Hendon (ward)
Electoral ward in the London Borough of Barnet
Hendon
Electoral ward
for the Barnet London Borough Council
Hendon ward boundaries since 2022
BoroughBarnet
CountyGreater London
Population21,981 (2021)[a]
Electorate13,484 (2022)
Major settlementsHendon
Area3.367 square kilometres (1.300 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created1968
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Mark Shooter
  •   Alex Prager
  •   Shimon Ryde
GSS codeE05013643

Hendon is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barnet. The ward was first used in the 1968 elections. It returns three councillors to Barnet London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term Councillor Party
1968–1978 John Gordon-Lee Conservative
1968–1990 Norman Hirshfield Conservative
1968–1986 Victor Hockley Conservative
1978–1986 John Archard-Jones Conservative
1986–1990 Peter Grosz Conservative
1986–1998 Frederick Poole Conservative
1990–2022 Anthony Finn Conservative
1990–1996 Edward Bunn Conservative
1996–2002 Andrew Sherling Conservative
1998–2018 Maureen Braun Conservative
2002–2010 Matthew Offord Conservative
2010–present Mark Shooter[b] Conservative
Reform
2018–2022 Nizza Fluss Conservative
2022–2025 Joshua Conway Conservative
2022–present Alex Prager Conservative
2025–present Shimon Ryde Conservative

Barnet council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 2022.

2025 by-election

The by-election will take place on 30 October 2025, following the disqualification of Joshua Conway.[2][3]

2025 Hendon by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shimon Ryde 1,656 46.8 −2.5
Reform Yosef David 1,069 30.2 New
Labour Lewis Harrison 423 12.0 −14.8
Green Gabrielle Bailey 201 5.7 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Walsh 107 3.0 −2.2
Rejoin EU Ben Rend 81 2.3 New
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[4]

2022 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Conway 2,632 57.0
Conservative Alex Prager 2,545 55.1
Conservative Mark Shooter 2,436 52.7
Labour Charlotte Daus 1,427 30.9
Labour David Dunitz 1,329 28.8
Labour Viljo Wilding 1,018 22.0
Independent Franca Oliffe 568 12.3
Green Christopher Fordyce 429 9.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Hughes 277 6.0
Liberal Democrats Janice Turner 276 6.0
Liberal Democrats Eunice Phillips 240 5.2
Turnout 4,620 34.3
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barnet council elections

Hendon ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.[5]

2018 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 3,002 62.6 +11.6
Conservative Mark Shooter 2,950 61.6 +11.5
Conservative Nizza Fluss 2,892 60.4 +12.1
Labour Jenny Brown 1,217 25.4 −3.2
Labour Andreas Ioannidis 1,192 24.9 −3.0
Labour David Beere 1,185 24.7 −2.0
Green Carmen Legarda 316 6.6 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman 271 5.7 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Henryk Feszczur 252 5.3 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Klevis Krasniqi 163 3.4 −0.9
Duma Polska Malgorzata Zajaczkowska 130 2.7 N/A
Turnout 4,792 40.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.[6]

2014 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,128 51.0 −0.6
Conservative Mark Shooter 2,087 50.1 −1.8
Conservative Maureen Braun 2,015 48.3 +0.2
Labour David Beere 1,191 28.6 +3.4
Labour Gerrard Roots 1,165 27.9 +1.8
Labour Ruth Montague 1,113 26.7 +1.8
UKIP Barry Ryan 420 10.1 N/A
Green Andy Monaghan 390 9.4 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman 280 6.7 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Henryk Feszczur 243 5.8 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Charles Wakefield 180 4.3 −7.5
Total votes 4,169
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[7]

2010 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Shooter 3,366 51.9 −0.7
Conservative Anthony Finn 3,345 51.6 −3.7
Conservative Maureen Braun 3,115 48.1 −5.2
Labour Linda Attwood 1,692 26.1 +9.8
Labour David Beere 1,636 25.2 +10.4
Labour Pierre Jeanmaire 1,612 24.9 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies 874 13.5 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman 804 12.4 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Anoushka Fernandes-Vidal 765 11.8 −8.8
Green Manisha Abeyasinghe 319 4.9 N/A
Green Jennifer Goodman 313 4.8 N/A
Green Pablo de Mello 230 3.5 −4.0
Turnout 6,482 57.0 +22.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.[8]

2006 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,011 55.3 +10.2
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,937 53.3 +11.0
Conservative Matthew Offord 1,914 52.6 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Greenhill 855 23.5 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Stieve De Lance 793 21.8 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Honora Morrissey 749 20.6 −8.8
Labour Pierre Jeanmarie 641 17.6 −5.8
Labour Ruth Montague 594 16.3 −2.6
Labour Nitin Parekh 538 14.8 −3.9
Green Pablo De Mello 271 7.5 +1.6
Turnout 3,636 34.6 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.[9]

