Finchley and Golders Green.
Labour Party MP Sarah Sackman holds the seat on 44.3% of the vote.
2 Jun 2026
Finchley and Golders Green's MP has been most visibly active on antisemitism since a petrol bomb attack on a local synagogue in April. Sarah Sackman visited the site, publicly condemned the attack, and committed to raising Jewish community security at government level -- a response that drew broadly positive local coverage. That visibility sits alongside more contested ground: a March article alleged she was driving proposals to restrict jury trials in England while holding undisclosed ties to pro-Israel legal lobbying networks, a claim that generated significant negative coverage among her performance-watchers.
A 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes, Sackman participates in 74% of divisions -- slightly below the Commons average. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, and she voted with the government in April to tighten asylum support rules, backing ministers' power to withdraw housing and financial assistance from failed asylum seekers who work illegally. Her clearest deviation from Labour colleagues is on consumer protection, where she votes more firmly than most party peers, and on assisted dying, where she leans more cautious than the Labour average. Crime dominates her speech activity, accounting for 71 of 841 contributions across 99 debates, with social care and the economy following some distance behind. She also secured a 50-year peppercorn rent deal for a cash-hit local arts venue -- a concrete constituency win reported in late 2025.
Sackman serves as a Justice Minister, which explains her focus on crime and the jury trial controversy. No committee memberships are recorded. News sentiment across 77 articles in the past 90 days averages modestly positive, with crime and antisemitism coverage driving the more favourable scores; performance-related coverage pulls that average down.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childs Hill(3 seats) | Gheasuddin · Turner · Conway | 6,586 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| Cricklewood(2 seats) | Schneiderman · Clarke | 1,502 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| East Finchley(3 seats) | Menon · Moore · Minshall | 6,992 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| Finchley Church End(3 seats) | Grocock · Mastin-Lee · Rajput | 8,398 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| Garden Suburb(2 seats) | Levy · Mire | 5,294 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| Golders Green(2 seats) | Cohen · Zinkin | 4,917 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| West Finchley(3 seats) | Rich · McGuirk · Houston | 6,187 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
| Woodhouse(2 seats) | Hutton · Thompson | 2,618 | Barnet Lab | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Barnet (124,562), with Rural & dispersed (1,486) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 126,048.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Barnet | 124,562 | city |
| Rural & dispersed | 1,486 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 60.0% | 57.1% | +5% |
| Owner-occupied | 50.5% | 63.1% | -20% |
| Private rented | 38.6% | 20.0% | +93% |
| Social rented | 10.8% | 16.8% | -36% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £1210m |
| Taxpayers | 63,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £4,350 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £19,100 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah SackmanWON | Lab | 21,857 | 44.3 |
| Alex Deane | Con | 17,276 | 35.0 |
| Sarah Hoyle | LD | 3,375 | 6.8 |
| Steve Parsons | Grn | 3,107 | 6.3 |
| Giuseppe Pezzulli | Ref | 2,598 | 5.3 |
| Brendan Patrick Donnelly | Ind | 486 | 1.0 |
| Katharine Margaret Murphy | Ind | 318 | 0.7 |
| Michael Shad | Ind | 272 | 0.6 |
Turnout 49,289
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mike Freer | Con | 43.8 |
| 2017 | Mike Freer | Con | 47.0 |
| 2015 | Mike Freer | Con | 50.9 |
| 2010 | Freer, Mike | Con | 46.0 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo