into their pockets and finance films - then, you're going to have to work abroad. I was the archetypal spotty teenager who suffered the tortures of the damned because I wasn't like those girls in the magazines. I had lank, greasy hair and I was fat and spotty. If anyone thinks I looked sexy stripped in The Music Lovers (1970) they must think Minnie Mouse is sexy. [on acting] You'd think it's something one would grow out of. But you grow into it.

The more you do, the more you realize how painfully easy it is to be lousy and how very difficult to be good. Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward. You see women in America who've had facelifts - faces as smooth as melons. It makes my stomach turn to think about voluntarily putting myself under a surgeon's knife. One of the most depressing remarks that was made when I first came to the House of Commons was made by an MP who said, "What d'you want to come here for? You're famous already". [on acting] When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life. If all the star system can offer its talent is the crap it does, then producers should pay through the eyes, ears, nose, mouth - any orifice you can think of. Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again? I used to empty ashtrays for the cigarette butts, re-roll them and make myself a fag. I used to live on a pound of sausages and a cooking apple.

I was five months pregnant when I made that nude scene in Women in Love (1969). I'd never had such a marvelous bosom. [upon learning of her unexpected second Oscar victory in 1974] I was working but I doubt that I would have been there even if I hadn't been. Watching it on television here in my hotel suite, I kept telling myself that I ought to turn it off and go to bed. I felt disgusted with myself--as though I were attending a public hanging . . . No one should have a chance to see so much desire, so much need for a prize, and so much pain when it was not given. Funny things do happen, though. "Harper's" wanted to include me in their gallery of "Most Beautiful Women". That was hilarious. It was all a terrible mistake, of course. I wound up on a separate page as "a stern young beauty bursting upon London". Stern, you see. Not that I'm really tough. [on Hollywood] One has to have a reason for going there. If you have a job there, it's like a passport or a visa, and you can always get out.

But I should think to be stuck there all the time you'd go mad. On work: I knew early on that I'd have to work, work, work if I was wanted to amount to much; plums don't drop into plain girls' laps. [Observation, 1970] It's ridiculous when you think how hard I'm working right now, when for so many years nobody even knew I existed.But I don't want to wake up one morning and find myself stuck in the hermetically sealed, centrally heated, showbiz world which can destroy you. I wouldn't like to think that I couldn't go to the launderette when I felt like it. I was never part of the glitzy, glamoury, showbizzy part of the entertainment world. I don't think I could ever have been. It wouldn't have interested me and, you know... I wouldn't have been any good at it. [on gender roles in theatrical plays] There was the male and female lead, the male and female juvenile lead, and the male and female character lead, and the male and female juvenile character lead, and if you didn't fit into any of those boxes then you didn't work.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant. My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man. I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. At a meeting you might present an idea and it will be listened to and someone will say, 'Oh yes, that's fine.' Ten minutes later a man down the table will produce the same idea, but possibly reworked in its presentation, and there will be unanimous acceptance of what a good idea it was. Also you will be talked over, that's the other thing, you sort of become invisible, and if you protest this, you are deemed to be some form of extreme harridan. One has to begin to take all the work and redirect it into a way in which the problem is actually solved, not merely managed. [on Margaret Thatcher ] The first Prime Minister of female gender, OK. But a woman? Not on my terms. I was meticulous in not being personally rude. I didn't know the woman: I did know the policies.

I spoke up because history has been rewritten over the past week. I lived through the Thatcher period. I know what it was like. I know what it was like for my constituents. The reality bore no resemblance to what's being presented. [on Oliver Reed , in a 1994 interview]: Oliver and I have absolutely nothing to say to each other off-screen. As people, we are chalk and cheese. What I admire in Oliver is his consummate professionalism. It doesn't matter what state he may be in physically, when they say "Action!", he is ready, and that was the aspect of working with him that I liked. I've worked with him a lot and he is an infinitely better actor than he gives himself credit for. Salary (3) Hampstead and Kilburn: After Glenda Jackson, who will be Labour’s new contrarian? | Camden New Journal Hampstead and Kilburn: After Glenda Jackson, who will be Labour’s new contrarian?

Above: Left: Retiring MP Glenda Jackson; right: Sophie Linden Left: Sally Gimson; right: Leisure chief Tulip Siddiq Published: 20 June, 2013 by RICHARD OSLEY IT has been more than two decades since the Labour Party has had to pick a new parliamentary candidate in Camden, so perhaps the tiptoeing around is understandable. But as cautious steps are taken towards a decision in the contest to succeed the retiring Glenda Jackson in Hampstead and Kilburn, things are taut. The goal is so close yet the result remains hard to predict. One well-connected source said the constituency had been “zombified” by having Ms Jackson for so long and the contest had been a shock to the system. They expected a number of stars would come and audition for the part, but all they’ve got is a B-movie cast of councillors. Tulip Siddiq, the councillor who is Camden’s leisure chief, is considered as a favourite in the line-up by most insiders but not to the extent where she would claim an outright victory on a first vote.

The contest could then take into account second preferences, and then Sally Gimson, the Highgate councillor, and Sophie Linden, a councillor from Hackney, could come into their own. They are the well-tipped frontrunners, although another hopeful, Indra Adnan, is looking to upset these assumptions by winning a place on the final shortlist. The name which is missing is that of Fiona Millar, who many believe would have “walked” the contest. Instead, she walked out of the race before it had even begun. Apparently there was a campaign website for her just about to go live and leaflets ready for the printer. It was all set to go. The familiar line repeated in political circles in Camden is that she would have been tainted by the link to Alastair Campbell, her partner, in a constituency which was so forcefully against the Iraq War. But she was, insiders say, in line for backing from Unite union and could have literally united those who feel the Blairite legacy has been unfairly poisoned by Labour’s own members and those who have admired her resistance to academy schools – themselves part of Blair’s legacy. Ms Millar said she felt she could be more effective as a campaigner off the green benches.

Her brother Gavin has publicly endorsed Ms Linden, who, it is said, would not have sought the nomination if Ms Millar had formally declared her interest. Negative campaigning in these contests is very much frowned upon among the 900 or so Labour members who have a vote. Some are so sick of the lobbying that they won’t take part at all. Others are committed to vote Labour in the general election but don’t feel the need to get involved in the internal ballot. So the contestants are reluctant to besmirch each other’s records. They must be desperate to comment on Cllr Gimson’s Conservative-supporting husband, Andrew, the former Telegraph parliamentary sketchwriter. Cllr Gimson will tell members not to vote on who her husband is, and to judge her for the person she is. Others might be tempted to release an old press photo of Cllr Siddiq with her aunt, the prime minister of Bangladesh, meeting Vladimir Putin. Cllr Siddiq, similarly, will tell members not to vote on who her family are, but to judge her on her own merits.

Ms Linden, for her part, will need to play up her achievements as a special adviser in government, without falling into the trap of being cast as a dyed-in-the-wool Blairite by rivals. Those who feel threatened by her will put that at the centre of their briefings. A fillip for Cllr Siddiq this week was a claim to have secured union support. Unite has not chosen a preferred candidate in the absence of Ms Millar. But the Communications Workers Union, her team suggests, will back her, and Unison – a key player – was reportedly on her side. Convenor Phil Lewis said: “Tulip has proven that she is more than capable of being an outstanding MP.” This does not automatically translate into votes in the selection contest, but it helps Cllr Siddiq’s narrative as being the “left” candidate in the field. She has been able to base this claim on her run for the council leadership last year, where she was pipped by one vote by Sarah Hayward but drew much support from councillors who place themselves on the left of the party. She also gets points for having been on “Team Ed Miliband” when the leadership battle was being waged.

Cllr Gimson backed David Miliband, as did a majority of Labour members locally. The Co-Op members of the Labour Party have – rather indecisively – decided to back both Cllr Siddiq and Cllr Gimson. In our appearance-obsessed world, there is –it’s sad, but true – a somewhat shallow debate among activists as to whether Cllr Siddiq simply looks like she has the gravitas for Parliament. Some say she is pretty – in 2013, looks are said to count – and energetic. Others feel she appears lightweight and will find it hard to convince the changing demographic of the constituency, which some strategists believe will be open to its strongest Conservative challenge at the next two elections. More substantial discussions centre on whether or not she saved libraries. She is proud that branches avoided closure, but three needed to be hived off to community volunteers. One experienced insider this week doubted the importance of left and right positioning in a constituency which delighted in being different and had clearly revelled in its story of an Oscar-winning actress turning to politics and, despite a bit of lethargy in streetfighting campaigns of recent years, proving capable of some accomplished waspish meddling.

Hampstead wants “a contrarian”, the source said. But it will it get one? The final vote is on July 14. Glenda Jackson - UK Parliament Glenda Jackson Retired: since 30 March 2015 Constituency Hampstead and Kilburn 2010 - 2015 Hampstead and Highgate 2005 - 2010 Hampstead and Highgate 2001 - 2005 Hampstead and Highgate 1997 - 2001 Hampstead and Highgate 1992 - 1997 Party Ex-Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting after 23 years in the Commons - Mirror Online News Ex-Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting after 23 years in the Commons The 79-year-old actress has two Oscars, but her last role was in 1992 - the year she became the MP for Hampstead and Highgate Share Back to the day job: Actress Glenda Jackson pictured in 1972 film Sunday Bloody Sunday (Photo: United Artists) Share Get politics updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing!

Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Ex-Labour MP Glenda Jackson has finally returned to her old job - the one that won her two Oscars. The 79-year-old was a screen star who picked up best leading actress gongs for Women in Love (1971) and A Touch of Class (1974). But her last role was in 1992, the same year she became the MP for Hampstead and Highgate. Since then her 23 years in Parliament have taken her from being a Blair transport minister to a backbencher famous for speaking her mind. Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Share this video Watch Next Ms Jackson stood down in May and is now returning to the career that made her a household name - but she won't quite be on the silver screen yet. And instead of her headstrong, sexually-charged appearances of the 1970s, she'll be playing a 104-year-old woman. The ex-MP will lend her voice to a radio play series which is a "mash-up" adaptation of novels by French writer Emile Zola.

The first instalment of Emile Zola: Blood Sex and Money, will be broadcast every day over an "intensive" week on BBC Radio 4 in November. Two more week-long seasons in the adaptation of Zola's 20-volume novel series, Les Rougon-Macquart, will follow at six-monthly intervals. Changing times: The MP, who's now 79, will play a 104-year-old woman (Photo: PA) She will star as 104-year-old Adelaide Fouque, alongside Robert Lindsay and Murdered By My Boyfriend actress Georgina Campbell. The drama, which delves into Fouque's mind as she sits in an asylum, will draw the listener "into 19th Century France and the tragic, farcical reign of Napoleon III, as it marches forward towards a modern, industrialised society". Radio 4 called the adaptation "an unflinching portrait of society, the frankness and fury of which is still relevant to contemporary Britain." The broadcaster also says Jeremy Irons will star in a two-part adaptation of the Iris Murdoch novel The Sea, The Sea. Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard is also set to tackle the subject of... grey hair.

Acting career: Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1971 Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent Hampstead and Kilburn | 50for15 Hampstead and Kilburn For the final results in each of 50for15's constituencies, see this post . What? The closest marginal in England. Where? North-west London. Not far from Wembley Stadium. Why? Just 42 votes separated Labour MP Glenda Jackson and the Conservative candidate in 2010. The Liberal Democrats were less than 1,000 behind Ms Jackson making this seat a true three-way marginal. The 2010 result This seat was created in 2010. Data via the Guardian . Labour majority: 42 The MP in the last Parliament – Glenda Jackson Glenda Jackson, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn Graduate of RADA and former actress Glenda Jackson (Lab) was first elected MP for the now defunct seat of Hampstead and Highgate in 1992. Her first position in government was as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport. Most recently, she has served on the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

She is not standing for election in 2015. Full biography on Jackson’s website . The challengers Tulip Saddiq, Labour’s new candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn Tulip Siddiq (Lab) is Glenda Jackson’s replacement for Hampstead and Kilburn. A former Camden councillor, she used to work for Amnesty International. More details on Siddiq’s website . @tulipsiddiq Simon Marcus, Conservative candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn Simon Marcus (Con) was brought up in Hampstead and Kilburn, and has lived in the constituency most of his life. In 2006 he founded and ran the Boxing Academy, an educational charity. In 2010 he stood as the Conservative candidate for Barking, managing to outperform BNP leader Nick Griffin. Full biography on Marcus’ website . @simonmarcus Maajid Nawaz, Lib Dem candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn Founder of Quillam, an anti-extremism think tank, Maajid Nawaz (Lib Dem) has also set up an educational organisation in Pakistan. In his youth he was a member of an Islamist organisation, but has since renounced those views in favour of liberal democratic values.

