Constituency profile

Finchley and Golders Green

London · Borough constituency · Barnet borough

Sarah Sackman MP
Sitting MP

Sarah Sackman

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Barnet council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
31.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -20.8pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +2.0pp
vs Conservative 33.9%
LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

About the Finchley and Golders Green constituency

Finchley and Golders Green is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Sarah Sackman (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 44.3% to 35.0% for the Conservatives, a majority of 4,581 votes on a 63.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 35.9% and the Conservatives on 33.9%, a margin of 2.0 points.

Who lives in Finchley and Golders Green? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
31.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
53.0%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
14.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
50.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
49.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
18.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Finchley and Golders Green vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 4,581 votes (9.3pp) · turnout 63.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Finchley and Golders Green

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Finchley and Golders Green within Barnet

Finchley and Golders Green sits entirely within Barnet Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Barnet
72 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Childs HillLabour 44.9%vs Conservative 35.0%May 2026 Conservative 41.8%vs Labour 24.6%
Labour→Conservative
+13.5pp
41.9%
CricklewoodLabour 53.8%vs Conservative 26.5%May 2026 Labour 40.8%vs Green 24.0%
Labour share
-12.9pp
31.1%
East FinchleyLabour 56.0%vs Conservative 23.9%May 2026 Labour 46.8%vs Green 21.1%
Labour share
-9.2pp
46.1%
Finchley Church EndConservative 40.8%vs Labour 37.2%May 2026 Conservative 48.0%vs Labour 20.0%
Conservative share
+7.2pp
46.3%
Garden SuburbConservative 45.2%vs Labour 36.0%May 2026 Conservative 58.0%vs Labour 14.5%
Conservative share
+12.8pp
51.9%
Golders GreenConservative 49.8%vs Labour 33.5%May 2026 Conservative 66.6%vs Labour 10.9%
Conservative share
+16.8pp
42.8%
West FinchleyLabour 45.3%vs Conservative 29.2%May 2026 Labour 37.1%vs Conservative 22.8%
Labour share
-8.2pp
45.6%
WoodhouseLabour 49.1%vs Conservative 31.6%May 2026 Green 30.8%vs Labour 29.6%
Labour→Green
+22.1pp
45.5%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Finchley and Golders Green at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Finchley and Golders Green at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdMike Freer33.7%46.0%17.0%1.7% UKIP1.6%-5,80966.7%
2015Con holdMike Freer39.7%50.9%3.3%3.4% UKIP2.7%-5,66270.0%+3.3
2017Con holdMike Freer43.8%47.0%6.6%0.9% UKIP1.8%-1,65771.4%+1.4
2019notionalConservative winnerMike Freer 2019 MP, pre-review boundary24.4%43.8%31.8%---6,62973.1%+1.7
2024Lab gain from ConSarah Sackman44.3%35.1%6.8%5.3% Ref6.3%2.2%4,58163.6%-9.5

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Finchley and Golders Green

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Finchley and Golders Green. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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