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 1,591 45.1
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,492 42.3
Conservative Matthew Offord 1,345 38.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman 1,122 31.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Green 1,084 30.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Deller 1,039 29.4
Labour Aubrey Ross 827 23.4
Labour Anthony Boulton 668 18.9
Labour Doreen Neall 662 18.7
Green Georgia Theodorou 207 5.9
Turnout 3,531 30.5
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Barnet council elections

Hendon ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 1978.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.[10]

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 1,487 37.08 Decrease 6.29
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,349
Conservative Andrew Sherling 1,293
Liberal Democrats Susan Palin 1,226 30.24 Increase 11.99
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies 1,164
Labour Aubrey Ross 1,105 27.29 Decrease 3.61
Labour Francis Deutsch 1,022
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 977
Labour Margaret Onokah 912
Green Georgia Theodorou 200 5.39 Decrease 2.09
Registered electors 12,279 Increase 1,096
Turnout 3,867 31.49 Decrease 8.58
Rejected ballots 10 0.26 Decrease 0.52
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1996 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 November 1996, following the resignation of Edward Bunn.[10]

1996 Hendon by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Sherling 970 36.2
Labour Colin Francome 885 33.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Palin 821 30.7
Majority 85 3.1
Turnout 2,676 22.7
Conservative hold Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.[11]

1994 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,036 43.37 Decrease14.82
Conservative Frederick Poole 1,823
Conservative Edward Bunn 1,791
Labour Colin Francombe 1,464 30.90 Decrease 1.13
Labour David Simons 1,302
Labour Alan Killingback 1,260
Liberal Democrats Fiona Palmer 852 18.25 Increase 8.47
Liberal Democrats Harold Defries 825
Liberal Democrats Martin Rodwell 700
Green Graham White 325 7.48 New
Registered electors 11,183 Increase 461
Turnout 4,481 40.07 Decrease 7.08
Rejected ballots 35 0.78 Increase 0.60
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.[12]

1990 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,789 58.19
Conservative Edward Bunn 2,692
Conservative Frederick Poole 2,641
Labour Francis Deutsch 1,520 32.03
Labour Colin Francombe 1,518
Labour Bryan Reith 1,432
Liberal Democrats Joan Beales 491 9.78
Liberal Democrats Richard Coward 454
Liberal Democrats David Ive 419
Registered electors 10,722
Turnout 5055 47.15
Rejected ballots 9 0.18
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.[13]

1986 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 1,932
Conservative Peter Grosz 1,804
Conservative Frederick Poole 1,749
Labour Barbara Condon 1,172
Labour Martin Earl 1,151
Alliance Douglas Baron 1,140
Alliance Alan Magnus 1,127
Labour Bryan Reith 1,065
Alliance David Warner 1,024
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.[14]

1982 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 2,184
Conservative Victor Hockley 2,125
Conservative John Archard-Jones 1,872
Alliance Anne Godfrey 1,316
Alliance Harold Defries 1,278
Alliance Alan Magnus 1,276
Labour Barrie Brown 1,000
Labour Mary McShane 945
Labour Martin Earl 937
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.[15]

1978 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 2,954
Conservative Victor Hockley 2,784
Conservative John Archard-Jones 2,564
Labour Celia Downs 1,246
Labour Christopher Jacobs 1,216
Labour Alan Magnus 1,188
Liberal Gerald Finlay 478
Liberal Peter Kempster 355
Liberal Elvin Sorkin 337
Turnout 40.3
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

1968–1978 Barnet council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 1968.

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.[16]

1974 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gordon-Lee 2,084
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 2,019
Conservative Victor Hockley 1,965
Labour A. Magnus 1,369
Labour D. Neall 1,332
Labour C. Jacobs 1,327
Liberal Anne Godfrey 968
Liberal I. Scott 932
Liberal A. Gilbey 896
Turnout 40.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.[17]

1971 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gordon-Lee 2,553
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 2,318
Conservative Victor Hockley 2,249
Labour L. Dinnie 1,532
Labour M. Lewis 1,524
Labour D. Ramage 1,446
Liberal D. Baron 1,103
Liberal Anne Godfrey 984
Liberal A. Gower 902
Turnout 38.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.[18]

1968 Barnet London Borough Council election: Hendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gordon-Lee 3,078 57.0
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 3,035
Conservative Victor Hockley 2,986
Liberal Anne Godfrey 1,682 31.1
Liberal Peter Billenness 1,644
Liberal D. Griffiths 1,644
Labour H. Fleet 669 11.9
Labour M. Tyler 618
Labour R. Jackson 609
Turnout 45.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
  2. ^ Mark Shooter changed parties in 2025.[1]

References

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