Full biography on Nawaz’ website . @MaajidLibDem Dr Rebecca Johnson, the Green candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn Vice-president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Dr Rebecca Johnson (Green) works on international security with the UN. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. More details on the Camden Green Party’s website . Magnus Nielson, who also stood in 2010, is UKIP’s candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn. Further details on the North London blog . Our articles It’s a slim Conservative majority overall, but who won and who lost in 50for15’s seats? by Alexander Woolley on May 9, 2015 Instead of a hung Parliament, which most people had predicted, the Conservatives ended up winning a slim majority. With 331 seats under their belt, they have a majority of five, if you take the view that 326 seats constitutes a majority (650 divided by 2, plus 1), or a majority of ten when you take into...

Some polling day thoughts from 50for15 by Alexander Woolley on May 7, 2015 Today’s the big day – you’ve still got a few hours left to vote (till 10pm), so make sure you do. Here’s a way of finding contact details for your local authority, who will know where your polling station is, in case you don’t. BBC Free Speech did a quick interview with us to get our... The #GE2015 roadtrip: 23 constituencies in 14 days by Adam Ward on Apr 1, 2015 From April 7th-21st, the 50for15 team will be going on one almighty roadtrip. From Argyll and Bute down to Camborne and Redruth, we will be visiting 23 marginal constituencies to find out what the voters in these pivotal seats think about this unpredictable election. Read the full itinerary here. Having already visited 33 of the 50... A Radical in the Centre Ground?

Maajid Nawaz tells us about his campaign in Hampstead and Kilburn — and why he’s running for the Liberal Democrats by Claire Dumbill on Mar 13, 2015 The idea that there’s such a thing as a ‘typical’ candidate for Parliament is questionable; even so, Maajid Nawaz’s story sets him outside the ordinary range. If he won the seat in May — though existing polls are strongly against him — he tells me he’d be the first political prisoner from the Bush-era War... Campaigning in Hampstead and Kilburn, come rain and more rain… by Alexander Woolley on Mar 2, 2015 “A lot of people assume Labour and Conservative activists actively dislike each other, but however much you get into arguments on Twitter, that’s not really true,” says Daniel Paterson, the campaigner manager for Simon Marcus, who is standing as the Conservative candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn. “You’re doing the same job fundamentally, so you do end... “I say to people: you want a slick PR man? You have Cameron. You want integrity and values?

Then that’s Ed” – our interview with Tulip Siddiq, Labour PPC for Hampstead and Kilburn by Claire Dumbill on Feb 25, 2015 You’ll be hard pressed to find any writing about the constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn that doesn’t caricature it as a tale of two cities — Hampstead, home to an uneasy entente between champagne socialists and investment bankers; Kilburn, a less than glamorous appendage of Brent with historic Irish and Caribbean populations. I met with... Our 50 constituencies – all on one map by Alexander Woolley on Feb 23, 2015 Arfon Plaid Cymru majority: 1,455 votes Labour target Click to read more Argyll and Bute Lib Dem majority: 3,431 votes Conservative target Labour target SNP target Click to read more Ashfield Labour majority: 192 votes Lib Dem target Click to read more Birmingham Edgbaston Labour majority: 1, 274 votes Conservative target Click to read more...

Under 100 days to go: unpacking the unpredictability of 2015 by Claire Dumbill on Jan 30, 2015 With under 100 days to go until the 2015 general election, here are three lessons from our marginals. Small parties will disrupt outcomes Nationally, UKIP are polling at 15% and the Greens around 10%. Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck with approximately 30% each. Of course, patterns vary widely between constituencies, and will... The Final 50 by Adam Ward on Dec 17, 2014 Choosing 50 constituencies from the 650 available is no easy task, even if the number of safe seats considerably whittles down the number of contestable constituencies. Here is a list of the final 50 we have chosen to study and visit over the upcoming 5 months, complete with party colour coding. Please do get in... UK Polling Report Geography: Greater London. Parts of Camden and Brent council areas. Main population centres: Hampstead, Kilburn, Kendal Rise.

Profile: Hampstead itself is stereotypically, but not entirely inaccurately, portrayed as the home of the chattering classes and the liberal intelligensia, although the extreme house prices mean it is increasingly the home to city financiers, celebrities and business entrepreneurs. The desirable location, Hampstead Heath and direct transport links into central London and to Canary Wharf mean the rest of the seat is rapidly gentrifying and house prices rocketing as young professionals move into the area. Kilburn is a more socially deprived area with a large proportion of social housing and large Irish and Caribbean communities. Gentrification is having its effect even here though and the large South Kilburn council estate is in the process of being redeveloped. Politics: Hampstead and Kilburn was created for the 2010 election, a cross borough seat based on the old Hampstead and Highgate seat of Glenda Jackson and the Brent East seat of Sarah Teather, who opted to fight the Brent Central seat instead. In 2010 the result was an extremely tight three-way finish between Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat with Labour only winning by 42 votes.

In 2015 the Liberal Democrat vote collapsed, but the battle between Labour and Conservative remained tight, with Tulip Siddiq winning by only two percent. Current MP TULIP SIDDIQ (Labour) Born 1982, Mitcham, granddaughter of Sheikj Mujibur Rahman, first President of Bangledesh. Educated at University College London. Former corporate communications executive. First elected as MP for Hampstead & Kilburn in 2015. Past Results *There were boundary changes after 2005, name changed from Hampstead & Highgate Demographics 2015 Candidates SIMON MARCUS (Conservative) Born Hampstead. Educated at City of London School and Kings College London. Camden councillor since 2012. Contested Barking 2010. TULIP SIDDIQ (Labour) Born 1982, Mitcham, granddaughter of Sheikj Mujibur Rahman, first President of Bangledesh. Educated at University College London. Corporate communications executive. MAAJID NAWAZ (Liberal Democrat) Born 1978, Westcliff on Sea.

Educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and SOAS. Executive director of Quilliam Foundation. Former member of extremist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, he left HUT in 2007 to become a campaigner against extremism. Received death threats in 2013 for tweeting a Jesus and Mo cartoon. MAGNUS NIELSEN (UKIP) Educated at George Dixons Grammar School and University of London. Contested Holborn and St Pancras 2001, Hampstead and Highgate 2005, Hampstead and Kilburn 2010. REBECCA JOHNSON (Green) Educated at Bristol University. Academic and nuclear disarmament expert. ROBIN ELLISON (U Party) Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Cambridge University. Pensions lawyer. Chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds. THE EUROVISIONARY CARROLL (Independent) Born 1934, Belfast. Singer and entertainer. British entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 and 1963..

Contested Hampstead and Highgate 1997, Uxbridge by-election 1997, Hartlepool by-election 2004, Haltemprice 2008 by-election. Died on 13th April 2015, after the close of nominations. Links Hampstead & Kilburn parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News iFrame Constituency profile The north-west London seat of Hampstead and Kilburn boasts millionaires and mansions in affluent Hampstead and a greater mixture of people from a variety of cultures, along with pockets of deprivation, in Kilburn. Schools are in high demand, and the Royal Free Hospital is a big employer in the locality. In addition, there are at least 60 English Heritage blue plaques marking the diverse personalities who have lived in Hampstead. Of this seat's white residents, 3.7% are Irish, which is the third-highest ranking, according to figures from the ONS 2011 Census for England and Wales. The constituency was created in 2010 out of the Brent East, Brent South and Hampstead and Highgate seats.

Actress Glenda Jackson won for Labour with a majority of just 42. She collected 32.8% of the vote, with the Conservatives on 32.7%, LiberalDemocrats 31.2% and Green 1.4%.

Question: Who is MP for Hampstead and Highgate?
Answer: Glenda Jackson