The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 78,038 · 2023 boundaries

Chipping Barnet.

Labour Party MP Dan Tomlinson holds the seat on 42.4% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentDan Tomlinson · Labour Party
CouncilBarnet
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001169
Electorate · 2024
78.0k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
42.4%
Labour Party · +5.7pp over Con
Settlements
2
Largest: Barnet
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
16.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in September 2025, Dan Tomlinson has been the most consistent rebel in his parliamentary cohort on a single issue: assisted dying. He voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Second Reading in November 2024, backed strengthening amendments at Report Stage in June 2025, and then voted against the Bill again at Third Reading -- one of a minority of Labour MPs who opposed the legislation at every major Commons hurdle. His five rebel votes against the Labour majority are all on this one issue, making his position distinctive and consistent rather than broadly insurgent.

Tomlinson votes with Labour 98.4% of the time on everything else, and his 641 contributions across 81 debates since 2024 reflect his Treasury brief -- fiscal policy and economy and jobs dominate his speech topics. His participation rate of 61% is below the Commons average, though junior ministers typically miss more votes due to departmental duties. He sits on the Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises government spending, and his stance data shows he is notably more supportive of welfare reform and armed forces welfare than the average Labour MP, and notably less aligned with civil liberties positions.

His local profile in Chipping Barnet is active: news coverage highlights the launch of a community action network, high street interventions, and local crime and transport casework. An October 2024 interview noted his personal experience of housing insecurity -- context that helps explain why housing featured heavily in his early parliamentary focus before his Treasury appointment shifted his attention. Recent local coverage spans cost-of-living and crime, the two issues generating the most press about his constituency over the past 90 days. Voting data runs to April 2026.

42.4%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 20 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 20 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Barnet Vale(3 seats)Longstaff · Barnes · Baker6,148Barnet LabMay 2026
Brunswick Park(3 seats)Preston-Kyrionymou · Roberts · Ramanakumar4,911Barnet LabMay 2026
East Barnet(3 seats)Allen · Cohen · Radford5,516Barnet LabMay 2026
Edgwarebury(2 seats)Goldberg · Gurung4,111Barnet LabMay 2026
High Barnet(2 seats)Whysall · Esses2,999Barnet LabMay 2026
Totteridge Woodside(3 seats)Cornelius · Stock · Cornelius7,401Barnet LabMay 2026
Underhill(2 seats)Tapper · Beg2,361Barnet LabMay 2026
Whetstone(2 seats)Cohen · Lewis2,582Barnet LabMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.2 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Barnet (114,237), with Rural & dispersed (1,389) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 115,626.

city 114,237village 1,389

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Barnet114,237city
Rural & dispersed1,389village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate59.8%57.1%+5%
Owner-occupied64.2%63.1%+2%
Private rented24.6%20.0%+23%
Social rented11.2%16.8%-33%

Ethnicity.

White63.1%
Asian17.1%
Black6.4%
Mixed5.5%
Other7.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.4% Female 51.6% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£37,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£59,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
6,410
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
57
31 primary · 10 secondary
GCSE pass
85.0%
Attainment 8: 60.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£825m
Taxpayers61,000
Median per taxpayer£3,960
Mean per taxpayer£13,500

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Barnet. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
16.9
-18% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
23% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences3.9
Anti-social behaviour3.2
Vehicle crime2.1
Shoplifting2.0
Burglary1.7
Other theft1.1
Criminal damage & arson0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Dan TomlinsonWONLab21,58542.4
Theresa VilliersCon18,67136.7
Hamish HaddowRef3,9867.8
David FarbeyGrn3,4426.8
Mark DurrantLD2,6145.1
Richard HewisonInd3790.8
Kay LauerInd1820.4

Turnout 50,859

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Theresa VilliersCon44.7
2017Theresa VilliersCon46.3
2015Theresa VilliersCon48.6
2010Villiers, TheresaCon48.8
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission